Short Profile and CV of Dr. Avraam Mavridis

Dr. AVRAAM MAVRIDIS

Office address: Ermoupolis, Syros, Cyclades, Greece

Other address: Mun. of Pavlou Mela, Thessaloniki, Greece

· Cel. : +30 6944 311 328    

· email: amavri(at)afs.edu.gr,  abmavridis(at)gmail.com

(updated on 01.04.2024)

 

Short Profile

Dr. Avraam Mavridis has over twenty five (25) years of experience in the design and implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geomatics projects and applications towards Agroenvironmental Sustainability and other scientific fields (Earth Observation, Socioeconomic Resilience, Protection of Natural Resources, Wildlife Protection (Flora and Fauna), Fair Trade, Cultural Heritage, Regional Planning, Energy, Blue Growth and more). He has worked as Expert with several national and international organizations (several European Commissions’ Directorate Generals on Space, BioEconomy, ICT, Environment, of EIP AGRI; as expert of the German Aerospace Center (DLR); as senior researcher of major research institutions and organizations: iCRE8, ELGO DEMETER, GSRI, SBE, OPC, NGO ARCTUROS, of universities (AUTH, IHU, Perrotis College, Hellenic Firemen Academy, WPI, Lincoln), and of companies (Epsilon Malta Ltd, PROTEUS, REFARM, etc.). He has permanent presence in international conferences, seminars and workshops on related subjects. He has (co)authored 40 research papers, 6 posters and 6 national and international books. In recent years, he led as Senior Executive Officer and Professor (2020-21) of the National Planning Authority in Malta, research and educational projects through the SPATIAL TRAIN program; he has coordinated and supported as Senior GIS Officer, R&D and field activities of 2 LIFE projects NGO ARCTUROS (staff>35 people in Greece and the surrounding countries). Recently, he was Senior Postdoctoral Researcher of the University of the Aegean on Smart Blue Growth («Network of Research and Technology of Aegean Archipelago: Strengthening Regional Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Excellence» - MIS 5046494).Currently, while teaching by invitation in MSc Courses of Perrotis College, and of the International Hellenic University (MSc in Logistics and MSc in Innovative Systems of Sustainable Agricultural Production), he works as Research Associate of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and as Scientific Consultant of the startup REFARM. He has extended educational experience, at pre-/post-graduate university level, of more than 9.000 ed. hours and member of over 65 projects (all stages). Important Awards in the last years: In 2023, he was PI and coordinator of the proposal 'AGRISTEWARD', top finalist of the national ELEVATE GREECE competition, in 2022, he was PI and coordinator of the proposal ‘IDEA’, top finalist of the national TROPHY CHALLENGE; in 2021, he was awarded the “Green Award” of HORIZON-2020 projects in Malta, as a researcher of the team of the Sim4NEXUS project while leading education and research of the program; In 2020, he was selected as a Marie Curie RISE scholar at the “SMARTSHIP” project; in 2018, he received the “Athinoula A. Martinos Professor Award of 2017-2018”, for distinction in teaching, research and service. Moreover, since 2010, he has been continuously selected as Expert Evaluator of EC, having evaluated, up to now, 143 research proposals on several research frameworks (Horizon-Europe, Horizon 2020, Fp7, Fp6, Fp5, ERA, CINEA, EIT, EASME, ERANETMED, FIREWARE, KBBE, etc.). 

 

Exceptional: He has created the novel concept/model of Precision Organic Agriculture developing algorithms of Spatial Multicriterial Analytics through GIS applications towards spatial entities (998 combinations) related with natural ecosystems, policies and anthropogenic constructions and wildlife (flora, fauna and waters). His managerial actions with the NGO ARCTUROS were deployed in 3 other, national and cross border regions of 2500 up to 8500 sq. kilometers.

 

He is married with Eleftheria and they have two children, Panagiotis (23 y) and Maria Markella (15 y).

Detailed CV of Dr. Avraam Mavridis

 

Expertise

·        GIS applications and Innovation towards Natural Ecosystems and Wildlife (Flora and Fauna)

·          Geomatics and Big Geodata Analytics,

·          Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Analytics of large areas (over 1 sq. km)

·      Precision Organic Agriculture (Founder) and Geospatial Agroenvironmental Sustainability

·   Smart Sensors and IoT (Internet of Things) in management of Natural Environmental Resources

·          Geohealth applications and Agroecology

·          Marine/Terrestrial Growth Initiatives

Coordinator of Development of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) and ICT applications

 

Education

2008	AUTH (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), School of Engineering, Dep. of Civil Engineering, Lab. of Geodesy and Geomatics,		Ph.D. of Engineering in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Agroenvironmental Sustainability
2011	AUTH (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Engineering		M.Sc. in Geoinformatics (Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and GIS)
1994	AUTH (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), School of Geotechnical Sciences, Dept. of Agriculture, Faculty of Plant Production		Integrated M.Sc. in Agriculture, Plant Production
1994	School of Geotechnical Sciences, Dept. of Agriculture		B. Sc. in Geotechnical Sciences, Agriculture

 

Current interests

GIS, Agroenvironmental Sustainability, Geo-AI, Innovation, Smart Sensors, Geospatial Technologies and ICT, Wildlife (Flora and Fauna), Landscape Architecture, Health, Cultural Heritage, Remote Sensing, IoT, UAVs, Precision Organic Agriculture (founder), Bioeconomy, Marine-Land Continuum, Ecosystem services, Traceability, Blue Growth, Blockchain, Research Proposals’/Projects’ Writing, Development & Management, UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.