Page 1 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of George Zodiatis For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu ｩ European Union, 2002-2010 24082010 Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) George Zodiatis Address Oceanography Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus) Telephone(s) +357 22893988 Fax(es) +357 22895051 E-mail(s) [email protected]Nationality Cypriot Gender Male Occupational field Oceanography Work experience Dates 2005 → current Occupation or position held Vice Director, Oceanography Center Senior Researcher Main activities and responsibilities Management and coordinatrion of marine research projects Name and address of employer University of Cyprus P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia (Cyprus) Dates 1995 - 2010 Occupation or position held Scientific Officer Name and address of employer Department of Fisheries and Marine Research Nicosia (Cyprus) Dates 1985 - 1995 Occupation or position held Researcher Name and address of employer National Center for Marine Research (NCMR), Institute of Oceanography Athens (Greece)* *Today the NCMR is known as Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) Education and training Dates 1991 Title of qualification awarded Ph.D. in Oceanology Name and type of organisation providing education and training Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute-LHMI* *Today the LHMI known as Russian State Hydrometeorological University-RSHU St. Petersburg
Dates 2005 → currentOccupation or position held Vice Director, Oceanography Center
Senior ResearcherMain activities and responsibilities Management and coordinatrion of marine research projects
Name and address of employer University of CyprusP.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia (Cyprus)
Dates 1995 - 2010Occupation or position held Scientific Officer
Name and address of employer Department of Fisheries and Marine ResearchNicosia (Cyprus)
Dates 1985 - 1995Occupation or position held Researcher
Name and address of employer National Center for Marine Research (NCMR), Institute of OceanographyAthens (Greece)**Today the NCMR is known as Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR)
Education and training
Dates 1991Title of qualification awarded Ph.D. in Oceanology
Name and type of organisationproviding education and training
Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute-LHMI**Today the LHMI known as Russian State Hydrometeorological University-RSHUSt. Petersburg
Dates 1984Title of qualification awarded MSc in Oceanology
Name and type of organisationproviding education and training
Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute-LHMI**Today the LHMI known as Russian State Hydrometeorological University-RSHUSt. Petersburg
Personal skills andcompetences
Mother tongue(s) Greek
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n gEuropean level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user
Russian C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C1 Proficient user(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Additional information Research Experience• 1997-1999: Associate Researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University ofCyprus, Nicosia.• 1996-1997:Associate Researcher at the Laboratory of Oceanography, University of Thessaly, Volos,Greece.• 1994-1998:Associate Researcher at the Department of Water Resources Engineering, University ofLund, Sweden.• 1992-1996: Associate Researcher at the StazioneOceanografica, CNR, LaSpezia, Italy.
Selected Distinctions• 2006-2010; 2012 -current: National-Cyprus Representative in the International Commission for theScientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM).• 2012- current: National-Cyprus Representative in the North-East Atlantic Mediterranean Tsunami
Warning System working group 3-IOC-NEAMTWS-WG3.• 2008- current: Chairperson of the Data Exchange Agreement (DEA) of MONGOOS- Mediterranean
Oceanography Network for Global Ocean Observising System (former known as MOON-Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network).• 2008 – today: National-Cyprus Representative in the Marine Board-European Science Foundation(MB - ESF).• 2007-2010: Member of the Advisory Committee of the International Commission for the ScientificExploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM).• 2004-current: Member of theScientifc Steering Committee of MONGOOS-MediterraneanOceanography Network for Global Ocean Observising Systems (former known asMOON-Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network).• 2003 – current: National-Cyprus Representative in the European Global Ocean Observing System(EuroGOOS).• 1998- current: National-Cyprus Representative in the International Oceanographic Data Exchange
of the Intergovermental Oceanography Commision -IODE/IOC/UNESCO.
Projects Participation: in more than 25 research projects, as leader or partner, funded by ECor third organizations• SeaDataNet II, European Infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data management EC FP7 2011 – 2015• MyOCEAN-2, European forecasting and monitoring, EC GMES, FP7 2012 - 2014• PERSEUS, Policy-oriented marine environmental research in the Southern European Seas, EC FP7
2012 - 2016• MEDESS-4MS, Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine Safety, EC MED programme2012 – 2015• Near2Warn, Near-Field Tsunami Early Warning and Emergency Planning, EC ECHO 2012-2014• E-Wave, Integrated High Resolution System for Monitoring and Quantifying the Wave EnergyPotential in the EEZ of Cyprus, RPF 2011 - 2013• PREMARPOL, Prevention and Combating of Marine Pollution in Ports and Marinas, EC Interreg2011 – 2013• GROOM, Gliders for research, ocean observations and management, EC FP7 2011-2014• EMODNET, Lot n.3, European Marine Observation and Data Network, EC EMODNET 2010 - 2012• MyOCEAN, European forecasting and monitoring, EC GMES, FP7 2009 - 2012• Upgrade BSS-Black Sea Scene, EC, FP7 2009 - 2012• ECOOP-European Coastal sea Operational observing and Forecasting system, EC, FP6 2007 -2010• YPOKINOUMODA, AUVs for Measurement of Ocean Parameters, RPF 2007 - 2011• SeaDataNet,-Pan European Infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data management, EC, FP6 2006 -2010• SESAME, Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modeling changes in Ecosystems, EC FP62006 - 2010• Aqua-Planner, System for evaluate the Environmental impact from aquaculture, EC INTERREG III ΑGreece-Cyprus 2000-2006. 2006-2008• MERSEA-IP-Marine Environment and Security European Areas-Integrated Project, EC,FP6 2004 -2008• CORI- Prevention and management of sea originated risks to the coastal zone, EC INTERREG III BARCHIMED. 2006 - 2007• MFSTEP-Mediterranean Forecasting System Towards Environmental Predictions, EU, FP5EVK.2003 - 2006• MERSEA strand 1, Marine Environment & Security in the European Areas, EC, EVK3 FP5, 2003 -2004• ESEAS-RI -European Sea Level Service Research Infrastructure, EC, EVR1 FP5, 2002 - 2005• SEA-SEARCH, Pan-European Network for Ocean & Marine Data and Information Management, ECEVR1 FP5, 2002 - 2005• MAMA-Mediterranean network to Access and upgrade Monitoring & forecasting Activities in theArea, EC EVK FP5, 2001 - 2005• CYCLOPS-Cycling of Phosphorous in Mediterranean Sea, EC EVK3 FP5, 2000 - 2003• MFSPP-Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project, EC MAST FP4, 1998 - 2000• MEDAR-MEDATLAS-II- Mediterranean Oceanographic Database, EC MAST FP4, 1998 - 2000• MED-FINES-Mediterranean Fine Thermohaline Structure (bilateral :Italy-Greece). 1994 - 1995• POEM-I- Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean (International ). 1985 - 1987
Research InterestsOperational oceanography forecasting and monitoring, numerical flow modeling, oil spill modeling,general circulation, water masses, mixing processes, satellite remote sensing, fine thermohaline waterstructure.
Research work and principal scientific achievements
Dr George Zodiatis is the Vice Director of the Oceanography Center University of Cyprus, with manyyears research work experience also in other European marine research centers, as for example atthe Institute of Oceanography of the National Center for Marine Research (today known as HCMR) inAthens. He has a 27 years of research experience in oceanography and marine sciences in theMediterranean and in the Black Sea. The last 14 years he is deep involved in the development of theoperational oceanography in Europe, particularly within the framework of the Copernicus marinecomponent (former known as Global Monitoring for Environment and Security-GMES) projects, relatedto operational ocean forecasting and observing systems.
He led the development of the Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System-CYCOFOS,www.oceanography.ucy.ac.cy/cycofos known to be the first operational coastal/shelf forecastingsystem in the Mediterranean, providing daily sea forecasts since early 2002.Moreover, he is a co-developer of an advance oil spill and trajectory predictions system, well know asMEDSLIK, a prediction system that has been used by European and International key agencies, suchEMSA and REMPEC and many national agencies throughout the Mediterranean to support theresponse agencies in cases of major oil spill incidents and to assist them to implement the relevantEU Directives and regional and national contingency plans regarding the maritime safety.He has been participated as a leader and as a partner in more than 25 marine research projects in theEuropean seas, most of them funded by the European Commission-EC and the Cyprus ResearchPromotion Foundation-RPF.He is the chairperson of the Data Exchange Agreement-DEA of the Mediterranean OceanographyNetwork for Global Ocean Observing Systems-MONGOOS (former known as MOON), since 2008.Moreover, he is a member of several International and European organizations related tooceanography and marine research in Europe, such as CIESM, IODE/IOC, EuroGOOS, GOOS,IOC/NEAMTWS.He has more than a 120 publications in European and United States scientific journals andproceedings of conferences, monographs too, as well participated in more than a 100 conferencesand dedicated workshops as invited and regular oral lecturer on topics related to ocean observationand numerical modelling, marine data management, marine environment, wave energy and marinedownstream applications.
Puplications : more than 120 pre- reviewed scientific journals, monographs and proceedingsSelected publications :De Dominicis, M., Pinardi, N., Zodiatis, G., and Lardner, R. (2013). MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian
marine surface oil spill model for short-term forecasting – Part 1: Theory, Geosci. Model Dev., 6,1851-1869, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-1851-2013.
De Dominicis, M., Pinardi, N., Zodiatis, G., and Archetti, R. (2013). MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangianmarine surface oil spill model for short-term forecasting – Part 2: Numerical simulations andvalidations, Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 1871-1888, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-1871-2013.
Zodiatis, G. and Lardner, R. and Solovyov, D. and Panayidou, X. and De Dominicis, M. (2012)."Predictions for oil slicks detected from satellite images using MyOcean forecasting data". OceanScience, Volume 8, Pages 1105-1115.
Menna Milena, Pierre-Marie Poulain, George Zodiatis, Isaac Gertman, (2012). On the surfacecirculation of the Levantine sub-basin derived from Lagrangian drifters and satellite altimetry data,Deep-Sea Research I 65, 46–58.
Galanis George, Dan Hayes, George Zodiatis, Peter C. Chu, Yu-Heng Kuo and George Kallos(2012). Wave height characteristics in the Mediterranean Sea by means of numerical modeling,satellite data, statistical and geometrical techniques. Marine Geophysical Research, Vol. 33, N. 1,Pages 1-15.
Coppini Giovanni, Michela De Dominicis, George Zodiatis, Robin Lardner, Nadia Pinardi,RosaliaSantoleri, Simone Colella, Francesco Bignami, Daniel R. Hayes, Dmitry Soloviev, GeorgiosGeorgiou, George Kallos, (2011) Hindcast of oil-spill pollution during the Lebanon crisis in theEasternMediterranean, July–August 2006, Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, 140–153.
Zodiatis, G., R. Lardner, D. Hayes, G. Georgiou, S. Sofianos, N. Skliris, A. Lascaratos (2008),Operational ocean forecasting in the Eastern Mediterranean: implementation and evaluation, OceanScience, 4, 31-47.
Manzella, G.M.R., Reseghetti F., Coppini G., Borghini M., Cruzado A., Galli C., Gertman I., GervaisT., Hayes D., Millot C., Murashkovsky A., Özsoy E., Tziavos C., Velasquez Z. and Zodiatis G.(2007). The Improvements of the Ships of Opportunity Program in MFS-TEP, Ocean Science, 3,245-258, 2007.
Thingstad T.F., Krom M.D., Mantoura R.F.C., Flaten G.A.F., Groom S., Herut B., Kress N., LawC.S., Pasternak A., Pittta P., Psarra S., Rassoulzadegan F., Tanaka T., Tselepides A., WassmannP., Woodwards E.M.S., Wexels Riser C., Zodiatis G., Zohary T. (2005). Nature of PhosphorousLimitation in the Ultra oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean, Science, 309, 1068-1071.
Zodiatis G., Drakopoulos P., Brenner S., Groom S., (2005). Variability of the Cyprus warm coreEddy during the CYCLOPS project, Deep Sea Research, II, 52, 2897–2910.
P. (2005). Satellite-derived spatial and temporal biological variability in the Cyprus Eddy, Deep SeaResearch, II, 52, 2990–3010.
Zodiatis G., Lardner L., Demirov E., Georgiou G., Manzella G. and Pinardi N., (2003). “AnOperational European Global Ocean Observing System for the Eastern Mediterranean LevantineBasin: The Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System”, Journal of MarineTechnology Society, v.37,no.3, 115-123.
Zodiatis G., Lardner R., Lascaratos A., Georgiou G., Korres G., Syrimis M. (2003). High resolutionnested model for the Cyprus, NE Levantine Basin, eastern Mediterranean Sea : implementation andclimatological runs, Annales Geophysicae, 21, 221-236.
MFSPP-VOS group, co-author ZODIATIS G. (2001). EU-sponsored effort improves monitoring ofcirculation variability in the Mediterranean, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v82,N43, 497-504.
Gasparini G.P., Zodiatis G., Astraldi M., Galli C., Sparnocchia S. (1999). Winter intermediate waterlenses in the Ligurian Sea, Journal of Marine Systems, 20, 319-332.
Zodiatis G, Theodorou A. and Demetropoulos A. (1998). Hydrography and Circulation in the areasouth of Cyprus in late summer 1995 and in spring 1996, Oceanologica Acta, 21, 3, 447-458.
Zodiatis G. and Gasparini G.P. (1996). Thermohaline Straicase formation in the Tyrrhenian Sea,Deep Sea Research, I, 43, 5, 655-678.
Zodiatis G., Alexandri S., Pavlakis P., Jonsson L., Kallos G., Demetropoulos A., Georgiou G.,Theodorou A. and Balopoulos E. (1996). Tentative study of flow patterns in the North Aegean Seausing NOAA-AVHRR images and 2D model simulation, Annales Geophysicae, 14, 1221-1231.
Zodiatis G. (1994). Advection of the Black Sea Water in the North Aegean Sea, The GlobalAtmosphere and Ocean System, 2,1, 41-60.
