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SERAFEIM POULOS

Serafeim Poulos

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Assoc. Professor
Section of: Geography and Climatology
Scientific Topic: Oceanography and Physical Geography

Tel: +30 2107274143, +30 6973704799
e-mail: poulos@geol.uoa.gr
Personal Webpage: http://scholar.uoa.gr/poulos

Research Interests

Coastal, subaqueous and environmental oceanography - Coastal geomorphs - Coastal erosion - Climate change (sea level rise) - Coastal zone management

Indicative Teaching Topics

Undegraguate Program

  • Oceanography
  • Physical Geography and the Environment
  • Applied Oceanography and Environment
  • Coastal and Submarine Geomorphology and Coastal Management

Postgraguate Program

  • Introduction to Geological Oceanography
  • Coastal Hydrodynamics
  • Morphodynamics and dynamics of sediments

Awards & Distinctions

  • Director of the Research Institute of the NKUA “Blue Growth and Marine Research”.
  • President (2018-2023) of the of the Hellenic Oceanographer’s Association (HOA),
  • Member of the editorial Board of Continental Shelf Research (Elsevier) (2004-2018).
  • Awarded (2021) the Ktena K. Prize from the Academy of Athens for the Scientific Paper: entitled "The Marine and Coastal Environment of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea" published in Earth Science Reviews.

Indicative Publications

Poulos S.E., Drakopoulos P. and Collins M.B. (1997).  Seasonal variability in the oceanographic conditions in the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean): An overview.  Journal of Marine Systems, 13(1-4): 225-244

Poulos S.E., Chronis G., Collins M., Lykousis V., 2000.  Thermaikos Gulf Coastal-System, NW Aegean Sea: An overview of water/sediment fluxes in relation to air-land-ocean interactions and human activities.  Journal of Marine Systems, 25: 47-76.

Poulos S.E., Voulgaris G., Kapsimalis V., Collins M. and Evans G. (2002). Sediment fluxes and the evolution of a riverine-supplied tectonically-active coastal system: Kyparissiakos Gulf, Ionian Sea (eastern Mediterranean). (In:) Jones S.J. & Frostick L.E. (eds) Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls and Consequences.  Journal of the Geological Society, 191: 247-266.

Alexandrakis G. and Poulos S. (2014). An holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability assessment. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 4 : 6078

Poulos S.E., Ghionis G., Verykiou E., Roussakis G., Sakellariou D., Karditsa A., Alexandrakis G., Petrakis S., Sifnioti D., Panagiotopoulos I.P., Andris P., Georgiou P. (2015). An insight to the processes controlling the formation and evolution of a barrier beach in a tectonic active region (Lefkada Island, Ionian Sea). GeoMarine Letters, 35(1), 37-52.

Poulos, S. E. (2019). River systems and their water and sediment fluxes towards the marine regions of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea earth system. An overview. Mediterranean Marine Science, 549-565.

Poulos S.E. (2020). “The Mediterranean and Black Sea Marine System: An overview of its physicogeographic and oceanographic characteristics” Earth Science Reviews v. 200 19 p.

Poulos, S., & Kotinas, V. (2020). Physio-geographical characteristics of the marine regions and their catchment areas of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea marine system. Physical Geography, 1-37

Poulos, S., Karditsa, A., Hatzaki, M., Tsapanou, A., Papapostolou, C., & Chouvardas, K. (2022). An Insight into the Factors Controlling Delta Flood Events: The Case of the Evros River Deltaic Plain (NE Aegean Sea). Water, 14(3), 497.

Poulos, S. E. (2023). Water Masses of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea: An Overview. Water, 15(18), 3194

 

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