**About the Editors**

#### **Hara Drinia**

Hara Drinia is a Professor of Palaeoecology and Sedimentology at the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She teaches a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Sedimentology, Palaeoecology, Stratigraphy, Marine Ecosystems, Environmental Education, Geoscience Teaching, Geological Heritage and Geoconservation. Her strong academic performance, combined with her scientific research, is strong evidence of her ongoing national and international research activity and contributions to the science of geology. She has been actively involved in many international scientific conferences and in regional, national, and international meetings. She has a strong record of participating in research programs and initiatives and has been the Principal Investigator of several research projects. Regarding her wider contribution to the geological community, it is worth noting that Prof. Drinia is an active member of eight geosciences committees and has been a member of the organizing committee of eight international and national geological conferences. She is also actively involved in the Socrates / Erasmus educational exchange programs in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

#### **Panagiotis Voudouris**

Panagiotis Voudouris is a Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece). He graduated in this university in 1986 and received his Doctorate (1993) in Mineralogy and Economic Geology from the University of Hamburg (Germany), where he also served as a Visiting Professor. His main research interests are in the fields of ore mineralogy, genesis of magmatic–hydrothermal ore deposits, the mineralogy and genesis of gemstones, and promotion of mineralogical and mining heritage in Greece. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Minerals and Director of the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has published 99 scientific papers in international refereed journals, is the co-author of four IMA-approved new mineral species, and has co-authored five books. The International Mineralogical Association adopted a new mineral name in his honor (Voudourisite).

#### **Assimina Antonarakou**

Assimina Antonarakou is a Professor of Marine Geology–Micropaleontology–Didactics on Geosciences, and Vice President of the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment at the University of Athens. Her PhD thesis dealt with Miocene cyclic sedimentary successions of the eastern Mediterranean in terms of orbital periodicities and paleoclimatic variations based on planktonic foraminiferal assemblages. Her main research topics are summarized as follows: planktonic foraminiferal eco-biostratigraphy, geobiology and paleoceanography; astronomical frequencies in paleoclimates; extreme geological events; marine environmental monitoring; ocean dynamics and sea-level changes; natural and human environmental stressors; and foraminiferal trace metals and stable isotopes. She has participated in several national and international projects focused on multiproxy ecosystem responses to past and present environmental events, and she is the co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in international journals.
