Ilektra was born in 1998, she is from Nafplio and has completed her bachelor’s in Marine and Freshwater Biology at Edinburgh Napier University, and her master’s degree in Marine Conservation at University of Plymouth. Academically, she has focused on a wide range of topics and has completed her dissertation on elasmobranch trade between Greece and Turkey in collaboration with iSea, while for her MSc thesis, she worked on data-limited shark and ray stock assessment approaches with Blue Resources Trust in Sri Lanka. She was previously involved with Archelon working first as a monitoring coordinator in Zakynthos and later as a project assistant in the Peloponnese projects. She had also volunteered with the Hellenic Rescue Team, the Argolic Environment Foundation, participated as a diver in underwater cleanups and was involved in the recent IUCN National Red List Assessment of Sharks and Rays with iSea. She has skills in R, QGIS and Adobe Premiere software, while she is a certified PADI Open Water Diver, drone operator (A1/A3 & A2), speedboat operator and BLS first aid responder.

She has a range of interests, including blue carbon, ecosystem services, MPA’s and using technology for research. She speaks 3 languages: Greek (native), English (native) and basic Dutch. Within iSea she works as a Project Manager in the MPA Pillar for the projects in the Ionian Sea.

Contact Information:

Email: ilektra.athinaiou@isea.com.gr

Phone number: +30 2313 090696