Geoinformation in Environmental Management - Research Fellows

Ms Ilektra Remoundou      

Summary

Born in 1981 in Athens, she studied Plant Production at the Technological Educational Institute of Larissa. Since June 2004, she has been working as a Laboratory Technician at the Mediterranean Plant Conservation Unit of MAICh and she had participated in many European and National research projects and from January 2009 she has been working as a research fellow at the Geoinformation in Environmental Management department of MAICh.

Education

1998-2004
Department of Plant Production, School of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Larissa.

Employment

January 2009-today
Research fellow at the Geoinformation in Environmental Management department of MAICh

June 2004-December 2008
Laboratory Technician at the Mediterranean Plant Conservation Unit of MAICh

Research projects

GENMEDOC- “Creation of a network of Mediterranean plant conservation centers from the MEDOCC area” (http://www.genmedoc.org/)

LIFE-CRETAPLANT “A Pilot Network of Plant Micro-Reserves in Western Crete” (http://cretaplant.biol.uoa.gr/)

ENSCONET “European Native Seed Conservation Network” (http://www.maich.gr:9000/About.htm)

SEMCLIMED “Impact of climate change on Mediterranean flora and conservations actions” (http://www.semclimed.org/)

Operational Programme “Information Society”«Virtual Botanical Museum of Crete»

GLORIA “GLOBAL OBSERVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS” (http://www.gloria.ac.at/)

LIFE+ JUNICOAST “ACTIONS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF COASTAL DUNES WITH JUNIPERUS SPP. IN CRETE AND THE SOUTH AEGEAN (GREECE) (http://www.junicoast.gr/)

Seminars and Training

November 2009
Geographical Information Systems course (theory and practice). Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania

March-May 2004
Modern Organic Farming – Production and Marketing of Organic Agricultural Products Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania

May 2001
Integrated Management Systems in Agricultural Products “TUV Hellas AE in collaboration with the DKG Consulting LTD

Computer knowledge

Windows OS, Word, Excel, Power Point, Computerized image processing (Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Photo Editor, Arc GIS, Internet technology.

Research interests

Nature conservation.

Environmental management and monitoring.

Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Plant systematic and botany

Other skills

Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills

Nature photographer

Languages

Fluent in English

Greek mother language

Publications

Kazakis, G., Ghosn, D., Nyktas, P., Remoundou, I., Vogiatzakis, I.N. (2010). Monitoring plant species changes in Lefka Ori massif: observations from 2001-2008 along an altitudinal gradient. Poster presentation at the International conference on “Global Change and the World’s Mountains”. September 26-30 2010. Perth, United Kingdom.

Fournaraki C., Remoundou I., Thanos C.A. (2007). Ex situ Conservation of European Threatened Plants in Western Crete, Greece (CRETAPLANT project, EU-LIFE), p. 24, Conference Proceedings, SEED ECOLOGY II – The 2nd International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, September 9-13, 2007