Dr. Efterpi Koskeridou

Assistant Professor of Paleoecology-Ecostratigraphy

 

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,

Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment,

Department of Historical Geology – Paleontology,

Panepistimiopolis 157 84, Athens, Greece.

tel. +30 210 727 4165

fax +30 210 7247322

email: ekosker@geol.uoa.gr

 

Education

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

 

·       University of Athens, Faculty of Geology: Received Ph.D. in Paleontology-Paleoecology, 1996.

 

Thesis: Neogene Turritellids of the Helenic region.

 

Employment History (Positions):

·       2009-present: Assistant Professor (Paleontology), University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment,

·       2003-2009: Lecturer (Macropaleontology), University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment.

·       1989-2003: Research Scientist, University of Athens, Faculty of Geology.

 

Research Interests

·       Quantitative paleoecology and taxonomy of molluscs

·       Paleoenvironmental disturbance and molluscs recolonization processes.

·       Paleo-environmental reconstructions and sea-level history based on molluscs.

·       Application of macropaleontologic, geochemical and sedimentological data to problems in paleoecology, paleoclimatology and paleoceanography.

 

Current and recent research projects:

-           General Secretariat for Research and Technology, “Joint research and Technology programmes 1996-1998”, Paleontological, sedimentological stratigraphical and paleoecological research on the Miocene-Pliocene sediments of Western Macedonia for Museum development and rational eminence of paleontological findings

-          National Research Foundation of Greece Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France “Plio-Pleistocene Hellenic arc vertical movements. Sedimentological and Paleobiological approach” 1996-1997. 

-           “Use of Mg-rich carbonates as fire retardants”, (funded by the GSRT, cooperation with NTUA, Department of Chemical Engineers and the University of Saskatoon, Canada) 2004-2006.

-          National University of Athens (Kapodistrias) “Plio-Pleistocene Hellenic arc vertical movements. Sedimentological and Paleobiological approach” 2003-2007.

-          Geological Survey of Cyprus “Paleontological research of Cyprus” 2004-2006.

-          Counties of Dodekanese, Macedonia and Peloponese, “Paleontological, sedimentological stratigraphical and paleoecological research on the Miocene-Pliocene-Pleistocene sediments of Rhodes, Grevena and Lakonia for Museum development and rational eminence of paleontological findings”, 2006-2010.

 

PhD and MSc Thesis Supervising

Successfully guides students for 2 Ph. D. Degrees.

 

Teaching

Macropaleontology

Paleontology

Paleoecology-Ecostratigraphy

Stratigraphy (Practicals)

Methods in Paleogeography

Marine Ecosystems

 

Number of Publications: 60

Total citations of Publications (number): 52

 

Selected Refereed Publications and abstracts

2004: DELRIEU, B., SAINT MARTIN, J.-P., KOSKERIDOU, E., CHAIX, C., MOISSETTE, P., TSAGARIS, S., PERRET, A. & AUDOUIT, P.B. Late Tortonian eustatic rise in the eastern Mediterranean: recording from an upward backstepping geometry of coral reefs in central Crete. Proc. 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology (2004) Thessaloniki, Greece, 451-454.

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

2006: DRINIA, H., KOSKERIDOU, E., ANTONARAKOU, A., Benthic foraminifera assemblages from the Late Pliocene Iraklion Basin in Central Crete, Greece. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh., 239(3), 341-366.

2006: Cornée, J.J., MOISSETTE, P., JOANNIN, S., SUC, J.P., QUILLEVERE, F., KRIJGSMAN, W., HILGEN, F., KOSKERIDOU, E., MUNCH, P., LECUYER, CH. & DESVIGNES, P.,  Tectonic and climatic controls of coastal sedimentation: the Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene of northeastern Rhodes, Greece. Sedimentary Geology, 187, 159-181.

2006: KOSKERIDOU, E. Pliocene molluscs taxonomic diversity as a tool for the climatic-oceanographic reconstruction and stratigraphy. Two examples from the eastern Mediterranean. Ημερίδα Eπιτροπής Παλαιοντολογίας & Στρωματογραφίας (Ε.Γ.Ε.), Αθήνα (2006), Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, XXIX/I, 80-86.

2007:  JOANNIN, S., Cornée, J-J., MOISSETTE P., SUC, J-P., KOSKERIDOU, E., LECUYER, C., BUICINE, C., KOULI, K. and FERRY, S.  Changes in vegetation and marine environments in the eastern Mediterranean (Rhodes Island, Greece) during the Early and Middle Pleistocene. Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 164 (6), pp. 1119-1131.

2007:  KOSKERIDOU, E.,. Pliocene Brachiopods from Rhodes island (Cape Vagia section). Bull. of the Geological Society of Greece vol. XXX, 121-133.

2007: KOSKERIDOU, E.. Marginal marine mollusc assemblages in a highly variable setting, Late Pliocene, Rhodes Island, Greece. 6th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology (2207), Amman-Jordan, Abstract, 342.

2007: KOSKERIDOU, E., AGIADI-KATSIAOUNI, K. and MOISSETTE, P. Plio-Pleistocene teleost otoliths from Rhodes Island (Greece) – Paleoecology. 6th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology (2207), Amman-Jordan, ext. Abstract, 275-278.

2007 : KOSKERIDOU, E., VELITZELOS, D. and MOISSETTE, P. Rhodoliths and invertebrate associations in shallow water facies in the Plio-Pleistocene of Rhodes (Greece). 25th IAS Meeting of Sedimentologists 4-7/9 Patras, Greece, abstracts, p. 253.

2007: MOISSETTE, P., KOSKERIDOU, E., Cornée, J.J., GUILLOSHEAU, F. and LECUYER, C., Spectacular preservation of seagrasses and seagrass-associated communities from the Pliocene of Rhodes, Greece. Palaios, 22 (2), 200-211.

2007: Koskeridou, E., Drinia, H., Antonarakou, A., Kyriakopoulos, K., Benthic fauna of a Pleistocence shallow water hydrothermal vent, Kos island, Aegean Sea. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol., 9, European Geoscience Union.

2008: DRINIA, H., ANASTASAKIS, G. and KOSKERIDOU, E. Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution of the North Evoikos Gulf from palaeontological, sedimentological and mineralogical data. Third International Conference on the Geology of Tethys, January 2008, the Tethys Geological Society Cairo, Egypt, abstract, 41.

2008: Koskeridou, E., Drinia, H., Moissette, P., Cornée, J.-J., Benthic biofacies eco-succession and paleoenvironmental changes in Rhodes island, (Late Pliocene, Kritika Member,) Greece. International Geological Congress, Oslo, 6th -14th August, 2008.

2008: Drinia, H., Koskeridou, E., Moissette, P., J.-J. Cornée, 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, University of Tübingen.

2009: KOSKERIDOU, E., VARDALA-THEODOROU, E. and MOISSETTE, P.  Pliocene and Pleistocene shallow-water chitons from Rhodes Island, Greece. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaontologie – Abhandlungen, 251/3, 303-330.

2009: THOMSEN, E., KNUDSEN, J. and KOSKERIDOU, E. Fosssil panopeans (Bivalvia, Hiatellidae) from Rhodes, Greece. Steenstrupia, 30 (2): 153–166, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2009: KOSKERIDOU, E. & IOAKIM, C. An Early Pleistocene mollusc fauna with Ponto-Caspian elements, in Intra Hellenic basin of Atalanti, Αrkitsa region (Central Greece). 9th Symposium on Oceanography & Fisheries, 2009 – 13-16 May Patras, Greece, Proceedings, Ι, 96-101.

2009: KOSKERIDOU, E., DRINIA, H., MOISSETTE, P. Marginal marine benthic assemblages in a highly variable setting (Late Pliocene, Rhodes island, Greece). 9th Symposium on Oceanography & Fisheries, 2009 - 13-16 May Patras, Greece, Proceedings, Ι, 91-94.

2009: MOISSETTE, P., KOSKERIDOU, E. & Cornée, J.J. Pleistocene bryozoans nodules in the Cape Arkhangelos Calcarenite of Rhodes, Greece. 13th Congress RCMNS, 2-6 September 2009 Naples, Italy, abstract, 224-225.

2009: AGIADI-KATSIAOUNI, K., KOSKERIDOU, E. & MOISSETTE, P.  Preliminary data on fish otoliths from the Pliocene deposits of the Heraklion Basin (Crete).13th Congress RCMNS, 2-6 September 2009 Naples, Italy, abstract, 185-186.

2009:  KOSKERIDOU, E., MOISSETTE, P. & Cornée, J.J. Molluscs associated with drowned beachrocks in the Late Pliocene of the Island of Rhodes, Greece. 13th Congress RCMNS, 2-6 September 2009 Naples, Italy, abstract, 212-213.

2009: K. GAKI-PAPANASTASSIOU, E. KARYMBALIS, Ch. GIAGAS, N. GALANIDOU, E. KOSKERIDOU, H. MAROUKIAN.  Palaeogeographical evolution of Kerratos torrent in the Knossos area, Crete island, Greece, since Minoan times. 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, 6 - 11 July 2009 Melbourne, Australia, abstract.

2010: Moissette, P., Cornée, J.J. & KoskeridoU, E., Pleistocene rolling stones or huge Bryozoan nodules in the Cape Arkhangelos Calcarenite of Rhodes, Greece. Palaios, 25, 24-39.

2010: Moissette, P., Cornée, J.J., MannaЇ-tayech, b., rabhi, m., andrÉ, J.P., KoskeridoU, E. & mÉon, H. The western edge of the Mediterranean Pelagian Platform: A Messinian mixed siliciclastic–carbonate ramp in northern Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 285, 85-103.