Maria Kanakidou

Habilitation in Chemistry :"Study of the impact of volatile organic compounds on tropospheric chemistry"
University of Paris 7, France.

1993

PhD Thesis in Chemistry of Air Pollution and Environmental Physics :"Sources of Nonmethane Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere"
University of Paris 7, France.

1988

Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Chemistry of Pollution
University of Paris 7, France

1985

Diploma of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry University of Athens, Greece

1984

Chair of the Chemistry Department
University of Crete, Greece

2014-2018

Director Envrionemental Chemical Processes Laboratory
Department of Chemistry, Universiyt of Crete, Greece

2016-present

Professor of Computational Environmental Chemistry at the Division of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Universiyt of Crete, Greece

2008-present

Associate Professor of Computational Environmental Chemistry at the Division of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Universiyt of Crete, Greece

2002-2007

Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the Division of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Universiyt of Crete, Greece

1998-2002

Research scientist (Chargee de Recherche)
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gif-sur-Yvette, France

1991-1997

Research fellow (post doctorate)
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, Mainz, Germany

1989-1991

PhD student - research
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),Gif-sur-Yvette, France

1984-1988

Honorary member of the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) of the IAMAS/ICSU

Member: 1998-present
President: 2006-2010

Member of the Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP/WMO) WG 38 on "The Atmospheric Input of Chemicals to the Ocean"

2008-present

Member of the Greek Scientific Advisory Council for the Environment

2014-present

Member of ESA's Advisory Committee for Earth Observations (ACEO)

2018-present

International Advisory Board of EUROCAMP European Infrastructure

Member of the SSC of the EU-FP7 project of BACCHUS

2013-2018

Member of ESA's Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC)

2014-2017

External Member of the Advisory board of the IPSL (Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace) of Paris

2013-2017

Member of the Steering Scientific Committee of the EU-FP7 project Evaluating the Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Short-Lived Pollutants - ECLIPSE

2011-2015

Member of the Steering Science Committee of the International Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) a project of IGBP, co-sponsored by iCACGP

2006-2010

Member of the steering committees of ACCENT-AT2 (WP10- remote sensing of the troposphere from space) and ACCENT-T&TP (WP14- transport and transformation of pollutants)

Member of the task force of the international scientific action on Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling (GAIM) of IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme)

2001-2004

Member of the Scientific (external) Advisory Board of the EU Integrated Project QUANTIFY

Member of the Scientific (external) Advisory Board of the International Project BIOSOL

Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Atmospheric Environment

2001-2004

Member of the Science Panel of EU in the Field of Atmospheric Composition Change

2000-2003

Co-convenor of the Global Integration Modeling (GIM) activity of IGAC of the IGBP

1996-2001

Member of the Steering Committee of the modeling effort (CS pole modélisation) of the IPSL (Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace) of Paris

1996-1998

Member of the Scientific Council of the IPSL (Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace) of Paris

1994-1998

Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal of the European Geosciences Union EGU award for atmospheric sciences

2016

Honorary member of the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution, ICACGP,   of International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science IAMAS

2014

Honors from UNEP for serving on WMO and IPCC assessments as part of the writing or revieweing team

H. Julian Allen Award 1998 in recognition as co-author of the outstanding scientific paper for 1998 entitled "High concentrations and photochemical fate of carbonyls and alcohols in the global troposphere"
(NASA Ames Research Center on the 20th of July 1998)

1998

Reviewer's award of editor assistance - Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere

1998