Short CV
- BSc in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1990-1996)
- MSc in Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2006-2010)
Since November 2000, she has held a position as scientific personnel at the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters of HCMR.
She is a chemist at the Hydrochemical Laboratory of the Institute and her duties are water samples analysis, data analysis, reference conditions & surface water classification (Rivers, Lakes).
She has research interests in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Reference conditions & Inland surface water quality classification, Greek Nutrient Classification System and Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EU) on the Greek rivers.
She has participated in 31 national and European projects of HCMR. She has contributed in a number of papers in scientific journals, as well as in other publications (i.e., conference proceedings, special publications, workshops announcements and technical reports).
She is a member of the Association of Greek Chemists.
She is an active member of HCMR Educational Unit
Publications
PUBLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
- Nikolaos Th. Skoulikidis, Leonidas Vardakas, Anastasia Lampou, YiorgosAmaxidis, Sofia Laschou, 2025. Redefining and delineating pristine conditions: A methodological framework with an application to a minimally impacted Mediterranean stream basin Volume 178, September 2025, 114071 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114071.
- Kalogianni, E., Leris, I., Vardakas, L., Kapakos, Y., Laschou, S., Bommerlund, J., Mauvisseau, Q., Zimmerman, B.,2024. Designing, implementing and monitoring the translocation of a highly threatened freshwater fish https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4072
- Kalogianni, E., Zogaris, S., Leris, I., Laschou, S., Zimmerman, B., Meek, S., Sargeant, S., Weldon, L., & Steer, M. D., 2023. New boundaries: Redefining the geographical range of a threatened fish through environmental DNA survey.Environmental DNA, 00, 1–9 https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.428
- Kalogianni E., Koutsikos, N., Karaouzas I., Smeti E., Kapakos Y., Laschou S., Dimitriou E., Vardakas L. REVIVE: A feasibility assessment tool for freshwater fish conservation translocations in Mediterranean rivers, 2023. Science of the Total Environment, 862, 160595.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160595
- Sources of major elements and nutrients in the water cycle of an undisturbed riverbasin – Samothraki Island, Greece, 2023, Nikolaos Th. Skoulikidis, Ioannis Matiatos, Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Evangelia Smeti, Cemil Özkan, Konstantinos Akepsimaidis, Sofia Laschou, Christine Stumpp, Science of the total environment, 897,(3):165361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165361
- Implementing the CCME Water Quality Index for the Evaluation of thePhysicochemical Quality of Greek Rivers, Panagopoulos, Y.; Alexakis, D.E.; Skoulikidis, N.T.; Laschou, S.; Papadopoulos, A.; Dimitriou, E., Water 2022,14(17), 2738; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14172738
- Skoulikidis, N., Lampou, A., Laschou, S., 2020. Unraveling aquatic quality controls of a nearly undisturbed Mediterranean Island (Samothraki, Greece). Water 12, 473. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020473
- Smeti E., von Schiller D., Karaouzas I., Laschou S., Vardakas L., Sabater S., Tornés E., Monllor- Alcaraz L.S., Guillem-Argiles N., Martinez E., Barceló D., Lopezde Alda M., Kalogianni E., Elosegi A., Skoulikidis N. (2019). Multiple stressor effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a Mediterranean temporary river. Science of the Total Environment, 647, 1179-1187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.105
- Ruegner, H., Schwientek, M., Milacic, R., Zuliani, T., Vidmar, J., Paunovic, M., Laschou, S., Kalogianni, E., Skoulikidis, N.T., Diamantini, E., Majone, B., Bellin, A., Chiogna, G., López de Alda, M., Díaz-Cruz, S., Grathwohl, P. (2019). Particle Bound Pollutants in Rivers: Results from Suspended Sediment Sampling in Globaqua River Basins. Science of the Total Environment 647, 645–652. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.027
- Ioannis Leris, Eleni Kalogianni, Catherine Tsangaris, Evangelia Smeti, Sofia Laschou, Evangelia Anastasopoulou, Leonidas Vardakas, Yiannis Kapakos, Nikolaos Th Skoulikidis (2019). Acute and sub-chronic toxicity bioassays of Olive Mill Wastewater on the Eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 175, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.03.025
- Evangelia Smeti, Eleni Kalogianni, Ioannis Karaouzas, Sofia Laschou, Elisabet Tornés, Núria De Castro-Català, Evangelia Anastasopoulou, Maria Koutsodimou, Argyro Andriopoulou, Leonidas Vardakas, Isabel Muñoz, Sergi Sabater, Nikolaos Th Skoulikidis (2019). Effects of olive mill wastewater discharge on benthic biota in Mediterranean streams. Environmental Pollution 254, 113057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113057
- Kalogianni E., A. Vourka, I. Karaouzas, L. Vardakas, S. Laschou & Th.N. Skoulikidis (2017). Combined effects of water stress and pollution on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in a Mediterranean intermittent river. Science of the Total Environment, 603-604, 639-650. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.078 (I.P. 2016: 4.900).
- Skoulikidis N., Y. Amaxidis, I. Bertahas, S. Laschou & K. Gritzalis (2006). Analysis of factors driving stream water composition and synthesis of management tools – A case study on small/medium Greek catchments. The Science of the Total Environment, 362: 205-241.
- Bertahas I., Dimitriou E., Karaouzas I., Laschou S. & Zacharias I. (2006). Climate change and agricultural pollution effects on the trophic status of a Mediterranean lake. Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica 342 (4): 349-359.
PUBLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- Assessing the impact of extreme weather events on water quality: the case of Pinios river basin (Greece) after the Daniel storm – preliminary findings. K. Lazogiannis, I. Matiatos, E. Dimitriou, G. Amaxidis, A. Papadopoulos, S. Laschou, G. Filippi, M. Kapeloni, 5th International Conference on Environmental Design (ICED2024) 18-20 October 2024, Athens, Greece.
- Vardakas, L., Smeti, E., Karaouzas, I., Laschou, S., Koutsikos, N., Kapakos, Y., Papaioannou, G., Dimitriou, E., Kalogianni, E. 2023. Habitat restoration for the conservation of two threatened fishes in an intermittent river. XVII European Congress of Ichthyology 2023: 4th – 8th September 2023, Prague
- Smeti E, von Schiller D, Laschou S, Vardakas L, Tornés E, Theodoropoulos C, Vourka A, Andriopoulou A, Koutsodimou M, Anastasopoulou E, Karaouzas I, Sabater S, Elosegi A, Skoulikidis NT & Kalogianni E (2018). Effects of agro-industrial pollution on biota and ecosystem functioning in an intermittent river (Evrotas, Greece). Limnologia 2018. XIX Conference of the Iberian Association of Limnology Inland waters and XXI century challenges: from scientific knowledge to environmental management, 24 – 29 June 2018, Coimbra, Portugal. Book of abstracts, p. 202.
- Ruegner, H., Schwientek, M., Grathwohl, P., Nasrabadi, T., Zuliani, T., Milačič, R., Laschou, S., Kalogianni, E. Particle facilitated pollutant transport in rivers. Poster presentation. In: Köck Schulmeyer, M., Barceló, Cullerés, D. (Eds.). Reconnaissance of trace organic compounds and metals in GLOBAQUA river basins: book of abstracts of the GLOBAQUA workshop, 9-10 November 2017, Barcelona, Spain. p 38.
PUBLICATIONS ON NATIONAL CONFERENCES
- Oikonomou A, Dimitriou E, Kalogianni E, Papadopoulos A, Kouraklis P, Laschou S, Barbieri R, Mentzafou A, Stoumboudi M. What is the impact of the hydromorphological changes on the biodiversity of riverine ecosystems? The case of Louros River fish fauna. 11o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Οικολογίας, Πάτρα 4-7 Οκτωβρίου 2023 (http://helecos11.upatras.gr). (poster)
- Vardakas L., Dimitriou E., Karaouzas I., Koutsikos N., Smeti E., Laschou S., Kapakos Y., Kouraklis P., Papaioannou G., Boglis A., Anastopoulos D., Dimitrakopoulos Ι. and Kalogianni E. 2022. Methodological framework and implementation of conservation actions for two threatened cyprinids in an intermittent river. PROCEEDINGS of the Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium 2022, Porto Heli, 2022.
- Oikonomou A., Smeti E., Karaouzas I., Stefanidis K., Andriopoulou A., Vavalidis Th., Vardakas L., Vourka Α., Giakoumi S., Gritzalis K., Zogaris S., Theodoropoulos Ch., Kalaitzakis N., Kalogianni E., Kapakos Y., Kapeloni M., Kapetanaki N., Katsogiannou I., Colombari E., Kommatas D., Kouvarda Th., Kouraklis P., Koutsikos N., Koutsodimou M., Lampou A., Lampri P., Leris I., Laschou S., Latsiou A., Markogianni V., Masouras A., Mentzafou A., Barbieri R., Ntakis A., Panagiotou A., Papadaki C., Sperelakis E., Tragaki D., Fytilis K., Filippi G., Chamoglou M., Tachos V., Skoulikidis N., Papadopoulos A., Stoumboudi M., Dimitriou E. Comparing biological quality elements in Greek rivers, Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, 16-19 September 2022, Porto Heli.
- Smeti E., Laschou S. and Skoulikidis N. ‘Diversity-Ecosystem Functioning Relationship In Benthic Diatom Assemblages In Rivers’, Marine and Inland Waters Research Symposium, 16-19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2022, Porto Heli (pages:773-777) https://symposia.gr/wp- content/uploads/2022/10/Proceedings_5.10.22.pdf
- Reviewing environmental conditions of aminimally disturbed aegean island – Samothraki, Greece, N.Th. Skoulikidis, A. Lampou, S. Zogaris, I. Karaouzas, K. Gritzalis, I.Panagopoulos, E. Dimitriou, S. Laschou, E. Smeti, I. Matiatos, G. Katopodis, C.Papadaki, V. Vlami, C. Özkan, M. Fischer-Kowalski. Symposium Protection & Restoration of the Environment XVI July 5-8, 2022, Kalamata, Greece.
- Laschou S., Skoulikidis N., Chatzinikolaou Y., Dasenakis M., Scoullos M. 2015. Preliminary Greek Nutrient Classification System based on benthic invertebrates for Greek rivers and streams. 11 th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and fisheries, pp 690-693, Mytilene, Lesvos island, Greece, 2015.
- N. Skoulikidis, Y. Amaxidis, S. Laschou. «Nutrient levels and origin of a small mountainous catchment». 8th Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries. Thessaloniki 4-8 June 2006.