General Information

I was born in Agrinion, western Greece. I studied Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and I obtained a Master’s degree in Environmental Physics and a PhD degree from the Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics (LAP) of AUTH. During my PhD I studied surface solar radiation (SSR) using satellite and ground-based observations, climate model simulations and radiative transfer modeling. I specialize in the spatiotemporal analysis of satellite, ground-based and climate model data, timeseries analysis and radiative transfer modeling. I also have a solid backgroung in Physics and Mathematics as I have been teaching various courses at university level for more than a decade.

After my PhD I joined the Atmospheric Physics and Technology group (AP&T) as a postdoctoral researcher being in close collaboration with LAP and the Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology of AUTH. My research focuses on the variability of SSR as seen from satellite products of various spatial resolutions and ground-based observations, on the effect of aerosols, clouds, water vapor and their interactions on the energy balance of the Earth-Atmosphere system, on radiative transfer model simulations, on the evaluation of SSR satellite observations with the use of ground-based observations, on the evaluation of solar radiation and macrophysical/microphysical cloud properties from climate models and on the atmospheric aerosol load and trends as derived from satellite and ground observations. Recently, I also got involved in the development of a novel method to produce particulate pollution estimates from sky photos. A detailed CV of mine can be found here (CVen.pdf).