PhD
Elisavet Georgopoulou

University of Crete, Natural History Museum of Crete
georgelisavet@yahoo.gr
Phone: +43 1 52177-254
Fax: +43 1 52177-459

FWF project P25365-B25: "Freshwater systems in the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: Gastropod biodiversity, provinciality, and faunal gradients"

  • 2010 – B.Sc. in Biology (Environmental Biology and Management of Biological Resources) at the University of Crete
  • 2012 – M.Sc. in “Management of Terrestrial & Marine Resources” at the University of Crete (Title: Spatial ecology and biodiversity patterns of land snails of Crete)
  • 2013-2016 – PhD candidate in the FWF project P25365-B25 "Freshwater systems in the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: Gastropod biodiversity, provinciality, and faunal gradients"
  • 2016 – PhD in Natural Sciences (subject: Earth Sciences)

2017
Simaiakis, S.M., Rijsdijk, K.F., Koene, E.F.M., Norder, S.J., Van Boxel, J.H., Stocchi, P., Hammoud, C., Kougioumoutzis, K., Georgopouloug, E., Van Loon, E., Tjørve, K.M.C., Tjørve, E. 2017. Geographic changes in the Aegean Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum: Postulating biogeographic effects of sea-level rise on islands. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 471, 108–119.

Kougioumoutzis, K., Thalassini Valli, A., Georgopoulou, E., Simaiakis, S.M., Triantis, K., Trigas, P. 2017. Network biogeography of a complex island system: the Aegean archipelago revisited. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 651–660.

2016
Georgopoulou, E., Glöer, P., Simaiakis, S.M. 2016. Contribution to the freshwater gastropods of the island of Andros in the northern Cyclades (Aegean islands, Greece). Folia Malacologica, 24, 275–287.

Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2016. Beginning of a new age: How did freshwater gastropods respond to the Quaternary climate change in Europe? Quaternary Science Reviews, 149, 269–278. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.034.

Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Kroh, A. 2016. Predictors of shell size in long-lived lake gastropods. Journal of Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/jbi.12777.

Georgopoulou, E., Djursvoll, P., Simaiakis, S.M. 2016. Predicting species richness and distribution ranges of centipedes at the northern edge of Europe. Acta Oecologica, 74, 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2016.03.006.

Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2016. Distribution patterns of European lacustrine gastropods: a result of environmental factors and deglaciation history. Hydrobiologia, 775 (1), 69-82, doi: 10.1007/s10750-016-2713-y

Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Hassler, A. 2016. Disjunct distribution of the Miocene limpet-like freshwater gastropod genus Delminiella. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82 (1), 129-136, doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyv040

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Georgopoulou, E. Kroh, A., 2016. Paleobiogeography and historical biogeography of the non-marine caenogastropod family Melanopsidae. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 444, 124-243, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.12.017

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E. 2016. Evolution, turnovers and spatial variation of the gastropod fauna of the late Miocene biodiversity hotspot Lake Pannon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.016

2015
Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2015. An outline of the European Quaternary localities with freshwater gastropods: Data on geography and updated stratigraphy. Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.3.48A, 1-9.

Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Esu, D., D'Amico, C., Pavia, G., Giuntelli, P., Carnevale, G. 2015. Late Messinian continental and Lago-Mare gastropods from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 54, 1-53, doi: 10.4435/BSPI.2015.1.

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2015. Tectonics, climate, and the rise and demise of continental aquatic species richness hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (37), 11478-11483, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503992112

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2015. A gastropod-based biogeographic scheme for the European Neogene freshwater systems. Earth-Science Reviews, 143, 98-116, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.01.010

Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Esu, D. 2015. Synopsis of European Neogene freshwater gastropod localities: updated stratigraphy and geography. Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.3T, 1-7.

Neubauer, T.A., Kroh, A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2015. Taxonomic note on problematic Neogene European freshwater Gastropoda. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 117, 95-100.

2014

Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Harl, J. 2014. The Early Miocene (Burdigalian) mollusc fauna of the North Bohemian Lake (Most Basin). Bulletin of Geosciences, 89, 819-908.
 

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Wrozyna, C. 2014. Population bottleneck triggering millennial-scale morphospace shifts in endemic thermal-spring melanopsids. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414, 116-128, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.015

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O., Kroh, A. 2014. Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda. Zootaxa, 3785 (3), 453–468, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.7

 

Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2014. Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda. Part 2. ZooKeys, 429, 13-46, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.429.7420

Neubauer, T.A., Kroh, A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2014. Synopsis of valid species-group taxa for freshwater Gastropoda recorded from the European Neogene. ZooKeys, 435, 1-6 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.435.8193. Data File
 

Abstracts

  • Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T.A., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2015. A world of lakes – European Neogene freshwater systems. Neogene of the Paratethyan Region. 6th Workshop on the Neogene of Central and South-Eastern Europe. RCMNS Interim Colloquium. Programme and Abstracts, 32st May – 3rd June 2015, Orfü, Hungary, p. 34.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2015. Development of freshwater biodiversity during the late Cenozoic: impact of geodynamics and climate on hotspot formation. Neogene of the Paratethyan Region. 6th Workshop on the Neogene of Central and South-Eastern Europe. RCMNS Interim Colloquium. Programme and Abstracts, 32st May – 3rd June 2015, Orfü, Hungary, p. 61.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2015. Biodiversity and paleobiogeography of the European freshwater Neogene: trends, hotspots and faunal turnovers. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-1538.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E., Mandic, O. 2014. Establishing a paleobiogeographic framework for European Neogene freshwater systems. In: Gavin, D., Beierkuhlein, C., Holzheu, S., Thies, B., Faller, K., Gillespie, R., Hortal, J. (eds) Conference program and abstracts. International Biogeography Society 7th Biennial Meeting. 8-12 January 2015, Bayreuth, Germany. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6 (suppl. 1), p. 39.
  • Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. Biodiversity patterns of freshwater snails in European lakes. In: Gavin, D., Beierkuhlein, C., Holzheu, S., Thies, B., Faller, K., Gillespie, R., Hortal, J. (eds) Conference program and abstracts. International Biogeography Society 7th Biennial Meeting. 8-12 January 2015, Bayreuth, Germany. Frontiers of Biogeography, 6 (suppl. 1), p. 80.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Georgopoulou, E. & Mandic, O. 2014. Paleobiogeographic regions for European Neogene freshwater systems: a trend toward increasing provincialism. 8th Annual Meeting of NOBIS-Austria, 28.-29. 10. 2014, Munich, 29.
  • Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Wrozyna, C. 2014. Morphospace shifts in endemic thermal-spring melanopsids or how an endangered species could lose its species status. 8th Annual Meeting of NOBIS-Austria, 28.-29. 10. 2014, Munich, 18.
  • Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. European freshwater gastropods: major patterns of biodiversity and biogeographical processes. 8th Annual Meeting of NOBIS-Austria, 28.-29. 10. 2014, Munich, 17
  • Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. Exploring patterns of freshwater gastropod diversity in European lakes. In: White, T.S. (Ed.) 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Cambridge. Conference Programme and Book of Abstracts [unpaginated].
  • Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. The FreshGEN Project: Europe's Neogene and Quaternary lake gastropod diversity - aims, scope and first results. In: White, T.S. (Ed.) 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Cambridge. Conference Programme and Book of Abstracts [unpaginated]. (poster)
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. The FreshGEN Project: Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene - aims, scope and first results. GeoFrankfurt 2014 Abstract Volume. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 85, p. 240.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A., Mandic, O. 2014. A geo-referenced database for Pan-European Neogene freshwater mollusk-bearing localities. PANGEO 2014, Beitragskurzfassungen, Berichte des Institutes für Erdwissenschaften Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 20/1, 153.
  • Neubauer, T.A., Georgopoulou, E., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Kroh, A. 2014. Europe's Neogene and Quaternary lake gastropod diversity - a statistical approach. European Union Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-2912.
  • Georgopoulou, E. Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O. Kroh, A. 2013. European freshwater gastropods of Neogene and Quaternary lakes. NOBIS-Austria Young Researchers’ Day, Abstracts, p. 14.
  • Probonas, M., Georgopoulou, E., Nikolopoulou, S., Baxevani, K. & Xirouchakis, S. June, 2013. Innovative Actions Against Illegal Poisoning in Protected Areas of Crete. Abstracts of the S.R.P.A. Mittersill, Austria.
  • Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T., Mandic, O., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A. 2013. The FreshGen - a unique database on Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene. GEEWEC2013, Smolenice, October 16-19, 2013, Abstract Book p. 49, (Slovak Academy of Sciences).
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A. 2013. Freshwater gastropod diversity of European lake systems over the last 23 million years - state of the art and outlook. Açoreana - Revista de Estudos Açoreanos, Suplemento 8: World Congress of Malacology 2013, Book of Abstracts, p. 286 (oral).
  • Neubauer, T.A., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., Georgopoulou, E., Kroh, A. 2013. Freshwater gastropods of the European Neogene – setup of a new database. 14th RCMNS Congress, Book of Abstracts, p. 117.
  • Georgopoulou, E., Vardinoyannis, K. & Mylonas, M. October, 2010. Systematics of Campylaea and Helicigona (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in mainland Greece. Abstracts of the HCE. Patra, Greece.
  • Georgopoulou, E., Mylonas, M. & Vardinoyannis, K. July, 2011. Review of Helicigona and Campylaea (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Greece. Abstracts of the CEMS. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
  • Taxonomy of terrestrial gastropods
  • Biogeography and spatial ecology
  • Biology of Quaternary non-marine gastropods
  • Conservation biology

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