WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1997- 2005: MSc Scientific Associate, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2005- 2006: MSc Scientific Associate, Laboratory for Treatment and Stabilization of Solid Wastes, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2006 - 2010: PhD Research Associate, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2006 - 2010: PhD Research Associate, Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

2007: PhD Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

2007 - 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Pollution Control Technologies, Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.

2010: PhD Scientific Associate, UK National Weather Service (Met Office), UK.

2010: PhD Research Associate, Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1998 - 1999: Lectures on Atmospheric Physics, Air Pollution and Clean Air Technologies, Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, Institute of Professional Training, Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2006 - 2010: Lectures on Atmospheric Chemistry, Postgraduate Course on Environmental Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2007 - 2009: Laboratory exercises on Environmental Physics and Lectures on the Current Environmental Problems and Issues, Department of Pollution Control Technologies, Faculty of Technological Applications, Technological Education Institution of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece.

• Co-supervisor in postgraduate and undergraduate dissertations.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Participation in 8 research projects funded by the European Union, in one of them as the main researcher.
• Participation in 3 research projects funded by the European Space Agency.
• Participation in 10 national research projects.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC COOPERATIONS:

• Participation in the Action "ES0602: Towards a European Network on Chemical Weather Forecasting and Information Systems (ENCWF)" of the intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
• Participation in the programme IKYDA 2008 through the joint research project "Coupling of the photochemical mesoscale model CAMx with the global Chemistry Transport Model ECHAM5.HAMOZ" between the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and the Institute of Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere (Julich, Germany).
• Scientific cooperation with the Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC UNIONS:

1) European Geophysical Union

2) Hellenic Physical Society

3) Hellenic Association for Aerosol Research.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Reviewer of 4 international scientific journals (Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Global Nest Journal, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment).
• Scholarship of the Greek State Scholarships Foundation in the framework of the programme IKYDA 2008 for the participation in a joint research project between the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and the Institute of Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere (Julich, Germany).
• Member of the scientific review panel of the "International Conference on Energy, Environment and Health - Optimisation of Future Energy Systems" organized by the Danish Centre for Energy, Environment and Health, 31 May - 2 June 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Attendance at 6 workshops, 5 seminars, 3 advanced study courses and 1 symposium on Atmospheric Physics.

COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:

• Programming Languages: Fortran.
• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux.
• Experience in the application of numerical models.
• Microsoft Office Specialist Certification for Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access.
• Plotting Software: Grads, Pave, Surfer, Grapher.
• Experience in Scripting.