Maria Eleftheriadou holds a BSc in Environmental Sciences, from the University of the Aegean, School of Environmental Sciences and a MSc in “Oceanography” from the National University of Athens, School of Sciences.

She has extensive work experience, on environmental impact assessment studies. From 2019 she has been working as a Research Associate at the University of the Aegean (Department of Marine Sciences - Department of Environmental Sciences) participating in the implementation of various work packages and deliverables and Research Project Management duties.