Principal Investigator
Professor Maroudio Kentouri
Prof. Maroudio Kentouri (Ph.D in Oceanography-Oceanology & Ph.D in Marine Biology) is full Professor at the Biology Department of UoC, head of the aquaculture team. She has been involved in aquaculture for about 28 years. She has coordinated or participated in more than 50 EU and national funded projects relevant to different aspects of aquaculture, fish development and fish behaviour and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers on a variety of topics relative to these aspects. She has been co-founder of the IMBC (now part of HCMR), vice chairman, then chairman of the Biology Department of the University of Crete (UoC) and vice rector of the UoC.
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Maroudio Kentouri (Ph.D in Oceanography-Oceanology & Ph.D in Marine Biology) is full Professor at the Biology Department of UoC, head of the aquaculture team. She has been involved in aquaculture for about 28 years. She has coordinated or participated in more than 50 EU and national funded projects relevant to different aspects of aquaculture, fish development and fish behaviour and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers on a variety of topics relative to these aspects. She has been co-founder of the IMBC (now part of HCMR), vice chairman, then chairman of the Biology Department of the University of Crete (UoC) and vice rector of the UoC.
E-mail: [email protected]
Post-doctoral associate
Dr. Dimitris G. Sfakianakis
Dr. Sfakianakis was awarded his PhD diploma in 2009 from the Biology Department of the University of Crete. He studied the effect of developmental temperature on the morphological and functional plasticity of the model-organism zebrafish (Danio rerio, Hamilton 1822). His Master thesis (University of Crete) was completed in 2003 and studied sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.1758), one of the most important Mediterranean aquaculture species. His study focused on lordosis development especially during the crucial early life stages. He has 10 years of research experience in various fields such as fish maintenance, welfare, ontogeny, deformities, physiology and swimming and has published 13 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 15 presentations in scientific conferences. He has also participated in 10 research projects (European and national).
E-mail: dgsfak@gmail.com
Dr. Sfakianakis was awarded his PhD diploma in 2009 from the Biology Department of the University of Crete. He studied the effect of developmental temperature on the morphological and functional plasticity of the model-organism zebrafish (Danio rerio, Hamilton 1822). His Master thesis (University of Crete) was completed in 2003 and studied sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.1758), one of the most important Mediterranean aquaculture species. His study focused on lordosis development especially during the crucial early life stages. He has 10 years of research experience in various fields such as fish maintenance, welfare, ontogeny, deformities, physiology and swimming and has published 13 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 15 presentations in scientific conferences. He has also participated in 10 research projects (European and national).
E-mail: dgsfak@gmail.com
Chrysa Doxa
Chrisa is employed as an Aquarist at Cretaquarium, HCMR, Crete. Her MSc thesis was related to the feeding behaviour and food preferences of the marine gastropod Charonia tritonis variegata in captivity while in her PhD thesis she studied the entire life cycle of the same species, including reproduction, nutritional requirements and physiology of genitors, larval and post-larval stages. She has 15 years of experience in the husbandry of this species and she is familiar with techniques relative to (a) fixing, staining and analyzing skeletal malformations, (b) micro- and macro- photography, (c) studying fish and marine invertebrates behaviour in experimental aquaria and tanks (d) determining the biochemical composition of animal tissues and (e) husbandry and rearing of fish and marine invertebrates (molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms) under closed or semi-closed water supply systems. She has 6 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 10 oral presentations in scientific conferences.
E-mail: [email protected]
Chrisa is employed as an Aquarist at Cretaquarium, HCMR, Crete. Her MSc thesis was related to the feeding behaviour and food preferences of the marine gastropod Charonia tritonis variegata in captivity while in her PhD thesis she studied the entire life cycle of the same species, including reproduction, nutritional requirements and physiology of genitors, larval and post-larval stages. She has 15 years of experience in the husbandry of this species and she is familiar with techniques relative to (a) fixing, staining and analyzing skeletal malformations, (b) micro- and macro- photography, (c) studying fish and marine invertebrates behaviour in experimental aquaria and tanks (d) determining the biochemical composition of animal tissues and (e) husbandry and rearing of fish and marine invertebrates (molluscs, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms) under closed or semi-closed water supply systems. She has 6 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 10 oral presentations in scientific conferences.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alumni
Maria Neophytou
Maria has conducted her bachelor thesis at the Aquaculture laboratory where she studied the phenotypic differentiation of zebrafish as a result of environmental impact. Her Master thesis (2005), conducted in the same laboratory, was on the ontogeny of the skeleton and of the morphoanatomical anomalies of shidrum (Umbrina cirrosa, L.). In her PhD research, she is studying the ontogeny of the swimming and feeding behavior of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L. 1758) under physiological rearing conditions and under potential stressful environments. She has 7 years of research experience, 3 presentations in scientific conferences and 2 articles submitted in peer-reviewed journals.
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria has conducted her bachelor thesis at the Aquaculture laboratory where she studied the phenotypic differentiation of zebrafish as a result of environmental impact. Her Master thesis (2005), conducted in the same laboratory, was on the ontogeny of the skeleton and of the morphoanatomical anomalies of shidrum (Umbrina cirrosa, L.). In her PhD research, she is studying the ontogeny of the swimming and feeding behavior of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L. 1758) under physiological rearing conditions and under potential stressful environments. She has 7 years of research experience, 3 presentations in scientific conferences and 2 articles submitted in peer-reviewed journals.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexis Glaropoulos
Alexis completed his Bachelor degree in Biology at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He then proceeded with his master’s thesis on Aquaculture at the University of Barcelona in Spain, where he studied fish hormones that control muscle growth in sea bream (Sparus aurata). At present, he is a PhD-student in the Aquaculture Lab at the University of Crete. His thesis focuses on fish behavior of the common Mediterranean farmed fish (Sea bream - Sparus aurata and European sea bass - Dicentrarchus labrax). In particular, he studies the escape behavior of these species inside commercial aquaculture sea cages in respect to different rearing conditions. His research interests include species-specific interactions between fish population, larvae culture as well as various attempts to evaluate behavioral patterns of farmed species.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexis completed his Bachelor degree in Biology at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He then proceeded with his master’s thesis on Aquaculture at the University of Barcelona in Spain, where he studied fish hormones that control muscle growth in sea bream (Sparus aurata). At present, he is a PhD-student in the Aquaculture Lab at the University of Crete. His thesis focuses on fish behavior of the common Mediterranean farmed fish (Sea bream - Sparus aurata and European sea bass - Dicentrarchus labrax). In particular, he studies the escape behavior of these species inside commercial aquaculture sea cages in respect to different rearing conditions. His research interests include species-specific interactions between fish population, larvae culture as well as various attempts to evaluate behavioral patterns of farmed species.
E-mail: [email protected]