Alexandra Meziti

Education

2007-2012: University of Thessaly, PhD in marine microbiology 

2005-2007: University of Bremen, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, M.Sc. studies    in        Marine Microbiology (International Max  Planck    Graduate School for Marine Microbiology, MARMIC; Bremen).

2000-2004: University of Athens, B.Sc. Degree in Biology,

Scientific interests

Aquatic microbial ecology/ Gut symbiosis/ Monitoring of microbial diversity across time and space

Professional experience-Practical training projects

2023-             Assistant professor, Department of marine sciences, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

2020-2022 Post-doctoral researcher, State Scolarships Foundation, International Hellenic University, Greece.

2018-2020 Research Associate, Georgia Institute of Technology (Environmental genomics lab, Atlanta, USA.

2016- 2020    :Coca-Cola Hellenic B.C.. Water microbial communities analysis, using molecular methods.

2016-2018: Research scientist/Consulting services, Analysis of data from Lake Lanier and Gulf of Mexico. Georgia Institute of Technology (Environmental genomics lab, Atlanta, USA. Assistant Professor Kostas Konstantinidis).

2015: Post-doctoral researcher, “The use of processed animal proteins in aquafeeds for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata).” Department of Ichthyology and aquatic environment, University of Thessaly, Volos Greece. (Chief scientist Assistant Professor Ioannis Karapanagiotidis).

2015:  Short-term scholar, ‘Spatial and temporal differences in genomic content of freshwater bacterial communities as an effect of anthropogenic pollution.’, GeorgiaTech. Environmental genomics lab, Atlanta, USA. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Kostas Konstantinidis)

2014-2015: Post-doctoral researcher, “Τhe relative role of niche and neutral mechanisms in controlling phytoplankton genetic and morphological diversity – “ECOGENE”", University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece

2014: Short-term scholar, ‘Spatial and temporal differences in genomic content of freshwater bacterial communities as an effect of anthropogenic pollution.’, GeorgiaTech. Environmental genomics lab, Atlanta, USA. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Kostas Konstantinidis)

2013: Prokaryotic and Protistan artificial community mixing: testing the environmental effect on grazing, FP7ASSEMBLE Grant Agreement

2012-2014: Post-doctoral researcher, ‘Estimation of the ecological state of the Gulf of Igoumenitsa (Greece) by combining conventional and contemporary methods.’ (NSRF 2007-2013, European Union, European regional development fund (ERDF), P.N.348097), University of Ioannina, Greece.

2012: Next-Generation Sequencing technologies and Informatics tools for studying Marine Biodiversity and Adaptation, HCMR, Heraclion, Greece

2012: Computational Microbial Ecology workshop, Detroit, USA.

2011: Prokaryotic artificial community mixing: testing the "Everything is Everywhere" hypothesis in the Mediterranean Sea, Assemble, Panmix project.

2010: E & ΙΑ Workshop "An Introduction to R and FLR for Quantitative Fisheries Analysis", European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Athens, Greece

2006: Metagenomics workshop, MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

2005:  Basic ARB workshop, MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

2004: Molecular Microbial Ecology Course, Alpine Biology Centre at Piora, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Thesis publications

Molecular diversity and abundance of Prokaryotes from the digestive tract of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) individuals in natural and reared populations. (2012), PhD Thesis, University of Thessaly, Greece, pp.133.

Diversity and distribution of benthic Crenarchaeota in marine sediments. (2007). M.Sc. Thesis, University of Bremen, Germany, pp.45.

Prokaryotic symbiotic microorganisms in the intestinal tract of sea urchins and marine ascidians (2004). Undergraduate Thesis, University of Athens, Greece, pp.45.

Chapters in books

Kormas K., Meziti A. (2011) The role of microorganisms in the rearing of Decapoda. In Elements of feeding physiology and applied diet of fishes and crustaceans. Mente E., Negas I. (eds). Athens, Papazisis Editions, pp. 361-376 (In greek).