Bridging the gap between volcano-tectonics and geochemistry

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Assoc. Prof. Paraskevi Nomikou, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment/Dep. of Geography & Climatology - She is a marine geologist who studies the morphology of underwater volcanoes with extensive experience in marine volcanic and seafloor extruding processes. She has participated in more than 90 oceanographic cruises that focused on submarine volcanism, fault zones, landslides and slope stability and the exploration of seafloor mineral deposits. The rapid development in the field of virtual reality piqued her interest and she has been actively involved in many projects raising public awareness. She has also been involved in the evaluation of the potential geohazards associated with onshore and offshore volcanic activity. She is the Scientific Coordinator of Nisyros aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark (aUGGp).
• Prof. Kilias Stephanos, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment/Dept of Economic Geology and Geochemistry - He is actively involved in a variety of research areas spanning from biomineralogy and biogeochemistry, to classical metallogenetic-models, of ore deposits. For this purposes he is mainly using field mapping, ore microscopy, electron microscopies, fluid inclusion microthermometry and stable isotope geochemistry, and various spectroscopies (i.e. STXM).
• Prof. Serafim Poulos, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment/Dep. of Geography & Climatology - He is the Director of the Laboratory of Physical Geography. Scientific interests focus, primarily, on Oceanography and, secondarily, on Physical Geography issues related to sediment fluxes, coastal morphology, climate change impact, coastal zone management.
• Ass. Prof. Sotiris Karavoltsos, Faculty of Chemistry/ Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry - His research interest focuses in trace metal analysis in various matrices of environmental samples such as seawater, sediments, biota, air etc., in the study of biogeochemical cycles of metals in the marine environment with emphasis on metal speciation, environmental exposure to metals, and metrological issues related to the analysis of environmental samples.
• Dr. Stathopoulou Eleni, Faculty of Chemistry/ Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry - Her research focuses in in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea with a variety of environmental fields such as heavy metals accumulation in biota, potential impacts of dust and polluted aerosols, ocean acidification and mercury analysis in shallow hydrothermal systems.

Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)

• Dr. Lars-Eric Heimbürger-Boavida, CR-Charge de Recherche, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) - He is interested in the application of novel techniques to outstanding questions on trace metal cycling in the ocean, with an emphasis on low-level speciation, stable isotopes and sensor approaches. Much of his research addresses the fundamental questions of how much mercury resides in the oceans, how much we have have added and which portion of it makes its way up the marine food chain.
• Prof. Gael Erauso, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) - Her interest in Genomics and Bioinformatics. Co-Head of TGML sequencing platform at Aix-Marseille Université. Deputy director of Education at the MarMaRa Institute. He is a microbiologist who studies microorganisms from the deep ocean to learn how they evolved from prebiotic organic molecules billions of years ago.
• Dr. Vincent Rossi, CR-Charge de Recherche, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) - His research focuses on developing multidisciplinary interests at the interface of Physical & Biological Oceanography. Using in-situ data, satellite archives and numerical models at multiple spatio-temporal scales, he investigates the influence of physical processes on marine ecosystems, especially in upwelling areas and boundary currents.Additional research lines focus on the transport of tracers in the ocean, the study of marine connectivity and the characterization of mesoscale physical structures using Lagrangian techniques. His interest at a glance are Bio-physical interactions in upwelling areas, Mesoscale shelf processes, Lagrangian Oceanography, Marine Ecology.

Stockholm University

• Assoc. Prof. Sofi Jonsson, Department of Environmental Science - She is a chemist and her research focuses to improve our fundamental understanding on how mercury is methylated and bioaccumulated in coastal and oceanic systems. She has recently shown a new pathway for formation of dimethylmercury from monomethylmercury that could account for much of the dimethylmercury produced in seawater. Her research also contributes to understand how different sources or mercury are available for methylation and bioaccumulation in estuaries. She has also studied how future system changes, in increased terrestrial runoff (as predicted for some coastal regions because of global warming) may alter the methylation and bioaccumulation of mercury in coastal.