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Eliza Fragkopoulou is a PhD student at CCMAR, University of the Algarve, studying how climate change is affecting and will further affect the distribution and genetic diversity of marine forest species, at global scales. Her work is focused on marine species distribution models for past, present and future conditions based on different climate change scenarios. She has experience in meta-analyses and biodiversity data compilation under the framework of open science and the FAIR principle for findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data. The outcomes of her research are completely aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Members. Working at the Center of Marine Sciences (recurrently classified as excellent in national evaluations) together with her direct collaboration with three PhD supervisors from two universities (the University of Algarve in Portugal and the Ghent University in Belgium) has resulted in collaborations with several national and international teams (e.g., from Norway, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Denmark).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Eliza Fragkopoulou

Citation names

  • Fragkopoulou, Eliza

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B1F-9922-2CB5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0557-3954

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Greek Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Serbian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02/01 - 2024/07/18
Concluded
 Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
"Potential consequences of future climate changes on the marine forest gene pools" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 Biologia Marinha (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PROTECTION LEVELS IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS OF TROPICAL WATERS, FOLLOWING A NEW CATEGORIZATION" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012
Concluded
 Oceanography and Marine Sciences (Bachelor)
University of the Aegean School of Sciences, Greece
"Exploring the use of satellite images to determine the bathymetry of Kalloni Bay, Lesvos Island." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 7.1/10 Very good
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/01 - Current PhD student Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2018/07/15 - 2020/01/31 Research technician under the project MAR-01.04.02- FEAMP- Development of tools for the design of a network of marine protected areas for the integrated management of coastal zones. Mainly focusing on Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015/05/01 - 2018/03/28 Leading Marine Biologist Guide. Organising eco-tours in the Ria Formosa Natural Park, guiding snorkeling/ bird watching groups, demonstrating traditional fishing gear, clam and oyster cultures. Promo Paginas de Verão, Lda, Portugal
2014/11/01 - 2015/01/30 Intern diver/researcher. Sea urchin density monitoring and cartography of a biodiversity hotspot in Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal. Responsible for species identification, density measurements, collecti Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2014/12/20 Intern researcher. Species distribution modeling of the sea urchin Echinus acutus using basic Maxent. Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2014/10/30 Intern diver. Seasonal underwater visual census of demersal fish in the Arrabida Marine Park Portugal. Second diver, responsible for the spool line deployment and later on, for the data insertion. Und Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2013/02/20 Volunteer. Mapping the high-risk areas for Caretta caretta turtles around Kefalonia Island, Greece. Collecting presence data of injured and/or dead turtles and associating them to main shipping routes Municipality of Kefalonia, Greece
2012/09/01 - 2012/09/30 Assistant member crew on expedition for mapping the Posidonia oceanica meadows around the South coast of Kefalonia Island, Greece. Use of side scan sonar, sub bottom profiler, and drop of camera. Data University of Patras, Greece
2010/05/01 - 2012/02/25 Member of Marine Remote Sensing Group, participating in the expedition for exploring the Kalloni Bay, of Lesvos Island, Greece. Use of side scan sonar, sub bottom profiler and bathymeter. Development Panepistemio Aigaiou, Greece
2011/03/01 - 2011/07/01 Outdoor behavioural observer on seals. Monitoring seal activity, count and identification of seal species, recording behavioural patterns and interactions with anglers, monitoring the seals' responses University of Aberdeen Oceanlab, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current Restore Seas (EU BiodivRestore-253)
DivRestore/0013/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/03 - 2024/02 O Acordo de Paris e a redistribuição da biodiversidade marinha a nível global
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/02 - 2024/01 Potential consequences of future climate changes for marine forest gene pools
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/144878/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2020 REDAMP - Development of tools for the design of MPA networks for the integrated management of coastal areas
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0015 REDAMP
 N/A

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/05/01 - Current iCulture: A digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilise macroalgae responsibly and sustainably
EU Horizon iCULTURE 101082010
Post-doc
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2020/01 REDAMP- Developing tools for the successful design and implementation of coastal networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Portugal
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0015
Research Technician Fellow

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - Current PARIS - The Paris Agreement and the global redistribution of marine biodiversity
PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2013 - 2015 BUFFER- Partially protected areas as buffers to increase the linked social-ecological resilience
Biodiversa
Master Student Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Keith, DA; Nelson, W ; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Assis, Jorge; Schubert, Nadine. "M1.10 Rhodolith/Maërl beds". In IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0 : descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups, edited by David Keith; José R. Ferrer-Paris; Emily Nicholson; Richard T. Kingsford, 1-170. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2020.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Jorge Assis; Ester A. Serrão; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Térence Legrand; Lidiane Gouvêa; Miguel B. Araújo. "Misconception of model transferability precludes estimates of seagrass community reorganization in a changing climate". Nature Plants (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01735-7.
    10.1038/s41477-024-01735-7
  2. Térence Legrand; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Lauren Vapillon; Lidiane Gouvêa; Ester A. Serrão; Jorge Assis. "Unravelling the role of oceanographic connectivity in the distribution of genetic diversity of marine forests at the global scale". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13857.
    10.1111/geb.13857
  3. João Neiva; Jorge Assis; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Gareth A. Pearson; Peter T. Raimondi; Laura Anderson; Dorte Krause-Jensen; et al. "Trans-Arctic asymmetries, melting pots and weak species cohesion in the low-dispersal amphiboreal seaweed Fucus distichus". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1356987.
    10.3389/fevo.2024.1356987
  4. Jorge Assis; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Lidiane Gouvêa; Miguel B. Araújo; Ester A. Serrão. "Kelp forest diversity under projected end-of-century climate change". Diversity and Distributions (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13837.
    10.1111/ddi.13837
  5. Ariadni Vafeiadou; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Jorge Assis. "A global dataset of demosponge distribution records". Data in Brief (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110200.
    10.1016/j.dib.2024.110200
  6. Jorge Assis; Salvador Jesús Fernández Bejarano; Vinícius W. Salazar; Lennert Schepers; Lidiane Gouvêa; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Frederic Leclercq; et al. "Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth System Models of climate change research". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13813.
    10.1111/geb.13813
  7. Lidiane Gouvêa; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Térence Legrand; Ester A. Serrão; Jorge Assis. "Range map data of marine ecosystem structuring species under global climate change". Data in Brief (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.110023.
    10.1016/j.dib.2023.110023
  8. Eliza Fragkopoulou; Alex Sen Gupta; Mark John Costello; Thomas Wernberg; Miguel B. Araújo; Ester A. Serrão; Olivier De Clerck; Jorge Assis. "Marine biodiversity exposed to prolonged and intense subsurface heatwaves". Nature Climate Change (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01790-6.
    10.1038/s41558-023-01790-6
  9. "Intense and prolonged subsurface marine heatwaves pose risk to biodiversity". Nature Climate Change (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01796-0.
    10.1038/s41558-023-01796-0
  10. Eliza Fragkopoulou; Alex Sen Gupta; Mark Costello; Thomas Wernberg; Miguel B. Araújo; Ester Serrão; Olivier De Clerck; Jorge Assis. "Marine biodiversity exposed to prolonged and intense subsurface heatwaves". (2023): https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Marine_biodiversity_exposed_to_prolonged_and_intense_subsurface_heatwaves/19174985.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.19174985
  11. Viktória Balogh; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Ester A. Serrão; Jorge Assis. "A dataset of cold-water coral distribution records". Data in Brief (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109223.
    10.1016/j.dib.2023.109223
  12. Lidiane P. Gouvêa; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Kyle Cavanaugh; Ester A. Serrão; Miguel B. Araújo; Mark John Costello; E. H. Taraneh Westergerling; Jorge Assis. "Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove forests at global scales". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209637120.
    10.1073/pnas.2209637120
  13. David Abecasis; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Bruno Claro; Jorge Assis. "Biophysical modelling and graph theory identify key connectivity hubs in the Mediterranean marine reserve network". Frontiers in Marine Science 9 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1000687.
    10.3389/fmars.2022.1000687
  14. L. Marquez; E. Fragkopoulou; K. C. Cavanaugh; H. F. Houskeeper; J. Assis. "Artificial intelligence convolutional neural networks map giant kelp forests from satellite imagery". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26439-w.
    10.1038/s41598-022-26439-w
  15. Assis, Jorge; Serrao, Ester; Duarte, Carlos M.; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Krause-Jensen, Dorte. "Major expansion of marine forests in a warmer Arctic". Frontiers in Marine Science (2022):
    10.3389/fmars.2022.850368
  16. Gouvêa, Lidiane P.; Horta, Paulo A.; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Gurgel, Carlos F. D.; Peres, Leticia M. C.; Bastos, Eduardo; Ramlov, Fernanda; et al. "Phenotypic Plasticity in Sargassum Forests May Not Counteract Projected Biomass Losses Along a Broad Latitudinal Gradient". Ecosystems (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00738-9.
    10.1007/s10021-022-00738-9
  17. Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Serrão, Ester A.; De Clerck, Olivier; Costello, Mark J.; Araújo, Miguel B.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Assis, Jorge. Corresponding author: Serrão, Ester A.. "Global biodiversity patterns of marine forests of brown macroalgae". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13450.
    10.1111/geb.13450
  18. Assis, Jorge; Failler, Pierre; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Abecasis, David; Touron-Gardic, Gregoire; Regalla, Aissa; Sidina, Ebaye; Dinis, Herculano; Serrao, Ester A.. Corresponding author: Assis, Jorge. "Potential Biodiversity Connectivity in the Network of Marine Protected Areas in Western Africa". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.765053.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.765053
  19. Assis, J.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Serrão, E.A.; Horta e Costa, B.; Gandra, M.; Abecasis, D.. "Weak biodiversity connectivity in the European network of no-take marine protected areas". Science of The Total Environment 773 (2021): 145664. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145664.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145664
  20. Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Serrão, Ester A.; Horta, Paulo A.; Koerich, Gabrielle; Assis, Jorge. Corresponding author: Fragkopoulou, Eliza. "Bottom Trawling Threatens Future Climate Refugia of Rhodoliths Globally". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.594537.
    Open access • 10.3389/fmars.2020.594537
  21. Assis, Jorge; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Frade, Duarte; Neiva, João; Oliveira, André; Abecasis, David; Faugeron, Sylvain; Serrão, Ester A.. "A fine-tuned global distribution dataset of marine forests". Scientific Data 7 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0459-x.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41597-020-0459-x
  22. Pilczynska, Joanna; Cocito, Silvia; Boavida, Joana; Serrão, Ester A.; Assis, Jorge; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Queiroga, Henrique. Corresponding author: Fragkopoulou, Eliza. "Genetic diversity increases with depth in red gorgonian populations of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean". PeerJ 7 (2019): e6794. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6794.
    10.7717/peerj.6794
  23. Zupan, Mirta; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Claudet, Joachim; Erzini, Karim; Horta e Costa, Bárbara; Gonçalves, Emanuel J. "Marine partially protected areas: drivers of ecological effectiveness". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16 7 (2018): 381-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1934.
    Published • 10.1002/fee.1934
Preprint
  1. Eliza Fragkopoulou; Térence Legrand; Juan David González-Trujillo; Jorge Assis. "The global biogeography of coastal oceanographic connectivity". 2024. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4319669/v2.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-4319669/v2
  2. Térence Legrand; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Juan David González-Trujillo; Jorge Assis. "The global biogeography of coastal oceanographic connectivity". 2024. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4319669/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-4319669/v1
  3. Térence Legrand; Eliza Fragkopoulou; Lauren Vapillon; Lidiane Gouvêa; Ester A. Serrão; Jorge Assis. "Unravelling the role of oceanographic connectivity in intra-specific diversity of marine forests at global scale". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.12.548579.
    10.1101/2023.07.12.548579
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Potential consequences of future climate change for ecosystem structuring species". 2024. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Potential_consequences_of_future_climate_change_for_ecosystem_structuring_species/25306225.
    10.6084/m9.figshare.25306225
  2. Erzini, Karim; Costa, Barbara Horta e; Fragkopoulou, Eliza. "A global assessment of the effectiveness of different protection levels in marine protected areas of tropical waters, following a new categorization". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7706.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02/13 Global marine heatwaves pose risk to biodiversity across depths EuroMarine Open Science Day 2024
EuroMarine Network (Bologna, Italy)
2023 Global changes in species richness and community composition of ecosystem-structuring marine species under projected climate change Global changes in species richness and community composition of ecosystem-structuring marine species under projected climate change
2023 Global redistribution of cold-water coral species leading to widespread community turnover under climate change ISDSC 8- 8th International Symposium of Deep-Sea Corals
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2023 Climate shaping genetic biodiversity of polar marine forests European Phycological Congress
(France)
2023 The MPA guide: A global meta-analysis of ecological outcomes of MPA protection levels and stages of establishment using the MPA guide The MPA guide: A global meta-analysis of ecological outcomes of MPA protection levels and stages of establishment using the MPA guide
(Vancouver, Canada)
2023 Climate shaping genetic biodiversity of polar marine forests Climate shaping genetic biodiversity of polar marine forests
(Rhode Island, United States)
2022 Marine biodiversity exposed to prolonged and intense subsurface heatwaves ISMS - 8th International Symposium on Marine Sciences
Grand Canaria, Spain
2022 Major restructuring of marine forests' biodiversity under projected climate change ISMS - 8th International Symposium on Marine Sciences
(Grand Canaria, Spain)
2021/10 Depth provides refugia for marine biodiversity during heatwave events. Early Career Biogeographers Conference
International Biogeography Society (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2021/07/22 Global species richness patterns of marine forests of large brown macroalgae. Annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America,
(Virtual)
2019/09 Dispersal mediated by ocean currents explains the genetic structure of marine forests 5th International Marine Connectivity Conference
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/07/15 Assessing the effectiveness of marine partially protected areas IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research
(Peniche, Portugal)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/07 - Current Marine Biodiversity Observation Network - Group on earth observations
Member
 Marine Biodiversity Observation Network - MBON, Portugal
2018 - Current Marine Forests. Platform for free access to biodiversity distribution data of marine forests worldwide. World Wide Web electronic publication, CCMAR, http://www.marineforests.com
Member
 Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2020 PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Bolsa de Investigação Mestre
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2011 Erasmus Placement Grant
Panepistemio Aigaiou, Greece
2011 Principal´s Excellence Fund
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2011 SAMS Research Bursary
Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom
2006 Distinction Grant of University of the Aegean, Greece
Panepistemio Aigaiou, Greece