Recruitments
Bairaktari Eleni
Eleni Bairaktari holds a Bachelor in Theology from the Athens University. She has experience in secretarial, administrative and management support in National and European research projects also has the knowledge of computer programs, electronic documents and Quality Management Systems (ISO/CEN) and knowledge of English and Italian language. In the frame of ENTEC, Mrs. Bairaktari works on the administrative and management support, monitoring of the budget and the eligible expenditure, collecting financial information of the project.
Bairaktari Kiriaki
Kyriaki Bairachtari M.Sc, PhD is a chemist with a master degree on Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art (2000, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and a PhD on Analytical Chemistry in Works of Art (2005, NTUA, School of Chemical Engineering). In the frame of EnTeC, Dr Bairachtari works on the analysis of atmospheric samples by the use of chromatographic techniques (GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD/FID, IC etc.).
Bratsos Ioannis
Dr. I. Bratsos is a Chemist (2000, Univ. of Athens, Greece). He received his MSc (2003) and PhD (2005) in Inorganic Chemistry from the same University. He worked at the Univ. of Trieste (Italy) as Postdoctoral Researcher (2005-2011). In 2012 he joined the Chemical Biology lab at I.N.N., NCSR “Demokritos”. Since May 2013, he is a Research Associate at I.N.RA.S.T.E.S. (NCSR “D”) in the framework of ENTEC, working on the development of novel metal-organic porous materials as sorbents for gaseous pollutants.
Demertzi Aggeliki
Mrs. Aggeliki Demertzi holds a Bachelor Degree in Public Administration with emphasis in Public Economics from the Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences (Athens). In 2009, she completed her Master Degree in “Economics of Production and Intersectoral Relationships” with distinction. The master thesis with title: “The compilation of a Greek Environmental Input Output matrix for 2005, and its application as a methodological framework for assessing emission reduction options” was presented in International Conferences and was published in refereed journals. Currently, she is a PhD student in National Technical University of Athens and she is preparing her Master Thesis for the second Master Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the same University. Within the ENTEC framework her main responsibilities are: Input-Output Analysis, Regional Input-Output Analysis, Environmental Input-Output Matrices, Impact Assessment, Scenarios’ Construction
Diapouli Evangelia
Dr. Evangelia Diapouli holds a Chemical Engineer Diploma (N.T.U.A., Greece, 2000), an MSc in Environmental Engineering (Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A., 2001) and a PhD in Atmospheric Pollution (N.T.U.A., Greece, 2008). Her research activities focus on the physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric aerosol. She has long experience in field measurements of aerosol properties, maintenance and calibration of measurement systems, analysis of aerosol parameter time-series and source apportionment modeling for the quantification of source contributions to ambient aerosol concentration levels.
Eleftheriadou Anastasia
Dr. Anastasia Eleftheriadou, holds a Diploma Degree in Civil Engineering (1997-2002) with direction of Structural Engineering Division (awarded from the Technical Chapter of Greece as distinguished undergraduate student) from Democritus University of Thrace. She completed in 2003 her Master of Science Degree in Earthquake Engineering entitled “New Materials and techniques on the design of reinforced concrete” with direction emphasis in seismic design in structural engineering and the seismic capacity assessment of existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings (scholarship from the course as distinguished postgraduate student). In 2009 she obtained her Ph.D. Degree in the Laboratory of Reinforced Concrete on seismic vulnerability assessment. She has investigated extensively the field of seismic vulnerability assessment and risk analysis of existing structures with similar features contributing to the improvement of seismic security and the management of seismic risk. She has developed new vulnerability models (Damage Probability Matrices & Vulnerability Curves) for structural building types representative of the building stock of Southern Europe. She has participated in several national and EU research projects. She has co-authored 22 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and she is invited reviewer in scientific journals. She holds, since 2002, an extensive teaching and organizing experience (Teaching Assistant, Adjunct Lecturer & Assistant Professor) in many lessons and projects of structural engineering. She currently works as Postdoctoral Researcher in NCSR Demokritos on the project “ENTEC- Enhancing the capacity for Environmental Technology and Climate Research” dealing with the development of non-linear computational statistical methods for the process of a wide scale multi-parameter data for air pollution.
Emmanouil George
I have graduated from the Department of Physics (Capodestrian University of Athens) and my master, as well as my PhD thesis is in Atmospheric Physics-Meteorology from the same University. My thesis focused on new methodologies for improving the analysis and forecasting skills of sea wave models. In the framework of ENTEC project, I work on the simulation of extreme weather events in the area of Mediterranean Sea.
Fetfatzis Prodromos
Prodromos Fetfatzis is a physicist, holds an MSc from NTUA in physics and has finished his PhD at the NTUA in the field of experimental physics. At the ENTEC project he deals with computational tools, applications to atmospheric data collection, development of statistical algorithms for data processing and data reporting. He also develops laboratory experimental devices to study atmospheric aerosol.
Gini Maria
Gini Maria holds a BSc diploma in Physics (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2006) and an MSc in Environmental Physics and Meteorology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2008). Currently, she is a PhD student in the department of Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and she is conducting her research study at the NCSR “Demokritos”. In the framework of ENTEC she is working on the following fields: development of new techniques for physical characterization and size classification of aerosol particles, development of laboratory experimental set-up and aerosol dispersion techniques for instrument calibration, sampling of airborne particulate matter and monitoring of atmospheric aerosol physical parameters.
Karozis Stylianos
Mr Stylianos Karozis holds a Diploma Degree (5 years studies) in Chemical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens. In 2013, he completes his Master degree in Computational Mechanics with distinction. Currently he is a Phd student in Department of Chemistry at University of Crete. The main responsibilities, within the ENTEC framework, are the installation and execution of scientific algorithms, the coupling of different scientific codes and the administrating of HPC infrastructure.
Moustakidis Nikos
Nikos Moustakidis holds a BSc in Statistics from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has extensive experience in Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and in the development of risk assessment models. Additionally, he has specific expertise on the relevant legislative framework at an EU level. In the frame of ENTEC, Mr. Moustakidis works on the development of a hollistic risk assessment model for environmental hazards and climate risks applicable to Critical Infrastructures capable of capturing intricate parameters pertaining to their protection such as existing risk barriers, countermeasures, geography/location, business continuity procedures, security policies, etc.
Pateraki Styliani
Styliani Pateraki M.Sc, PhD: Physicist by background, she holds a Master (2006) and a PhD Diploma (2012) in Environmental Science and Meteorology, both from the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her role in the ENTEC Project is the upgrading of the experimental equipment, the monitoring and sampling of various air pollutants including key climatic active species and parameters, the analytical and chemical laboratory techniques as well as the meteorological analysis of the configuration of the pollution status of an area.
Politi Konstantina
Politi Konstantina holds a BSc diploma in Physics (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2007) and an MSc in “Prevention and Management of Natural Disasters” (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,2010). Currently, she is a PhD student in the department of Geology and Geo-environment at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and works in the NCSR “Demokritos” on the project “ENTEC- Enhancing the capacity for Environmental Technology and Climate Research”, on the topic of climate change, climate simulations and downscaling methods, focusing on the study of appropriate indicators on the topic of climate change in a number of sectors, understanding of climate thresholds and vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptive responses and making representations and analyses of geographic maps relating to environmental issues.
Saraga Dikaia
Dikaia Saraga M.Sc, PhD is a physicist with a master degree on Environmental Physics and Meteorology (2006, University of Athens) and a PhD on Source Apportionment in Indoor Air (2010, University of West Macedonia, Greece). In the frame of EnTeC, Dr Saraga works on Source Apportionment and statistical modelling action. In particular, high quality data for particulate matter (PM) derived from field stations and laboratory analysis, are injected into state of the art receptor models (e.g. Positive Matrix Factorization, Factor Analysis, Chemical Mass Balance) that are used to identify the number, characteristics and contribution of major polluting sources. The results are utilized for the study of the population’s exposure to pollutants, the environmental effects and the climate change.
Varela Vassiliki
Ms Varela Vassiliki is a Forester with more than twenty (20) years of experience in GIS programming, analysis and development of Environmental management information systems. She participated as a technical partner or technical team leader in several National and European research projects, related to Environmental management and mainly Forest Fires management. She has a great experience in the creation and use of spatial data for environmental purposes and a very good knowledge of Inspire Directive and National and European Spatial Data-Bases. In the frame of the research project entitled "ENTEC-Enhancing the capacity for Environmental Technology and Climate Research (E1763)", she works on the application of Environmental Danger Indices and models and on the analysis and development of GIS- based Decision Support Systems. Her main scientific interests are located in spatial analyses for Environmental protection, processing and mapping of physical parameters and study and adaptation of world-wide used Environmental indices and models, in the Mediterranean areas and particularly in Greece.
Vratolis Stergios
Mr Stergios Vratolis is a Chemical Engineer and he graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His main responsibilities in the framework of ENTEC include aerosol inlet design, monitoring atmospheric aerosol physical parameters at DEM GAW station and assessing the impact of the measured quantities on human health and climate change.
Yiotis Andreas
Dr. Andreas Yiotis holds a diploma (1997) and a PhD (2003) in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher (2005-2010) at Environmental Research Laboratory of the NCSR 'Demokritos, and as a research scientist (2010-2012) at FAST Laboratory at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France, under an Individual Marie Curie Fellowship for career development. He is currently working as a research associate at NCSR Demokritos, focusing primarily on transport phenomena in porous media and the interplay of soil contamination with the atmosphere. He has published 17 papers in peer-review journals and more than 30 publications in conference proceedings.