Research Director

Dr KONTOES Charalampos (Haris) holds the position of Research Director in the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA/IAASARS).

Research Associate & Project Manager

Mariza Kaskara received her diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (2015), with specialization in Satellite Geodesy and Remote Sensing. She holds an M.Sc. in Project and Enterprise Management from University College London (2017).

Administrative Support EU projects

Maria (Marietta) Papakonstantinou graduated from the School of Philosophy at the University of Athens and since 2013 she holds an M.A. in Heritage Management (summa cum laude) co-organized by Athens University of Economics and Business and University of Kent.

Head of Communications

Mirka Rossi graduated from ST.GEORGE Independent Studies - Commercial College.

Research Associate | Flood Risk

Alexia Tsouni is a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with specialization in Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering (2001), and she also holds a postgraduate diploma in Water Resources Science and Technology (2003) from NTUA as well.

Post-doctoral Researcher | Atmospheric modeling

Bartsotas Nikolaos (Nikos) received his B.Sc. degree from the Physics Department of the University of Athens, followed by a M.Sc. in Environmental Physics / Meteorology and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Modeling and Remote Sensing.

Post-Doctoral Researcher / Project Manager

Stathopoulos Nikolaos (Nikos) received his diploma (equivalent to Master of Engineering), from the School of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering (SMME) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with specialization in Geotechnology (Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology).

Research Associate | EO algorithms engineering

Themistocles Herekakis graduated in 2003 from the Technological Educational Institution of Athens, with a degree in Electronic Engineering and an M.Sc. degree in Advanced Informatics Computing Systems. He is working at IAASARS/NOA as a research associate, since August 2004

Research Associate | Data Cubes & AI

Alexis Apostolakis got his engineering diploma from Electrical Engineer and Computer Engineer faculty at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1993. His diploma thesis was in the sector of Reinforcement Learning with Neural Networks

Research Associate | Data Cubes & Fire Risk

Stella Girtsou is currently a M.Sc student in Space Science Technologies and Applications programme of the National Observatory of Athens and the department of Informatics and Telecommunications of University of Peloponnese. In 2017 she received her Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

PhD student-Research Associate

Stavroula Alatza holds a degree in Surveying Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She is a PhD student on SAR interferometry for monitoring Earth deformation, in School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of NTUA.

Research Associate| EO systems engineering

Thanassis Drivas received his BSc in Computer Science from Athens University of Economics and Business in 2007. In 2017 he received his MSc title in Space Science, Technology and Applications from the University of Peloponnese, in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens.

Research Associate | Data Scientist

Ilias Tsoumas is a curious person for whom learning and innovation have always played an important role.He has been engaged in computer science and mostly in the field of machine learning. 

Research Associate | Solar Energy

Ilias Fountoulakis received his BSc in Physics (2008) from the Department of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh).

Research Associate | Fire Risk – Machine Learning

Giorgos Giannopoulos received his Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2006 and his PhD in Computer Science from NTUA in 2013. 

Research Associate | Earth Observation and Geospatial Modelling

Michail-Christos Tsoutsos received his Bachelor’s Degree in Geography from the Department of Geography, University of the Aegean (Lesvos, Greece) and his Master’s Degree in Geoinformatics from the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Athens, Greece). 

DevOps Engineer | Copernicus Hubs

Alexandros Marantos holds a BSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Crete. He is currently working toward a MSc degree in Data Science from the University of Peloponnese, in collaboration with the National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos".

Research Associate | Data Scientist

George Choumos holds a BSc degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc degree in Data Science from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is currently pursuing a second MSc degree in Space Technologies, Applications and Services from the inter-institutional master studies programme "STAR" by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras.

Research Associate | Flood Risk

Stavroula Sigourou received her diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering (2013) from the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). 

Research Associate

Alkiviadis Koukos was born in 1993 in Athens, Greece. He received his diploma in the department of Elecrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2018 and he is currently an MSc student in Data Science and Machine Learning also at National Technical University of Athens.

PhD student | Fire Risk

Anastasia Yfantidou completed her undergraduate degree at the Department of Geography at Harokopio University of Athens. She further holds an MSc degree with distinction in “Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies” from the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), where she is currently a PhD Candidate in “Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics and Earth Observation”.

Research Associate | Data Scientist

Agryro Tsantalidou holds a BSc degree in Computer Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2014-2019). In 2021 she received her MSc degree in Data and Web Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Research Associate | Data Scientist

I was born in 1993 in Athens, Greece. I received my B.Sc. degree from the Physics department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2016 and in 2020 I graduated from ‘’La Sapienza’’ University of Rome with a M.Sc. degree in Data Science.

DevOps Engineer | Copernicus Hubs

Anastasis Katsos was born in Athens in 1996. He holds a BSc in Informatics and Telematics from the Harokopio University of Athens. He is currently an MSc student in the field of Geoinformatics of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Research Associate 

Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou, holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Patras and an MSc in Environmental Physics from the Physics Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and currently she is a PhD candidate at NKUA.

Research Associate | PhD Student

Maria Sdraka received her MSc diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2016.

Research Associate | Flood Risk

Vasiliki Pagana received her Diploma (5 years Degree, Master equivalent) in Rural and Surveying Engineering (2010) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), with specialization in Hydraulic Engineering. She also holds a M.Sc. Degree in Water Resources Science and Technology (2012) from the School of Civil Engineering of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Communication & Dissemination

Lefteris is a final-year student at the National Technical University of Athens at the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering with a specialization in Earth Observation. During his studies, he was very active in volunteering with student organizations such as TEDxNTUA, Erasmus Student Network and IEEE NTUA Student Branch, where he founded the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Chapter. In his 4th year, Lefteris was selected for the Educational Trip 2019 to visit Princeton University.

Senior researcher at PMOD World Radiation Center, Switzerland (PMODWRC)

Stelios Kazadzis (SK) has 20 years of experience in basic and applied research in Atmospheric Physics. He studied Physics, MSc on atmospheric and environmental Physics and a PhD on solar radiation measurements and applications.

Research Director

Vassilis Amiridis (VA) was born in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1971. He received his B.Sc. in Physics, M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998, 2000 and 2006, respectively. Since 2006, VA is a Researcher of the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) in Greece. 

Associate Researcher at the Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens

Stavros Solomos received his B.Sc. in Physics, M.Sc. in Environmental Physics / Meteorology and PhD in Meteorology / Atmospheric Modeling from the University of Athens, Greece in 2001, 2003 and 2011 respectively. During 2006-2013 he worked as research associate at the Atmospheric Modeling and Weather Forecasting Group at the University of Athens. During 2013-2020, he worked as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Since 2020 he is Associate Researcher at the Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens.