Gogou Alexandra

Education
1998, Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography/ Organic Biogeochemistry, University of Crete, Department of Chemistry & Institute of Marine Biology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
1992, B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
1987, Graduation, Varvakio Model Lyceum

Professional Profile
2008-present, Associate Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece.
2005-2008, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece.
2002-2005, Associate Scientist, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece.
2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France.
1999-2000, Postdoctoral Investigator, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Association of Greek Chemists
Hellenic Oceanographers Association
The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)
European Association of Organic Geochemists
American Geophysical Union
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research Project (IMBER) – National Contact
Past Global Changes Association (PAGES)

Fellowships/ Awards
2003, Mary Sears Endowed Visitor Program award, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
2002-2003, Reintegration Fellowship (Marie Curie Research Grant Programme, E.U.), HCMR, Greece
2000-2002, Post-doctoral Fellowship (Marie Curie Research Grant Programme, E.U.), University Paris VI, Paris, France
1999-2000, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
1994-1998, Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Marine Biology, Heraklion, Crete
1992, Undergraduate Fellowship (EU Commet Programme)

Research Interests
Τhe recent environment: Marine lipids, polysaccharides and proteins as source/processes indicators; molecular-level characterization of the organic matter using state-of-the art chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques; the role of biological and abiotic processes in mediating material fluxes into the ocean; effects of early diagenesis and burial of organic matter under various hydrological, redox and climatic conditions.
Paleo-environments:Focus on the Eastern Mediterranean region as a “natural laboratory” for high-resolution paleoclimatic studies; detailed investigation of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental ‘proxies’ in the sedimentary record, focus on selected time slots (warmings, coolings, abrupt events); the response of ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic-induced climatic and environmental shifts during the last climatic cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Extreme environments: Investigation of life in extreme environments including hydrothermal vents, methane seeps and brine lakes; application of known and development of new biomarkers in order to highlight the biogeochemical cycling, microbial-chemical interactions, combining innovative in-situ marine technology with state-of-the-art analytical tools.
Organic pollution: Composition, sources, transport pathways and fate of organic contaminants in the marine environment; interactions with natural organic matter in their transport pathways.

Post-doctoral advisor
1. Advisor of Dr. Travis Meador (Ph.D., Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA). Project Title: ‘Development and application of ultra- and nano- filtration technologies to environmental studies of dissolved organic matter and nutrients’. Scientific and Technological Cooperation Between RTD Organizations in Greece and RTD Organizations in USA (GSRT, EU). University of the Aegean & HCMR, Greece & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
2. Advisor of Apostolos Antoniadis (Ph.D.,Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki). Project Title: ‘Development and application of ultra- and nano- filtration technologies to environmental studies of dissolved organic matter and nutrients’. Scientific and Technological Cooperation Between RTD Organizations in Greece and RTD Organizations in USA (GSRT, EU). University of the Aegean & HCMR, Greece & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
3. Co-advisor (with Prof. G. Herndl) of Dr. Georgina Spyres (Ph.D., Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth, England). Project Title: ‘Role of Saharan dust input on DOM cycling in nitrogen- vs. phosphorus-limited systems: a comparison between the subtropical North Atlantic and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea’. EURopean network of excellence for OCean Ecosystems Analysis’ (EUR-OCEANS) Fellowship Program. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Royal NIOZ), The Netherlands & HCMR, Greece.
4. Co-advisor (with Dr. C. Migon & Dr. D.J. Repeta) of Dr. Vera Jones (Ph.D., Organic Geochemistry Laboratory, University of Liverpool, England) στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος: ‘Chemical Characterization and Biogeochemical Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter’. E.U. Marie Curie Fellowship Programme, Laboratoire de Oceanologie, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France.

Doctoral Advisor
1. Advisor of Mr. Georgios Katsouras (defended, December 2009).
Dissertation Title: ‘Paleoceanographic study of climate variability in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea during the last glacial/ interglacial cycle, using biogeochemical proxies and stable isotopes’, in the frame of PENED 2003 Project, funded by GSRT & EU. Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean & HCMR.
2. Member of the advisory committee of Mrs. Maria Pachiadaki (defended, December 2009).
Dissertation Title: ‘Molecular and biogeochemical characterization of microorganisms responsible for the anaerobic methane oxidation (AOM) and methanogenesis in methane-rich sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean’, in the frame of PENED 2003 Project, funded by GSRT & EU.
3. Member of the advisory committee of Mrs. Vivian Mara (defended, April 2011).
Dissertation Title: ‘Biogeochemistry of nitrogen cycling in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea’. EURopean network of excellence for OCean Ecosystems Analysis’ (EUR-OCEANS) Fellowship Program. Institut fuer Biogeochemie und Meereschemie, Universitaet Hamburg, Germany.
4. Member of the advisory committee of Mrs. Angeliki Sampatakaki (University of the Aegean)

K. Kouli, A. Gogou, I. Bouloubassi, M.V Triantaphyllou, Chr. Ioakim, G. Katsouras, G. Roussakis, V. Lykousis, 2011. Late postglacial paleoenvironmental change in the north-eastern Mediterranean region: Combined palynological and molecular biomarker evidence’. Quaternary International, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.036.

Gogou A. and Repeta D.J., 2010. Particulate-dissolved transformations as a sink for semi-labile dissolved organic matter: Chemical characterization of high molecular weight dissolved and surface active organic matter in seawater and in diatom cultures. Marine Chemistry 121, 215-223.

Katsouras G., A. Gogou, I. Bouloubassi; K.-C. Emeis, M. Triantaphyllou ; G. Roussakis; V. Lykousis, 2010. Organic carbon distribution and isotopic composition in three records from the eastern Medi-terranean Sea during the Holocene. Organic Geochemistry, 41, 935-939.

Frangoulis, C., Psarra S., Zervakis V., Meador T., Mara P., Gogou A., Zervoudaki S., Giannakourou A., Pitta P., Lagaria A., Krassakopoulou E., Siokou-Frangou I., 2010. Plankton food web functioning and export fluxes in the Black Sea waters inflowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 32, 1203-1216.

T. Nagata, C. Tamburini, J. Aristegui, F. Baltar, A. Bochdansky, S. Fonda-Umani, H. Fukuda, A. Gogou, D. A. Hansell, R. L. Hansman, G. J. Herndl, C. Panagiotopoulos, T. Reinthaler, R. Sohrin, P. Verdugo, N. Yamada, Y. Yamashita, T. Yokokawa and D.H. Bartlett, 2010. Emerging concepts on microbial processes in the bathypelagic ocean – ecology, biogeochemistry, and genomics. Deep-Sea Research II, 57, 1519-1536.

T. B. Meador, A. Gogou, G. Spyres, G.J. Herndl, E. Krasakopoulou, S. Psarra, T. Yokokawa, D. De Corte, V. Zervakis, D.J. Repeta, 2010. Biogeochemical relationships between bulk chemical and molecular level composition of ultrafiltered dissolved organic matter and picoplankton activity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 57, 1460-1477.

P. Mara, N. Mihalopoulos, A. Gogou, K. Daehnke, T. Schlarbaum, K.-C. Emeis, M.Krom, 2009. Isotopic composition of nitrate in wet and dry atmospheric deposition on Crete/ Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23, GB4002. doi:10.1029/2008GB003395.

M. V. Triantaphyllou, P. Ziveri, A. Gogou, G. Marino, V. Lykousis, I. Bouloubassi, K.-C. Emeis, K. Kouli, M. Dimiza, A. Rosell-Mele, M. Papanikolaou, G. Katsouras, N. G. Nunez, 2009. Late Glacial-Holocene climate variability at the south-eastern margin of the Aegean Sea. Marine Geology 266, 182-197.

Α. Gogou, I. Bouloubassi, V. Lykousis, M. Arnaboldi, P. Gaitani and P. A. Meyers, 2007. Organic Geochemical Evidence of Late Glacial-Holocene Climate Instability in the North Aegean Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 256, 1-20.

Sigurdsson, H., Carey, S., Alexandri, M., Vougioukalakis, G., Croff, K., Roman, C., Sakellariou, D., Anagnostou, C., Rousakis, G., Ioakim, C., Gogou, A., Ballas, D., Misaridis, T., Nomikou, P., 2006. Marine investigations of Greece’s Santorini volcanic field. EOS Trans. AGU Vol. 87, Is. 34, pp. 337-339.

V. Jones, A. Gogou, C. Migon, K.E.H. Penkman, M.J. Collins and D.J. Repeta, 2005. Characterization and Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter in the north-western Mediterranean Sea. In: Production and Fate of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Mediterranean Sea, F. Briand (Ed.), The Mediterranean Science Comission (CIESM) Monograph Series, Vol. 28, pp. 67-74.

A. Gogou, V. Lykousis, 2005. Paleoceanography and paleocirculation of the Aegean Sea from the late last glacial period to present (late 20 000 yrs). In: State of Hellenic Marine Environment, E. Papathanasiou and A. Zenetos (Εds.), HCMR Monograph, Mediterranean Marine Science, pp. 43-52.

A. Gogou, E. Stephanou, 2004. Marine organic geochemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean: 2. Polar biomarkers in Cretan Sea surficial sediments. Marine Chemistry 85, 1-25.

Α. Gogou, I. Bouloubassi and E.G. Stephanou, 2000. Marine organic geochemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean: 1. Aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in Cretan Sea surficial sediments. Marine Chemistry 68, 265-282.

A. Gogou and Stephanou E., 2000. Urban and rural organic fine aerosols: Components source reconciliation by using an organic geochemical approach. Book chapter in: Analytical Chemistry of Aerosols, K.R. Spurny (Ed.), CRC Lewis USA, pp. 457-486.

E. Stephanou and Gogou A., 1999. The role of atmospheric input of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in the biogeochemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: Role of the sea-surface microlayer in the biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea, F. Briand (Ed.), The Mediterranean Science Comission (CIESM) Monograph Series, Vol. 9, pp. 57-59.

E. Stephanou, Gogou A., Kavouras I., 1998. Atmospheric input of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: ‘Sea-Air Exchange: Processes and Modelling’, Marine Science and Technology Programme, J.M. Pacyna, D. Broman and E. Lipiatou. (Eds), EUR 17660, pp. 197-200.

A. Gogou, M. Apostolaki, E. Stephanou, 1998. Determination of organic molecular markers in marine aerosols and sediments: One-step flash chromatography compound class fractionation and capillary gas chromatography analysis. Journal of Chromatography A 799, 215-231.

A. Gogou, N. Stratigakis, M. Kanakidou and E.G. Stephanou, 1996. Fine Organic Aerosols in Eastern Mediterranean: Components Source Reconciliation by Using Molecular Markers and Atmospheric Back Trajectories. Organic Geochemistry 25, 79-96.

Α. Gogou, E.G. Stephanou, Ν.Stratigakis, J.O. Grimalt, R.Simo, M.Acheves and J.Albaiges, 1994. Differences in lipid and organic salt constituents of aerosols from Eastern and Western Mediterranean coastal cities. Atmospheric Environment 28, 1301-1310.

Publications under review

Jones, V., Meador, T.B., Gogou, A., Migon, C., Collins, Penkman, Repeta, D.J., Characterization and dynamics of dissolved organic matter in the North Western Mediterranean Sea: the influence of thermal stratification and mixing. Progress in Oceanography submitted, July 2011.

C. Sauret, U. Christaki, P. Moutsaki, I. Hatzianestis, A. Gogou, J.-F. Ghiglione, Influence of pollution history on the response of coastal bacterial and nanoeukaryote communities to crude oil and biostimulation assays’. Aquatic Microbial Ecology submitted, July 2011.

Anna Sanchez-Vidal, S. Stavrakakis, A. Gogou, S. Heussner, A. M. Calafat, I. Stavrakaki, M. Canals, X. Durrieu de Madron, E. Papathanassiou, ‘Carbon Vertical Fluxes in Contrasted Deep Sites of the Southern European Seas’. Journal of Marine Systems submitted, November 2011.

C. Theodosi, A. Gogou, G. Parinos, J. Hatzianestis S. Stavrakakis,, A. V. Lykousis, N. Kokotos, Mihalopoulos, Seasonal and depth-related variations of trace metals, elemental carbon and PAHs in settling particles from the open Eastern Mediterranean Sea (NESTOR site)’. Journal of Marine Systems submitted, Νovember 2011.