Student

Katerina Triantafyllidi holds a BSc/Integrated Master’s degree in Biological Applications and Technology from the University of Ioannina, Greece. She is currently a PhD candidate at Harokopio University (Department of Geography), in collaboration with the Institute of GeoEnergy (FORTH). Her doctoral research is entitled “Comparative study of Blue Carbon storage services in coastal ecosystems of the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas.”

Mariana Angeli is a PhD candidate in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete. She holds a BSc in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Ioannina, where her thesis focused on the synthesis and characterization of graphitic metal oxide systems via the hydrothermal method. Her doctoral research focuses on the design and development of new functional two-dimensional (2D) materials and their evaluation in technological applications.

Andrianna Maria Gouziou is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and a member of the Institute of Geoenergy (FORTH). She holds a Diploma in Agriculture from the Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.

Katerina Damiri is a graduate of the Department of Environmental Engineering at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete. During her studies, she participated in the TRIERES project through the Institute of Geoenergy of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH).

Tallarou Chrysoula holds an Integrated Master in Mineral Resources Engineering from Technical University of Crete, Greece, specializing in the exploitation of energy resources. She is a PhD Candidate of the School of Mineral Resources Engineering in collaboration with the Institute of GeoEnergy/FORTH (PhD thesis: Development of a CO2 capture technology from biogas using hydrates and its conversion into biomass using a microalgae bioreactor). 

Dimosthenis Telemenis holds a BSc degree in Geology from the University of Patras and a MSc in Petroleum Engineering from the Technical University of Crete. Currently he is a PhD student at the Technical University of Crete, School of Mineral Resources Engineering, in collaboration with the Institute of GeoEnergy (FORTH/IG) (PhD Thesis: Study of new potential source rocks of Neogene age for the generation of hydrocarbons in Western Greece and Crete).

Efsevia (Voula) Fragkou holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from the Technical University of Crete (MRED).

Georgia Charalampous (GC) holds a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Protein Biotechnology from the University of Crete. Currently she is a PhD student at the Chemical and Environmental Engineering (CHENVENG) department of the Technical University of Crete (TUC), in collaboration with the Institute of Geoenergy, FORTH (PhD thesis: Microbial communities in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and their hydrocarbon degradation capability).

Vayanna Makri holds a BSc in Geology and Geoenvironment from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2017), which included an Erasmus+ exchange at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She also holds two MSc degrees: one in Petroleum Engineering from the Technical University of Crete (TUC), Greece, and another in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience from the University of Aberdeen (UoA), UK. In 2021, she began her PhD at the Technical University of Crete, School of Mineral Resources Engineering, supported by Helleniq Energy S.A.