{"id":4317,"date":"2026-05-19T13:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/?page_id=4317"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:21:22","slug":"dr-maria-tzortziou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/dr-maria-tzortziou\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Maria Tzortziou"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4317\" class=\"elementor elementor-4317\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a66b5e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a66b5e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268cc74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"268cc74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d8cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6d8cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-02-170239-e1764713091224.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-02-170239-e1764713091224.png 469w, https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/hires\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-02-170239-e1764713091224-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7373eb0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7373eb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e8c87 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"85e8c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maria-tzortziou\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-linkedin-in\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M100.28 448H7.4V148.9h92.88zM53.79 108.1C24.09 108.1 0 83.5 0 53.8a53.79 53.79 0 0 1 107.58 0c0 29.7-24.1 54.3-53.79 54.3zM447.9 448h-92.68V302.4c0-34.7-.7-79.2-48.29-79.2-48.29 0-55.69 37.7-55.69 76.7V448h-92.78V148.9h89.08v40.8h1.3c12.4-23.5 42.69-48.3 87.88-48.3 94 0 111.28 61.9 111.28 142.3V448z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Connect with Dr. Tzortziou on Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e12998 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e12998\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a44eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a44eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Dr. Maria Tzortziou<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b8319 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1b8319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Tzortziou&#8217;s research integrates multidisciplinary datasets, satellite remote sensing observations, and ecosystem models to provide mechanistic insights into the impacts of human and environmental pressures on biogeochemical cycles and ecological processes along the continuum of terrestrial, wetland, estuarine, and open ocean ecosystems. Her research has taken her from the Gulf of Mexico and the Chesapeake Bay wetlands to the Yukon River delta in Alaska and the Arctic coastal ocean, from urbanized coastlines in the Mediterranean and Europe&#8217;s trans-boundary watersheds to the Asian coastal megacities of Seoul and Busan, to the Hindu-Kush Himalayan river basins.<\/p><p>Dr. Tzortziou is on the Science Steering Committee for the Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Program and on the Science Leadership Board of the North American Carbon Program. She has served on the Steering Committee and Writing Team for the 2017-2027 NASA Ocean Biology &amp; Biogeochemistry Program Advanced Science Plan and she was Invited Chapter Author for the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR-2). 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