Researcher
Evangelos Spyrou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Evangelos Spyrou is an honours graduate at the Faculty of Geology and Geo-Environment of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is an ardent researcher in the field of geomorphology, both regarding laboratory methods (laboratory analyses, Geographic Information Systems etc.) and field work and mapping.
His research interests focus on the study of fluvial systems regarding geomorphology and geomorphological evolution, and coastal systems regarding coastal processes, morphodynamics and geomorphological evolution, as well as assessment and mapping of natural hazards such as floods, runoff erosion and coastal erosion. He has participated in field works (mapping, measures, sampling, coring, geoarchaeology, palaeogeographical reconstructions) in coastal, lagoonal and fluvial environments. He has conducted laboratorial analyses (granulometric analyses, sedimentological and stratigraphical analyses of drilling cores etc.).
Furthermore, he has attended lectures, seminars, conferences, laboratories and intensive educational programmes regarding various geological and geomorphological issues. He completed his internship at the Hellenic Center for Marine Research, where he conducted laboratory analyses of coastal and marine sediments. He has been professionally occupied in four European educational programmes (funded by Erasmus+).
Studies
Geology and Geoenvironment
Areas of interest
Geomorphology; Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape evolution; River hydraulics; Geomorphological mapping; Coastal geomorphology; Karstic geomorphology; geological heritage
Courses
Geology and Geoenvironment
Membership and professional affiliations
2024 to present: Member of the Committee for the Environment, of the UESCO Association of Southern Suburbs of Athens
2022 to present: Erasmus+ project “Protection against flash floods (PROFF)”, https://proffproject.eu/
2023 to present: Erasmus+ project “Training pupils on geosciences through Virtual Field Trips (TRiPGiFT)”, https://tripgift.eu/
2023 to present: Erasmus+ project “Training new generations on geomorphology, geohazards and geoheritage through Virtual Reality Technologies (GeoVT)”, https://www.geovt.eu/
2021: bimonthly practicum at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Selected List of Publications
2023: Evelpidou, N., Cartalis, C., Karkani, A., Saitis, G., Philippopoulos, K., & Spyrou, E. (2023). A GIS-Based Assessment of Flood Hazard through Track Records over the 1886–2022 Period in Greece. Climate, 11, 226. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11110226
2023: Evelpidou, N., Ganas, A., Karkani, A., Spyrou, E., & Saitis, G. (2023). Late Quaternary Relative Sea-Level Changes and Vertical GNSS Motions in the Gulf of Corinth: The Asymmetric Localization of Deformation Inside an Active Half-Graben. Geosciences, 13, 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13110329
2022: Evelpidou, N., Tzouxanioti, M., Spyrou, E., Petropoulos, A., Karkani, A., Saitis, G., & Margaritis, M. (2022). GIS-Based Assessment of Fire Effects on Flash Flood Hazard: The Case of the Summer 2021 Forest Fires in Greece. GeoHazards, 4, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards4010001
2022: Spyrou, E., Triantaphyllou, M. V., Tsourou, T., Vassilakis, E., Asimakopoulos, C., Konsolaki, A., Markakis, D., Marketou-Galari, D., & Skentos, A. (2022). Assessment of Geological Heritage Sites and Their Significance for Geotouristic Exploitation: The Case of Lefkas, Meganisi, Kefalonia and Ithaki Islands, Ionian Sea, Greece. Geosciences, 12(2), 55.
https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020055
2021: Karkani, A., Evelpidou, N., Tzouxanioti, M., Petropoulos, A., Santangelo, N., Maroukian, H., Spyrou, E., & Lakidi, L. (2021). Flash flood susceptibility evaluation in human-affected using geomorphological methods – The case of 9th August 2020, Euboea, Greece. A GIS-based approach. GeoHazards, 2, 366–382. https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards2040020
2021: Evelpidou N., Spyrou Ε., Psycharis S., Iatrou P., Kalovrektis K., & Xenakis A. (2021). Experimenting with the shape of the Earth’s relief through surface runoff tables: A P2P STEM didactic scenario approach for Makerspaces. Proceedings of the Panhellenic and International Conference “STE(A)M educators & education”, Regional Center for Educational Planning of Western Greece (PE.K.ES. D.E.), Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diofantus” (C.T.I.) and Hellenic Open University (H.O.U.), 07-09 May 2021.