| Personal Information | Eirini Gratsia |
| Position | PhD Student |
| Field & Degree | Marine Biology, MSc |
| Research Field | Non-Indigenous Species |
| E-mail Address | e.gratsia@hcmr.gr |
| Address | HCMR Thalassocosmos 71500 Gournes, Crete, Greece |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0001-5496-0224 |
Alien species
Tunicates
Anthropogenic environments
Fouling macroinvertebrates
Eirini Gratsia (applicant) is currently a PhD candidate in the University of Crete and HCMR, working on molecular approaches for the study of alien marine macroinvertebrates of the eastern Mediterranean, specializing in the distribution of cryptic species of the Ascidiaceae family. She has expertise on molecular biology (DNA barcoding and metabarcoding). She has worked in European projects on alien species, DNA barcoding of various macroinvertebrates and identification of species found aggregating in ship hauls. She has also participated in a number of samplings in marinas, for her PhD and for other projects as well.
| Publication record |
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| H-index (scopus): 2 |
| Articles: 2 |
| Citations-total: 19 |
| Year (completed) | Degree, Department, University, Town (optional), Country |
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| 2014 | B.Sc., Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens |
| 2017 | M.Sc., Biological Oceanography, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| PhD candidate, Marine Biology, University of Crete & Hellenic Centre for Marine Research | |
| Year (start) | Position – Organization, Town (optional), Country |
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| 2018 | European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research |
| 2020 | MOUNT, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research |
| 2021 | ECOHULLCLEAN, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research |
| Language | Basic/Intermediate/Proficient |
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| English | Proficient |