HomeCollegesCollegesCollege of Natural and Health SciencesFaculty And StaffProfilesDr. Alexandra Mystikou
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Oct. 2012 - Sept. 2015: Ph.D. in Marine Biology - University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sept. 2011 - Aug.2012: M.Sc. in Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology - University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sept. 2007 - Mar.2011: B.Sc. (Hons) in Marine Sciences - University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

Bio

My scientific interests revolve around understanding how photosynthetic organisms respond to their environment and how the consequences of climate change will influence them. I have international experience in underwater surveys (sampling and monitoring), marine biodiversity (phylogenetics and phylogeography) and ecology (distribution patterns and ecosystem functional grouping) studies. My expertise, through my Ph.D. and research projects is on the biodiversity and ecology of the Antarctic, Arctic, Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf marine flora and the interactions with other key marine organisms.

Employment History

Sept. 2016 - Present: Postdoctoral Fellow - New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sept. 2015 - Present: Honorary Research Fellow - University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

 
Office

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City, FF1-1-051

Phone:

+971 2 599 3497

Email:
Teaching Areas

Biology, Microbiology and Ecology

Research and Professional Activities

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

  • Jan. 2016: SYNTHESYS grant - Taxonomic Access Facilities, Visiting Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdome

  • Jun. 2016, Sept. 2014, May 2014, Apr. 2013: ERASMUS Teaching Exchange Visit, British Council

  • May 2015: Shackleton Scholarship Fund for research at the Falkland Islands

  • Jan. 2015: Interconnect Inspire Student Grant from Equate Scotland - Women in Science for research in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile

  • Aug.2014: Santander Mobility Award for research in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile

  • Jun. 2014, Jul. 2013: British Phycological Society bursary

  • Feb. 2014: Award from the Principal's Excellence Fund, University of Aberdeen

  • Nov. 2013: John Cheek Foundation support for research at the Falkland Island

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Fu W, Chaiboonchoe A, Khraiwesh B, Nelson DR, Al-Khairy D, Mystikou A, Alzahmi A, Salehi-Ashtiani K. Algal cell factories: Approaches, applications and potentials. Marine Drugs 14(12), 225. DOI: 10.3390/md14120225

  • Mystikou A, Asensi AO, Müller DG, Peters AF, Tsiamis K, Shewring DM, Fletcher KI, Westermeier R, Brickle P, van West P, Küpper FC, 2016. New records and reassessment of macroalgae and associated pathogens from the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Botanica Marina 59(2-3), 105–121. DOI: 10.1515/bot-2015-0071

  • Küpper FC, Peters AF, Shewring DM, Sayer MDJ, Mystikou A, Brown H, Azzopardi E, Dargent O, Strittmatter M, Brennan D, Asensi AO, Müller DG, van West P and Wilce RT, 2016. Arctic marine phytobenthos of northern Baffin Island. Journal of Phycology. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12417

  • Aplikioti M, Louizidou P, Mystikou A, Marcou M, Stavrou P, Kalogirou S, Tsiamis K, Panayotidis P, Küpper FC, 2016. Further expansion and the deepest records of the alien seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla (Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Invasions 11(1), 11-20. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2016.11.1.02

  • Mystikou A, Peters AF, Asensi AO, Fletcher KI, Brickle P, van West P, Convey P, Küpper FC 2014. Seaweed biodiversity in the south-western Antarctic Peninsula: Surveying macroalgal community composition in the Adelaide Island / Marguerite Bay region over a 35-year time span. Polar Biology 37(11), 1607–1619. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1547-1

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