Drakopoulou Paraskevi
Position: Environmental Scientist
Contact Info
Institute: Oceanography
Address: 46,7 km Athens Sounio, Mavro Lithari P.O. BOX 712 19013 Anavissos, Attica, Greece
Email:vivi@hcmr.gr
Tel: +302291076377
Telex: +302291076347
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Mrs Paraskevi Drakopoulou is a graduate of the Department of Environmental Studies of the University of the Aegean, with a Masters of Marine Biology. She is a GIS specialist and has been working at the Lab of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at the Institute of Oceanography of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) as Research Assistant for 15 years.
Mrs Drakopoulou is working on geodatabase development, coastal-marine mapping, bathymetric maps creation, coastal change monitoring and analysis (erosion, shoreline changes), coastal resource survey and management, assessment of the ecological status of coastal and inland waters, analysis and management of drainage basins using GIS, etc.
She is participating in various European and national research proposals and projects, involving coastal zone management, oceanographic data collection, processing, and presentation, mapping of marine habitats, coastal morphology, etc. She has participated in small scale coastal and land surveying.
Mrs Drakopoulou is working on geodatabase development, coastal-marine mapping, bathymetric maps creation, coastal change monitoring and analysis (erosion, shoreline changes), coastal resource survey and management, assessment of the ecological status of coastal and inland waters, analysis and management of drainage basins using GIS, etc.
She is participating in various European and national research proposals and projects, involving coastal zone management, oceanographic data collection, processing, and presentation, mapping of marine habitats, coastal morphology, etc. She has participated in small scale coastal and land surveying.
Education Profile
M.Sc., Marine Biology, University of Crete, Department of Biology, Heraklion Greece 1996
B.Sc., Environmental Sciences, University of the Aegean, Department of Environment, Mytilene Greece 1993
Professional Profile
1996 – present: Research assistant at Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2001 – 2003: Associated teacher at Ilioupoli’s Public Institute of Professional Training. Subjects: “Introduction to Photogrametry and Remote sensing analysis” (2001-2002), “Introduction to Cad Programmes – Digitization” (2001-2002) and “GIS – Data input, Analysis & Execution” (2002-2003).
1996 – 1999: Private Job. Working area: Environmental Impact Assessments for public and private projects, Geographic Information Systems Applications, Environmental Education).
01/07-31/08/1992: Phosphoric Fertilizer Industry, Department of environment, Kavala, Greece
01/06-31/08/1991: Public Power Corporation, Rehabilitation of mines Ptolemaida, Greece
Scientific and Professional Memberships
• Environmental Scientist Society of Greece
Research Interests
Mrs Drakopoulou’s research interests are related to coastal and marine GIS. Her work extends to capture, manipulation and visualisation of land and marine data for coastal zone management, marine spatial planning, seascape visualization, seafloor mapping, cartography, marine protected areas, environmental hazard, vulnerability and risk GIS. She is also interested in the area of marine landscape ecology as well as conservation and management applications of GIS. She uses GIS modelling and spatial statistics to study the relationship between scale dependence, habitat complexity and patterns of species distribution and abundance in marine and transitional communities.
M.Sc., Marine Biology, University of Crete, Department of Biology, Heraklion Greece 1996
B.Sc., Environmental Sciences, University of the Aegean, Department of Environment, Mytilene Greece 1993
Professional Profile
1996 – present: Research assistant at Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2001 – 2003: Associated teacher at Ilioupoli’s Public Institute of Professional Training. Subjects: “Introduction to Photogrametry and Remote sensing analysis” (2001-2002), “Introduction to Cad Programmes – Digitization” (2001-2002) and “GIS – Data input, Analysis & Execution” (2002-2003).
1996 – 1999: Private Job. Working area: Environmental Impact Assessments for public and private projects, Geographic Information Systems Applications, Environmental Education).
01/07-31/08/1992: Phosphoric Fertilizer Industry, Department of environment, Kavala, Greece
01/06-31/08/1991: Public Power Corporation, Rehabilitation of mines Ptolemaida, Greece
Scientific and Professional Memberships
• Environmental Scientist Society of Greece
Research Interests
Mrs Drakopoulou’s research interests are related to coastal and marine GIS. Her work extends to capture, manipulation and visualisation of land and marine data for coastal zone management, marine spatial planning, seascape visualization, seafloor mapping, cartography, marine protected areas, environmental hazard, vulnerability and risk GIS. She is also interested in the area of marine landscape ecology as well as conservation and management applications of GIS. She uses GIS modelling and spatial statistics to study the relationship between scale dependence, habitat complexity and patterns of species distribution and abundance in marine and transitional communities.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., 2010. “Habitat type 1120 (Posidonia beds) in Greece”. Workshop on Recognition of new marine Natura 2000 sites. Hellenic Center for Marine Research – Ministry of Environment Energy and Climate Change, Anavissos, 13 December 2010.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., 2010. “Posidonia meadows as a priority habitat for the sustainable management of the Greek coastal environment”. Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean symposium on marine vegetation (Yasmine-Hammamet, Tunisia 2-4 December 2010), pp.90-94.
Drakopoulou P., 2010. “GIS and Offshore Wind and Wave Renewable Energy Potential”. National Greek Seminar for Wave Enargy – Waveplam. Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Athens, 3 Μarch 2010.
Kapsimalis V., Pavlopoulos K., Panagiotopoulos I., Drakopoulou P., Vandarakis D., Sakelariou D., Anagnostou C.., 2009. Geoarchaeological challenges in the Cyclades continental shelf (Aegean Sea). Z.Geomorph. N.F., 53/1, 169-190.
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis, Aristomenis P. Karageorgis, Vasilios Kapsimalis, Paraskevi Drakopoulou, Nikolaos Skoulikidis, Horst Behrendt, Zlatko Levkov.,2009. “Management of nutrient emissions of Axios River catchment: Their effect in the coastal zone of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece” Ecological modelling 220: 383–396.
Anagnostou C., Karageorgis A.P., Hatiris G., Drakopoulou P., 2009. “The deltaic – lagoonal systems of Acheloos and Evinos rivers (Western Greece): evolution and changes related to anthropogenic activities and sea-level rise”. European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research, 14-18 December 2009, Montpellier, France, p.70.
Reizopoulou S., Drakopoulou P. & Basset A., 2009. “LifeWatch Data Providers Platform: The lagoon networks showcase – GIS applications” LifeWatch workshop, Zandvoort, Holland, 9-11 November 2009.
Anagnostou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P. & Kyriakidou, Ch.,2009. Tsunami threat and effects on the coastal areas of the Kyparissiakos Gulf. 3rd Annual meeting SEAHELARC, 1-3 July 2009, Zakynthos – Greece.
Drakopoulou P., Kyriakidou, Ch. & P. Panayotidis, 2009. Mapping of Posidonia & Cymodocea seabeds in marine front from Nafpaktos to Itea. 9th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries,13-16 May 2009, Patra, Greece.
Anagnostou, V., Kyriakidou Ch., Drakopoulou P., 2009. The morphodynamics of Tinos island (Cyclades) as the factor controlling the formation of the coastal systems. 9th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries,13-16 May 2009, Patra, Greece.
Kyriakidou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P., Anagnostou, Ch., 2008. The Geo- And Morphodynamics Of An Island System, As The Factors Controlling The Formation Of Depositional Coastal Systems. Case Study: Andros Island (Cyclades – Greece). International Conference, Study, Modelling and Sense Making of Planet Earth, Mytilene, 1-6 June 2008.
Papoulia J., Makris J., & Drakopoulou P., 2006. Local seismic array observations at Evoikos, central Greece, delineate crustal deformation between the North Aegean Trough and Corinthiakos Rift. Tectonophysics, 423:97-106.
Nikolaidis, N. P., Karageorgis, A. P., Kapsimalis, V., Marconis G., Drakopoulou, P., Kontoyiannis, H., Pavlidou A., & Pagou, K., 2006. Circulation and nutrient modeling of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece. Journal of Marine Systems, 60, pp. 51-62.
Reizopoulou, S., Karageorgis A., Zagana E, Drakopoulou P, Kioroglou S, Kanellopoulos Th, & E. Papathanassiou, 2006. “Data base and GIS applications in Mediterranean lagoons”. Final meeting of TWReferenceNET project, November 30th-December 2nd, Lecce, Italy.
Reizopoulou, S., Basset A., Sabetta L., Drakopoulou P., Kioroglou S., Zagana E., Papathanassiou E., Karageorgis A., Abbiati M., Fonda Umani S., 2006. GIS applications as a managerial tool for Mediterranean lagoons. ECSA 41st International Conference: Measuring and Managing Changes in Estuaries and Lagoons. 15-20th October, Venice, Italy.
Karageorgis, A. P., Skourtos, M. S., Kapsimalis, V., Kontogianni, A. D., Skoulikidis, N. Th., Pagou, K., Nikolaidis, N. P., Drakopoulou, P., Zanou, B., Karamanos, H., Levkov, Z., & Anagnostou, Ch., 2005. An integrated approach to watershed management within the DPSIR framework: Axios River catchment and Thermaikos Gulf. Regional Environmental Change, 5:138-160.
Anagnostou Ch., Drakopoulou P., Kapsimalis V., Papathanassiou E., 2005. Anthropogenic activities along the Hellenic coasts. In: PAPATHANASSIOU E., ZENETOS A. (eds), State of the Hellenic Marine Environment, HCMR Publications, pp. 301-308.
Drakopoulou, P., & Pavlakis, P., 2005. GIS Παράκτιας Ευαισθησίας και Οικολογικών στοιχείων του Αιγαίου. Deliverable 200.2, AEGEAN Project.
Reizopoulou, S., Karageorgis, A.P., Zagana E., Drakopoulou, P., & Kioroglou S., 2005. GIS applications on Mediterranean Transitional Ecosystems. Workshop on Development of descriptors of transitional and marine coastal waters. 20-23 July 2005, Varna, Bulgaria.
Karageorgis, A.P., Reizopoulou, S., Kapsimalis, V., Drakopoulou, P., & Kanellopoulos, Th., 2004. Data-base & GIS design for TWRereferenceNet. 1st Workshop of INTERREG Project TWReferenceNet, 21-23 June 2004, Lecce, Italy.
Anagnostou, Ch., Avagianos, I., Rousakis, Gr., Drakopoulou, P., Taxiarchi, M., Gourgiotis, A., Gremmenas, A., Issaris, I., Kontaxi, Ch., & Kyriazis G., 2003. Phenomena of beach erosion in the Petra Bay (NW Lesvos /Hellas) and suggestions for its protection and restoration. 7th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish. Book of Abstracts, page 51.
Anagnostou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P., Kapsimalis, V., Karageorgis, A., Lykousis, V., Michalopoulos, P., Sakellariou, D., & Stavrakakis, S., 2003. The coastal zone compartments in a tectonically active area, functioning and human dimension. The coastal zone systems of Greece.European Conference of Coastal Zone Research: an ELOISE Approach 24-27 March 2003, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Book of Abstracts page 94.
Drakopoulou, P., Giannakourou, A., & Papathanassiou, E., 2003. Spatial planning of mussel-culturing activity in order to optimize mussel production and environmental protection: Example of Thessaloniki gulf. 7th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish. Book of Abstracts, page 156.
Nikolaidis, N., Karageorgis, A., Kapsimalis, V., Drakopoulou, P., Skoulikidis, N., 2003. Modeling of Nutrient Emission in Axios River, Greece.European Conference of Coastal Zone Research: an ELOISE Approach 24-27 March 2003, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Book of Abstracts, page 15.
Karageorgis, A.P. and Drakopoulou, P., 2001. Use of Geographic Information Systems in EU Projects. Applications in river catchments and oceanography. Invited talk at the University of Torun, Poland. 27 November 2001.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., Siakavara K., Banks A., Orfanidis S., Tsiaga E., Haritonidis S. and Tsirika A., 2002. “Cartography of the Marine Sites of the Greek Natura-2000 Network: Towards a Sustainable Management of the Coastal Environment”. Proceedings of the European Federation of Marine Science and Technology Societies (EFMS) 1st Scientific Conference: Oceanographical Aspects for a Sustainable Mediterranean, Athens, Greece, 27-29 September.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., Siakavara K., Banks A., Orfanidis S., Tsiaga E., Haritonidis S. and Tsirika A., 2002. “Cartography of the Marine Sites in 67 areas of the greek Natura-2000 Network”. 2nd Hellenic Congress on “Management and Improvement of the Coastal Zones”, September 2002, Athens, Greece
Varkitzi I., Drakopoulou P. & Panayotidis P., 2001. Marine vegetation along the coasts of an eastern Mediterranean gulf (Evoikos Gulf, Greece). 7th International Seaweed Symposium, Thessaloniki, August 2001.
Karageorgis, A., Mikhailov, N., Drakopoulou P., Vorontsov, A., Anagnostou, Ch. and Lykiardopoulos, A., 2000. GIS Applications for the Investigation of Hydrometeorological and Biochemical Conditions of Coastal Areas. Mediterranean Marine Science, 1/1, 157-164.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., 2000. The Mediterranean phytobenthos in the frame of NATURA 2000 project. Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation, pages 173 – 176.
Karageorgis A., Drakopoulou P. & Anagnostou Ch., 2000. Geographic Information Systems applications in the project Metro-Med (EU MAST-III ELOISE). Proc. 6th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish., 1, 82-86.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., 2010. “Posidonia meadows as a priority habitat for the sustainable management of the Greek coastal environment”. Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean symposium on marine vegetation (Yasmine-Hammamet, Tunisia 2-4 December 2010), pp.90-94.
Drakopoulou P., 2010. “GIS and Offshore Wind and Wave Renewable Energy Potential”. National Greek Seminar for Wave Enargy – Waveplam. Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Athens, 3 Μarch 2010.
Kapsimalis V., Pavlopoulos K., Panagiotopoulos I., Drakopoulou P., Vandarakis D., Sakelariou D., Anagnostou C.., 2009. Geoarchaeological challenges in the Cyclades continental shelf (Aegean Sea). Z.Geomorph. N.F., 53/1, 169-190.
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis, Aristomenis P. Karageorgis, Vasilios Kapsimalis, Paraskevi Drakopoulou, Nikolaos Skoulikidis, Horst Behrendt, Zlatko Levkov.,2009. “Management of nutrient emissions of Axios River catchment: Their effect in the coastal zone of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece” Ecological modelling 220: 383–396.
Anagnostou C., Karageorgis A.P., Hatiris G., Drakopoulou P., 2009. “The deltaic – lagoonal systems of Acheloos and Evinos rivers (Western Greece): evolution and changes related to anthropogenic activities and sea-level rise”. European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research, 14-18 December 2009, Montpellier, France, p.70.
Reizopoulou S., Drakopoulou P. & Basset A., 2009. “LifeWatch Data Providers Platform: The lagoon networks showcase – GIS applications” LifeWatch workshop, Zandvoort, Holland, 9-11 November 2009.
Anagnostou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P. & Kyriakidou, Ch.,2009. Tsunami threat and effects on the coastal areas of the Kyparissiakos Gulf. 3rd Annual meeting SEAHELARC, 1-3 July 2009, Zakynthos – Greece.
Drakopoulou P., Kyriakidou, Ch. & P. Panayotidis, 2009. Mapping of Posidonia & Cymodocea seabeds in marine front from Nafpaktos to Itea. 9th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries,13-16 May 2009, Patra, Greece.
Anagnostou, V., Kyriakidou Ch., Drakopoulou P., 2009. The morphodynamics of Tinos island (Cyclades) as the factor controlling the formation of the coastal systems. 9th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries,13-16 May 2009, Patra, Greece.
Kyriakidou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P., Anagnostou, Ch., 2008. The Geo- And Morphodynamics Of An Island System, As The Factors Controlling The Formation Of Depositional Coastal Systems. Case Study: Andros Island (Cyclades – Greece). International Conference, Study, Modelling and Sense Making of Planet Earth, Mytilene, 1-6 June 2008.
Papoulia J., Makris J., & Drakopoulou P., 2006. Local seismic array observations at Evoikos, central Greece, delineate crustal deformation between the North Aegean Trough and Corinthiakos Rift. Tectonophysics, 423:97-106.
Nikolaidis, N. P., Karageorgis, A. P., Kapsimalis, V., Marconis G., Drakopoulou, P., Kontoyiannis, H., Pavlidou A., & Pagou, K., 2006. Circulation and nutrient modeling of Thermaikos Gulf, Greece. Journal of Marine Systems, 60, pp. 51-62.
Reizopoulou, S., Karageorgis A., Zagana E, Drakopoulou P, Kioroglou S, Kanellopoulos Th, & E. Papathanassiou, 2006. “Data base and GIS applications in Mediterranean lagoons”. Final meeting of TWReferenceNET project, November 30th-December 2nd, Lecce, Italy.
Reizopoulou, S., Basset A., Sabetta L., Drakopoulou P., Kioroglou S., Zagana E., Papathanassiou E., Karageorgis A., Abbiati M., Fonda Umani S., 2006. GIS applications as a managerial tool for Mediterranean lagoons. ECSA 41st International Conference: Measuring and Managing Changes in Estuaries and Lagoons. 15-20th October, Venice, Italy.
Karageorgis, A. P., Skourtos, M. S., Kapsimalis, V., Kontogianni, A. D., Skoulikidis, N. Th., Pagou, K., Nikolaidis, N. P., Drakopoulou, P., Zanou, B., Karamanos, H., Levkov, Z., & Anagnostou, Ch., 2005. An integrated approach to watershed management within the DPSIR framework: Axios River catchment and Thermaikos Gulf. Regional Environmental Change, 5:138-160.
Anagnostou Ch., Drakopoulou P., Kapsimalis V., Papathanassiou E., 2005. Anthropogenic activities along the Hellenic coasts. In: PAPATHANASSIOU E., ZENETOS A. (eds), State of the Hellenic Marine Environment, HCMR Publications, pp. 301-308.
Drakopoulou, P., & Pavlakis, P., 2005. GIS Παράκτιας Ευαισθησίας και Οικολογικών στοιχείων του Αιγαίου. Deliverable 200.2, AEGEAN Project.
Reizopoulou, S., Karageorgis, A.P., Zagana E., Drakopoulou, P., & Kioroglou S., 2005. GIS applications on Mediterranean Transitional Ecosystems. Workshop on Development of descriptors of transitional and marine coastal waters. 20-23 July 2005, Varna, Bulgaria.
Karageorgis, A.P., Reizopoulou, S., Kapsimalis, V., Drakopoulou, P., & Kanellopoulos, Th., 2004. Data-base & GIS design for TWRereferenceNet. 1st Workshop of INTERREG Project TWReferenceNet, 21-23 June 2004, Lecce, Italy.
Anagnostou, Ch., Avagianos, I., Rousakis, Gr., Drakopoulou, P., Taxiarchi, M., Gourgiotis, A., Gremmenas, A., Issaris, I., Kontaxi, Ch., & Kyriazis G., 2003. Phenomena of beach erosion in the Petra Bay (NW Lesvos /Hellas) and suggestions for its protection and restoration. 7th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish. Book of Abstracts, page 51.
Anagnostou, Ch., Drakopoulou, P., Kapsimalis, V., Karageorgis, A., Lykousis, V., Michalopoulos, P., Sakellariou, D., & Stavrakakis, S., 2003. The coastal zone compartments in a tectonically active area, functioning and human dimension. The coastal zone systems of Greece.European Conference of Coastal Zone Research: an ELOISE Approach 24-27 March 2003, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Book of Abstracts page 94.
Drakopoulou, P., Giannakourou, A., & Papathanassiou, E., 2003. Spatial planning of mussel-culturing activity in order to optimize mussel production and environmental protection: Example of Thessaloniki gulf. 7th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish. Book of Abstracts, page 156.
Nikolaidis, N., Karageorgis, A., Kapsimalis, V., Drakopoulou, P., Skoulikidis, N., 2003. Modeling of Nutrient Emission in Axios River, Greece.European Conference of Coastal Zone Research: an ELOISE Approach 24-27 March 2003, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Book of Abstracts, page 15.
Karageorgis, A.P. and Drakopoulou, P., 2001. Use of Geographic Information Systems in EU Projects. Applications in river catchments and oceanography. Invited talk at the University of Torun, Poland. 27 November 2001.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., Siakavara K., Banks A., Orfanidis S., Tsiaga E., Haritonidis S. and Tsirika A., 2002. “Cartography of the Marine Sites of the Greek Natura-2000 Network: Towards a Sustainable Management of the Coastal Environment”. Proceedings of the European Federation of Marine Science and Technology Societies (EFMS) 1st Scientific Conference: Oceanographical Aspects for a Sustainable Mediterranean, Athens, Greece, 27-29 September.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., Siakavara K., Banks A., Orfanidis S., Tsiaga E., Haritonidis S. and Tsirika A., 2002. “Cartography of the Marine Sites in 67 areas of the greek Natura-2000 Network”. 2nd Hellenic Congress on “Management and Improvement of the Coastal Zones”, September 2002, Athens, Greece
Varkitzi I., Drakopoulou P. & Panayotidis P., 2001. Marine vegetation along the coasts of an eastern Mediterranean gulf (Evoikos Gulf, Greece). 7th International Seaweed Symposium, Thessaloniki, August 2001.
Karageorgis, A., Mikhailov, N., Drakopoulou P., Vorontsov, A., Anagnostou, Ch. and Lykiardopoulos, A., 2000. GIS Applications for the Investigation of Hydrometeorological and Biochemical Conditions of Coastal Areas. Mediterranean Marine Science, 1/1, 157-164.
Panayotidis P., Drakopoulou P., 2000. The Mediterranean phytobenthos in the frame of NATURA 2000 project. Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation, pages 173 – 176.
Karageorgis A., Drakopoulou P. & Anagnostou Ch., 2000. Geographic Information Systems applications in the project Metro-Med (EU MAST-III ELOISE). Proc. 6th Hel. Symp. Ocanogr. & Fish., 1, 82-86.
