CHRISTINA ZERI
Personal information
Address:
47 KM ATHINON – SOUNIOU, 19013 ANAVYSSOS, GREECE
Telephone:
+3022910 76387
Fax:
+3022910 76347
E-mail:
CHRIS@ATH.HCMR.GR ; CZERI@CHEM.UOA.GR
Nationality:
GREEK
Date of birth:
17/01/1962
Gender:
Female
Personal skills and competences
Languages
Mother tongue GREEK
Understanding
Speaking
Writing
ENGLISH
FLUENT
FLUENT
FLUENT
FRENCH
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
Education and training
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1985
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1995
Diploma in Chemistry
Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography
Scholarship
University of Liverpool
1990-91
SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY
Professional Scientific Experience ( the last 5 years)
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Christina Zeri
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Grant holder from the EU ‘Grants Action’
Senior Researcher, Marine Chemist, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Part-time Lecturer, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Dept of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Scientific / Research Interests
Trace metals in the open sea
Biogeochemical cycles of trace metals in the coastal zone
Heavy metal pollution form industrial slug dumping
Marine Dissolved Organic Matter
Environmental Magnetism in marine and lacustrine sediments
Solid Waste management and recycling
Participation in Research Projects ( since 2000)
2010-2014
2011
2010
2009
2006-2010
2004-2010
Monitoring of the ecological quality of the marine environment at Voudia
Bay and at Tsigrado, Milos isl.
Basic environmental study for the docking jetty at Itea Fokidas’
Basic environmental study for two docking jetties Kanava and
Abourdehtaki, at Adamantas Bay, Milos Isl.
Study of the ecological status of the marine environment at the sites
Tsigrado and Voudia, Milos Isl.
Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem changes
/ SESAME
Monitoring of the Saronikos Gulf ecosystem under the influence of the
Psittalia sewage outflow.
2008
Quality characteristics of the municipal solid wastes of the region of
Epirus.
2006 –2008
Physicochemical parameters and quality characteristics of MSW form the
Attica region.
2003
Scientific and Technical Consultancy for the Saronikos Gulf
2003
Assessment and evaluation of the Zea harbour marine environment
Assessment and evaluation of the marine environment of Nea Makri
coast in view of the new marina works.
“Impact of Natural and Trawling Events on Resuspension, Dispersion
and Fate of Pollutants» / INTERPOL
2003
2001 – 2004
1998- 2004
2001-2003
2003
1998-2002
Monitoring of the Saronikos Gulf ecosystem under the influence of the
Psittalia sewage outfall.
Study for the deployment of the new underwater pipe of red mud outflow
at the Antikira Bay, and relevant environmental measurements”
Preparation of the Technical Specifications and Tender Documents for
the Project: The integrated monitoring of 2003 the Romanian Black Sea
Coast between Midia-Vama Veche
Research study of the environmental consequences from slag dumping
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Christina Zeri
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
S&B industrial
minerals S.A.
S&B industrial
minerals S.A
S&B industrial
minerals S.A
S&B industrial
minerals S.A
Scientific Responsible
Scientific Responsible
Scientific Responsible
Scientific Responsible
EU
Principal Investigator
EYDAP/Psittali
a WWTP
Principal Investigator
Region of
Epirus
Project Manager
Project carried out at NKUA
ACMAR
Project Manager
Project carried out at NKUA
Min. for the
Environment
and Public
Works
ENVECO
ENVECO
EU
Min. for the
Environment
and Public
Works
PECHINEY
EU/PHARE
LARKO
Scientific Responsible
Scientific Responsible
Scientific Responsible
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Member of Scientific Team
at N. Evoikos Gulf
2000 – 2002
1998-2001
Interregional Pollution of the Ionian – South Adriatic Sea/ INTERREG
Key coastal processes in the mesotrophic Skagerrak and the oligotrophic
N. Aegean: A comparative study /KEYCOP
Min. of
Finance /
YPETHO
EU
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Selected Research Publications (Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Special Editions etc)
1.
Katharios, P., Papadaki, M., Ternengo, S., Kantham, P.K., Zeri, C., Petraki, P.E., Divanach, P. “Chronic ulcerative dermatopathy in
cultured marine fishes. Comparative study in sharpsnout sea bream, Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum)” Journal of Fish Diseases, 2011 (in
press).
2.
Pavlidou A., Kontoyiannis H., Anagnostou Ch., Siokou-Frangou I,. Pagou K, Krasakopoulou E., Assimakopoulou G., Zervoudaki S., Zeri
Ch. Chatzianestis J. and Psyllidou-Giouranovits R.,2010 «Biogeochemical Characteristics in the Elefsis Bay (Aegean Sea, Eastern
Mediterranean) in relation to anoxia and climate changes» in: E. Yakushev (ed) Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer-Verlag,
Volume 4E / 1999 - Volume 12 / 2010.
3.
Zeri, C., Kontoyiannis, H., Giannakourou, A., 2009, “Distribution, fluxes and bacterial consumption of total organic carbon in a populated
Mediterranean Gulf”, Continental Shelf Research, 29, 886-895
4.
Dassenakis M., Zeri C., Kaberi H., 2005. Heavy metals in sea water. In: ‘State of the Hellenic Marine Environment (SoHelME 2005)’, E.
Papathanassiou & A. Zenetos (eds) 360 pp, HCMR Publ., Athens, Greece. pp.: 148-152.
5.
Voutsinou-Taliadouri F., Varnavas S.P., Zeri C., 2005. Heavy metals in surface sediments. In: ‘State of the Hellenic Marine Environment
(SoHelME 2005)’, E. Papathanassiou & A. Zenetos (eds) 360 pp, HCMR Publ., Athens, Greece. pp.: 153-156.
6.
Zeri C., Hatzianestis I., 2005, “Distribution of total dissolved and C-18 extractable copper and nickel in relation to dissolved organic matter
sources, in the Thermaikos Gulf (eastern Mediterranean)”, Journal of Marine Systems, 58, 143-152.
7.
Price N.B., A.P. Karageorgis, H. Kaberi, C. Zeri, E. Krasakopoulou, F. Voutsinou-Taliadouri, F. Lindsay, 2005, “Temporal and spatial
variations in the geochemistry of major and minor particulate and selected dissolved elements of the Thermaikos Gulf, northwestern
Aegean Sea”, Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 25, Issues 19-20, 2428-2455.
8.
Zeri C., 2004, “Dissolved zinc in North Aegean seawater – Eastern Mediterranean”, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 13, 2, 139-145.
9.
Zeri C. and F. Voutsinou-Taliadouri, 2003, “Processes affecting the distribution of dissolved trace metals in the North Aegean Sea
(Eastern Mediterranean)”, Continental Shelf Research, 23, 9, 919-934.
10.
Zeri C. and H. Kaberi, 2003, “The influence of the Dardanelles outflow on the biogeochemistry of the northern Aegean”, Ocean Challenge,
13, 2, 44-48 (published summer 2004).
11.
Zeri C., F. Voutsinou-Taliadouri, A.S. Romanov, E.I. Ovsjany and A. Moriki, 2000, “A comparative approach for dissolved trace elements
of two interconnected basins: Black Sea and N. Aegean Sea”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 40, 8, 666-673.
12.
Voutsinou-Taliadouri F., C. Zeri, A. Moriki, 2000, “Distribution and transfer of trace elements in the Aegean seawater (Eastern
Mediterranean Basin)”, Mediterranean Marine Science, vol 1, issue 2, 5-30.
13.
Zeri C., M.J. Scoullos, 1998, “An integrated magnetic - chemical approach for the study of iron in Rhone estuary sediments”,
Oceanologica Acta, 21, 1, 81-86.
14.
Scoullos M., Dassenakis M. and Zeri C., 1996, “Trace metal behaviour during summer in a stratified Mediterranean system: The Louros
estuary (Greece)”, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 88, 269-295.
15.
Zeri C., M.J. Scoullos, 1995, “Correlations between magnetic parameters and copper in surface sediments of the NW Mediterranean”,
Water Pollution Research Report No 32, 259-264, (J.M. Martin & H. Barth, eds).
16.
Scoullos M.J., C. Zeri, 1993, “Study of the transport and sedimentation of particles in the Gulf of Lions (N.W. Mediterranean) employing
mineral magnetic measurements”, Oceanologica Acta, 16,1, 53-61.
17.
Scoullos M.J., C. Zeri, 1993, “Magnetic measurements of recent sediments of the N.W. Mediterranean”, Water Pollution Research Report,
No 30, 243-249 (J.M. Martin & H. Barth, eds).
18.
Zeri C., M.J. Scoullos, 1992, “Magnetic parameters in relation to the source of recent sediments of the N.W. Mediterranean”, Water
Pollution Research Report, No 28, 451-467, (J.M. Martin & H. Barth, eds).
19.
Scoullos M.J., C. Zeri, F. Oldfield, D. France, 1990, “Investigations on magnetic properties of sediments of the Rhone estuary and the Gulf
of Lions”, Water Pollution Research Report No 20, 547-561, (J.M. Martin & H. Barth, eds).
20.
Ζeri C., Papageorgiou K., 1990, «Water Supply in Greece», In: European Environmental Yearbook, Institute for Environmental Studies,
Milan, DocTeur, pp.617-618.
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
21.
Scoullos M.J., C. Zeri, F. Oldfield, 1989, “Preliminary results of mineral magnetic measurements of the Rhone estuary and the Gulf Lions”,
Water Pollution Research Report No 13, 341-353, (J.M. Martin & H. Barth, eds).
Educational Activities
Teaching Experience (Lessons, Lectures, Seminars)
Since 2006 – 07 part-time lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, for the courses on ‘Chemical
Oceanography’ and ‘Chemistry and Management of the Aquatic Environment’
Invited lectures at the School of Marine Science, University of the Aegean, in the framework of the course ‘Marine Biogeochemical Processes’
Supervisor of 3 Ph.D. and ~ 8 M.Sc. students
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)