Born in Thessaloniki. He is Professor of Engineering Hydrology – Management and Development of Water Resources, Director of Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering Department, Director of the Laboratory of “Hydraulic Works and Environmental Management”, Director of Master Program “Water Resources”. He was Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering (2008-2012) and Dean of Engineering School, University of Thessaly (2015-2018). He was Director of the Laboratory of Hydrology and Aquatic Systems Analysis and Director of the common Greek-French Master Program “Management of Hydrometeorological Hazards-HYDROHASARDS” (2010-2018). He is Visiting Scientist/Researcher (Professor 1st class) at the Joseph Fourier University-Grenoble I, France and Visiting Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, U.S.A., position for which he was awarded a Fulbright Research Scholarship. He is member of scientific organizations, such as Greek Hydrotechnical Union, Greek Committee for Water Resources Management, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (I.A.H.S.), European Water Resources Association (E.W.R.A.), European Geosciences Union (E.G.U.) and other. He is, currently, Editor-in-Chief of European Water, Section Editor-in-Chief “Water Resources Management Policy and Governance” of Water and Editorial Board Member of Water Resources Management and Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences. He participates and participated as Guest Editor of scientific journals Special Issues. He is author and co-author of more than 400 referred international journal publications, conference proceedings publications, publications in special issues, books and technical reports. He has co-ordinated and participated in many national, European research projects (>30) as well as a significant number of hydrological and hydraulic studies and water resources management projects.
Dipl. Eng. Rural and Surveying Engineer (Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, A.U.Th., 1988)
M.A.Sc. in Hydrology and Water Resources (Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1991)
Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources, title: «Mountain Precipitation Analysis for the Estimation of Flood Runoff in Coastal British Columbia» (Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1994)
- Hydrologic simulation of watersheds with conceptual and stochastic models,
- Methodologies for the runoff estimation in ungauged watersheds,
- Methodologies for the estimation and study of floods and droughts,
- Hydrodynamic flood routing modeling,
- Impacts of climate change on hydrological processes, extremes and water resources,
- Integrated water resources management,
- Applications of G.I.S. and Remote Sensing in hydrology and water resources management,
- Impacts of land use changes on water resources,
- Mountain hydrology,
- Temporal and spatial distribution of hydrometeorological parameters,
- Design and simulation of water works operation,
- Watershed water quality simulation,
- Natural environmental hazards and their impacts.
