Specialty: Structural/Marine Geologist
Position: Research Director, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-4375

Education
1980-1984: BSc in Geology, Department of Geology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
1984-1985: Post-graduate courses on tectonics and sedimentology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
1985-1989: PhD in Structural Geology, Institute of Geology, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

Professional Career
1991-1994: Scientific collaborator (on contracts), Department of Geology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
1992-1995: Manager and Scientific Responsible of "Geoerevnitiki Ltd." small enterprise focusing on geological and hydrogeological studies and services
1995-2009: Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2009-present: Research Director, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Professional Services and Associations
Reviewer for Basin Research, Geodinamica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Marine Geophysical Researches, Geological Society Special Publication, Continental Shelf Research, Journal of the Geological Society, Journal of Maps, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, GeoMarine Letters, Marine Geology, Marine & Petroleum Geology, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Quaternary International, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece.
Peer Reviewer of the  Proposal for Extension of Directed Programme ‘UK Member ship of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program and UK-IODP Enabling Science Programme 2008-2013"
External Evaluator for the promotion of Assist. Scientist R. Camilli as an Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)(2009).
External Evaluator for the promotion of Associate Professor Justin Dix to the level 7 position of Personal Chair/ Professor at the University of Southampton. 
External Evaluator for the election of Dr Ch Kranis as Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Athens

Research Interests
Structural / Marine Geology with particular focus on active tectonics and geodynamics, evolution and sequence stratigraphy of sedimentary basins, the relationship between tectonics, sedimentation and sea level changes, Holocene geology, submarine landslides, submarine volcanism, cold seeps and mud volcanoes. Marine research is complemented with field work on land. Areas of research include the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Red Sea.
Current work in Structural/Marine Geology focuses on the geodynamics of the eastern Mediterranean with particular interest in the style of deformation, active tectonics, basin stratigraphy and marine geohazards in the Aegean Sea and the Hellenic Arc. Major, long-term tasks are to improve swath bathymetry and seismic profiling coverage in the Aegean Sea and the Hellenic Arc and Trench, with the aim to create a detailed map of offshore faults, assess their kinematics and provide comprehensive understanding of the active deformation and seismic hazard.
Underwater Geoarchaeological research, in particular survey and mapping of submerged archaeological remains in shallow and deep waters and the reconstruction of submerged prehistoric landscapes. Establishment in 2008 and coordination (along with Dr N. Flemming, NOC Southampton) since then the DEUKALION Planning Group, a European scale initiative to promote research on the submerged prehistoric landscapes and archaeology of the European continental self. Co-chair (along with Prof G. Bailey (York Univ.) of the COST Action TD0902 SPLASHCOS (2009-2013), a network of more than 200 geoscientists and archaeologists interested in the research on submerged prehistoric landscapes and archaeology. Member of the drafting group of the European Marine Board's position paper No 21 on "Land Beneath the Waves: Submerged landscapes and sea level change. A joint geoscience-humanities strategy for European Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research" (www.marineboard.eu/publications-full-list).
Current work in Underwater Geoarchaeology focuses on the understanding of the interplay between the fluctuating sea-level and the vertical tectonic movements throughout Quaternary with the aim to reconstruct the submerged prehistoric landscapes in the Mediterranean, in particular in the Aegean Region and provide new ground for the underwater prehistory geo-archaeological research.