Research Director

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

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ioannis Papoutsis received his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and his M.Sc. in Technologies for Broadband Communication from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of University College London (UCL) in 2002 and 2003 respectively. 

Senior Researcher

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. 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Stavros Solomos was born in Athens, Greece in 1976. He 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. Since 2013, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens.

PhD student

Alexia Tsouni received her diploma in Civil Engineering (2001) from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), which is equivalent to Master of Engineering, with specialization in Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering. She also holds a M.Sc. in Water Resources Science and Technology (2003) from the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA

IT Specialist

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

Panagiotis Kosmopoulos (PK) was born in Athens, Greece, in 1985. He received his B.Sc. in Geology and M.Sc. in Environmental Physics from the University of Athens and holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. PK has a 14 year professional experience as a research scientist and as a postdoctoral researcher at national and international research institutes and universities (e.g. PMOD/WRC).

Beyond CoE Communication Manager

Eleni Christia received her diploma in Environmental Cartography from the University of Aegean in 2004. She holds a Master of Science (MSc.) in Environmental Policy and Management from University of Aegean (2007).

Administrative Support EU projects

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

Research Associate

Dora Perrou is currently a PhD candidate in Satellite Remote Sensing at the Harokopio University of Athens (HUA). She holds a BSc degree in Surveying Engineering from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and a MSc in Applied Geography and Spatial Planning (Course: Management of Natural and Human Induced Disasters) from the Harokopio University of Athens.

Mr. Anastasios TRYPITSIDIS is being a motivated Project Manager | Msc Engineer with incessant interest in the wide range of managing projects. He has more than 5 years’ experience on managing and implementing of national, international and funding (e.g. EUREKA-Eurostars, GSRT, FP7, H2020 etc.) projects (involved in more than 16 projects)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Ieronymidi is an EO and GIS expert. She holds a BSc in Geology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - NKUA, Greece), an MSc in Geochemistry (University of Leeds, UK) and a PhD in the field of Remote Sensing (Technical University of Crete, Greece). Since 2011, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens.

PhD Student

Vassilis Sitokonstantinou received his BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London, in 2013. The following year he graduated from University College London (UCL) with an MSc in Wireless and Optical Communications.

Elisavet Parselia holds a diploma in Surveying Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and a M.Sc. in Geodesy and Geoinformation Science specialized in Space Geodesy and Navigation from the Technical University of Berlin (TUB).

Research Specialist

Sylvia Antoniadi received her diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in 2014. Two years later, she got her Master’s degree in “Water Resources Science and Technology” from the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA.

Research Specialist

Aikaterini Karagiannopoulou was born in 1993 in Volos, Greece. She received her B.Sc. degree from the department of Geography in 2015 and her M.Sc. in 2017, in field of Geoinformatics of the Department of Applied Geography and Spatial Planning, both from Harokopio University.