Dr Sevasti Filippidou

I am a Microbial Ecologist by training. 

• 2019-present: Post-doctoral Researcher at AstrobiologyOU (Microbial Survival and Adaptation in Saline Environments)
• 2018-2019: Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Wallingford, UK) and at the German Aerospace Centre (Cologne, Germany) (Study of Unusual Spore-forming Bacteria in Extreme and Fluctuating Environments)
• 2016-2017: Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow at the Universities of Neuchatel and Lausanne, Switzerland (Paleo-ecological indicators in lake sediments based on a multidisciplinary approach of endospore-forming Firmicutes and the chemical and isotopic composition of sediments and organic matter​)
• 2011-2012: Swiss Confederation Excellence Fellowship at the University of Neuchatel (Diversity and distribution of spore-forming bacteria from geothermal sites in Greece). 

Background: 

• Molecular Biology and Genetics, DUTH, Greece (2003-2007)
• MSc in Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, Medical School, University of Patras, Greece (2009-2011)
• PhD in Microbiology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (2012-2016)