Georgios Sylaios

Georgios Sylaios is a Full Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Department of Environmental Engineering, Xanthi, Greece.  He was the Department Chair in the period 2014-2016. At present he is the Head of the Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology. He is physical oceanographer by training, with long experience in the coordination of European and nationally-funded research projects. Overall, he has coordinated 34 research projects with a total budget DUTH of 4.8 MEuros. Currently he is the coordinator of the Blue Growth research project entitled ODYSSEA, funded by Horizon 2020 with a budget of 8.4 MEuros. His publication list includes 261 scientific publications, 80 of which are published in peer-reviewed international journals, 76 in peer-reviewed international proceedings, 51 in national proceedings, 42 technical reports, 1 e-book, 9 book chapters and 4 special issues as Guest Editor. His works have received 1,200 citations (h-index 19). Sylaios research interest lie in the field of environmental monitoring and operational modeling in coastal aquatic systems; hydrography and biogeochemistry of marine systems; hydrology and nutrients management of streams and rivers (mostly heavily modified); precision irrigation and water saving technologies at farm scale; numerical models nesting, coupling and predictive operation; artificial intelligence, machine learning and neuro-fuzzy modeling.