Yanni Paniaras studied Civil Engineering at Imperial College (B.Sc., M.Sc.) and Business Administration at INSEAD (MBA). He started his career at KNIGHT PIESOLD, an international mining and engineering consultancy headquartered in London. Between 1998 and 2015, he held senior management positions, in Greece and Germany, in S&B Industrial Minerals Group and its subsequent parent company, …
Theodoros Mavrogeorgis is an expert in highway & railway design, transport infrastructure, traffic engineering, advanced transport telematics, transport planning and modelling, feasibility & cost benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment. Theodoros Mavrogeorgis has been project leader in various EU transport and energy related demonstration projects such as DG XIII (DRIVE II, 4THFWP), DG XVII (THERMIE), …
Nikos holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Diploma) in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Following two years of research work at the “Demokritos” National Research Center, he completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota (USA), while also studying biology. He then undertook postdoctoral studies in …
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-5396 Panagiota Koltsida is a senior software engineer/research associate, with extensive experience in RTD European funded projects working for the university of Athens (NKUA) and the ATHENA Research Centre. Mrs Koltsida has a degree in informatics from the department of Informatics and Telecommunications of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and an …
Dimitris Kofinas is a PhD Civil Engineer, University of Thessaly. His thesis was on advanced tools for urban water demand simulation and forecasting at multiple spatio-temporal scales, with the scientific supervision of Prof. Chrysi Laspidou. His scientific interests extend to Mathematical Modeling, Water system Simulation Methods, Water Resources Management, Lake Modeling, Water Reuse and Reclamation …
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-2836 Dr. Akrivi Katifori holds a PhD degree (An intelligent system for managing historical archive documents), a B.Sc. in Informatics and Telecommunications (2000) and an M.S.c. from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens (2003). She has participated in European and national RTD projects, including Papyrus, CHESS, WhoLoDancE and …
Dr. Alexandra Ioannou is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Thessaly. Her PhD dissertation title is “ Methods for modeling the Water – Energy – Food Nexus and other environmental systems towards resilience and sustainability”. She also holds a B.SC and an M.Sc in Mathematics. Her scientific interests extend …
Elias Demian is an environmental scientist specialised in Environmental Management and Policy (Lund University, Sweden) and in Applied Economics and Finance (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece). Through his post as a researcher at IOBE since 2009, he has been involved in several studies and projects relevant to microeconomic analysis and environmental economics. He …
Vasiliki is currently a PhD Candidate at the LHW, NTUA, Greece. Her thesis is focused on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). Previously, she acted as a consultant of the Alternate Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece. She is a Civil Engineer (NTUA) and holds an MSc from École Polytechnique, Paris. Her research interests …
Vera Alexandropoulou is a distinguished lawyer with extensive expertise (Greek & Cyprus lawyer & UK Solicitor). An alumna of Athens Law School with postgraduate studies at Heidelberg and Harvard Universities, Vera served as Legal Counsel at Norton Rose and the Piraeus Port Authority prior to the establishment of her law firm ( www.alexandropouloulaw.com ), dealing with …
Dr. Antonios Alevizos is Co- Manager of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network of Greece and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Social Policy of the Democritus University of Thrace and at the Postgraduate Programme “Law and Economics in Energy Markets” of the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is also, Member of …
Ioannis studied civil engineering, did his postgraduate studies first in environmental management and conservation and later in sustainable development with honors distinction. Holding a doctorate in applied urban sustainability, he conducts high-quality post doctoral research towards addressing key concerns of the contemporary build environment through principles of applied sustainability. His research interests include a wide …
Dr. Ioannis Tsipouridis was born in 1952 at Paranesti, Drama (North Greece). He is married with 3 children and 2 grandchildren. He studied in the University of Leeds-United Kingdom (1971-1980) and was awarded with the following degrees: -B.Sc. Chemical Engineering -M.Sc. in ‘Fuels & Energy’ (Scholarship of Science Research Council) -Ph.D. in Solar Energy (Scholarship …
Efi is a Chemical Engineer holding a PhD diploma (NTUA) with twenty years of experience in a range of R&D activities, specialized in sustainable waste management, circular economy, energy and climate plans, sustainable management of municipalities, RES and energy saving. Today is President of the NGO NoWaste21, President of the Greek Women’s Engineering Association (EDEM). …
Alexandra Spyropoulou conducted her postdoc research with fellowship from Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation on the speciation and mobility mechanisms of mercury in groundwater and investigated water treatment methods in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly (UTH) in collaboration with the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”. She holds a PhD in physical oceanography, …
Georgios Papayiannis is Lecturer of Computational Mathematics at Hellenic Naval Academy, Department of Naval Sciences, Section of Mathematics since May 2020. He holds a PhD in Robust Decision Making and Risk Assessment under Uncertainty from Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Statistics. His research interests lie in the scientific areas of robust decision …
Dr. Vassiliki Manoussi holds a PhD degree in Economics with orientation of “Environmental Economics” from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of International and European Economic Studies) and a Master’s Degree in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of Economic Studies). She has worked as a junior researcher for Fondazione Eni …
Ioannis Kougias is a research fellow at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. As a scientific analyst, he regularly provides insight into several European projects related to energy. His research interests extend to the fields of renewables, hydropower, water-energy nexus, access to energy in rural/remote/island areas and the sustainable electrification of sub-Saharan Africa. …
Xanthi received her undergraduate diploma in Mathematics and her M.Sc. in Statistics and Operational Research from the Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Greece. She also received her PhD in Mathematical Finance from the Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. She is currently working for the EU project: “A Decision-Analytic Framework …
Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos is a Research Director at the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). He is active in the fields of Earth observation, atmospheric composition, Earth system processes and climate, climate change and relevant synergistic interactions, policy, and urban perspectives. He is leading the Atmospheric Physics …
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