Christina Pavloudi Biologist Scientific Assistant
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Christina Pavloudi Biologist Scientific assistant Contact address University of the Aegean Department of Marine Sciences University Hill Mytilene 81100, Greece Tel: Fax: e-mail: [email protected] Education 2017: PhD on Marine Sciences, University of Ghent, University of Bremen, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (MARES Joint Doctoral Programme on Marine Ecosystem Health & Conservation) Thesis title: Microbial community functioning at hypoxic sediments revealed by targeted metagenomics and RNA stable isotope probing 2012: MSc on Environmental Biology – Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources, University of Crete, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Natural History Museum of Crete Thesis title: Comparative analysis of geochemical variables, macrofaunal and microbial communities in lagoonal ecosystems 2009: BSc on Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thesis title: Comparative study of the organismic assemblages associated with the demosponge Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862 in the coasts of Cyprus and Greece Professional Scientific Experience 2018-present: Scientific assistant at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean 2017-present: Post-Doc Researcher (RECONNECT project), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece 2016-2017: Research assistant (JERICO-NEXT project), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece 2013-2015: Research assistant (LifeWatchGreece project), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece 2012-2013: Research assistant (EUBON project), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece 2011-2012: Research assistant (MAPMED project), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Scientific / Research Interests Marine Biodiversity Functional Diversity Microbial Diversity Evolutionary Biology Microbial Ecology Marine Biology and Ecology Bioinformatics Participation in Research Projects 2017-present: «RECONNECT - Regional cooperation for the transnational ecosystem sustainable development», INTERREG Balkan-Mediterranean 2014-2020, Post-Doc Researcher, Project management and coordination, Application of ecological and molecular techniques in microbial communities, Taxonomic identification of benthic macroorganisms 2016-present: «JERICO-NEXT - Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories», H2020, Research assistant, Taxonomic identification of benthic macroorganisms, Application of ecological and molecular techniques in microbial communities 2013-2016: «LifeWatchGreece», ESFRI, Research assistant, Collection and management of biodiversity data, Development of R virtual laboratory (RvLab) 2012-2013: «EU BON - Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network», EU FP7, Research assistant, Collection and management of biodiversity data, Application of ecological and molecular techniques in microbial communities 2013-2014: «GENUS - Geochemistry and Ecology of the Namibian Upwelling System», Participation in the benthic sampling with the Research Vessel Meteor (Cruise M103/1) 2013: «COMPLAG - Comparative Analysis on Microbial and Macrobenthic Populations of Lagoonal ecosystems», ASSEMBLE - EU FP7 2013: «ENVIRONMENTS: Discovering habitat terms in EOL Contents», Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellowship 2012-2015: «EMBOS - Development and implementation of a pan-European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System», EU COST, Research assistant, Collection and management of biodiversity data, Adaptation of the BIOMARE criteria list on the EMBOS targets for the evaluation of the pilot study sites 2012: «STRESSLAG - Effects of stressful environmental factors in lagoonal ecosystems on marine microbial and invertebrate populations», ASSEMBLE - EU FP7 2011-2012: «MAPMED - Management of port areas in the Mediterranean Sea Basin», ENPI CBCMED, Research assistant, Laboratory analysis of water samples, Taxonomic identification of benthic samples, Application of ecological and molecular techniques in microbial communities 2011: « VIBRANT - Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy», EU FP7, Participation in the educational program COMBER 2010: «HERMIONE - Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European seas», EU FP7, Effects of biological disturbance by Myriochele fragilis (Polychaeta) on the small-scale distribution patterns of meiofauna in the deep-sea of the eastern Mediterranean 2010: «REDECO - Regional Drivers of Ecosystem Change and its Influence on Deep-Sea Populations in the Mediterranean», MarinERA ERA-NET, Participation in the benthic sampling with the Research Vessel AEGAO Publications Scopus author ID: 54941355800, h-index: 8, Documents: 20, Total citations: 221 ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5106-6067 Α. JOURNALS SCImago Journal Rank: Q1: 8 journal articles (see below No. 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 19) Q2: 12 journal articles (see below No. 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20) Corresponding author in 6/22 journal articles 1. Engaging the broader community in biodiversity research: the concept of the COMBER pilot project for divers in ViBRANT. Arvanitidis C, Faulwetter S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Penev L, Bankí O, Dailianis T, Pafilis E, Kouratoras M, Chatzinikolaou E, Fanini L, Vasileiadou A, Pavloudi C, Vavilis P, Koulouri P, Dounas C. Zookeys, 150: 211-229. 2011. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.150.2149 2. The SPECIES and ORGANISMS resources for fast and accurate identification of taxonomic names in text. Pafilis E, Frankild SP, Fanini L, Faulwetter S, Pavloudi C, Vasileiadou K, Arvanitidis C, Jensen LJ. PLOS One (Text Mining Collection), 8(6): e65390. 2013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065390 3. Polytraits: A database on biological traits of marine polychaetes. Faulwetter S, Markantonatou V, Pavloudi C, Papageorgiou N, Keklikoglou K, Chatzinikolaou E, Pafilis E, Chatzigeorgiou G, Vasileiadou K, Dailianis T, Fanini L, Koulouri P, Arvanitidis C. Biodiversity Data Journal, 2: e1024. 2014. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1024 4. Resistance of polychaete species and trait patterns to simulated species loss in coastal lagoons. Faulwetter S, Papageorgiou N, Koulouri P, Fanini L, Chatzinikolaou E, Markantonatou V, Pavloudi C, Chatzigeorgiou G, Keklikoglou K, Vasileiadou K, Basset A, Pinna M, Rosati I, Reizopoulou S, Nicolaidou A, Arvanitidis C. Journal of Sea Research (special issue on Protecting Marine Biodiversity to Preserve Ecosystem Functioning: a Tribute to Carlo Heip), 98: 73-82. 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.09.003 5. ENVIRONMENTS and EOL: identification of Environment Ontology terms in text and the annotation of the Encyclopedia of Life. Pafilis E, Frankild SP, Schnetzer J, Fanini L, Faulwetter S, Pavloudi C, Vasileiadou A, Leary P, Hammock J, Schulz K, Parr CS, Arvanitidis C, Jensen LJ. Bioinformatics, 31(11): 1872-1874. 2015. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv045 6. Metagenomics: tools and insights for analyzing next generation sequencing data derived from biodiversity studies. Oulas A, Pavloudi C, Polymenakou P, Pavlopoulos GA, Papanikolaou N, Kotoulas G, Arvanitidis C, Iliopoulos I. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 9: 75-88. 2015. doi: 10.4137/BBI.S12462 7. A comparison on the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Hummel H, Frost M, Juanes JA, Ruci S, Cakmak T, Louizidou P, Andersen SF, Eriksson A, Bordeyne F, Vandenbosch F, Kochmann J, Pavloudi C, et al. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (special issue on the 49th EMBS), 95(8): 1519-1531. 2015. doi: 10.1017/S0025315415000235 8. Salinity is the major factor influencing the sediment bacterial communities in a Mediterranean lagoonal complex (Amvrakikos Gulf, Ionian Sea). Pavloudi C, Oulas A, Vasileiadou K, Sarropoulou E, Kotoulas G, Arvanitidis C. Marine Genomics, 28: 71-81. 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2016.01.005 9. Macrofaunal assemblages associated with the sponge Sarcotragus foetidus Schmidt, 1862 (Porifera: Demospongiae) at the coasts of Cyprus and Greece. Pavloudi C, Christodoulou M, Mavidis M. Biodiversity Data Journal (LifeWatchGreece collection), 4: e8210. 2016. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8210 10. Environmental variability and heavy metal concentrations from five lagoons in the Ionian Sea (Amvrakikos Gulf, W Greece). Vasileiadou K, Pavloudi C, Kalantzi I, Apostolaki ET, Chatzigeorgiou G, Chatzinikolaou E, Pafilis E, Papageorgiou N, Fanini L, Konstas S, Fragopoulou N, Arvanitidis C. Biodiversity Data Journal (LifeWatchGreece collection), 4: e8233. 2016. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8233 11. Unique COI haplotypes in Hediste diversicolor populations in lagoons adjoining the Ionian Sea. Vasileiadou K, Pavloudi C, Sarropoulou E, Fragopoulou N, Kotoulas G, Arvanitidis C. Aquatic Biology, 25: 7-15. 2016. doi: 10.3354/ab00654 12. Optimized R functions for analysis of ecological community data using the R virtual laboratory (RvLab). Varsos C, Patkos T, Oulas A, Pavloudi C, Gougousis A, Ijaz UZ, Filiopoulou I, Pattakos N, Vanden Berghe E, Fernández-Guerra A, Faulwetter S, Chatzinikolaou E, Pafilis E, Arvanitidis C. Biodiversity Data Journal (LifeWatchGreece collection), 4: e8357. 2016. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8357 13. Seqenv: linking sequences to environments through text mining. Sinclair L, Ijaz UZ, Jensen LJ, Coolen MJL, Gubry-Rangin C, Chroňáková A, Oulas A, Pavloudi