| Personal Information | Paraskevi Polymenakou | |||||||||||||||
| Principal Researcher | ||||||||||||||||
| Environmental Microbiology/ Extreme Environments | ||||||||||||||||
HCMR Thalassocosmos 71500 Gournes, Crete, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| +30 2810 337855 | ||||||||||||||||
polymen@hcmr.gr | ||||||||||||||||
| Field & Degree | Environ. Microbiology, PhD | |||||||||||||||
| Section | Biodiversity & Genetics | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Main Building | |||||||||||||||
| Office | 155 | |||||||||||||||
| Mobile Number | 6973231052 | |||||||||||||||
| ORCID iD | 0000-0002-9787-7372 | |||||||||||||||
| Researcher ID | AAW-5313-2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Scopus iD | 9239758200 | |||||||||||||||
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| Mother tongue(s) | Greek | |||||||||||||||
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| Computer skills | Operating systems: Microsoft, Linux; Office suites; Communication tools; Spreadsheets, Social | |||||||||||||||
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2022: Lecturer of the course "Microbial Biotechnology" of the MSc "Biotechnology", Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (organized by Prof. T. Pappas, Prof. P. Kollia) 2021-to date: Lecturer of the course “Geobiology”, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (organized by Prof. M. Triantaphyllou) 2010–to date: Lecturer for the course "Marine Biotechnology", Department of Biology, University of Crete (organized by Prof. M. Kentouri) spring 2007–2010: Organizing and teaching the course “Environmental Microbiology”, MSc: Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece 2001-2004: Organizing and teaching the course "Biology" in High School (8 hours/week), 3rd High School of Heraklion City, Crete, Greece 1999-2000: Teaching assistant in Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
2014: Microbial diversity and ecosystems: the case of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea extreme environments. MicroB3 Summer School: from sampling to analyzing microbial diversity and function, IMBBC-HCMR, Heraklion Crete, Greece, 26 May - 6 June 2009: Exploring the deep sea microbial communities of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. MicrobeGr-Workshop: Molecular approaches to unravel the hidden microbial work, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece, 15-17 October 2008: Deep-Sea Microbial diversity and ecosystems: The uniqueness of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus (invitation from lecturer Dr. V. Promponas), 24 October | |||||||||||||||
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| PhD | 2013-2018: Research Advisor of the PhD Thesis: Christos Christakis, " Study of the geo-biological mechanisms that determine microbial ecosystem structure and biogeochemical metal cycling in seafloor hydrothermal vent fields of the Santorini and Milos volcanic complexes", Department of Geology, University of Athens
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| MSc | 2012: HCMR Supervisor of the MSc Thesis: Christos Christakis, "Study of microbial community composition in hydrothermal vent chimneys of the Kolumbo volcano", Department of Biology, University of Athens 2007: Supervisor of the MSc Thesis: Ioanna Kouridaki "Study of microbial community composition in the deep-sea sediments of the Pacific Ocean", Department of Chemistry, University of Crete 2005-6: Supervisor of the MSc Thesis: Glykeria Fragkioudaki «Bacterial and organic matter distribution in the sediments of the Thracian Sea», Department of Biology, University of Crete 2004: Supervisor of the MSc Lab Exercise (Rotation): Glykeria Fragkioudaki «Organic matter distribution in the sediments of the Thracian Sea », Department of Biology, University of Crete 2002: Supervisor of the MSc Lab Exercise (Rotation): Katerina Made «Sediment type analyses and use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography, HPLC», Department of Biology, University of Crete | |||||||||||||||
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Reviewer at the following International Journals:
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