About
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.
- Birthday: 21 October 1965
- Website: utopia.duth.gr/gsylaios
- Phone: (+30) 2541-079-398
- City: Xanthi, Greece
- 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.
Papers and Articles
Research Projects
Hours Of Teaching
Citations
Skills
Skilled in Statistics, Computer Programming in Matlab, R, Fortran.
Resume
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.
- All
- Conference
- Platform
- Other
