Legal Officer with various institutions and associations, mainly in the field of energy
business and fund structures, and is the author of codification of Greek renewable
energy and natural gas legislation, having published articles on Greek ship finance,
Greek listed funds and environmental issues. Vera has also been certified as DPO
Executive by TUV Austria Hellas. She is fluent in Greek, English, French, German
and Spanish and understands Chinese.
Gerasimos Antzoulatos received his BSc Degree in Mathematics in 1999 and MSc
Degree in “Computer Mathematics and Decision Making” from the University of
Patras in 2002. Since January 2018, he works as a Research Associate at the
Information and Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
(CERTH/ITI). His research interests include Computational Intelligence methods
and their application to Machine Learning, Business Intelligence and Predictive
Analytics. He worked as Lecturer in many Departments at Higher Technological
Educational Institute of Patras and as a Consultant at Data Research & Consulting
Company S.A. From 2015 until 2018, he worked in the Research and Development
Department at I2S SA where his main duties included design, development and
evaluation of data analytics technologies and tools in aquaculture and maintenance
field. Also, he was a member of a research team working on two prestigious
Horizon2020 projects, BlueBRIDGE and AquaSmart.
Maria D. Argyrou holds a BA in Economic Sciences from the University of
Athens, Greece (graduated Cum Laude and was first in class), and a Master of
Public Administration (Development Practice and specialization in Advanced Policy
and Economic Analysis) from Columbia University, New York City, USA, where
she has been awarded two scholarships (Paul Nichoplas Scholarship and Gerondelis
Foundation Scholarship). She has worked as a research assistant in the Department
of Economics at the University of Athens as well as in the School of International
and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has also worked as a Researcher at
the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in Dubai and for the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as SIPA Capstone Workshop
Consultant.
Wenting Chen holds a PhD degree in Natural Resource Management and a Master’s degree in Environment and Development Economics. Dr. Chen was Guest
Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked extensively on
subjects related to marine ecosystem service and sustainable ocean management
with focus on valuation and modelling of marine ecosystem services, sustainable
marine resource management, sustainable ocean development and governance, blue
growth, integrated marine habitat, and coastal management. Wenting also has good
experience on environmental policy analysis, institutional economics, payment for
environmental services, governance of public goods and the commons. She has a
leading role on socioeconomic impact analysis in several EU, international and
national projects including AMAP, Horizon 2020 MERCES, EU FP7 TROPOS,
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business and fund structures, and is the author of codification of Greek renewable
energy and natural gas legislation, having published articles on Greek ship finance,
Greek listed funds and environmental issues. Vera has also been certified as DPO
Executive by TUV Austria Hellas. She is fluent in Greek, English, French, German
and Spanish and understands Chinese.
Gerasimos Antzoulatos received his BSc Degree in Mathematics in 1999 and MSc
Degree in “Computer Mathematics and Decision Making” from the University of
Patras in 2002. Since January 2018, he works as a Research Associate at the
Information and Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
(CERTH/ITI). His research interests include Computational Intelligence methods
and their application to Machine Learning, Business Intelligence and Predictive
Analytics. He worked as Lecturer in many Departments at Higher Technological
Educational Institute of Patras and as a Consultant at Data Research & Consulting
Company S.A. From 2015 until 2018, he worked in the Research and Development
Department at I2S SA where his main duties included design, development and
evaluation of data analytics technologies and tools in aquaculture and maintenance
field. Also, he was a member of a research team working on two prestigious
Horizon2020 projects, BlueBRIDGE and AquaSmart.
Maria D. Argyrou holds a BA in Economic Sciences from the University of
Athens, Greece (graduated Cum Laude and was first in class), and a Master of
Public Administration (Development Practice and specialization in Advanced Policy
and Economic Analysis) from Columbia University, New York City, USA, where
she has been awarded two scholarships (Paul Nichoplas Scholarship and Gerondelis
Foundation Scholarship). She has worked as a research assistant in the Department
of Economics at the University of Athens as well as in the School of International
and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She has also worked as a Researcher at
the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in Dubai and for the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as SIPA Capstone Workshop
Consultant.
Wenting Chen holds a PhD degree in Natural Resource Management and a Master’s degree in Environment and Development Economics. Dr. Chen was Guest
Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked extensively on
subjects related to marine ecosystem service and sustainable ocean management
with focus on valuation and modelling of marine ecosystem services, sustainable
marine resource management, sustainable ocean development and governance, blue
growth, integrated marine habitat, and coastal management. Wenting also has good
experience on environmental policy analysis, institutional economics, payment for
environmental services, governance of public goods and the commons. She has a
leading role on socioeconomic impact analysis in several EU, international and
national projects including AMAP, Horizon 2020 MERCES, EU FP7 TROPOS,
About the Editor and Contributors
xvii