SAVEMEDCOASTS-2 - Key Persons

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• Member of the Work Package WP3

Anastasios Stamnas is member of the work package WP3 that addresses mapping of coastal zones.

Anthi Gavriel is member of the work package WP7 that addressees stakeholder perception analysis and participatory policy-making. She holds a bachelor's degree in Physics (University of Patra, Greece) and a master's degree in Sustainable Environmental Development (Kingston University, London, UK). Since joining ISOTECH, Anthi has been working on EU funded projects dealing with sea level rise, sustainability, the bioeconomy and marine litter. Her work experience includes environmental education, development of educational material and project management of several EU funded projects for Cypriot organisations dealing with a variety of topics, such as social entrepreneurship, tourism, environment, sustainability and others.

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• Member of the Work Package WP6 That Addresses the Improvement of the SAVEMEDCOAST - 2

Antonio Falciano is member of the Work Package WP6 that addresses the improvement of the SAVEMEDCOAST-2 online mapping platform to share information on flooding scenarios.

Charalampos Georgiadis is member of the work package WP3 that addresses mapping of coastal zones. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil Engineering in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 1997, Diploma Rural and Surveying Engineering (AUTH), 2000, M.sc. Potection, Preservation, and Restoration of Cultural Monuments (AUTH), 2005 PhD Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering (University of Maine, USA). His research interests include among others Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Cartography, GIS, UAV, Mobile Mapping Systems, 3D modelling, laser scanners, Image processing and analysis, Spatial data analysis. Scientific Responsible or member of research groups in 47 Research projects Funded by National, European or USA Organizations. Scientific reviewer in 12 Journals.

Claudia Ferrari, is member of the work package WP8 that addresses the integration of risk assessment in the adaptation plans in Venice. She is geologist and official in the City of Venice. She has always dealt with lagoon protection environmental issues, educational projects, communication, maps and data sharing. Since 2017 she has been copying climate change matters helping her City to deal with several EU projects and with the Venice Climate Action Plan.

Demetra Orthodoxou is member of the work package WP7 that addressees stakeholder perception analysis and participatory policy-making. She is a Biochemist (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA) with an MSc in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London. She heads ISOTECH's Department of Applied Environmental Research. Since joining ISOTECH, Demetra has managed several projects on the topics of marine litter, sea level rise, climate change, the bio-economy and sustainability. She has significant experience with participatory decision support systems and methods, working closely with ISOTECH colleagues to implement the DeCyDe-4 method for a range of topics related to the environment and sustainability. While at ISOTECH, Demetra has also worked on the implementation of Environmental Impact Studies, the development and implementation of Construction and Operation Environmental Monitoring Plans (CEMP and OEMP), and strategy development. Prior to joining ISOTECH, Demetra worked in the U.K. as a Higher Scientific Officer at Defra's Waste Evidence Branch, where she was responsible for commissioning and managing evidence projects in the field of waste and sustainable consumption to help inform England's waste policy. While at Defra she worked on projects covering composting (including the composting of food waste), anaerobic digestion, emissions and greenhouse gases, resource security (critical materials) and others. She is a graduate of the National Technical University of Athens (BSc Applied Physics, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences) and of the University of Cyprus (MSc Environmental Engineering). Her field of studies allowed her to have a deep understanding of urban physics with a focus in the urban build environment and energy efficiency. Since joining ISOTECH, along with the rest of ISOTECH's team, Demetra has been actively engaged in decision-support, awareness-raising, and educational activities focused on environmental issues and sustainable development, including climate change and sea level rise. Demetra has also developed experience in Environmental Impact Assessments, Community Annoyance and Noise Assessment Studies. She has also been involved in the development of Environmental Management Plans and Waste Management Action Plans as well as the management and implementation of EU funded applied environmental research projects. Prior to joining she was a Scientific Officer at Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation where she was the Project Officer of several national and transnational funding programmes.

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• Member of the Work Package WP7

Demetra Petsa is member of the work package WP7 that addressees stakeholder perception analysis and participatory policy-making.

Elena Eva is member of the work package WP9 that addresses risk communication.

Elisa Furlan is member of the work package WP5 addressing the multi-risk analysis and socio-economic assessment of Sea Level Rise. She has a a Ph.D. in Environmental Science at the University Ca' Foscari Venice and is Junior Scientist in climate risk, impact and vulnerability assessment at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change. Her research focuses on the development and application of multidisciplinary risk assessment methodologies for the evaluation of the interactions, and possible cumulative effects, among different climate-driven in combination with local/global anthropogenic factors affecting coastal and marine areas. She has been involved in several European projects (TRITON, SAVEMEDCOASTS, PERSEUS, OrientGate, CLIMRUN, PEGASO, MACOBIOS, LODE, ADRIACLIM) contributing to the design and application of risk- based approaches for the assessment of potential impacts arising from future climate change scenarios and management measures. With a joint M.Sc. degree in Environmental planning and policies with the University of Architecture of Venice (IUAV) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), she has more than 15 years of experience in the development and implementation of Geographic Information System (GIS), integrating multi-criteria decision analysis methodologies (MCDA) for the assessment and management of environmental issues, as well as the design and selection of planning options and adaptation strategies.

Gemma Musacchio, is member of the work package WP9 that addresses risk communication. She is a scientist, seismologist at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV, Italy) since 2001, expert in science and risk communication. She has a Laurea and a Ph.D. in Earth Science (1991 and 1993) and a Master Degree (2016) in Scientific Journalism and Institutional Communication of Science. She was a research scientist at the United State Geological Survey (USA) at the university of Karlsruhe (D) and at the Queen's University (CN) where she studied the structure, composition, seismic anisotropy and the evolution of the Earth Lithosphere.

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• Member of the Work Package WP3

George-Robert Patias is member of the work package WP3 that addresses mapping of coastal zones.

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• Project Manager
• Project Manager of SAVEMEDCOASTS

Giovanna Forlenza is the Project Manager of SAVEMEDCOASTS-2 and was also in charge to lead the previous SAVEMEDCOASTS project. With a Laurea in International and Diplomatic Sciences (2006) and a Master in Local and International Development (2007), she has more than 10 years of experience in the management of European projects funded by various European Directorates-General (DG-ECHO, DG Research & Innovation, DG for Environment, among the others) and of international cooperation (among which funded by the African Development Bank and World Bank) and she is an expert of international politics of civil protection. She is a Member of the Service Management Team of ARISTOTLE-eENHSP (European Natural Hazard Scientific Partnership) project, a Service Contract aimed to deliver to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) of the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) leading 24/7 multi-hazard scientific advice at European and global level, and implement the "European Natural Hazard Scientific Partnership".

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• Researcher
• Member of the Work Package

José A. Navarro is member of the Work Package WP2 that addresses land subsidence and and sea level rise projections. José Navarro is a researcher working for the Geomatics division of the CTTC. He holds a degree and a PhD in Computer Science (UPC, 1986; UIB, 1999). He is a member of the senior corps of cartographers or the autonomous government of Catalonia. He is an expert on software engineering and mass productions systems and has been involved in the design and implementation of several software systems targeted at the generation of digital terrain models, orthophotos or general bundle adjustments. He led the Visual Factory Suite project, a complete software suite for the mass production of orthophotos, featuring the visual design of workflows. He has participated in several research projects covering areas like bundle adjustment, web-based GNSS differential corrections, sensor calibration, radiometric (image) correction, assessment of satellite navigation algorithms using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the use of thermal cameras for search & rescue operations, geometric terrain modeling, kinematic systems for the control of railway infrastructures, management of urban environments or natural resources. He has also been working on the inception, design and implementation of an integrated system targeted at facilitating the research in the field of kinematic geodesy, positioning and navigation (GEMMA), the integration of a real-time navigation system for UAVs or the implementation of tools to help the making of deformation maps as well as the identification and classification of Active Deformation Areas. He has authored about 25 publications. sea level rise projections.

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• Member of the Work Package WP9

Maddalena De Lucia , is member of the work package WP9 that addresses risk communication.

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• Project Coordinator

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• Member of the Work Package

Maria Lucia Trivigno is member of the Work Package WP6 that addresses the improvement of the SAVEMEDCOAST-2 online mapping platform to share information on flooding scenarios. She is the Director of the Center of Integrated Geomorphology for the Mediterranean Area (CGIAM) since 2012. She is the responsible of the coordination and financial management of national and international projects covering the sectors of innovation, environment and prevention of natural risks. She is also specialized in project design, management and monitoring of international cooperation projects. Moreover, she is specialized in the defining, structuring and implementation of Geographic Information Systems based on ESRI technology.

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• Scientific Coordinator

Michael I. Loizides is member of the work package WP7 that addressees stakeholder perception analysis and participatory policy-making. He is the co-founder and Chairman of ISOTECH Ltd. He is a graduate of the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He holds an MSc, DIC in Environmental Engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, and he received his PhD from the National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering on the issue of co-composting of olive mills waste. He is the co-developer of DeCyDe-4, a novel participatory decision-support method. Michael has worked as scientific coordinator in over 40 EU, internationally and nationally funded research projects in the fields of decision-support, environmental protection, sustainable development, and circular economy. He has cooperated with international organizations and worked as an expert researcher and consultant in over 45 countries. Michael has been appointed, by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, as the Head of the Technical Committee on Environment within the peacebuilding negotiations for Cyprus (2014-ongoing) and as a Member of the Board of Directors of Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (2015-ongoing). He represents Cyprus in several International and European Fora on environment and sustainability.

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• Member of the Work Package WP2

Michele Crosetto is member of the Work Package WP2 that addresses land subsidence and sea level rise projections

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• Member of the Work Package

Michele Greco is member of the Work Package WP4 that addresses the definition and assessment of flooding scenarios and cascading effects. He is Associate Professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Basilicata since 1994. Graduated in Civil Engineering, Land Defence and Territorial Planning at the University of Basilicata in1989, he got the PhD in Hydrodynamics at the university consortium of Genoa, Florence, Padua and Trento. Former member of the National EIA Commission, at the Ministry of the Environment in 2000, was Director of the National Civil Protection Department in the field of anthropogenic, industrial, energy, transport and nuclear risks, as well as Coordinator of functional areas in support of the Commissioner Emergency Waste of Campania. His research activity is mainly focused on the fields of hydraulics, river hydraulics, maritime modelling, renewable energies and environmental monitoring interacting with national and international research centres. He is a member of the board of the National Coastal Research Group (GNRAC), Scientific Director of the Fondazione Ambiente Ricerca della Basilicata (FARBAS) and participated as project leader and/or senior expert in several national and international research projects. He is the scientific and technical coordinator of several study and research projects on environmental issues related to the enhancement of natural resources, water management, indexation of environmental issues, coastal dynamics, marine litter, environmental modelling, and more. He is a reviewer for several international journals and is the author of over 120 national and international scientific publications

Silvia Torresan is member of the work package WP5 addressing the multi-risk analysis and socio-economic assessment of Sea Level Rise. She has a master of Science in Environmental Sciences (2007) and PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2012), her research activity focuses on the development and application of integrated tools and methodologies (e.g. composite indices, Decision Support Systems, complex system analytic approaches) for the assessment of environmental impacts and risks related to climate change and natural hazards. Her doctoral and post-doctoral research was focused on the spatial-temporal analysis of climate change impacts, vulnerability and risk in coastal-marine areas, flood-prone river basins and freshwaters. She is now co-director of the Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies Division (RAAS) based at CMCC@Ca'Foscari, where she supports the coordination of a multidisciplinary research group working on multi-hazard risk assessment. She has been task or WP leader, as well as responsible of scientific reporting, within several national and international projects (e.g., TRITON, SAVEMEDCOAST, CLIM-RUN, TRUST, LODE, ADRIACLIM, MACOBIOS). Next to this, she was Division Manager at CMCC (supporting the administrative management of research projects and programs, from 2014 to 2016) and is actively involved in the preparation of scientific and technical project proposals. She is author/co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in volumes and scientific journals, with Web of Science H-index: 12, and G-Scholar H-index: 14, respectively.

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• Via Di

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• Member of Several European

Xenia I. Loizidou is member of the work package WP7 that addressees stakeholder perception analysis and participatory policy-making. She is the co-founder and Director of ISOTECH. She holds a Degree in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc, DIC in River, Estuary and Coastal Engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine of London, and a PhD in Participatory Decision-Support Systems from Aristotle University. She is an expert on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, coastal erosion control, coastal adaptation to climate changes, sea level rise, decision support systems, peace-building and blue growth. She is the co-developer of DeCyDe-4, a novel participatory decision-support method. Xenia has been a member of several European and international expert groups and networks as executive coastal engineer and Integrated Coastal Zone Management expert, and she has cooperated with international organizations and entities in over 40 countries. She has been the Ambassador of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Greece for the European Network of Coastal Research (2007-2011), she is an appointed Member of the Board of Directors of the Oceanographic Institute, and she is a Member of the European Jury of the QualityCoast Award. The President of the Republic of Cyprus appointed Xenia as the Greek Cypriot Chairwoman of the Technical Committee on Gender Equality within the peace-building negotiations in Cyprus and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (2014-2018). Xenia has been awarded the title of ‘Ambassador of the Mediterranean Coasts 2019' by the United Nations Environment Programme's PAP/RAC.