Research team

Dr. Monioudi holds a BSc in Marine Sciences, a Meng in "Water Resources Science and Technology (Coastal Zone Management)" and a PhD in Coastal Morphodynamics. Her research focuses on coastal erosion/flooding and morphodynamics/engineering (with emphasis on the development/application of tools/models), coastal processes of sediment transport and hydrodynamics, vulnerability of coastal environments/infrastructures due to climate change and extreme events, collection/analysis of field data (topographic, meteorological, hydrodynamic etc), design of coastal protection works, coastal zone management. She has an active research experience, gained through her participation in several research projects as senior researcher and important international collaborations (e.g. consultant for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD), through which she has acquired substantial organizational and project management skills. She authored /co-authored more than 40 scientific publications (30 in international journals and conferences) and more than 15 technical reports. She has also teaching experience as an adjunct lecturer (of the courses “Coastal Morphodynamics and Engineering” and “Sediment Dynamics”) since 2017.

Antonis has gained extensive experience through his participation in several research projects and had authored/co-authored more than 25 publications. He has developed specialized skills in novel image processing techniques, modeling of the coastal physical processes, the collection/analysis of topo-bathymetric, hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic data using state-of-the-art equipment, as well as data-mining from e-databases. This information is necessary to set up, force and train the neural networks.

Olympos is an experienced environmental engineer and during the years has tested new approaches for the accurate, high spatial resolution beach mapping and has co-authored a significant number of scientific publications. He has a proven record in fieldwork coordination and implementation in numerous research projects.

Fotis holds a Msc. in Coastal Zone Management and a Bsc. in Marine Sciences. He has participated in several projects relevant with beach erosion, while he is experienced in fieldwork and handling/use of scientific equipment.

Prof. A.F. Velegrakis, has a very extensive experience/expertise in coastal morphodynamics having taken part/coordinated many relevant international, European and National projects and authored/co-authored many publications. He is a key person of the advisory board, expected to provide dynamic guidance, assuring the smooth completion of the project.

Prof. V. Trygonis has many years of experience as software developer for many scientific sectors, such as image processing and hydro-acoustics. His state-of-the-art programming and software designing skills have greatly contributed to the design and operational function of the Autonomous Monitoring System (AOMS) to be deployed in the 2 pilot beaches, a key task of the project. He will mainly provide guidance for the deployment and the analysis of the data deriving from the AOMS.

Prof. G. Tsekouras research focuses on Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, System Modelling, Image Processing, Numerical and Categorical Data Analysis, Data Mining and Software Engineering. He will provide key-guidance in the development and application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) techniques.

Prof. T. Hasiotis has more than 25-years of research experience in coastal geological research and has been a scientific consultant to many marine survey engineering companies in Greece and abroad. He will contribute to the smooth completion of the project and especially to fieldwork preparations.

Dr. Vousdoukas is a coastal oceanographer and since 2023 he has created his own consultancy company on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. Since 2006 he has worked at the NATO Underwater Research Center (Italy), IFREMER (France), University of Algarve (Portugal), University of Hannover (Germany), and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). He has been involved in several European and national research projects, dealing with monitoring and modeling of nearshore morphodynamic processes. Since 2013 he has been developing tools and methodologies allowing to assess climate change impacts along the European and global coastlines. These efforts cover the whole spectrum from hazard to impact and adaptation, including large-scale ocean modeling, exposure datasets, and risk assessment, and have resulted in many peer-reviewed publications (> 150 publications in international journals, books and Conference proceedings). He is also regularly invited speaker at expert meetings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the European Commission.