Adonis Velegrakis
| Title: | Professor |
| Affiliation: | Department of Marine Sciences |
| Office: | Β.10 |
| Office hours: | Tuesdays to Thursdays 11:00 - 15:00 |
| Phone: | (+30) 22510 36820 |
| E-mail: |  |
| Curriculum vitae: |  |
Research
Sediment Dynamics. Coastal morphodynamics, and beach erosion and vulnerability to climatic changes/extreme events. Anthropogenic effects on coasts. Effects of climatic changes on the transportation infrastructure. Recent sedimentary processes in coastal to deep water environments. Seismic stratigraphy. Marine aggregate resources. Sea level changes during the Quaternary. Marine environmental law and impact assessment.
Teaching
Undergraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Marine Geology, Coastal Geology.
Postgraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Coastal Geo-Hazards, Policies and Regulation for Coastal Management.
Professional activities
As a member of the "Group of Coastal Morphodynamics-Management and Marine Geology" and within the framework of my academic duties, I am involved in applied projects related to e.g. coastal morphodynamics, the effects of climatic changes on coastal environments and infrastructure etc. Scientific expert for UNEP, UNECE and WWF. National (Greek) representative in UN meetings. Contributing author in the IPCC-SREX 2012 report (Chapters 3 & 4).
Selected publications
Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzistratis D., Vousdoukas M.I., Savva C., Wang D., Bove G., Mentachi L., Paprotny D., Morales-Nápoles O., Chatzipavlis A.E., Hasiotis T., Manoutsoglou E., 2023. Climate change - induced hazards on touristic island beaches : Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1188896. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1188896
Peduzzi P., Velegrakis A., Chatenoux B., Estrella M., Karambas T., 2022. Assessment of the role of nearshore marine ecosystems to mitigate beach erosion: The case of Negril (Jamaica). Environments, 9, 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9050062
Chatzipavlis A., Tsekouras G.E., Trygonis V., Velegrakis A.F., Tsimikas J., Rigos A., Hasiotis T., Salmas C., 2018. Modeling beach realignment using a neuro-fuzzy network optimized by a novel backtracking search algorithm. Neural Computing and Applications, 31, 1747–1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3809-2
Monioudi I., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzipavlis A., et al., 2017. Assessment of island beach erosion due to sea level rise: The case of the Aegean Archipelago (Eastern Mediterranean). Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17, 449–466. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-449-2017
Velegrakis A.F., Trygonis V., Chatzipavlis A.E., Karambas Th., Vousdoukas M.I., Ghionis G., Monioudi I.N., Hasiotis Th., Andreadis O., Psarros, F., 2016. Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef, from video imagery. Natural Hazards, 83(1), 201–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2415-9
Additional links
Sediment Dynamics. Coastal morphodynamics, and beach erosion and vulnerability to climatic changes/extreme events. Anthropogenic effects on coasts. Effects of climatic changes on the transportation infrastructure. Recent sedimentary processes in coastal to deep water environments. Seismic stratigraphy. Marine aggregate resources. Sea level changes during the Quaternary. Marine environmental law and impact assessment.
Undergraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Marine Geology, Coastal Geology.
Postgraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Coastal Geo-Hazards, Policies and Regulation for Coastal Management.
As a member of the "Group of Coastal Morphodynamics-Management and Marine Geology" and within the framework of my academic duties, I am involved in applied projects related to e.g. coastal morphodynamics, the effects of climatic changes on coastal environments and infrastructure etc. Scientific expert for UNEP, UNECE and WWF. National (Greek) representative in UN meetings. Contributing author in the IPCC-SREX 2012 report (Chapters 3 & 4).
Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzistratis D., Vousdoukas M.I., Savva C., Wang D., Bove G., Mentachi L., Paprotny D., Morales-Nápoles O., Chatzipavlis A.E., Hasiotis T., Manoutsoglou E., 2023. Climate change - induced hazards on touristic island beaches : Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1188896. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1188896
Peduzzi P., Velegrakis A., Chatenoux B., Estrella M., Karambas T., 2022. Assessment of the role of nearshore marine ecosystems to mitigate beach erosion: The case of Negril (Jamaica). Environments, 9, 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9050062
Chatzipavlis A., Tsekouras G.E., Trygonis V., Velegrakis A.F., Tsimikas J., Rigos A., Hasiotis T., Salmas C., 2018. Modeling beach realignment using a neuro-fuzzy network optimized by a novel backtracking search algorithm. Neural Computing and Applications, 31, 1747–1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3809-2
Monioudi I., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzipavlis A., et al., 2017. Assessment of island beach erosion due to sea level rise: The case of the Aegean Archipelago (Eastern Mediterranean). Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17, 449–466. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-449-2017
Velegrakis A.F., Trygonis V., Chatzipavlis A.E., Karambas Th., Vousdoukas M.I., Ghionis G., Monioudi I.N., Hasiotis Th., Andreadis O., Psarros, F., 2016. Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef, from video imagery. Natural Hazards, 83(1), 201–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2415-9