Christina Pavloudi

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Microbial ecology

HCMR Thalassocosmos 71500 Gournes, Crete, Greece

+30 2810 337741

cpavloud@hcmr.gr

Field & DegreeMarine Microbiology, PhD
SectionBiodiversity & Genetics
LocationMain Building
Office38
ORCID iD0000-0001-5106-6067
Researcher IDH-6608-2019
Scopus iD54941355800
Linked iNhttp://gr.linkedin.com/in/christinapavloudi
| Date of birth 1985/12/20
Scientific impact
Publication recordNo of ProjectsThesis supervision
H-index (scopus): 12Coordinator: 2
Articles: 32Princ. Invest.: 1MSc: 3
Citations-total: 534Project member: 13BSc: 1
Citations-nonself: 503Funding: 506,671
Education & training
Year (completed) Degree, Department, University, Town (optional), Country
2009BSc, Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2012MSc, Environmental Biology – Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources, University of Crete, Greece
2017PhD, Marine Sciences, University of Ghent, University of Bremen, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Work Experience
Year (start) Position – Organization, Town (optional), Country
2017Research Fellow/Post Doctoral Researcher
2013Research Assistant/PhD candidate
2012Research Assistant
2011Research Assistant/MSc student
Personal skills
Mother tongue(s)Greek
Other language(s)
Language Basic/Intermediate/Proficient
EnglishProficient
Spanish (Castilian)Proficient
Educational activities
Teaching experience

Teacher of "Biology" (1st semester) and "Marine Genetics and Biotechnology" (8th semester) in the Undergraduate program of the Department of Marine Sciences (University of Aegean) in the framework of "Acquisition of Academic Teaching Experience in New Scientists-Doctorate Holders for the Academic Year 2018-19" (10/2018 - 09/2019)
 
Lab assistant in the undergraduate course "BioStatistics", Department of Biology, University of Crete (Greece) (01/10/2010 - 15/01/2011)

Supervision
MSc

Ioli Moutsopoulou, Postgraduate MSc Program in "Environmental Biology – Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources" (University of Crete)
MSc thesis subject: "Study of the mass mortality event of the bivalve Pinna nobilis"
(12/04/2021 --> )

Georgia Sarafidou, Postgraduate MSc Program in "Environmental Biology – Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources" (University of Crete)
MSc thesis subject: "Assessment of genetic diversity of the bivalve Pinna nobilis in the Eastern Mediterranean and investigation of the degree of infection by the parasite Haplosporidium pinnae" (01/10/2018 - 08/11/2019)

Charalampos (Haris) Zafeiropoulos, Postgraduate MSc Program in "Bioinformatics" (University of Crete)
MSc thesis subject: "eDNA metabarcoding for biodiversity assessment: Algorithm design and bioinformatics analysis pipeline implementation" (01/09/2017 - 12/10/2018)

BSc

Aggeliki Maravelia, Department of Marine Sciences (University of the Aegean)
BSc thesis subject: WNT Signaling patterns in fish tissue
(01/10/2018 - 30/04/2019)

Practicals

Jone Bilbao, Phytoplankton Ecology research group (University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))
Traineeship (PhD): DNA metabarcoding and bioinformatics on water samples for the assessment of phytoplankton communities
(09/10/2021 - 21/11/2021)

Andreas Christou, Department of Chemical Engineering (Cyprus University of Technology)
COST STSM: Deciphering Posidonia oceanica bacterial community to advance biodiscovery in the Levantine basin
(04/10/2021 - 08/10/2021)

Irene Ciribilli, Erasmus+
Traineeship (MSc): "Deciphering the functional potential of a hypersaline swamp microbial mat community using a combination of culture dependent and culture independent approaches"
(24/05/2021 - 03/09/2021)

Dorothea Mela, Department of Marine Sciences (University of the Aegean)
Practical training subject: "Study of benthic macrofaunal communities from the marine protected area of Karpathos-Saria" (01/07/2019 - 31/08/2019)

Ioannis Kalaintzakis, Department of Biology (University of Crete)
Practical training BSc subject: Population diversity assessment of the phanerogam Posidonia oceanica at the marine protected area of Karpathos-Saria
(01/07/2019 - 30/09/2019)

Markos Digenis, Department of Chemistry (University of Crete)
Practical training subject: "Ocean acidification effect on the metatranscriptome of Hexaplex trunculus" (01/07/2018 - 30/09/2018)

Georgia Sarafidou, Postgraduate MSc Program in "Environmental Biology – Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources" (University of Crete)
Rotation subject: "Population genetics of Pinna nobilis from the Marine Protected Area of Karpathos" (01/07/2018 - 30/09/2018)

Mark Gasser, EMBC+ Master Programme
Internship subject: "Estimation of benthic biodiversity in marine sediments using metabarcoding" (04/05/2015 - 03/07/2015)

Katerina Haritonidou, School of Biology (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Practical training subject: Distribution patterns of benthic macroorganismic diversity in lagoons of Ambraκikos Gulf (01/07/2014 - 31/08/2014)

George Koutoupas, Department of Biological Applications & Technology (University of Ioannina)
Practical training subject: Distribution patterns of benthic macroorganismic diversity in lagoons of Ambraκikos Gulf (01/07/2014 - 31/08/2014)

Julianna Regenauer, Scholarship from Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
Internship subject: "Taxonomic identification of benthic macroorganisms " (22/03/2014 - 08/08/2014)

Conferences-Symposia

Workshop on "Cryopreservation of marine genetic resources:from the Ocean to your Marine Station", Oban (UK) (26/06/2019 - 27/06/2019)

8th International Barcode of Life Conference (iBOL), Trondheim (Norway) (17/06/2019 - 20/06/2019)

8th Conference of the Hellenic Scientific Society of Mikrobiokosmos, Patras (Greece) (18/04/2019 - 20/04/2019)

4th International Marine Connectivity (iMarCo) Conference, Heraklion (Greece) (08/10/2018 - 09/10/2018)

Participation in the Numerical Ecology workshop, Organizers: Dr Umer Z Ijaz and Dr Leo Lahti, University of Glasgow (UK) (06/06/2018 - 08/06/2018)

5th International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, Vienna (Austria) (16/04/2018 - 18/04/2018)

Participation in the 8th European Coastal Lagoons (EuroLag) Symposium, Athens (Greece) (20/03/2018 - 23/03/2018)

Participation in the courses "Introduction to Linux" and "Introduction to programming using Python" of the Postgraduate MSc Program in "Bioinformatics" organized by the Faculty of Medicine (University of Crete), Heraklion (Greece) (20/10/2017 - 28/01/2018)

Participation in the EMBO Practical Course on Breathless microbes: Techniques and theory in anaerobic microbiology, Wageningen (Netherlands) (24/07/2017 - 28/07/2017)

Participation in the EMBO Practical Course on Bioinformatics and genome analyses, Thessalonica (Greece) (05/06/2017 - 17/06/2017)

Participation in the “Dredging & the environment” workshop, Ghent (Belgium) (28/03/2017 - 30/03/2017)

Participation in the Ecosystem Network Analysis (ENA) Tutorial Workshop, Bremen (Germany) (05/09/2016)

Participation in the ECSA 56 Coastal systems in transition: From a 'natural' to an 'anthropogenically-modified' state, Bremen (Germany) (04/09/2016 - 07/09/2016)

Participation in the 13th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (ICZEGAR), Heraklion (Greece) (07/10/2015 - 11/10/2015)

Participation in the “MaCuMBA Summer School 2015: Sampling, Isolation & Cultivation of Marine Microorganisms”, Texel (The Netherlands) (12/07/2015 - 24/07/2015)

Course on “Likelihood and Bayesian approaches in Biology”, instructor: Dr. Mark Holder, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (15/06/2015 - 18/06/2015)

4th EMBO Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, Helsingør (Denmark) (12/04/2015 - 15/04/2015)

Participation in the 6th Conference of the Mikrobiokosmos Society, Athens (Greece) (03/04/2015 - 05/04/2015)

Participation in the 4th MARES Annual Meeting, Ispra (Italy) (02/02/2015 - 06/02/2015)

EMBOS Workshop on Pilot Studies, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (15/12/2014 - 19/12/2014)

Participation in the Advisory Group meeting of the MERMAID MED project, Barcelona (Spain) (14/10/2014 - 16/10/2014)

7th National Congress of Ecology, Mytilene (Lesvos Island, Greece) (09/10/2014 - 12/10/2014)

Participation in the WG 2&3 Hackathon 2 Workshop “From Signals to Environmentally Tagged Sequences III – SeqEnv III”, for the COST Action ES1103 – Microbial ecology & the earth system: collaborating for insight and success with the new generation of sequencing tools, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (22/09/2014 - 25/09/2014)

Participation in the Training Course “Science and Dogma: Testing Hypotheses”, Online Skype Classes, Universidade do Algarve, Faro (Portugal) (14/07/2014 - 18/07/2014)

Participation in the “International Summer School in Ecological Data Analysis (ECODAR)”, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (07/07/2014 - 12/07/2014)

Participation in the “Micro B3 summer school: from sampling to analyzing microbial diversity & function”, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (26/05/2014 - 06/06/2014)

Participation in the EU BON “Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network” General Meeting, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (30/03/2014 - 03/04/2014)

Participation in the 3rd MARES Annual Meeting, Klaipeda (Lithuania) (03/02/2014 - 07/02/2014)

Marbigen Conference on “Mediterranean marine biodiversity in view of climate change and the invasion of alien species”, Heraklion (Greece) (07/09/2013 - 09/09/2013)

Participation in the WG 2&3 Hackathon 2 Workshop “From Signals to Environmentally Tagged Sequences II – SeqEnv II”, for the COST Action ES1103 – Microbial ecology & the earth system: collaborating for insight and success with the new generation of sequencing tools, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (10/06/2013 -13/06/2013)

Participation in the EMBOS Training School “Marine Biodiversity Observation: A system to bring theory and practice together”, Santander (Spain) (21/05/2013 -25/05/2013)

Participation in the 2nd DNA Metabarcoding Spring School, Crete (Greece) (13/05/2013 -17/05/2013)

Participation in the 5th Conference of the Mikrobiokosmos Society, Athens (Greece) (13/12/2012 - 15/12/2012)

Participation in the joint EMBOS – EuroMarine WP5 - LifeWatch DPP meeting, Lecce (Italy) (03/12/2012 - 05/12/2012)

ASSEMBLE Conference, Access to Marine Resources - Generating Knowledge for Science and Society, Olhao (Portugal) (23/10/2012 - 25/10/2012)

Basic Scratchpad Training Course, instructors: Dr. D. Koureas, Dr. L. Livermore and the Scratchpad Team, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (17/10/2012)

Workshop on “Next Generation Sequencing Technologies & Informatics tools for studying Marine Biodiversity & Adaptation”, within the European Framework Project MARBIGEN, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (01/10/2012 - 03/10/2012)

Participation in the WG 2&3 Hackathon 2 Workshop “From Signals to Environmentally Tagged Sequences - SeqEnv”, for the COST Action ES1103 – Microbial ecology & the earth system: collaborating for insight and success with the new generation of sequencing tools, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (27/09/2012 - 29/09/2012)

14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Copenhagen (Denmark) (19/08/2012 - 24/08/2012)

Participation in the Management meeting for the COST Action ES1003 – Development and implementation of a pan-European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System (EMBOS), Zandvoort (the Netherlands) (24/05/2012 - 25/05/2012)

Participation in the Working Group on Biodiversity Indicators (WGBI) – Working Group on Observatory Sites (WGOS) workshop for the COST Action ES1003 – Development and implementation of a pan-European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System (EMBOS), Zandvoort (the Netherlands) (22/05/2012 - 24/05/2012)

3rd EMBO Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, Noordwijkerhout, (the Netherlands) (15/04/2012 - 18/04/2012)

“Introductory course to the basic principles of Coalescent theory and Applications”, instructors: Dr. P. Pavlidis, Dr. E. Pafilis and Dr. A. Oulas, within the European Framework Project MARBIGEN, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (20/02/2012 - 24/02/2012)

Workshop on “Microbial Diversity, Genomics and Metagenomics”, instructors: Dr. K. Mavrommatis, Dr. A. Stamatakis, Dr. C. Quince, Dr. M. Suzuki, Dr. J. Kamke and C. Ouzounis, within the European Framework Project MARBIGEN, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (14/12/2011 - 16/12/2011)

Lectures on “Introduction to Systems Biology: Gene networks, Metabolic networks, Protein Networks, The future of Biology”, speaker: Dr. C. Ouzounis, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (17/11/2011 - 18/11/2011)

Workshop on “Genomics in Biodiversity” within the European Framework Project MARBIGEN, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (16/09/2011)

Seminar on “How to conquer a new environment: key questions to animal behavior”, speakers: Dr. A. Cini, Dr. L. Aquiloni, Dr. G. Mazza, and Dr. E. Tricarico, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (07/09/2011)

Workshop on “Molecular Evolution”, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA (U.S.A.) (24/07/2011 - 03/08/2011)

Workshop on “Introduction to Programming Using Python”, instructors: Dr. E. Pafilis, Dr. A. Oulas and Mr. J. Lagnel, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (15/06/2011 - 24/06/2011)

Workshop on “Extracting ecological signal from noise: an introduction to tools for the analysis of high throughput sequencing data from microbial communities”, instructor: Christopher Quince, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece) (02/06/2011 - 03/06/2011)

4th National Conference on “Current trends of research in ecology”, Volos (Greece) (09/10/2008 - 12/10/2008)

Educational seminar on “Environmental Impact Studies”, part of the conference “Environment and Health”, Thessaloniki (Greece) (26/09/2008)

3rd National Conference on “Environment and Health”, Thessaloniki (Greece) (26/09/2008 - 28/09/2008)

30rd Scientific congress of the Greek Society of Biological Sciences, Thessaloniki (Greece) (22/05/2008 - 24/05/2008)

Seminar on “Providing institutional and legal status of protected areas in the Balkans, with emphasis on European networks”, Paranesti, Drama (Greece) (10/03/2008 - 17/03/2008)

“International Meeting on Transboundary Protected Area of the mountain range of Rodopi”, Paranesti, Drama (Greece) (13/03/2008 - 14/03/2008)

29th scientific congress of the Greek Society of Biological Sciences, Kavala (Greece) (17/05/2007 - 19/05/2007)

International Conference on the “Conservation and Management of Vulture Populations”, Thessaloniki (Greece) (14/11/2005 - 16/11/2005)

Organization of conferences & symposia

Marine Evolution 2018 (Strömstad, Sweden)
Session "2. Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions" co-organizer
(https://cemeb.science.gu.se/activities/marine-evolution-2018/sessions/2.-evolutionary-biology-of-marine-invasions) (15/05/2018 - 17/05/2018)

EMBOS Workshop on Pilot Studies
Member of the organizing committee (15/12/2014 - 19/12/2014)

Micro B3 summer school: from sampling to analyzing microbial diversity & function
Member of the organizing committee (26/05/2014 - 06/06/2014)

EMBC+ (International MSC in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation) Summer School
Member of the organizing committee (10/07/2013 - 20/07/2013)

Scientific reviewing

Publons ID: publons.com/a/1174504/

Membership of scientific societies

Member of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (2020 →)

Member of the Hellenic Society of Mikrobiokosmos (2017 →)

Member of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology - VAAM (2014 - 2018)

Awards & distinctions

Postdoctoral Scholarship in the context of the project “Reinforcement of Postdoctoral Researchers - 2nd Cycle” (MIS-5033021), implemented by the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ): "Overview and Comparative Evaluation of Bioinformatics Pipelines Designed to Predict Functional Features of Microbial Communities Based on the 16S rRNA Gene"

Costas Drainas Scholarship for Early Researchers from the Hellenic Society Mikrobiokosmos for an 1 month visit to the Microbial Ecophysiology group of the University of Bremen

FEMS Meeting Grant for participation in the 5th International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, 16-18 April 2018, Vienna (Austria)

Murray Foundation (MF) Grant for participation in the 8th European Coastal Lagoons Symposium (EuroLag), 20-23 March 2018, Athens (Greece)

EMBO Travel Grant for participation to the EMBO Practical Course on Breathless Microbes: Techniques and theory in anaerobic microbiology, 24-28 July 2017, Wageningen (Netherlands)

EuroMarine Individual Fellowship for participation to the EMBO Practical Course on Bioinformatics and genome analyses, 5-17 June 2017, Thessalonica (Greece)

EMBO Short Term Fellowship for a 3 month visit to the Microbial Ecophysiology group of the University of Bremen

FEMS Meeting Grant for participation in the 4th EMBO Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, 12-15 April 2015, Helsingør (Denmark)

Grant for participation in the 3rd EMBO Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism, 15-18 April 2012, Noordwijkerhout (the Netherlands)

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