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Anna Tampou
Laboratory Teaching Staff
Expertise: Nutrition and Nutritional physiology of aquatic animals, Innovation and alternative raw materials for aquafeeds, Organic Aquaculture, Reproduction of aquatic species, Microbiome of aquatic species, Aquarium, Aquaponics.
Education
- Post Doc Researcher in Nutritional challenges and bacterial interaction in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed with different diets, with or without lysine supplementation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Veterinary Medicine, Greece.
- PhD in Nutrition and nutritional physiology of fish, University of Thessaly, School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, Greece. PhD Thesis: Nutritional challenges and physiology of aquatic animals.
- Sc. in Sustainable Management of Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, Greece. Master’s Thesis: Community structure of satellite bacteria in microalgal culture.
- Sc. with integrated M.Sc. in Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, University of Thessaly, School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, Greece. Bachelor’s Thesis: The role of microbiome in gut of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata).
Research interests
- Aquatic animal nutrition
- Aquatic animal nutrition in aquaponic systems
- Aquatic animal nutritional physiology
- Aquafeed formulation and feed technology
- Organic aquaculture
- Reproduction of aquaculture species
- Microbiome of aquatic species
- Aquarium and RAS
Publications
International peer reviewed Journals
- Vlahos N., Psofakis P., Mitsopoulos I., Tampou A., Zotos A., Mazarakioti E.C., Berillis P. (2026). Effects of feeding ratio on the co-culture of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and grasswort (Salicornia europaea) in a recirculating brackish aquaponic system. Appl. Sci., 16, 2930. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16062930 (I.F. 2.500).
- Tampou A., Kousoulaki K., Vasilaki A., Vlahos N., Nikouli E., Panteli N., Feidantsis K., Kormas K.A., Karapanagiotidis I.T., Berillis P., Nengas I., Antonopoulou E., Mente E. (2025). Growth performance of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed low fishmeal diets with an innovative mixture of low trophic ingredients. Aquaculture Nutrition Manuscript ID 7504207, pp. 21. https://doi.org/10.1155/anu/7504207 (I.F. 3.000)
- Tampou A., Andreopoulou S., Vasilaki A., Nengas I., Berillis P., Gisbert E., Karapanagiotidis I.T., Antonopoulou E., Mente E. (2024). Growth performance of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed a mixture of single cell ingredients for organic diets. Aquaculture Reports 36: 102105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102105 (I.F. 3.200)
International conferences
- Karapanagiotidis I.T., Asimaki A., Katouni A.M., Psofakis P., Gkalogianni E.Z., Tampou A., Gasco L., Gai F., Poletto T., Conceição L., Gronich E., Rumbos C.I., Athanassiou C.G. (2025). Fishmeal replacement by Ceratitis capitata meal on the diet of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). European Aquaculture Society, 22-25 September, Valencia, Spain, pp. 878-879.
- Vasilaki A., Chronopoulos P., Nikoloudaki C., Karapanagiotidis I., Fountoulaki E., Andreou P., Katouni K., Tampou A., Kogiannou D., Rigos G., Mente E., Nengas I. (2024). Use of solid state fermentation to improve the nutritional value of forage legumes as feed ingredients in European sea bass nutrition- in vivo evaluation. Scientific Conference of European aquaculture society, 26-30 August, Copenhagen, Denmark, p.1015.
- Tampou A., Kousoulaki K., Vasilaki A., Nengas I., Karapanagiotidis I.T., Mente E. (2023). Growth performance, amino acid and fatty acid composition of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed algae meal diets. Scientific Conference of European aquaculture society, 18-21 September, Vienna, Austria, 1440-1441.
- Tampou A., Meziti A., Karapanagiotidis I.T., Kormas K., Mente E. (2023). Microbial structure of Sparus aurata fed innovative diets. Scientific Conference of European aquaculture society, 18-21 September, Vienna, Austria, 905-906.
- Psofakis P., Katouni A.M., Asimaki A., Gkalogianni E.Z., Neofytou M., Tampou A., Golomazou E., Panagiotaki P., Berillis P., Ntantali O., Malandrakis E., Henry M., Karapanagiotidis I.T. (2023). Dietary supplementation with various yeast products and extracts on growth performance, immunology and histomorphology of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). European Aquaculture Society, 18-21 September, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1158-
- Asimaki A., Katouni A.M., Gkalogianni E.Z., Psofakis P., Neofytou M., Tampou A., Golomazou E., Panagiotaki P., Berillis P., Ntantali O., Malandrakis E., Henry M, Karapanagiotidis I.T. (2023). Dietary supplementation with Agaricus bisporus, Portobello and Pleurotus on growth performance, immunology and histomorphology of Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Scientific Conference of European aquaculture society, 18-21 September, Vienna, Austria, pp. 74-75.
- Tampou A., Padovani M., Panteli N., Feidantsis K., Antonopoulou E., Mente E. (2022). Effects of low fishmeal diets on growth performance and intermediate metabolism of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). 14th International Conference on the Biology of Fish 2022, 28 June – 1 July, Montpellier, France.
- Tampou A., Andreopoulou S., Nengas I., Vasilaki A., Κarapanagiotidis I.T., Mente E. (2021). Growth performance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed low fishmeal organic diets. Scientific Conference of European aquaculture society 2021, 4-7 October, Funchal
- Tampou A., Andreopoulou S., Νengas I., Kousoulaki , Vasilaki A., Mente E. (2021). Growth performance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed low fishmeal diets with innovative ingredients. Scientific Conference of European Aquaculture Society (EAS) 2020 (Virtual conference), 12-15 April.
- Mente E., Tampou A., Nikouli E., Vázquez Otero E., Kormas K. (2019). Satellite bacteria of Tetraselmis suecica and Tisochrysis lutea 8th Congress of the Scientific Society “MikroBioKosmos”, 18-20 April, Patra, Greece, p. 137.
- Tampou A., Nikouli E., Piccolo G., Antonopoulou E., Mente E., Kormas K. (2016). Gut microbiome of sea bream ( aurata) fed an insect meal diet. 2nd International Congress of Applied Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment HydroMedit, 10-12 November 2016, Messolonghi, Greece, pp 127-130.
Participation in research projects
Member of the research team
- 2019-2023: Future growth in sustainable, resilient and climate friendly organic and conventional European aquaculture (FutureEUAqua).
- 2023: Improvement of the nutritional quality of forage legumes through biotechnological processes for the nutrition of Mediterranean aquaculture species.
- 2025: Development of digital educational material for vocational education and training.
- 2026: Aquaculture training and education – (Nutrition and fish nutritional physiology for Aquaculture).
- 2026: Aquaponics. An alternative method of plant cultivation without the use of soil.
