Aristeidis Mertzanis, is a Professor of Environmental Impact Assessment - Environmental Geomorphology at the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of the Agricultural University of Athens.

After his graduation from the Department of Geology, University of Bologna in Italy, he studied at the Postgraduate Course “Aerophotogrammetry and PhotoInterpretation for the Management of Agricultural and Natural Resources”, Overseas Agronomic Institute & University of Florence in Italy. In 1992 he received his Ph.D. in Geomorphology from the Geology Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

In 2005 he was elected Assistant Professor at the Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment, Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Central Greece (Central Greece University of Applied Sciences).

He has served as Vice Rector of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Central Greece (2013-2019).

His current research interests focus on the areas of Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Geomorphology and Ecotourism.

Has worked as a professional geologist and environmentalist since the mid-1980s. He has a working experience of over 35 years in Geology-Environment, particularly in the fields of Environmental Impact Assessment, Geology and Environmental Geomorphology. He held positions of responsibility in Public Agencies, such as: a) Representative of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (YPEKA), in an unpaid position on the Board of Directors of the "Management Agency of the Oitis National Park" (04-10-2011 to 22-12-2015) and b) Deputy Specialist Scientist, Member of the Board of Directors of the "Amvrakiko Wetlands Management Agency" (20-01-2010, until its abolition on 30-03-2022).

He is the author/co-author of 130 peerreviewed articles in cited international scientific journals and and conference proceedings. He is also the co-author of the book entitled “Environment- Environmental Impact Assesment”. Aristeidis Mertzanis has participated in various European projects and also in projects co-funded by EU and the Greek State.

Aikaterini (Catherine) Marinagi is a Professor of Software Engineering and Chair at the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of the Applied Economics and Social Sciences School of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. She has published about 60 research papers in international journals, books, and conference proceedings and there are more than 740 citations in her publications. Prof. Aikaterini Marinagi was involved to several European research projects and has coordinated 3 national projects. Her current research interests focus on the areas of information systems in supply chain and logistics, sustainable supply chain, information and knowledge management, and data mining.

Maria Tzifi is Member of Laboratory Teaching Staff specializing in Informatics in Management and in Supply Chain at the Department of Agricultural Business and Supply Chain Systems Management of the School of Applied Economics & Social Sciences of the Agricultural University of Athens.

           She has taught in the laboratories in undergraduate courses such as: Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies, Database Management, Management Information Systems, Logistics Information Systems, Business Resource Management Systems, Geographical Information Systems, Electronic Business, Financial Management, Distribution Systems and Transportation.

           She was participated in business  programs of the  T.E.I.(Technological Education Institution ) of Halkida.

Dr. Foteini Kyriazi is Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Mathematical Methods in the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. She is the former Director General of the Regional Directorate for Attica and the Aegean Islands at the Greek Payment Authority of Common Agricultural Policy Aid Schemes. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Forecasting
and Agricultural Economics, and also an M.A. degree in Economics, from the University of Peloponnese, and a B.A. degree in Economics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has published in major field journals, such as the Annals of Operations Research, The International Journal of Forecasting , the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, and others, in forecasting and applied economics. Her current research interests focus on methodological improvements of adaptive learning forecasting techniques, the analysis of binary time series and the predictability of non-stationary time series.

Associate Professor of Supply Chain & Logistics

Giannis T. Tsoulfas is an Associate Professor of “Supply Chain & Logistics” at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. He is also a Tutor-Counselor at the Open University of Cyprus and the Hellenic Open University; hence he has significant experience in distance education. In the past, he was an Assistant Professor at the Technological Education Institution of Sterea Ellada, Greece, a Scientific Associate at the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic and worked as an Independent Contractor / Mechanical Engineer for several design and construction companies and organisations. He holds an integrated master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, Greece. He has published about 60 articles in international journals, books, and conference proceedings and there are more than 500 citations in his publications (Scopus). He has participated in several research projects funded by European and Greek grants. Furthermore, he has been often invited as a referee for several scientific journals.

Petros Kofakis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of the Agricultural University of Athens.
He holds a PhD from the Université Paris-Sud (France) with honors, and a D.E.A. from the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN) / Université Paris-Sud (France).
He has worked as a principal investigator and responsible for the coordination of research programs as well as the development / integration of specialized applications and information systems for the private and public sector and has successfully coordinated as a project leader more than 22 large-scale national and European R&D projects.
His research interests include: Information systems in Logistics, industrial informatics, automation systems, IoT, parallel and distributed systems.

Current and recent projects

Petros Kofakis actively participates in the following projects:

2022-Today: National Technical University of Athens – UPWATER

"Understanding groundwater Pollution to protect and enhance WATER quality (UPWATER)"

EU funded project, DOI 10.3030/101081807

The main goal of UPWATER project is to assess the effectiveness of different preventive measures (e.g. regulation, governance, and other non-technological measures) to minimise the release of chemicals at source. However, in order to achieve this goal, it will be required to:

1. increase the scientific knowledge on the identification, occurrence and fate of pollutants in the GW;
2. develop and apply cost-efficient sampling methods based on passive samplers for chemicals and pathogens;
3. develop source apportionment methods to identify and quantify the pollution sources, including isotopes tracers;
4. develop water quality modeling tools to update existing hydrogeological models and to be used to;
5. simulate scenarios for the proposed measures under multiple stressors and climate change (CC) projections;
6. develop a framework for integrated risk analysis and impact assessment; and finally
7. develop a participatory framework to analyse and prioritise the non-technological preventive measures and provide policy recommendations at local and EU levels.

The second goal is to develop and validate bio-based engineered natural treatment systems designed as mitigation solutions to protect GW pollution. The performance of these bio-based mitigation measures will be evaluated and their scaling-up will be simulated to assess the potential environmental benefits for a broad adoption.
The monitoring, modelling and mitigation solutions will be validated in 3 case studies (DK, GR and ES), representing different GW pollution problems in different socio-economical contexts, hydrogeological and climate conditions. The preventive measures will be defined and analysed with the involvement of the relevant local/regional stakeholders in a participatory approach.

2021-2023: National Technical University of Athens – ePYRROS
"ePYRROS: Development of an integrated monitoring network of water-environmental parameters in the Louros-Arachthos-Ambrakis system for the optimal management of water systems and the upgrading of the quality of agricultural production" (ESPA Program "SUPPORT OF REGIONAL EXCELLENCE").
The e-PYRROS project aims to develop an integrated monitoring network of hydro-environmental parameters in the (continuous) Louros-Arachthos-Amvrakikos system for: (a) the optimal management of water resources, (b) the monitoring of agrochemical substances in all hydrological zones (superficial, saturated and unsaturated), (c) the improvement of local agricultural ecosystems and consequently (d) the upgrading of the quality of agricultural production.
The e-PYRROS program uses two stages to achieve its objectives: (a) design, development and testing of prototype monitoring systems (field-scale sensor technologies combined with commercial hydro-environmental monitoring systems) and (b) integration of the technologies in web-based support systems. Among the main derivatives of the e-PYRROS project is an online knowledge system which will integrate point-based hydro-environmental data (monitoring technologies), wide spatial scale data (remote sensing technologies) and high-level ICT tools (models, applications, etc. .) to quantify the agronomic, economic and environmental impacts on agricultural ecosystems caused by the use of agrochemicals.

2019-2022: National Library of Greece
"Information System for the Optimal Handling of Documents" in the new building of the National Library. The system -consisting of open source hardware and software components- optimizes the process of internal handling (logistics) of books from the shelf to the library visitor and vice versa, significantly improving all the relevant efficiency indicators (e.g. time, distance, number of routes, transported quantity of material-load, capacity).

Representative Publications

• Kofakis (2013), “An Olive Oil Tank Farm Management and Optimum Blend System”, British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2013.
• Angelopoulos, F. Kitsios, P. Kofakis and T. Papadopoulos, “Emerging barriers in e-government implementation”, IFIP EGOV’10 Lausanne, Switzerland, Pages 216-225, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2010.
• Alifantis, P. Kofakis, “The FYROM Crisis – The Crisis Management system Crisis Eval”, Book 452 pages, Floros Editions, December 2003, ISBN 960-7178-67-X.
• Kofakis, J. Louis, “Distributed parallel implementation of seismic algorithms”, pp. 229-238, SPIE Mathematical Methods in Geophysical Imaging III, 12-13 July 1995, San Diego California.
• Kofakis, S. Orphanoudakis (M. Osteaux Ed.), “A Second Generation PACS Concept – Image Indexing by Content”, pp. 250-293, book, Springer-Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-540-54592-1.