NIKI EVELPIDOU

Niki Evelpidou

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Assoc. Professor
Section of: Geography and Climatology
Scientific Topic: Geomorphology and GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Tel: +30 2107274297
e-mail: evelpidou@geol.uoa.gr
Personal Webpage: scholar.uoa.gr/evelpidou

Research Interests

Geomorphology, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Sea Level Changes, Natural Disasters, Geoarchaeology

Indicative Teaching Topics

Undegraguate Program

Geomorphology
Coastal and Submarine Geomorphology and Coastal Management
Natural Disasters
Applied Geomorphology - Urban Geomorphology
GIS and Remote Sensing
Quaternary Geology and Archaeogeomorphology
Remote Sensing – Photogeology and Mathematical Geography

Postgraduate Program "Geographic Information Systems"

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Natural Hazards Modeling

Postgraduate Program "Earth and Environmental Sciences"

Applied and Karst Geomorphology

Postgraduate Program (Hellenic Open University) "Protection of Cultural Heritage and Natural Monuments from the Effects of Climate Change"

Resilience Strategies for Natural and Historic Heritage Landscapes

Postgraduate Program "Geology and the Environment"

Geo-Speleology
Atmospheric, Geomorphological, and Oceanographic Processes in the Geosphere
Analysis and Management of Anthropogenic-Natural Hazards and Disasters
Quaternary Geosphere - Archaeogeomorphology

Awards & Distinctions

2024: 1st award for the innovative method Nature4Nature, a green method for the protection of the coastal zone from erosion. Archimedes - Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2023: Gold Award at the "Handle Climate Change Film Festival" for the documentary "The Planet is Burning" from the series "Disaster Theories" (Scientific Coordinator)
2019: Award from the Academy of Athens for the book in the field of geological sciences titled "Sea Level Changes"
2013: Award from the Academy of Athens for the paper titled "Evidence of a recent rapid subsidence in the S-E Cyclades (Greece): An effect of the 1956 Amorgos earthquake?" According to the Academy, it is a high-level scientific study that contributes to the understanding of a significant geological event of the recent past in the Greek region.
2013: IKY Award for the administrative and financial management of the intensive program "Runoff Erosion" in 2012

Indicative Publications

Woodroffe C., Evelpidou N., Delgado-Fernandez I., Green D., Karkani A., Ciavola P. (2023). Coastal Systems: The Dynamic Interface Between Land and Sea. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023, J. Bánski and M. Meadows (eds.), Research Directions, Challenges and Achievements of Modern Geography, Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, p. 207-228.

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.

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.

Evelpidou N., Petropoulos A., Karkani A., Saitis G., (2021). Evidence of Coastal Changes in the West Coast of Naxos Island, Cyclades, Greece. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9 (12), 1427.

Evelpidou N., Zerefos C., Synolakis C., Repapis C., Karkani A., Polidorou M., Saitis G., (2020). Coastal Boulders on the SE Coasts of Cyprus as Evidence of Palaeo-Tsunami Events. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, 812.

Dean, S., Horton, B.P., Evelpidou, N., Cahill, N., Spada, G., Sivan, D., (2019). Can we detect centennial sea-level variations over the last three thousand years in Israeli archaeological records? Quaternary Science Reviews, 210, 125–135.

Evelpidou N., Pirazzoli P., (2017). Did the Early Byzantine tectonic paroxysm affect also the Adriatic area?, Geomorphology, 295, 827-830.

Marques, M.J., Schwilch, G., Lauterburg, N., Crittenden, S., Tesfai, M., Stolte, J., Zdruli, P., Doko, A., Zucca, C., Petursdottir, T., Evelpidou, N., Karkani, A., AsliYilmazgil, Y., Panagopoulos, T., Yirdaw, E., Kanninen, M., Rubio, J.L., Schmiedel, U., (2016). Multifaceted impacts of sustainable land management in drylands: a review. Sustainability, 8, 177.

Evelpidou N., Melini D., Pirazzoli P., Vassilopoulos A., (2014). Evidence of repeated Late Holocene subsidence in the SE Cyclades (Greece) deduced from Submerged notches. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103 (1), 381-395.

Evelpidou N., Koutsomichou I., Pirazzoli P.A., (2013). Evidence of Late Holocene subsidence events in Sporades Islands: Skopelos and Alonnisos, Continental Shelf Research, 69, 31-37.