Panagiotis Michalopoulos - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Panagiotis Michalopoulos
Personal information
Address: 47 KM ATHINON – SOUNIOU, 19013 ANAVYSSOS, GREECE
Telephone: +3022910 76337
Fax: +3022910 76347
E-mail: PMICHALO@ATH.HCMR.GR
Nationality:
GREEK
Date of birth: 16/08/1963
Gender:
Male
Personal skills and competences
Languages
Mother tongue GREEK
Understanding Speaking Writing
ENGLISH FLUENT FLUENT FLUENT
GERMAN GOOD ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY
Education and training
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
1987 Diploma in Geology
University of Reading, UK
1988 M.SC. in Sedimentology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
2000 Ph.D. in Coastal Oceanography
Scholarships
State Scholarships Foundation, Greece
1982-83 Award for excellence in university entry exams
State Scholarships Foundation, Greece
1991-95 Scholarship to conduct doctoral studies outside Greece (award after competition)
SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY
Professional Scientific Experience ( the last 5 years)
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Panagiotis Michalopoulos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)

2008-present :
Researcher 3 rd Grade , Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
2006-2008 : Scientist, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Scientific / Research Interests
Early diagenesis
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Organic matter preservation in marine sediments
Low-Temperature geochemistry of aluminosilicates, carbonates and sulfides
Biogeochemistry of deltaic and coastal sediments
Participation in Research Projects ( since 2000)
2006-2010
Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem changes
/ SESAME
EU
Investigator
2007
Geological, Geophysical and Geochemical investigation of red mud
deposits in Antikira bay and relevant environmental measurements.
PECHINEY
Principal Investigator
2001-2004
ORFOIS (Origin and Fate of biogenic particle fluxes in the Ocean and
their Interaction with the atmospheric CO2 concentration as well as the
marine Sediment) Contract n° EVK2-CT-2001-001000
EU
Principal Investigator
2001-2005
DANUBS (Nutrient management in the Danube basin and its impact on
the Black Sea )Contract n° EVK1-CT-2000-00051.
EU
Investigator
2002-2006
Si-Webs (Natural and anthropogenic modifications of the Si cycle along
the land-ocean continuum: Worldwide, Ecological, Biogeochemical and
Socioeconomical consequences)Contract n° HPRN-CT-2002-00218
EU
Principal Investigator
2000
Research study of the environmental consequences from slag dumping
at N. Evoikos Gulf
LARKO
Investigator
Selected Research Publications (Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Special Editions etc)
Loucaides S., Michalopoulos P., Presti M., Koning E., Behrends B., Van Cappellen P., 2010, Seawater-mediated interactions between
diatomaceous silica and terrigenous sediments: Results from long-term incubation experiments, Chemical Geology, 270, pp. 68-79
Laruelle G. G., Roubeix V., Sferratore A., Brodherr B., Ciuffa D., Conley D. J., Dürr H. H., Garnier J., Lancelot C., Le Thi Phuong Q., Meunier J.-
D., Meybeck M., Michalopoulos P., Moriceau B., Ní Longphuirt S., Loucaides S., Papush L., Presti M., Ragueneau O., Regnier P. A. G., Saccone
L., Slomp C. P., Spiteri C., Van Cappellen P. , 2009, Anthropogenic perturbations of the silicon cycle at the global scale: Key role of the landocean
transition, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23, GB4031, doi:10.1029/2008GB003267
Presti M. and Michalopoulos P. 2008, Estimating the contribution of the authigenic mineral component to the long-term reactive silica
accumulation on the western shelf of the Mississippi River Delta, Continental Shelf Research, 28, pp 823-838
Michalopoulos P. and Aller R. C. 2004, Early diagenesis of biogenic silica in the Amazon delta: Alteration, authigenic clay formation, and storage.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, No. 5, pp. 1061–1085.
Michalopoulos, P., Aller, R. C. and Reeder, R.J ,2000, ,Conversion of diatoms to clays during early diagenesis in tropical, continental shelf muds.
Geology, 28, pp. 1095–1098.
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Panagiotis Michalopoulos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)

Michalopoulos P. and Aller R. C. (1995) Rapid clay mineral formation in Amazon delta sediments: reverse weathering and oceanic elemental
cycles. Science 270, 614- 617.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Teaching Experience (Lessons, Lectures, Seminars)
Participant and lecturer in the 2nd Si-Webs graduate summer school in Tvarminne, Finland on “Biogeochemical models in the silica cycle”
Co-Organizer and lecturer in the 1st Si-Webs graduate summer school in HCMR on ”Si global biogeochemical cycling”
Invited lectures at the School of Marine Science, University of the Aegean, in the framework of the course ‘Biogeochemical Cycles’
Invited lectures at the M.Sc. Program in Environmental Science , Chemistry department, University of Athens
Lecture on “Global Biogeochemical Cycles” in the Hydrological Station in Rhodes to undergraduate students from University of Rhode Island and
University of Connecticut.
Member of Ph.D. exam committee of Dr. Kostas Parinos, Chemistry Dept., University of Athens
Supervisor of undergraduate thesis of Daria Vourdouba, University of Aegean
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Panagiotis Michalopoulos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)