Partners
DIVING STATUS
Underwater Services

Diving Status Underwater Services was founded in 2011 and is active in the field of shipping providing underwater maintenance and underwater ship inspection services. The company provides high quality underwater technical services in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 365 days a year.
HCMR
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

The Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) is a governmental research institution, founded in 2001, and operating under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Development and Investment.
HCMR comprises of three Research Institutes: the Institute of Oceanography (IO), the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC) and the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW).

The Team

Ioannis Lixourgiotis
Underwater Services, DIVING STATUS
Technical Manager
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
co-ordinator,
Work Package 1 & 2

Dr Argyro Zenetos
Institute of Marine Biological
Resources and Inland Waters, HCMR
Research Director
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
co-ordinator,
Work Package 2, 3, 5 & 7
Dr Soultana Zervoudaki
Institute of Oceanography, HCMR
Research Director
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
co-ordinator,
Work Package 2, 4 & 7

Nicholas - Jason Xentidis
Institute of Marine Biological
Resources and Inland Waters, HCMR
Information Technology Expert
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3 & 7


Dr Panagiotis Kasapidis
Institute of Marine Biology,
Biotechnology and Aquaculture, HCMR
Senior Researcher
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3

Dr Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou
Institute of Marine Biology,
Biotechnology and Aquaculture, HCMR
Research Fellow
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3
Dr Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Institute of Marine Biology,
Biotechnology and Aquaculture, HCMR
Research Fellow
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3

Grigoria Kalyvioti
Institute of Marine Biological
Resources and Inland Waters, HCMR
Research Associate
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 6 & 8


Dr Paraskevi K. Karachle
Institute of Marine Biological
Resources and Inland Waters, HCMR
Senior Researcher
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 7

Dr Maria Salomidi
Institute of Oceanography, HCMR
Senior Researcher
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3
Eirini Gratsia
Institute of Marine Biological
Resources and Inland Waters, HCMR
Ph.D Student
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 3 & 5

Dr Maria Protopappa
Institute of Oceanography, HCMR
Research Associate
Role in ECOHULLCLEAN:
Work Package 4
