Georgios Sylaios

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Professor & Oceanologist

Professor with experience in coastal oceanography, numerical modeling and monitoring systems development. Works in the field of coastal hydrodynamics, water quality, pollutant dispersion, coastal erosion, operational forecasting, data processing, analysis and assimilation, ANN and fuzzy models.

  • Age: 57
  • Degree: PhD
  • Email: gsylaios@env.duth.gr
  • Nationality: Greek

Strong education professional with a PhD focused in Oceanography from University of Southampton, Department of Oceanography.

Facts

Published 139 papers in international academic journals, 9 book chapters and Editor of 3 Special Editions. Coordinator of 41 national and EU-funded research projects. Since 2017 the Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 research project ODYSSEA.

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Skills

Skilled in Statistics, Computer Programming in Matlab, R, Fortran.

Coastal Hyndrodynamics 100%
Statistics 90%
Computer Programming 75%
Matlab 80%
R 90%
Fortran 55%

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Sumary

Georgios Sylaios

Professor with experience in coastal oceanography, numerical modeling and monitoring systems development.

  • DUTH Department of Environmental Engineering, 67100, Xanthi, Greece
  • (+30) 2541-079-398
  • gsylaios@env.duth.gr

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Oceanography

1990 - 1994

Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Doctorate Thesis: A Numerical Investigation into the Dynamics on a Partially-Mixed Estuary.

Supervisor: Dr. S. R. Boxall & Prof. S. A. Thorpe

Master's of Science in Oceanography

1989 - 1990

Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Dissertation Thesis: A Tidal Model for Southampton Water, South England.

Supervisor: Dr. S. R. Boxall & Dr. N. Wells

Bachelor in Geology

1983 - 1987

Department of Geology, University of Patras,Patras-Rion, Greece

Duration of Studies: 4 years

Grade: 7.49/10.0

Dissertation Thesis: Environmental Study of Trichonis Lake, Western Greece

Supervisor: Prof. G. Ferentinos

Professional Experience

Professor

2017 - Present

Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace

Lecturing the subjects:

  • Physical Oceanography
  • Management of Coastal Ecosystems
  • Coastal Fluid Mechanics
  • Coastal Engineering

Associate Professor

2010 - 2017

Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace

Assistant Professor

2007 - 2010

Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace

Researcher

2000 - 2007

Fisheries Reasearch Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation

Researcher in the field of Coastal Oceanography

Civil Servant C-grade

1998 - 2000

Regional Authority of East Mecedonia & Thrace, Division for Planning and Development, Department for Management of Water Resources.

Research Assistant

1995 - 1997

Fisheries Reasearch Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation

Portfolio

Some photos of recent and not-so-recent conferences, lectures, adventures and end-result platforms.

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Urban-Waste Kavala

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ODYSSEA Web

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Lisbon

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Summer School

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ODYSSEA mobile

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AI Algorithm

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Jerusalem

Conference

Glider

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Photo 9

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