Education

University of Athens, Faculty of Geology: Received B.Sc. degree in Geology, 1987.

University of East Anglia, Faculty of Science, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, United Kingdom: Received M.Phil. degree in Clastic Sedimentology, 1989.

o Thesis: Shallow marine, sandy carbonate clastic sedimentation in a forearc basin (Kalamavka Formation, Late Serravallian-Early Tortonian, E. Crete).

University of Athens, Faculty of Geology: Received Ph.D. in Clastic Sedimentology-Paleoecology, 1996.

o Dissertation: Sedimentation of the Late Cenozoic Deposits of West Crete - Apostoli Basin (Rethymnon Province).

Employment History (Positions)

2011: Associate Professor (Paleoecology-Ecostratigraphy), University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment

2006-2011: Assistant Professor (Paleoecology-Ecostratigraphy), University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment

2001-2006: Lecturer (Paleoecology-Ecostaratigraphy), University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment

1992-2001: Research Scientist, University of Athens, Faculty of Geology.

Research Interests

Palaeobiology and Evolutionary Palaeoecology

Geobiology in critical geological periods

Quantitative Palaeoecology and taxonomy of benthic foraminifera

Palaeoenvironmental disturbances and recolonization processes of benthic foraminifera.

Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and fluctuations of sea level using benthic foraminifera.

Implementation micropaleontological, geochemical and sedimentological data to solve problems in palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology and palaeoceanography.

Palaeoecological study of corals, bryozoa, echinoderms as a tool for the reconstruction of sea level and climate changes.

Relative sea level changes and Ecostratigraphy.

Insular palaeobiogeography

Insular palaeoecology

Current and recent research projects

2000-2004: European Science Foundation, Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasia Neogene (EEDEN)

2001 – 2003: Ecostratigraphy and Biofacies Analysis based on benthic and planktonic foraminifera of the Late Cenozoic of Eastern Mediterranean (Project Coordinator)

2005 – 2007: Ecological and Ecostratigraphical changes of the Holocene coastal deposits of Eastern Mediterranean (Project Coordinator)

2005-2007: Ministry of Education and EU, "Pythagoras II Project", Middle Miocene global climatic changes: paleo-eco-biogeographical implications in the marine regime of Eastern Mediterranean (Project Coordinator), (pdf)

2005-2007: General Secretariat for Research and Technology, “Joint research and Technology programmes 2005-2007”, Geobiology and Paleoceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean Middle Miocene (Project Coordinator)

2005-2009: IGCP521, “Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during last 30 ky: Sea level change and human adaptation”, (pdf)

2007 – 2009: Major palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic changes in North and South Evoikos Gulf, during the Late Quaternary (Project Coordinator)

2009 - present: Oceanographic study for the construction of the wharf in Koufonissi island (Project Coordinator)

2009 - 2010: Special Research labeling and characterization of the activity of faults in urban development areas in the Municipality of Heraklion, National Observatory of Athens, Geodynamic Institute.

2010, Geological Study of the Aeolian Park power 6 MW in the locality Trigonometriko of the Municipality Polykastron, in the Prefecture of Kilkis

2012-2015: Thalys Project: “Messinian Salinity Crisis: the greatest Mediterranean environmental perturbation and its repercussions to the biota”, funded by EU and the Ministry of Education (coordinator: Prof. V. Karakitsios).

2012-2015: Thalys Project: “Island biodiversity and cultural evolution: Examples from the Eastern Mediterranean, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines during the past 800,000 years”, funded by EU and the Ministry of Education (Project coordinator)

Teaching

Palaeoecology-Ecostratigraphy

Sedimentology

Stratigraphy (Practicals)

Methods in Sedimentology and Models of Sedimentation

Methods in Palaeogeography

Stratigraphy of neritic and pelagic formations

Marine Ecosystems

Geological and Palaeontological Heritage

Collaborative Socrates/Erasmus Universities in EU

Université de Fribourg, Department of Geosciences-Earth Sciences, Fribourg, Switzerland

Universita’ Degli Studi di Parma

University of Bonn, Germany

Selected Refereed Publications

Publications in international scientific journals

ALEXANDRA A.E. VAN DER GEER, GERRIT D. VAN DEN BERGH, GEORGE A. LYRAS, UNGGUL W. PRASETYO, ROKUS AWE DUE, ERICK SETIYABUDI, HARA DRINIA. The effect of area and isolation on insular dwarf proboscideans. Submitted to the Journal of Biogeography

TSOUROU, TH., DRINIA, H. & ANASTASAKIS, G. (in press). Ostracod assemblages from Holocene middle shelf deposits of southern Evoikos Gulf (central Aegean Sea, Greece) and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Micropaleontology.

CORNÉE, J.-J., MÜNCH, PH., MELINTE-DOBRINESCU, M.C., BEN MOUSSA, A., QUILLÉVÉRÉ, F., DRINIA, H., AZDIMOUSA, A., TOUHAMI, A.O., MERZERAUD, G., FAUQUETTE, S., CORSINI, M., MOISSETTE, P., FEDDI, N., 2014. The early Pliocene reflooding in the Western Mediterranean: new insights from the rias of the Internal Rif, Morocco. CR Geoscience, 346, 90-98. (pdf)

ROMAGNY, A., MÜNCH, PH., CORNÉE, J.-J., CORSINI, M., AZDIMOUSA, A., MELINTE-DOBRINESCU, M.C., DRINIA, H., BONNO, M., ARNAUD, N., MONIÉ, P., QUILLÉVÉRÉ, F., BEN MOUSSA, A., 2014 Late Miocene to present-day exhumation and uplift of the Internal Zone of the Rif chain: Insights from low temperature thermochronometry and basin analysis. Journal of Geodynamics, 77 (2014), 39-55 (pdf).

VAN DER GEER, A.A.E., LYRAS, G.A., VAN DEN HOEK OSTENDE, L.W., DE VOS, J., DRINIA, H., 2014. A revision of the palaeozoogeography of the Cycladic Islands (Greece) during the Pleistocene in relation to adjacent areas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 404 (2014) 133–144 (pdf).

VAN DER GEER, A.A.E., LYRAS, G.A., MAC PHEE, R.D.E., LOMOLINO, M., DRINIA, H., 2014. Mortality patterns for a Late Pleistocene insular deer: evidence from two fossil sites on Crete (Greece). American Museum Novitates, 3807:26 pp. (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., ANASTASAKIS G., 2014. Late Quaternary micropalaeontological record of a land-locked marine basin, North Evoikos, Central Aegean Sea. Quaternary International, 345 (2014), 18-31. (pdf)

POMONI, F., DRINIA, H., TSAPARAS, N. 2013. Palaeoecological and sedimentological characteristics of the Lower Tortonian scleractinian reef corals of Gavdos Island, southern Greece. Geobios, 46, 233-241. (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANASTASAKIS G., 2012. Benthic foraminiferal palaeoecology of the Late Quaternary continental outer shelf of a landlocked marine basin in central Aegean Sea. Quaternary International, 261 (2012) 43-52 (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., 2012. Palaeoceanography of the early late Miocene deposits of the Pre-Apulian zone, western Greece, as recorded by foraminifer and stable isotope records. International Journal of Earth Sciences 101 issue 2 March 2012. p. 521 –534 (pdf)

DRINIA, H., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., 2010. The response of benthic foraminifera to palaeoenvironmental distrurbance: A quantitative approach in turbidite – like successions. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, 258/3, 325-338 (pdf)

DRINIA, H., 2009. Foraminiferal biofacies and paleoenvironmental implications of the Early Tortonian deposits of Gavdos Island (Eastern Mediterranean). Revue de Micropaleontologie, 52, 15-29 (pdf)

DRINIA, H. ,2009. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Oligocene Afales Basin, Ithaki Island, western Greece. Central European Journal of Geosciences, 1, 1-18 (pdf)

DERMITZAKIS, M.D., RADWANSKA, U., RADWANSKI, A., DRINIA, H., 2009. Lower Pliocene (Zanclean) regressive sequence of Rafina near Pikermi in Attica, Greece: A spectacular locality of mass-aggregated giant balanid cirripedes. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences, 44, 9 – 19, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2008. On the occurrence of Early Pliocene marine deposits in Ierapetra Basin, E. Crete. Bulletin of Geosciences, 83, 63-78, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., 2007. Foraminiferal stratigraphy and palaeoecological implications in turbidite-like deposits from the Early Tortonian (Late Miocene) of Greece. Journal of Micropaleontology, 26, 145-158, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2007. Paleoenvironmental conditions preceding the Messinian Salinity Crisis: A case study from Gavdos Island. Geobios, 40, 251-265, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., TSAPARAS, N. & DERMITZAKIS, M.D., 2007. Micropaleontological parameters as proxies of Late Miocene surface water properties and paleoclimate, in Gavdos island, eastern Mediterranean. Geodiversitas, 29, 379-399, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E., ANTONARAKOU, A., 2006. Benthic foraminifera assemblages from the Late Pliocene Iraklion Basin in Central Crete, Greece. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abh., 239(3), 341-366.

GAUNDANT, J., TSAPARAS, N., ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., SAINT-MARTIN, S. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2006. A new marine fish fauna from the pre-evaporitic Messinian of Gavdos island (Greece). Comptes Rendus Palevol., 5, 795-802, (pdf)

GAUNDANT, J., TSAPARAS, N., ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2005. The Tortonian Fish fauna of Gavdos Island, Greece. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4, 687-695, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E. & A. ANTONARAKOU, 2005. Late Pliocene benthic foraminifera and mollusks from the Atsipades section, central Crete; paleoecological distribution and use in paleoenvironmental assessment. Geobios, 38(3), 315-324, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & C. DOUKAS, 2004. Foraminiferal sequence eco-biostratigraphy of the Middle-early Late Miocene Potamos Section from Gavdos island, Greece. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 249, 29-43.

ANTONARAKOU, A. & H. DRINIA, 2004. The occurrence of Bolboforma in the Upper Miocene Metochia section, Gavdos island, south of Crete (Greece). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 40, 111-122, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H. & J.W. ZACHARIASSE, 2004. Cyclostratigraphic determination of the replacement of Globorotalia menardii group by Globorotalia miotumida group. A significant climatic change signal. Journal of Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology and Meiobenthology, Vol.1, pp. 155-175, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., & A. ANTONARAKOU, 2003. Late Miocene paleoclimatic variations in the Eastern Mediterranean. An ecostratigraphical approach. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, 603-616.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & N. TSAPARAS, 2003. Plio-Pleistocene shallow marine benthic foraminifera from the Katakolon section (western Greece): an attempt of quantitative paleoenvironmental analysis. Revue de Paleobiologie, 22, 243-259.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2003. Planktonic foraminiferal ecozones: response of the pelagic environment to paleoclimatic changes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 4/2, 21-38, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., KOULI, K. & TH. TSOUROU, 2002. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleoenvironmental interpretation of Vatera Formation, Lesvos Island, Greece. Ann. Geol. Pays hellen., 39, 15-35.

POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F., H. DRINIA, & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2002. Neogene non-tropical carbonate sedimentation in a warm temperate biogeographic province. Sedimentary Geology, 154, 147-157, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2001. Sedimentary facies analysis and biostratigraphical implications of the continental-marine sediments of central-west Crete (Selli section, Rethymnon). Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, 220, 295-312.

DRINIA, H., 2000. Depositional systems and palaeogeographical evolution of Apostoli Basin, central-west Crete, Greece. Ann. Geol. Pays Hellen., 38c, 11-33.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V., DRINIA, H. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2000. Biostratigraphical and paleoenvironmental determination of a marine Plio/Pleistocene outcrop in Cefallinia Island. Geologie Mediterranneene, XXVI, ½, 3-18.

PAVLAKIS, P., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & TH. TSOUROU, 1999. Paleobiogeographical reconstruction of the Katharo Plain. Biologia-Gallohellenika, 25(2), p. 157-186.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & H. DRINIA, 1999. The presence of fossil Mammals in Lesvos Island, NE Aegean Sea, and their palaeobiogeographical implications. DEINSEA, 7, 113-120.

SONDAAR, P.Y., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H. & J. DE VOS, 1998. Paleoecological factors that controlled the survival and adaptation of the Pleistocene Man on the Mediterranean islands. Ann. Geol. pays Hellen., vol. 38a, 25-35.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V, DRINIA, H. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1997. Τhe Plio-Pleistocene boundary in the Gerakas section, Zakynthos (Ionian islands). Biostratigraphic and paleoecological observations. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Mh., H.1, 12-30.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V, DRINIA, H. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1995. Quantitative micropaleontological analysis and paleoenvironmental interpretation of Southern Kerkyra Pliocene deposits. Geologie Mediterranéenne, Tome XXII, n 3-4, 11-123.

POSTMA, G. & H. DRINIA, 1993, Architecture and sedimentary facies evolution of a marine expanding half-graben, (Crete, Late Miocene), Basin Research, 5, 103-124, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., 1990, Study of the sandy carbonate clastic sediments of the Kalamavka Formation (Lower Miocene, E. Crete), Annales Geologiques des Pays Helleniques, 34/2, 99-126.

Publications in Proceedings of International Conferences

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., MICHALAKOPOULOS, S., TSIOLAKIS, E., 2013. Benthic environmental changes in Late Pliocene Pissouri Section, Cyprus: preliminary results. 13th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings.

LOUVARI, M-A., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., 2013. Benthic foraminifera paleobathymetrical assessment of the Kalamavka Formation (Late Miocene, Ierapetra Basin, Eastern Crete). 13th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings.

DRINIA, H., 2013. A re-evaluation and interpretation of Foraminiferal depth paleoecology of the early late Miocene tectono – stratigraphic deposits of the Pre-Apulian zone, western Greece. 13th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V., ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., DIMIZA, M.D., KONTAKIOTIS, G., TSOLAKIS, E., THEODOROU, G., 2010. High resolution biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the ealry Pliocene succession of Pissouri Basin (Cyprus island). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings of the 12^th International Congress, Patras, May, 2010, XLIII(2), 763 – 772, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E., ANTONARAKOU, A., TZORTZAKI, E., 2010. Benthic foraminifera associated with the zooxantellate coral Cladocora in the Pleistocene of the Kos island (Aegean Sea, Greece): sea level changes and environmental conditions. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings of the 12^th International Congress, Patras, May, 2010, XLIII(2), 620 – 626, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F., TSAPARAS, N., ANTONARAKOU, A., 2010. Miocene scleractinian corals of Gavdos island, Southern Greece: implications for tectonic control and sea-level changes. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings of the 12^th International Congress, Patras, May, 2010, XLIII, 620 – 626, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2010. Planktonic biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental implications of a Middle Miocene transgressive sequence on the Ionian zone of Levkas island, Ionian Sea, Greece. XIX Congress of the Carpathian Balkan Geological Association Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010, (pdf)

TSAPARAS, N., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., MARCOPOULOU-DIAKANTONI, A. & DERMITZAKIS, M.D. 2007. Tortonian Clypeaster fauna (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida) from Gavdos Island (Greece)., Bulletin of the Geological society of Greece, 40, 225-237, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., KONTAKIOTIS, N., TSAPARAS, N., SEGOU, M. & KARAKITSIOS, V. 2007. Paleobathymetric evolution of the early Late Miocene deposits of the pre-Apulian zone, Levkas Island, Ionian Sea. Bulletin of the Geological society of Greece, 40, 39-52, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., POMONI, F., 2006. The application of cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology in the Neogene marine deposits of Eastern Mediterranean: Metochia section (Gavdos island). Bulletin of the Geological Society, XXXIX/I, 17-27.

GALANAKIS, D., ANTONARAKOU, A., GEORGIOU, Ch. & DRINIA, H., 2004. Brittle tectonic, sedimentation and morphological alteration of Megara Basin. Proc. 5^th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, 14 to 20 April, 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece, 835-838.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2004. Assessment of micropaleontological sedimentary parameters as proxies of surface water properties in Gavdos island, Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. 5^th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, 14 to 20 April, 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece, 455-457.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2004. Foraminiferal record of environmental changes: pre-evaporitic diatomaceous sediments from Gavdos Island, southern Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, XXXVI/2), 782-791. (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & N. TSAPARAS, 2004. Diversity and Abundance trends of planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the southern part of the Iraklion Basin, central Crete. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, XXXVI/2, 772-781, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A. & H. DRINIA, 2003. Climatic variations during sapropel deposition in Gavdos Island, Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a key for understanding formation processes. Proc. 8^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Lemnos island, Greece, 8-10 September 2003, 55-62, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., TSAPARAS, N., ANTONARAKOU, A. & G. GOUMAS, 2003. Benthic foraminiferal biofacies associated with Middle to early Late Miocene oxygen deficient conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Proc. 8^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Lemnos island, Greece, 8-10 September 2003, 191-198, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., 2001. Palaeoenvironmental significance of a late Miocene benthic foraminifera fauna from Apostoli Formation, Central west Crete, Greece., Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece, XXXIV/2, 627-634.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M. & N. TSAPARAS, 2000. Study of the Late Miocene fauna of Faneromeni section, eastern Crete. Biostratigraphical implications and cyclostratigraphical patterns. Procedings Interim Colloquium RCMNS, Patras, May 1998, Geological Society of Greece, Special Publications, No 9, 3-8.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & H. DRINIA, 1998. Sedimentology and paleoenvironmental conditions of origin of concretions in Sitia region, E. Crete. Bull. of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings of the 8^th International Congress, Patras, May, 1998, vol. XXXII/2, p. 351-357.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOY, M.V. & N. TSAPARAS, 1998. Biostratigraphical and paleoecological analysis of the Neogene deposits of Kalamos island, Ionian Sea, West Greece. Bull. of the Geological Society of Greece, Proceedings of the 8^th International Congress, Patras, May, 1998, vol. XXXII/2, p. 125-132.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H. & M.V. TRIANTAPHYLLOU, 1997. Gerakas Gulf, Greece: A natural park and a geological monument. Proceedings of International Symposium on Engineering Geology and the Environment, Athens, 23-27 June, Balkema, 2923-2926.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D., POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F. & H. DRINIA, 1996. Lithofacial, sedimentological and technical characteristics of the Neogene Building stones extracted from Skopi-Sitia (E.Crete). Eurocare-Euromarble EU 496, Workshop 7, October 21-23. p. 121-127.

Abstracts - Extended Abstracts of scientific communications in international conferences

KONTAKIOTIS, G., ANTONARAKOU, A., MORTYN, P.G., DRINIA, H., 2014. Globigerinoides ruber (w) morpho-specific response on past SSS and SST changes inferred from stable isotopes and geochemical proxies (Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca): A Gulf of Mexico Perspective. TMS

LOUVARI, M.-A., DRINIA, H., TSOUROU, Th., ANASTASAKIS, G., 2014. Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of South Evoikos Gulf (east – central Aegean Sea) by benthic foraminiferal assemblages. TMS

DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E., ANTONARAKOU, A. MOISSETTE, P., CORNÉE, J.-J., KONTAKIOTIS, G., KARAKITSIOS V., 2014. The Tortonian – Messinian transition in Ag. Ioannis section, Messara basin, Central Crete: biostratigraphical and paleoenvironmental implications, RCMNS Interim Colloquium 2014 – The Messinian Salinity Crisis: from Geology to Geobiology, Torino. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3697.5368

LYRAS, G., VAN DER GEER, A., MACPHEE, R., LOMOLINO, M., DRINIA, H., 2014. The effect of absence of predators on juvenile survival in the insular Pleistocene deer Candiacervus (Cetartiodactyla, Uminantia, Cervidae). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 74th Meeting Berlin, p. 171. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2911.1049

VAN DEN HOEK OSTENDE, L., HENNEKAM, J., VAN DER GEER, A., DRINIA, H., 2014. Why are there no giants at the dwarf’s feet? Insular micromammals in the eastern Mediterranean. Scienti6c Annals, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, VIth International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, Grevena – Siatista, Special Volume 102, p. 209.

LOUVARI, M.A., TSOUROU, TH., DRINIA, H., ANASTASAKIS, G. 2013. Benthic faunal assemblages from the Holocene middle shelf of the South Evoikos Gulf, central Greece and their palaeoenvironmental implications. EGU 2013

TSOUROU, TH., DRINIA, H., ANASTASAKIS, G., 2013. Ostracod assemblages from Holocene middle shelf deposits of southern Evoikos Gulf (central Aegean Sea, Greece) and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Naturalista sicil., S. IV, XXXVII (1), 2013, pp. 401-403, 17th International Symposium on Ostracoda “Back to the Future” University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, July 23rd-26^th

VAN DER GEER, A., LYRAS, G., DRINIA, H., 2013. Trends of body size evolution in the fossil record of insular Southeast Asia. 2nd International Conference on Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution, Berlin, Germany; March 11-15, p. 175.

VAN DER GEER, A, LYRAS, G., DE VOS, J., DRINIA, H., 2013. Morphology of articular surfaces can solve a phylogenetic issue: one instead of two ancestors for Candiacervus (Mammalia: Cervoidea). International Conference on Ruminant Phylogenetics, Munich, 03. – 06. September 2013, Zitteliana, p. 33-34

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E., MANOUTSOGLOU, E., MOISSETTE, P., CORNEE, J-J., KARAKITSIOS, V., 2013. Biostratigraphy and palaeoecological implications of the Tortonian – Messinian transition of Faneromeni Section, Sitia Basin, Eastern Crete. In proceeding of: 14th Congress RCMNS, At Istanbul, Turkey, p.199.

DRINIA H., ANTONARAKOU A., KONTAKIOTIS, G., TSIOLAKIS E., 2013. Eastern Mediterranean foraminiferal palaeoecological responses to Late Pliocene environmental changes. In proceeding of: 14th Congress RCMNS, At Istanbul, Turkey, p.224.

TSIOLAKIS, E., ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., KONTAKIOTIS, G., SPROVIERI, M., TSAILA-MONOPOLIS, S., FERENTINOS, G., THEODOROU, G., ZISSIMOS, A.M., 2013. Middle Pliocene micropaleontological and stable isotope records from Cyprus Island (Eastern Mediterranean). 22–27 September, Budapest, Hungary, 10th Applied Isotope Geochemistry Conference Central European Geology, Vol. 56/2–3, p. 56. DOI: 10.1556/CEuGeol.56.2013.2–3.1

ANTONARAKOU, A., KONTAKIOTIS, G., MORTYN, P.G., DRINIA, H., BESSIOU, E., TRIPSANAS E., KARAGEORGIS, A., 2013. Mg/Ca variations in Globigerinoidesrubermorphotypes from the Gulf of Mexico:Paleo-environmental and paleoclimatic implications. 11th International Conference on Paleoceanography, 1-6 September, 2013. Sitges – Barcelona

KARYMBALIS, E., KOUGEMITROU, E., GAKI-PAPANASTASSIOU, K., TSANAKAS, K., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., STATHOPOULOU, V., 2013. Geomorphic evolution of the Pinios River Delta, in central Greece, in Late Holocene. 8th International conference (AIG) on Geomorphology «Geomorphology and sustainability», 27-31 August, Paris, abstracts volume.

DRINIA, Η. ANTONARAKOU, A., TSOUROU, TH., TZORTZAKI, E., FILIPPAKI, A., NIKOLAOU, C., 2010.The Messinian/Early Pliocene transition in eastern Mediterranean. New paleoenvironmental data from the Kalamaki section (Zakynthos island, Greece), Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 12, EGU2010-13926-1, EGU General Assembly 2010, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., 2010. Benthic environmental changes in SE Aegean Sea during the last 26 ky BP: preliminary results. XIX Congress of the Carpathian Balkan Geological AssociationThessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010.

DRINIA, H. & TSOUROU, TH., 2010. Benthic microfaunal assemblages in temperate coral bearing deposits from the Pleistocene of Kos island (Aegean Sea). INQUA 501 – IGCP 521 Six Plenary Meeting and Field Trip, Rhodes, Greece, 27 Sept – 5 Oct, 2010.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., ANASTASAKIS, G., 2010. Factors controlling the distribution of small – sized planktonic foraminifera in the Late Quaternary landlocked basin of North Evoikos Gulf, central Aegean Sea. INQUA 501 – IGCP 521 Six Plenary Meeting and Field Trip, Rhodes, Greece, 27 Sept – 5 Oct, 2010.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2010. Planktonic foraminiferal and palaeoenvironmental implications of a Middle Miocene transgressive sequence in the Ionian zone of Levkas island, Ionian Sea, Greece. XIX Congress of the Carpathian Balkan Geological AssociationThessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 September 2010, Astract volume, Geologica Balcanica, 39, p. 27.

DRINIA, H., 2009. Assessment of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Oligocene Afales Basin, Ithaki island, western Greece, and palaeoceanographic implications. The Micropalaeontological Society’s Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups’ joint Spring Meeting 2009, “Integrated Studies of evolution, taxonomy, ecology and geochemistry”, 4 to 5th June 2009, Zürich, Switzerland.

DRINIA, H. & ANTONARAKOU, A., 2009. Benthic foraminiferal distribution and tectonic significance of the early Late Miocene tectonostratigraphic deposits of the Pre-Apulian zone, western Greece. Abs, 13th Congress RCMNS, 2 – 6 September 2009, Naples, Italy, p. 63 - 64.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V., TSAILA-MONOPOLIS, S., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., 2009. Biostratigraphy and paleoecological implications of calcareous microfossils in the Afales section (Oligocene), Ithaki Island, western Greece. Abs, 13th Congress RCMNS, 2 – 6 September 2009, Naples, Italy, p. 197 - 198.

DRINIA, H., POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., 2009. Microfacies analysis and paleoecological implications of Miocene reefal limestones in Gavdos Island, southern Greece. Abs, 13th Congress RCMNS, 2 – 6 September 2009, Naples, Italy, p. 43 – 44.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M., ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., LOURENS, L., ZIVERI, P., DIMIZA, M., KONTAKIOTIS, G., TSOLAKIS, E., THEODOROU, G., DERMITZAKIS, M., 2009. Zanclean – Piacenzian climate variability in the eastern Mdeiterranean (Pissouri basin, Cyprus Island). Abs, 13th Congress RCMNS, 2 – 6 September 2009, Naples, Italy, p. 270.

DERMITZAKIS, M., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., 2009. The marine microfossil record of past climatic changes in Eastern Mediterranean. Scientific session “Mineralogy and Geodiversity” dedicated to the 70^th anniversary of Professor Dr. Emil Constantinescu, Bucharest, 30-31. October 2009

Drinia, H., Anastasakis, G., & E. Koskeridou, 2008. Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution of the North Evoikos Gulf from palaeontological, sedimentological and mineralogical data. Third International Conference on the Geology of the Tethys (8-11 January, 2008, South Valley University - Aswan)

Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Sprovieri, M., F. Lirer, 2008. Early Tortonian paleoceanographic reconstruction of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea based on foraminifera stable isotope analysis Third International Conference on the Geology of the Tethys (8-11 January, 2008, South Valley University - Aswan).

Drinia H. & Antonarakou A. 2008. Oligocene-Early Miocene Paleoceanographic Events of Afales Basin, Ithaki island, Ionian Sea, W. Greece: Evidence from Benthic and Planktonic Foraminifera. EMMM 2008 Fifth International Congress, University of Madras, India, 17-25 February, [extended abstract]

Antonarakou, A., Drinia, H., Lirer, F., Foresi, L.M. & G. Kontakiotis 2008. Foraminiferal Assemblages and Paleoclimatic changes in the Langhian record of the Ionian Sea. EMMM 2008 Fifth International Congress, University of Madras, India, 17-25 February, [extended abstract]

Drinia, H., 2008. Response of benthic foraminiferal assemblages to the early Late Miocene tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Pre-Apulian zone, Levkas Island, Ionian Sea. EMMM 2008 Fifth International Congress, University of Madras, India, 17-25 February, [extended abstract]

Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Lirer, F., Sprovieri, M., Kontakiotis, G., Tsaparas, N., Galanakis, D., Paschos, P., 2008. Response of benthic foraminiferal assemblages to the Neogene tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Pre-Apulian zone (Levkas Island, western Greece). Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 10, EGU2008-A-06345, EGU General Assembly 2008, (pdf)

Drinia, H., 2008. Sedimentary facies analysis and palaeoecology of an early Tortonian turbidite-like sequence in Gavdos island, Greece. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 10, EGU2008-A-07243, EGU General Assembly 2008, (pdf)

Koskeridou, E., Drinia, H., Moissette, P., Cornée, J.-J., 2008. Benthic biofacies eco-succession and paleoenvironmental changes in Rhodes island, (Late Pliocene, Kritika Member,) Greece. 33^rd International Geological Conference, Oslo, Norway. (pdf)

Drinia, H., Koskeridou, E., Moissette, P., J.-J. Cornée, 2008, Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the Plio-Pleistocene restricted environment of the Kritika Member (Rhodes Island, Greece). The Micropalaeontological Society’s Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups’ joint Spring Meeting 2008, “Bioindicators of past and present environments”, 15th to 17th May 2008, Tübingen, Germany.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DRINIA, H., KONTAKIOTIS, G., ANASTASAKIS, G., 2008. Foraminiferal response to Eastern Mediterranean circulation and oxygenation during sapropel S1 formation. IGCP 521-INQUA 0501 Fourth Plenary Meeting and Field Trip, Bucharest (Romania) – Varna (Bulgaria, October 4-16, 2008, Extended Abstracts, 13-14, (pdf)

Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Sprovieri, M., Lirer, F., 2007. Stable isotope signatures for paleoenvironmental reconstructions of the early Late Miocene deposits of the pre-Apulian zone (Levkas island, Ionian Sea). Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol., 9, European Geoscience Union, (pdf).

Koskeridou, E., Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Kyriakopoulos, K., 2007. Benthic fauna of a Pleistocence shallow water hydrothermal vent, Kos island, Aegean Sea. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 9, EGU2007-A-07193, EGU General Assembly 2007, (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., KONTAKIOTIS, G., ΤSAPARAS, N., SEGOU, M. AND KARAKITSIOS, V., 2007. Paleobathymetric evolution of the early Late Miocene deposits of the Pre-Apulian zone, Levkas island, Ionian Sea. Abstracts of the 11th G.S.G.International Congress, 24-26 May, Athens, p. 44.

TSAPARAS, N., DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., MARCOPOULOU-DIAKANTONI, A. AND DERMITZAKIS, M.D. 2007. Tortonian Clypeaster fauna (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida) from Gavdos island (Greece). Abstracts of the 11th G.S.G.International Congress, 24-26 May, Athens, p. 188.

Drinia, H. 2007. Benthic foraminifera recolonization process in turbidite-like deposits: a case study. 25th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Patras, 2007, [abstract], p.227.

Tsaparas, N., Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Marcopoulou-Diakantoni, A. & M.D. Dermitzakis 2007. Late Miocene Bryozoan assemblages from Gavdos Island (south Greece) and their paleoecological significance. Sixth International symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Abstract volume, 271-274.

Antonarakou, A., Di Stefano, A., Drinia, H., Lirer, F., Foresi, L., Kontakiotis, G., Tsaparas, N., 2006. Calcareous Plankton Biostratigraphy and age of the Lower-Middle Miocene deposits of Levkas Island, Ionian Sea, Greece. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 8, 1607-7962/gra/EGU06-A-07158, EGU General Assembly 2006, (pdf)

Drinia, H., Anastasakis, G., Antonarakou, A., 2006. Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental history of a semi-enclosed marine basin, (North Evoikos, central Aegean Sea) from subsurface data. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 8, 1607-7962/gra/EGU06-A-08766, EGU General Assembly 2006, (pdf)

Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Kontakiotis, G., 2005. Distribution of Benthic and Planktonic Foraminifera in the surface exposures of Ierapetra Basin Early Pliocene (E. Crete, Greece). 12^th Congress RCMNS, 6-11 Sept., 2005, p. 72-73.

Drinia, H., Anastasakis, G., Antonarakou, A., 2005. Late Quaternary benthic foraminifera assemblages in the North Evoikos Basin, Aegean Sea. 1^st Plenary Meeting and field trip of Project IGCP-521, “Black Sea-Mediterranean corridor during the last 30 Ky: sea level change and human adaptation, Istanbul, Turkey, October 8-15, 2005, Abst. P. 41-42.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., 2004. Short-term climatic changes during the Middle-Late Miocene. Comparison between eastern Mediterranean and Atlantic records. Third RCANS Congress, “The Atlantic Neogene in the XXIth Century: State of the Art”, Morocco, Abstract volume.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & N. TSAPARAS, 2004. Diversity and Abundance trends of planktonic and benthic foraminifera from the southern part of the Iraklion Basin, central Crete. 10^th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, 17-17 April, 2004, Thessaloniki, p. 381-382.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2004. Foraminiferal record of environmental changes: pre-evaporitic diatomaceous sediments from Gavdos Island, southern Greece. 10^th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, 14-17 April, 2004, Thessaloniki, p. 383-384.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N. & KONTAKIOTIS, G., 2004. Paleoecological aspects preceding the Messinian Salinity Crisis: A case from Gavdos island. 4^th International Congress “Environment and Identity in the Mediterranean: The Messinian Salinity Crisis Revisited”, Abstracts, 29-25 July, Corte, p.33.

DRINIA, H. & A. ANTONARAKOU, 2004. Foraminiferal biofacies on the Bo shelf, Gavdos Island, Eastern Mediterranean: paleoenvironmental implications. International Society of Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology and Meiobenthology International Congress, 4th, Isparta, Turkey, September 13-18, 2004, [extended abstract].

DRINIA, H., TSAPARAS, N., ANTONARAKOU, A. & G. GOUMAS, 2003. Benthic foraminiferal biofacies associated with Middle Miocene oxygen-deficient conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean. 8^th International Conference of Environmental Science and Technology, Abst., p. 80, (pdf)

ANTONARAKOU, A. & H. DRINIA, 2003. Climatic variations during sapropel deposition in Gavdos island, Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a key for understanding formation processes. 8^th International Conference of Environmental Science and Technology, Abst., p. 220 , (pdf)

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2003. Distribution patterns of foraminifera in Late Miocene eastern Mediterranean sediments in relation to Environmental gradients: first results. EEDEN- Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene, Birth of the New World, Stará Lesná, 12-16/11, 2003, p. 6.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., TSAPARAS, N., DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & C. DOUKAS, 2003. Late Miocene benthic Foraminifera adaptation to changing bottom water conditions: a case from Gavdos island, Eastern Mediterranean. EEDEN- Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene, Birth of the New World, Stará Lesná, 12-16/11, 2003, p. 7-8.

ANTONARAKOU, A. & H. DRINIA, 2002. Cyclostratigraphic determination of the replacement of Globorotalia menardii group by Globorotalia miotumida group. A significant climatic change signal. The Third International Congress “Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology and Meiobenthology”, EMMM^2002, Vienna-Austria, 1-6 September, Abst., p. 43.

ANTONARAKOU, A. & H. DRINIA, 2002. The occurrence of Bolboforma, in the Late Miocene Metochia section, Gavdos island. 6^th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Athens, August 29-September 2, Book of Abstracts, p. 50-51.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 2002. Planktonic foraminiferal ecozones: response of the pelagic environment to paleoclimatic changes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. 1^st Scientific Conference of EFMS and HO: “Oceanographical aspects for a sustainable Mediterranean”, Athens, Extended Abstract, σε CD.

DRINIA, H., ANTONARAKOU, A., DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & C. DOUKAS, 2002. Foraminiferal Sequence Biostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene Potamos section from Gavdos island. General meeting conference of the European Science Foundation Programme: Environments and Ecosystem dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene (EEDEN): “The Middle Miocene Crisis”, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, 13-16 November, Abstracts, p. 43-44.

ANTONARAKOU, A., DERMITZAKIS, M.D., DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V. & N. TSAPARAS, 1998. Study of the Upper Miocene fauna of Faneromeni section, Eastern Crete. Biostratigraphical implications and Cyclostratigraphical patterns. Interim-Colloquium/RCMNS “Mediterranean Neogene Cyclostratigraphy in marine-continental palaeoenvironments”, Patras-Greece, 27-29 May, Coll. Abst, p. 6.

DRINIA, H., 1998. Sedimentary facies analysis and paleogeographic reconstruction of Pandanassa and Apostoli formations, Rethymnon Province, Central-West Crete. Interim-Colloquium/RCMNS “Mediterranean Neogene Cyclostratigraphy in marine-continental palaeoenvironments”, Patras-Greece, 27-29 May, Coll. Abst, p. 25.

DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1998. Sedimentary facies analysis and biostratigraphical implications of the marine sediments of Central-West Crete (Selli Section, Rethymnon). Interim-Colloquium/RCMNS “Mediterranean Neogene Cyclostratigraphy in marine-continental palaeoenvironments”, Patras-Greece, 27-29 May, Coll. Abst, p. 26.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D., NIKOLAKIS, D., DRINIA, H., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V., VASSILOPOULOU, E. & V. KOUSKOUNA, 1998. Geological past and climatological conditions of the Saronikos Gulf area. 1^st International Conference on the History and Archaeology of the Argo-Saronic Gulf, Coll. Abstr.

DRINIA, H., POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F., TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1998. Environmental and climatological significance of the Miocene Coralline Algal-Bryozoan facies (Apostoli Basin, Western Crete, Greece), Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association XVI Congress, Coll. Abstr., p. 142.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D., POMONI-PAPAIOANNOU, F. & H. DRINIA, 1996. Petrological and Technical characteristics of the building stones (Maltezoplaka) extracted from Skopi- Sitia (E. Crete). Eurocare-Euromarble EU 496, Workshop 7, October 21-23, Coll. Abstracts, p. 17.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V, DRINIA, H. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1995. The Plio-Pleistocene boundary in Gerakas section, Zakynthos (Ionian islands). Biostratigraphic and paleoecological observations, Xth Congress RCMNS, 1995, Collected abstracts, 1:245, Bucuresti.

DERMITZAKIS, M.D. & H. DRINIA, 1994. Sedimentary history of Prina Complex, Ierapetra basin, Crete. 7^th Intern.Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Thessaloniki, May 25-27, 1994, Collected abstracts, p.81.

TRIANTAPHYLLOU, M.V, DRINIA, H. & M.D. DERMITZAKIS, 1994. Quantitative micropaleontological analysis and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Pliocene deposits in Southern Kerkyra. 7^th Intern. Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, May 25-27 1994, Thessaloniki, Collected abstracts, p. 92.

DRINIA, H., MONOGIOU, E. & G. POSTMA, 1989. Carbonate clastic alluvial fan and fan-delta sedimentation during compressional tectonics. In: Sea-level changes at active plate margins-processes and products. Geological Society of London, May 1989, Abstracts, p. 15-16.