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
H-index (scopus): 2
Articles: 2
Citations-total: 19
Year (completed)
Degree, Department, University, Town (optional), Country
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
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
