Paraskevi Polymenakou

• Courses:

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

• Training Workshops/Lectures:

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

2024-today: 7-member committee of the PhD Thesis of Vasileios Tsopanakis, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete (supervisor: Prof. I. Pavlidis). Thesis: Identification and characterization of carbohydrate active enzymes from marine microbiome of extreme environmental conditions.

2022-today: 3-member supervisory committee of the PhD Thesis of Vasiliki Papadimitriou, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National Kapodistrian University of Athens (with S. Kilia & P. Nomikou). Thesis: The deep-subsurface of the Santorini caldera as an actualistic system-model for geomicrobiological processes in Banded Iron Formation (BIF) deposition.

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 and Geoenvironment, National Kapodistrian University of Athens

2024: 3-member supervisory committee of the MSc Thesis of Rodokleia Evangelatou, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete (supervisor: Prof. I. Pavlidis). Thesis: Identification and characterization of a β-1,3(4)-glucanase originating from extreme marine environment.

2024: 3-member supervisory committee of the MSc Thesis of Arion Toska, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National Kapodistrian University of Athens (supervisor: Prof. E. Stathopoulou).

2022-2023: Supervisor (at HCMR) of the MSc Thesis of Eleftheria Zaka, Department of Biology, University of Crete

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

June-July 2022: Maria Tsavdari, Department of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

June-July 2022: Eirini Voutsinou, Department of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki