Eirini Chryshocheri is a visual anthropologist and archaeologist. She studied Maritime Archaeology (MA) at the University of Southampton, UK, and received her PhD in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London. As an anthropologist, she has an academic interest in the Greek diaspora and has conducted fieldwork in the Greek community of Alexandria, Egypt, focusing on visual representations of memory, identity, and space. Her other research interests include visual anthropology, photography and the politics of representation in exhibitions and museums. She has participated in several oral history projects, including collaborations with the Library of Alexandria in Egypt and the Honor Frost Foundation in the UK. She has also curated a number of exhibitions in Egypt and Greece, and has been involved in the production of documentary films as a director and historical researcher.

As an underwater archaeologist, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Institute of Ancient and Mediaeval Alexandrian Studies and the Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology. Her underwater archaeological work spanned several years and focused primarily on Alexandria, Egypt, where she served as lead archaeologist. In Greece, she has conducted topographic surveys of seaports and harbors, excavations of wrecks, and deep-water archaeological surveys.

She has also taught a number of courses in art history, archaeology and visual anthropology at various institutions in Athens, including the American University: College Year in Athens and the British School at Athens, as well as at several museums such as the Benaki and Herakleidon Museums and the B&M Theocharakis Foundation. She has also participated in conferences and published a number of articles in the field of visual anthropology and maritime archaeology.