Dr Stavros Sakellariou
Research Fellow - Marie Curie

Summary

Dr Stavros Sakellariou holds a degree in Spatial Planning and Regional Development (MEng), a MSc in Spatial Planning & Development, a MSc in Geospatial Technologies (Erasmus Mundus – Joint degree) and a PhD in Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS) for Prevention and Management of Wildfires.

He has conducted a 3-year postdoctoral research studying the exposure and effects of wildfires on natural / anthropogenic ecosystems and critical infrastructures. Stavros has 6.5 years postdoctoral research experience as Senior Researcher. During this period, he worked in 8 multi-partner research projects dealing with natural disasters, spatial planning, forest fires and environmental management. In the same context, he has 4 years pre-doctoral research experience as Early-Stage Researcher in the same fields.

The Fellow has taught for 6 years in Master of Science Programs, and 5.5 years in Undergraduate Programs at the University of Thessaly and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Stavros has more than 30 publications in international scientific journals, 45 publications in conference proceedings and 3 book chapters.

He’s been an invited speaker in national and international universities and conferences dealing with the integration of geoinformatics to wildfires management. He has earned 7 national/international scholarships and awards.

He acted as a reviewer for more than 25 scientific journals, while he has served as a Lead Guest Editor in 2 special issues relative to natural disasters and wildfires.

He has been awarded a UKRI/HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (FIREWISE project, 2024) aiming to establish an integrated framework for proactive wildfire resilience assessment and management.

Qualifications

• PhD in Environmental hazards management and spatial planning. Title: Design and development of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for prevention and management of natural disasters. The case of forest fires in Thasos. Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece, 2016
• Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies (Erasmus Mundus - Joint degree), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), NOVA – Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Lisboa, Portugal; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi), Münster, Germany; Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Dept. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informaticos (LSI), Castellón, Spain, 2016
• Master of Science in Spatial Planning & Development - Spatial Planning & Regional Policy, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece, 2010
• MEng Engineering of Planning and Regional Development (Integrated Master of Science: 5-years degree), Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece, 2008