Vasilis Gerovasileiou

Vasilis Gerovasileiou is Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity at the Department of Environment of the Ionian University, Greece, and collaborative university faculty of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR). He holds a PhD in Marine Biology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in the biodiversity of marine caves in the Aegean Sea. His research focuses on marine biodiversity and ecology, with emphasis on marine caves, coralligenous assemblages, benthic invertebrates (especially sponges), biological invasions, climate-change impacts, and marine conservation. He has extensive experience in scientific diving, underwater habitat mapping, non-destructive visual census techniques, photoquadrat analyses, biodiversity assessments, and ROV-based monitoring.

Within the INVASIONS project, Vasilis is the principal investigator and together with his team from the Ionian University leads: WP1 “Project management”, WP2 “Integration of existing and new knowledge”, Task 3.1. “NIS sampling and morphological taxonomy approach”, Task 4.1 “Data Management Plan”, WP5 “Risk assessment, guidelines and recommendations” and Task 6.2. “Meetings with stakeholders”.

He has participated in more than 60 research projects and has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, including papers in high-impact journals such as Nature, Biological Reviews, and Global Change Biology. Since 2020, he has served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Mediterranean Marine Science and as Coordinator and Founding Editor of the World Register of Marine Cave Species (WoRCS) of WoRMS. His work combines research, monitoring, conservation, and policy-oriented activities related to dark habitats in the Mediterranean Sea.

Contact Email: vgerovas@ionio.gr

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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-7480 

Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VVoE5PMAAAAJ&hl=en 

Ionian University profile: https://envi.ionio.gr/gr/department/staff/704-gerovasiliou/