General info

CEO

 MV Coastal and Climate Research LTD
Limassol, Cyprus
Email: vousdoukas@gmail.com

Education

11/2002-12/2006:

PhD in Coastal Oceanography

 Department of Marine Sciences, School of Environment,University of the Aegean (UoA), Mitilene, Greece. Thesis: Coastal dynamics of beachrock-infected beaches. Funded through the EC/Greek State grant ‘Irakleitos’.
10/2001-11/2002:

MSc in Environmental Policy and Management

 Department of Environment, School of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mitilene, Greece. Dissertation: Assessment of the PAHs Pollution of Lesbos
10/1993-11/2001:

MEng in Chemical Engineering

 Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Dissertation: Aquatic Bi-phasic Systems and Enzymic Reactions

Professional experience

1/2023-present:

CEO

MV Coastal and Climate Research LTD, Limassol, Cyprus
1/2023-12/2023:

Associate Professor

Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
4/2011-11/2013:

Scientific officer

Joint European Research Center, European Commission
4/2011-11/2013:

Senior researcher

Forschungszentrum Kuste, Germany
11/2008-4/2011:

Postdoctoral researcher

University of Algarve
12/2007-11/2008

Postdoctoral Researcher

IFREMER, France
6/2007- 10/2007

NURC Research Assistant Programme 2007

NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy
12/2006- 5/2007:

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Department of Marine Sciences, UoA
1/2006- 11/2006:

Research Assistant

Department of Marine Sciences, UoA
1/2003-10/2005:

Teaching Assistant

Department of Marine Sciences, UoA Courses: Sediment dynamics, Coastal Geology and Fortran Programming
10/2001-2/2003:

Part-time instructor of computer operation

CARRIERA Business & Computing School;, Mitilene, Greece
10/1995-9/2001:

Part-time network administrator and instructor of computer operation

Computer Kids Computing School, Thessaloniki, Greece

Research experience

Ongoing projects

·“ANYWHERE: EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events” (HORIZON 2020 European Commission Funded Collaborative Research Project; June 2016-August 2019)

·“HELIX: High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes” (FP7 European Commission Funded Collaborative Research Project; November 2013-October 2017)

·“Assessment of coastal impacts under different climate change scenarios: a study for the Brazilian and Latin American coast” (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES): Project nº88881.068343/2014-01, February 2015- January 2018)

Completed projects

·“WISE: Water-Interface-Sediment Experiments” (Joint Research Activities, within the FP7 European Commission Funded Collaborative Research Project; October 2010-October 2014)

·"Management of coastal risks associated with the climate change scenarios: Propositions of a new model" (National Planning for Research, Spanish Ministry of Research and Education; September 2011-September 2014)

·"AKTAIA: Development of new techniques for quantification and mitigation of climate change impacts on the coasts of E. Creta" (Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (OPCE ΙΙ), Greek Ministry of Development, co-financed by the European Union –European Regional Development Fund; March 2011-June 2014)

·"Implications of sea-level rise on the Aegean Sea coastline" (Greek Ministry of Educations, co-financed by the European Union –European Regional Development Fund; January 2012-June 2015)

·"PISCES: Protocols and InStrumentation for Combined hydraulic and Ecological modelS” (Joint Research Activities, within the FP7 European Commission Funded Collaborative Research Project; October 2010-October 2014)

·"Dynamics of rip currents" Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - National Council of Technological and Scientific Development; Federal University of Pernambuco.

·“MICORE: Morphological Impacts and COastal Risks induced by Extreme events” (European Commission Funded Collaborative Research Project; June 2008-present)

·“METROC: Apports par les grandes métropoles” under ‘Projet Intégré Méditerranée-Medicis: Etude des apports, de l'état et du devenir de la contamination chimique en Méditerranée occidentale, par une action de recherche pluridisciplinaire et intégrée’ (Co-funded by the EU and regional and national French agencies) (2007-2008).

·“Airborne Forward Eyes“ NATO Unclassified Project, NURC-FR-2008-003 (2006)

·“EUMARSAND: European Sand and Gravel Resources. Evaluation and Environmental Impact of Extraction” (European Commission Funded Research Training Network). (4 year project completed in 2006)

·Assessment of the geological/oceanographic conditions of a marina construction site (Paphos, Cyprus)” (Funded by Paphilia Developers Company, Paphos, Cyprus). (July 2006)

·Development and Applications of tools for management oil-polution crises in the region of the installation of the pipeline Burgas-Alexandroupolis outlet (Northeastern Aegean) – DIAVLOS” (Funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development, under the program "Operational Program for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 2000-2006").

·Beach nourishment and protection from coastal erosion at three sites in the area of the city of Mitilene, Lesbos Island, Greece” (Funded by the Municipality of Lesbos). (May 2007)

·Reasons/remedies of beach erosion at the coast of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece” (Funded by the Rethymnon Municipality). (June 2007)

Publications

Journal papers
2023

Vousdoukas, M.I., Athanasiou, P., Giardino, A., Mentaschi, L., Stocchino, A., Kopp, R.E., Menéndez, P., Beck, M.W., Ranasinghe, R., Feyen, L., 2023. Small Island Developing States under threat by rising seas even in a 1.5 °C warming world. Nature Sustainability.

Rentschler, J., Avner, P., Marconcini, M., Su, R., Strano, E., Vousdoukas, M., Hallegatte, S., 2023. Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985. Nature 622, 87-92.

Mongelli, I., Vousdoukas, M., Feyen, L., Soria, A., Ciscar, J.-C., 2023. Long-term economic impacts of coastal floods in Europe: a probabilistic analysis. AIMS Environmental Science 10, 593-608.

Mentaschi, L., Vousdoukas, M.I., García-Sánchez, G., Fernández-Montblanc, T., Roland, A., Voukouvalas, E., Federico, I., Abdolali, A., Zhang, Y.J., Feyen, L., 2023. A global unstructured, coupled, high-resolution hindcast of waves and storm surge. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.

Monioudi, I.N., Velegrakis, A.F., Chatzistratis, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Savva, C., Wang, D., Bove, G., Mentaschi, 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.

Carlot, J., Vousdoukas, M., Rovere, A., Karambas, T., Lenihan, H.S., Kayal, M., Adjeroud, M., Pérez-Rosales, G., Hedouin, L., Parravicini, V., 2023. Coral reef structural complexity loss exposes coastlines to waves. Scientific Reports 13, 1683.

Jevrejeva, S., Williams, J., Vousdoukas, M.I., Jackson, L.P., 2023. Future sea level rise dominates changes in worst case extreme sea levels along the global coastline by 2100. Environmental Research Letters 18, 024037.

2022

Vousdoukas, M.I., Clarke, J., Ranasinghe, R., Reimann, L., Khalaf, N., Duong, T.M., Ouweneel, B., Sabour, S., Iles, C., Trisos, C., Feyen, L., Mentaschi, L., Simpson, N.P., 2022. African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01280-1.

Argyroudis, S.A., Mitoulis, S.A., Chatzi, E., Baker, J.W., Brilakis, I., Gkoumas, K., Vousdoukas, M., Hynes, W., Carluccio, S., Keou, O., Frangopol, D.M., Linkov, I., 2022. Digital technologies can enhance climate resilience of critical infrastructure. Climate Risk Management 35.

Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M., Antolinez, J.A.A., Ranasinghe, R., 2022. Estimating dune erosion at the regional scale using a meta-model based on neural networks. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 22, 3897-3915.

2021

Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M., Antolinez, J.A.A., Ranasinghe, R., 2021. A Clustering Approach for Predicting Dune Morphodynamic Response to Storms Using Typological Coastal Profiles: A Case Study at the Dutch Coast. Frontiers in Marine Science 8.

Hinkel, J., Feyen, L., Hemer, M., Le Cozannet, G., Lincke, D., Marcos, M., Mentaschi, L., Merkens, J.L., de Moel, H., Muis, S., Nicholls, R.J., Vafeidis, A.T., van de Wal, R.S.W., Vousdoukas, M.I., Wahl, T., Ward, P.J., Wolff, C., 2021. Uncertainty and Bias in Global to Regional Scale Assessments of Current and Future Coastal Flood Risk. Earth's Future 9.

Marzi, S., Mysiak, J., Essenfelder, A.H., Pal, J.S., Vernaccini, L., Mistry, M.N., Alfieri, L., Poljansek, K., Marin-Ferrer, M., Vousdoukas, M., 2021. Assessing future vulnerability and risk of humanitarian crises using climate change and population projections within the INFORM framework. Global Environmental Change 71.

Tebaldi, C., Ranasinghe, R., Vousdoukas, M., Rasmussen, D.J., Vega-Westhoff, B., Kirezci, E., Kopp, R.E., Sriver, R., Mentaschi, L. 2021. Extreme Sea Levels at Different Global Warming Levels. Nature Climate Change, 11, 746–751.

Almar, R., Ranasinghe, R., Bergsma, E.W. J., Diaz, H., Melet, A., Papa, F., Vousdoukas, M., Athanasiou, P., Dada, O., Almeida, L.P., Kestenare, E., 2021. A global analysis of extreme coastal water levels with implications for potential coastal overtopping. Nature Communications, 12, 3775.

Paprotny, D., Terefenko, P., Giza, A., Czapliński, P., Vousdoukas, M.I., 2021, Future losses of ecosystem services due to coastal erosion in Europe. Science of the Total Environment 760.

Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., Antolinez, A.A.J., Ranasinghe, R., 2021. A clustering approach for predicting dune morphodynamic response to storms using typological coastal profiles: a case study at the Dutch coast. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 747754.

2020

Vousdoukas, M.I., Ranasinghe, R., Mentaschi, L., Plomaritis, T.A., Athanasiou, P., Luijendijk, A., Feyen, L., 2020. Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion. Nature Climate Change 10, 260-263. OPEN ACCESS

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Hinkel, J., Ward, P.J., Mongelli, I., Ciscar, J.-C., Feyen, L., 2020. Economic motivation for raising coastal flood defenses in Europe. Nature Communications 11, 2119.OPEN ACCESS

Bevacqua, E., Vousdoukas, M.I., Shepherd, T.G., Vrac, M., 2020. Brief communication: The role of using precipitation or river discharge data when assessing global coastal compound flooding. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 20, 1765-1782.OPEN ACCESS

Paprotny, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Morales-Nápoles, O., Jonkman, S.N., Feyen, L., 2020. Pan-European hydrodynamic models and their ability to identify compound floods. Nat. Hazards 101, 933-957.

Bove, G., Becker, A., Sweeney, B., Vousdoukas, M., Kulp, S., 2020. A method for regional estimation of climate change exposure of coastal infrastructure: Case of USVI and the influence of digital elevation models on assessments. Sci. Tot. Environ. 710, 136162.

Fernández-Montblanc, T., Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Ciavola, P., 2020. A Pan-European high resolution storm surge hindcast. Environment International 135, 105367.

Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ranasinghe, R., Kwadijk, J., 2020. Uncertainties in projections of sandy beach erosion due to sea level rise: an analysis at the European scale. Scientific Reports 10, (1).

Mentaschi, L., Vousdoukas, M., Montblanc, T.F., Kakoulaki, G., Voukouvalas, E., Besio, G., Salamon, P., 2020, Assessment of global wave models on regular and unstructured grids using the Unresolved Obstacles Source Term. Ocean Dynamics, 70(11), 1475-1483.

2019

Koks, E.E., Rozenberg, J., Zorn, C., Tariverdi, M., Vousdoukas, M., Fraser, S.A., Hall, J.W., Hallegatte, S., 2019. A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets. Nature Communications 10, 2677. OPEN ACCESS

Bevacqua, E., Maraun, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Vrac, M., Mentaschi, L., and Widmann, M., Higher potential compound flood risk in Northern Europe under anthropogenic climate change. Science Advances 5, eaaw5531.

Marcos, M., Rohmer, J., Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Le Cozannet, G., Amores, A., 2019 Increased extreme coastal water levels due to the combined action of storm surges and wind-waves. Geophysical Research Letters 46 (8), 4356-4364.

Fernández-Montblanc, T., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ciavola, P., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L., Breyiannis, G., Feyen, L., Salamon, P., 2019. Towards robust pan-European storm surge forecasting. Ocean Modelling 133, 129-144. OPEN ACCESS

Paprotny, D., Morales‐Nápoles, O., Vousdoukas, M.I., Jonkman, S.N., Nikulin, G., 2019. Accuracy of pan‐European coastal flood mapping. Journal of Flood Risk Management 12 (2), 1-12.

Mentaschi, L., Besio. G., Feyen, L., Vousdoukas, M.I.. 2019. alphaBetaLab: automatic estimation of subscale transparencies for the Unresolved Obstacles Source Term in ocean wave modelling. SoftwareX (in press). OPEN ACCESS

2018

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., Feyen, L., 2018. Climatic and socioeconomic controls on coastal flooding impacts in Europe. Nature Climate Change 8, pages 776–780.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., Verlaan, M., Jevrejeva, S. Jackson, L., and Feyen, L., 2018. Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard. Nature Communications 9, 2360. OPEN ACCESS

Vousdoukas, M.I., Bouziotas, D., Giardino, A., Bouwer, L., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., and Feyen, L., Understanding epistemic uncertainty in large-scale coastal flood risk estimates for present and future climates. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science Discussions 18, 2127-2142. OPEN ACCESS

Mentaschi, L., Kakoulaki, G., Vousdoukas, M., Voukouvalas, E., Feyen, L., Besio, G., 2018. Parameterizing unresolved obstacles with source terms in wave modeling: A real-world application. Ocean Modelling 126, 77-84. OPEN ACCESS

Mentaschi, L., Vousdoukas, M.I., Pekel, J.F., Voukouvalas, E., and Feyen, L., 2018. Global long-term shoreline evolution. Nature Scientific Data, 8, Article number: 12876. OPEN ACCESS

Paprotny, D., Morales-Nápoles, O., Vousdoukas, M.I., Jonkman, S.N., and Nikulin, G., 2018. Accuracy of pan-European coastal flood mapping, Journal of Flood Risk Management (in press). OPEN ACCESS

Giardino, A., Nederhoff, K., Vousdoukas, M., 2018. Coastal hazard risk assessment for small islands: assessing the impact of climate change and disaster reduction measures on Ebeye (Marshall Islands). Reg Environ Change 18, 2237-2248. OPEN ACCESS

Monioudi, I.Ν., Asariotis, R., Becker, A., Bhat, C., Dowding-Gooden, D., Esteban, M., Feyen, L., Mentaschi, L., Nikolaou, A., Nurse, L., Phillips, W., Smith, D.Α.Υ., Satoh, M., Trotz, U.O.D., Velegrakis, A.F., Voukouvalas, E., Vousdoukas, M.I., Witkop, R., 2018. Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia. Reg Environ Change 18, 2211-2225. OPEN ACCESS

Zarkogiannis, S.D., Kontakiotis, G., Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F., Collins, M.B. and Antonarakou, A. (2018). Scarping of artificially-nourished mixed sand and gravel beaches: Sedimentological characteristics of Hayling Island beach, Southern England. Coastal Engineering, 133: 1-12. (doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.12.003). LINK TO PAPER

2017

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., Verlaan, M., Feyen, L. (2017). Extreme sea levels on the rise along Europe’s coasts. Earth’s Future, 5(3): 304-323. OPEN ACCESS

Mentaschi, L., Vousdoukas, M.I., Feyen, L., Voukouvalas, E., Dosio, A., (2017). Global variations of extreme coastal wave energy fluxes triggered by intensifying teleconnection patterns. Geophysical Research. Letters, 44(5): 2416-2426. OPEN ACCESS

Monioudi, I.N., Velegrakis, A.F., Chatzipavlis, A.E., Rigos, A., Karambas, T.V., Vousdoukas, M.I., Hasiotis, T., Koukourouvli, N., Manoutsoglou, E., Peduzzi, P., Poulos, S.E., and Collins, M.B. (2017). Assessment of beach erosion due to sea level rise: The case of the Aegean Archipelago (Eastern Mediterranean). Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 17(3): 449-466. OPEN ACCESS

2016

Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L., Dottori, F., Giardino, A., Bouziotas, D., Bianchi, A., Salamon, P., Feyen, L., 2016. Developments in large-scale coastal flood hazard mapping. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 16, 1841-1853. OPEN ACCESS

Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Annunziato, A., Giardino, A., Feyen, L., 2016. Projections of extreme storm surge levels along Europe. Climate Dynamics 47: 3171:3190. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3019-51. OPEN ACCESS

Broekema, Y.B., Giardino, A., van der Werf, J.J., van Rooijen, A.A., Vousdoukas, M.I., and van Prooijen, B.C. 2016. Observations and Modelling of Nearshore Sediment Sorting Processes along a Barred Beach Profile. Coastal Engineering, 118: 50-62.

Forzieri, F., Feyen, F., Russo, S., Vousdoukas, M.I., Alfieri, L., Outten, S., Migliavacca, M., Bianchi, A., Rojas, R., and Cid, A., 2016. Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change. Climatic Change 137, 1, 105-119. OPEN ACCESS

Rigos, A., Tsekouras, G.E., Vousdoukas, M.I., Chatzipavlis, A. and Velegrakis A. 2016. A Chebyshev polynomial radial basis function neural network for automated shoreline extraction from coastal imagery. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering 23: 141–160.

Mentaschi, L., Vousdoukas, M., Voukouvalas, E., Sartini, L., Feyen, L., Besio, G., Alfieri, L., 2016. Non-stationary Extreme Value Analysis: a simplified approach for Earth science applications. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 20, 3527-3547. OPEN ACCESS

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: 201-222.

2014

Vousdoukas, M.I., (2014). Observations of wave run-up and groundwater seepage line motions on a reflective-to-intermediate, meso-tidal beach. Marine Geology, 350: 52-70.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Kirupakaramoorthy T., de la Torre M., Wübbold F., Wagner W., Schimmels S., Oumeraci, H. (2014). The role of combined laser scanning and video techniques in monitoring wave-by-wave swash zone processes. Coastal Engineering, 83, 150-165.

Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Frostick, L., Parsons, D., Bouma, T.J., Dijkstra, J.T., Eiff, O., Gobert, S., Henry, P.-Y., Kemp, P., McLelland, S., Moulin, F., Myrhaug, D., Neyts, A., Paul, M., Penning, E., Rice, S.P., Puijalon, S., Stanica, A., Tagliapietra, D., Tal, M., Tørum, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., (2014). Physical modelling of water, fauna and flora: Knowledge gaps, avenues for future research and infrastructural needs. Journal of Hydraulic research, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 311–325.

Kontogianni, A., Damigos, D., Tourkolias, C., Vousdoukas, M., Velegrakis, A., Zanou, B., & Skourtos, M. (2014). Eliciting beach users’ willingness to pay for protecting European beaches from beachrock processes. Ocean & Coastal Management, 98, 167–175.

Rigos, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., Andreadis, O., Tsekouras, G.E. and Velegrakis, A.F., 2014. On the systematic implementation of artificial neural networks in the classification of variance images and shoreline extraction. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 11, pp. 2677-2686.

2012

Vousdoukas, M.I. (2012). Erosion/accretion patterns and multiple beach cusp systems on a meso-tidal, steeply-sloping beach. Geomorphology, 141-142, 34-46.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Paul M., Dimitriadis, C., Makrykosta E., Koutsoubas D. (2012). Field observations and modelling of wave attenuation over colonized beachrocks. Continental Shelf Research, 48(1): 100-109..

Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, Ó., Almeida, L.P., Pacheco, A. (2012). Towards reliable storm-hazard forecasts: XBeach calibration and its potential application in an operational early-warning system. Ocean Dynamics, 61: 1001-1015.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó. (2012). Beach erosion and recovery during consecutive storms at a steep-sloping, meso-tidal beach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37 (6): 583 - 691.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Wziatek, D. and Almeida, L.P. (2012). Coastal vulnerability assessment based on video wave run-up observations at a meso-tidal, reflective beach. Ocean Dynamics, 62, 123–137. DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0480-x.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Perakakis, P., Idrissi, S., Vila J. (2012). SVMT: A MATLAB toolbox for Stereo-vision motion tracking of motor reactivity. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 108(1), 318-329.

Almeida, L.P., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, Ó., Rodrigues, B., Matias, A. (2012). Thresholds for storm impacts on a sandy exposed coastal area. Geomorphology, 143-144: 3-12.

Fortes, C.J., Ferreira, Ó., Silva, P.A., Moura, T., Capitão, R., Amante, L., Vousdoukas, M., Bezerra, M., 2012. Joint use of data and modeling in coastal wave transformation. Journal of Coastal Conservation, (in press).

2011

Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, P.M., Almeida, L.P., Dodet, G., Andriolo, U., Psaros, F., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N., Ruano, A.E., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Performance of intertidal topography video monitoring of a meso-tidal reflective beach in South Portugal. Ocean Dynamics, 61(10), 1521-1540.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Verney, R., Dufois, F., Pinazo, C., Sauzade, D., Meule, S., Cann, P., Plomaritis, T.A., 2011. Sediment dynamics in the Bay of Marseille: hydrodynamic forcing versus bed erodibility. Journal of Coastal Research, 27(5), 942-958.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Pennucci, G., Holman, R.A., Conley, D.C., 2011. A semi automatic technique for Rapid Environmental Assessment in the coastal zone using Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV). Journal of Coastal Research SI 64: 1755-1759.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Verney, R., Aleksiadis, S., Grenz, C., 2011. Laboratory comparisons of five acoustic and optical turbidity sensors for SSC measurements. Journal of Coastal Research SI 64: 160-164.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., 2011. Modelling storm-induced beach morphological change in a meso-tidal, reflective beach using XBeach. Journal of Coastal Research SI 64: 1916-1920.

Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., Vousdoukas, M., Dodet, G., 2011. Historical Variation and Trends in Storminess along the Portuguese South Coast. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11, 2407-2417.

Wziatek, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Terefenko, P., 2011. Wave-cut notches along the Algarve coast, S. Portugal: Characteristics and formation mechanisms. Journal of Coastal Research SI 64: 855-859.

2009

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F. and Karambas, T.V., 2009. Morphology and sedimentology of a microtidal, beachrock-infected beach: Vatera Beach, Lesvos, NE Mediterranean. Continental Shelf Research, 29: 1937-1947.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F., Zervakis, V., Conley, D.C. and Dimou, K., 2009. Wave run-up observations in microtidal, sediment-starved pocket beaches of the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Systems, 78: S37-S47.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F., Kontogianni, A. and Makrykosta, E.-N., 2009. Implications of the cementation of beach sediments for the recreational use of the beach. Tourism Management, 30: 544-552.

2008

Velegrakis A.F., Vousdoukas, M.I., Andreadis O., Adamakis G., Pasakalidou E., Meligonitis, R. and Kokolatos G., 2008. Influence of dams on downstream beaches: Eressos, Lesbos, Eastern Mediterranean. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 26:350–371

2007

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F. and Plomaritis, T.A., 2007. Beachrock occurrence, characteristics, formation mechanisms and impacts. Earth-Science Reviews, 85: 23-46.

Velegrakis, A.F., Vousdoukas, M.I., Vagenas, A.M., Karambas, T., Dimou, K. and Zarkadas, T., 2007. Field observations of waves generated by passing ships: A note. Coastal Engineering, 54: 369-375.

International conferences

Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L, Feyen, L, 2018. Global projections of coastal flood risk. EGU General Assesmbly 2018, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L, Voukouvalas, E., Perreira, P., Lino, A., Kakoulaki, G., and Feyen, L, 2018. Assessing compound flooding risk through dynamic simulations: application in Recife, Brazil EGU General Assesmbly 2018, Vienna.

Bevacqua, E., Maraun, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Vrac, M., Mentaschi, L., and Widmann, M., 2018. Changing risk of compound flooding over Europe in response to climate change. EGU General Assesmbly 2018, Vienna.

Fernandez-Montblanc, T., Ciavola, P., Vousdoukas, M.I., Duo, E., 2018. A pan-European storm surge forecasting system. EGU General Assesmbly 2018, Vienna.

Paprotny, D., Vousdoukas, M.I., Morales-Nápoles, O., Jonkman, S.N. and Feyen, L. 2018. Compound flood potential in Europe. EGU General Assesmbly 2018, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., Verlaan, M., Jevrejeva, S. Jackson, L., and Feyen, L. 2017. Global projections of extreme sea levels in view of climate change. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L, Feyen, L, 2016. Towards a robust methodology to assess coastal impacts and adaptation policies for Europe. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Voukouvalas, E., Annunziato, A., Giardino, A., Feyen, L. A European storm surge model for projections of extreme water levels under high-end climate change scenarios, 2016. ECCA 2015 – 2nd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference. 12/05/2015 to 14/05/2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Velegrakis, A.F., Trygonis, V., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ghionis, G., Chatzipavlis, A., Andreadis, O., Psarros, F., and Hasiotis, T., 2015. Automated 2-D shoreline detection from coastal video imagery: An example from the island of Crete. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 01/2015; 9535. DOI:10.1117/12.2192687.

Velegrakis, A.F., Trygonis, V., Chatzipavlis, A.E., Vousdoukas, M.V., Ghionis, G., Andreadis, O., Psarros, F., Karambas, T., Sifnioti, D., Eleftheriou, A., Petrakis, S., Hasiotis, T., 2015. High resolution morphodynamic monitoring of an Aegean Island Beach, using coastal video imagery. 12th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 2015, Volume 2, 2015, Pages 725-736.

Shiravani, G., Vousdoukas, M., Schimmels, S., Stagonas, D., 2014. A methodology for measuring the velocity and thickness of wave-induced up-jets rushing on vertical seawalls and super structure, Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2014), Seoul, Korea.

De la Torre. M., Vousdoukas, M.I., Schimmels, S., Fernandez, H., Kirupakaramoorthy T., 2014. Assessing the importance of the initial topography for Large-scale tests of beach profile response under erosive or accretive conditions. 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, Book of Proceedings, 2014, Porto – Portugal, p. 9.

Stagonas, D., Lara, J.L., Losada, I.J., Higuera, P., Jaime, F.F., Galani, K., Dimas, A., Vousdoukas, M., Kudella, M., Muller, G., 2014. Large scale measurements of wave loads and mapping of impact pressure distribution at the underside of wave recurves. Proceedings of the HYDRALAB IV Joint User Meeting, Lisbon, July 2014, p. 10.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2014. Fusion of video cameras with laser range scanners- the coastal monitoring system of the future? EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Wachler, B., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, O., Alexandrakis, G., Velegrakis, A.F., Schimmels, S., 2013. Predicting beach-face rotation on a meso-tidal, steeply sloping, beach. 7th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, 24-28 June, Bordeaux, France, p. 11.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2013. ORASIS- a coastal video monitoring platform. EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna.

Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Frostick, L., Parsons, D., Bouma, T.J., Dijkstra, J.T., Eiff, O., Gobert, S., Henry, P.-Y., Kemp, P., McLelland, S., Moulin, F., Myrhaug, D., Neyts, A., Paul, M., Penning, E., Rice, S.P., Puijalon, S., Stanica, A., Tagliapietra, D., Tal, M., Tørum, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., 2013. Physical Modeling of Water, Fauna and Flora: A Foresight Study for Ecohydraulics, in: Proceedings of the 35th IAHR World Congress. The wise find pleasure in water. 35th IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China. 8-13 September.

Fernández, H., Vousdoukas, M.I., Schimmels, S., Allajbej, I., 2013. Real time wave prediction for WEC control system optimization using a dynamic neural network. Proc. of the 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference EWTEC 2013, Aalborg, Denmark. 2-5 September 2013.

Verney, R., Jany, C., Thouvenin, B., Pairaud, I., Vousdoukas, M., Pinazo, C., Ardhuin F., and Cann, P., 2013. Sediment transport in the bay of Marseille: Role of extreme events. 7th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, 24-28 June, Bordeaux, France, p. 11.

Rigos, A., Vousdoukas, M.I., Tsekouras, G.E., Velegrakis A., 2013. On the systematic implementation of artificial neural networks in the classification of variance images and shoreline extraction. 4th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2013) and SECOTOX Conference

Poulos, S., Velegrakis, A., Kampanis, N., Ghionis, G., Vousdoukas, M., Karditsa, A., Alexandrakis, G., Andreadis, O., Petrakis, S., Sifnioti, D., Giannouli, D., Lipakis, M., Marinos, E., and Manganas, T., 2013. The development of new methodologies for the quantification and mitigation of the climatic change impact on the E. Cretan coast, S. Aegean Sea (Project AKTAIA). 40th CIESM Congress – Marseille, France, 28 October - 1 November 2013.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2012. Five-month observations of multiple beach cusp systems on a meso-tidal, steeply-sloping beach, 22nd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Rhodes, Greece, p. 7.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., 2012. An early warning system for marine storm hazard mitigation. EGU General Assembly 20012, Vienna.

Wübbold, F., Vousdoukas, M.I., Hentschel, M., B., W., 2012. Towards Autonomous Coastal Monitoring using 3D Laser Range Scanners and Camera Vision, 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain.

Schimmels, S., Vousdoukas, M.I., Oumeraci, H., Wziatek, D., 2012. Wave run-up observations at revetments with different porosity, 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain.

Kontogianni, A., Tourkolias, Ch., Vousdoukas, M. and Skourtos, M., 2012. The social cost of coastal erosion. Using cultural theory to enrich the interpretation of stated preference data. EGU General Assembly 20012, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira P.M., Almeida L.P., Ferreira O., Psaros F., 2010. Coastal video monitoring system optimization using computational intelligence methods. Maritime Rapid Environmental Assessment conference, Lerici, Italy, 18-22 October, 2010.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Ferreira, Ó., Almeida, L.P., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N. and Andriolo, U., 2010, Automated video system for storm impact evaluation at Praia de Faro (South Portugal). 42nd International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Liege, 26-30 April, 2010.

Vousdoukas, M. I.; Almeida, L. M.; Ferreira; Karambas, T. V., 2009. Modelling beach profile response during a storm in Praia de Faro, Portugal: Comparison of three beach profile models. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, USA.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Verney, R., Dufois, F., Pinazo, C., Sauzade, D., Meule, S., Cann, P., 2009. Sediment dynamics in the Bay of Marseille. In: M. Mizuguchi and S. Sato (Editors), 6th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Tokyo, Japan.

Vousdoukas M.I., Gonzalez J-L, Meulé S., Pinazo C., Sauzade D., Verney R., 2009. Inter-calibration/comparison of acoustic and optical turbidity sensors. 41st International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Liege, 4-8 May, 2009.

Van Dongeren, A., Bolle, A., Vousdoukas, M.V., Plomaritis, T., Eftimova, P., Williams, J., Armaroli, C., Idier, D., Van Geer, P., de Vries, J.V.T., Haerens, P., Taborda, R. Benavente, J., Trifonova, E., Ciavola, P., Balouin, Y., Roelvink, D., 2009. MICORE: Dune erosion and overwash model validation with data from nine european field sites. In: M. Mizuguchi and S. Sato (Editors), 6th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Tokyo, Japan.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2008. Measuring swash using video processing: a different approach, International Short Course and Workshop on APPLIED COASTAL RESEARCH, 2-5 June 2008, Lecce, Italy, pp. 12.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Pennucci, G., Holman, R.A. and Conley, D.C., 2008. Rapid Environmental Assessment in the coastal zone from Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV), EGU. EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Pennucci, G., Holman, R.A. and Conley, D.C., 2008. A semi automatic technique for Rapid Environmental Assessment in the coastal zone using Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV), International Conference (school-seminar) on the Dynamics of Coastal Zone of Non-tidal Seas, Baltiysk (Kaliningrad Oblast), Russia, 30 June - 04 July, 2008 pp. 5.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2007. Measuring waves in the surf/swash zone using video/image processing methods. In: M. Rixen (Editor), Rapid Environmental Assessment Conference, Lerici, Italy.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Karambas, T.V, Velegrakis, A.F., 2007. Modelling beach profile evolution of beachrock infected beaches, using a Boussinesq model. 32nd Conference of the IAHR, Venice, July, 1-6, 2007.

Vousdoukas, M.I, Velegrakis, A.F., Kontoyianni, A., Makrykosta, E. and Eleftheriou, A., 2007. Beachrocks in the Mediterranean: Morphodynamic, ecological and socio-economic impacts. 38th CIESM Congress - Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13 April 2007

Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F., Karambas, T., Valais, G. and Zarkoyiannis, S., 2005. Morphodynamics of beachrock infected beaches: Vatera Beach, NE Mediterranean. In: A. Sanchez-Arcilla (Editor), 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Barcelona, Spain.

Vousdoukas, M., Velegrakis, A.F., and Karambas, T., 2005. Beachrock formation, phenomenology and impacts: An example from Vatera Beach, Lesvos island, Greece, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Rhodes Island, Greece 1-3 September 2005.

National conferences

Trygonis, V., Ghionis, G., Andreadis, O., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ntemogiannis, I., Rigos, A, Velegrakis, A.F., Hasiotis, T., and Poulos, S.E. Monitoring beach usage with a coastal video imaging system: an application at Paralia Katerinis, Greece. 11th Panhellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, Greece; 05/2015.

Kikaki, A. Ghionis, G., Vousdoukas, M.I., Karditsa, A., Andreadis, O., Petrakis, S., Alexandrakis, G., Sifnioti, D., Poulos, S., Velegrakis, A.F., and Lipakis, M. Study of the Beach Zone of Koutsounari (SE Crete) using Video Monitoring Methods. 10th International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society, Thessaloniki, Greece; 10/2014.

Vousdoukas, M.I., 2013. Beach Erosion and Recovery – A Modeling and Measuring Challenge. 9th FZK Colloquium, Hannover, 26 February, 2013, 12 pages.

Tönnies-Lohmann, A., Miranda-Lange, M. , Vousdoukas, M.I., Schimmels, S., 2013. Stabilitätsuntersuchungen von Ballast und Kolkschutz an einem OWEA Schwerkraftfundament, 9th FZK Colloquium, Hannover, 26 February, 2013, 12 pages.

Kudella, M., Horstmann, N., Vousdoukas, M.I., Schimmels, S., Oumeraci, H., 2013. Untersuchungen zur Kolkbildung beim Absenkvorgang eines Schwerkraftfundaments. 9th FZK Colloquium, Hannover, 26 February, 2013, 12 pages.

Vousdoukas, M.V., Almeida, L.P., Ferreira, Ó., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N., 2010. Coastal morphological monitoring using an automated video system at Praia de Faro (South Portugal). 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica. Lisbon, 21-22 June 2010.

Almeida, L.P., Vousdoukas, M.V., Frazão, P., Ruano, A., Dodet., G., Loureiro, C., Ferreira, Ó., Taborda, R., 2010. Correlating Wave Hindcast and Buoy data with Artificial Neural Networks. 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica. Lisbon, 21-22 June 2010.

Bezerra, M., Vousdoukas, M.V., Ferreira, Ó., 2010. Variações morfológicas de face de praia em condições de baixa energia. 1as Jornadas de Engenharia Hidrográfica. Lisbon, 21-22 June 2010.

Zervakis, V., Ktistakis, M., Nikolaides, G., Moschopoulos, K., Tragou, E., Vousdoukas, M., Leloudas, V., Kozyrakis, G. 2009. A new drifter for oil-spill tracking. 9th Hellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries, Patra, Greece, 13-16 May 2009. Vol. 1, pp. 535-539.

Gonzalez, J.-L., Guyomarch, J., Podeur, C., Rousseaux, P., Legrand. J., Leveque, J-P., Viane, J-M., Verney, R., Vousdoukas, M.I., 2008. Rôle d'événements météorologiques violents sur la contamination chimique des eaux: utilisation d'un système autonome de mesure et d'échantillonnage (Station FRAME). Premiers résultats. Atelier Expérimentation et Instrumentation, Toulouse, France.

Vousdoukas M.I., Andreadis O., Adamakis G., Velegrakis A.F., Pasakalidou E., and Kokolatos G., 2007. Severely eroding Eressos beach (Lesvos Island) and possible dam implications. 10th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Kos Island, September 5th - 7th, 2007

Vousdoukas M., Andreadis O., Adamakis G., Pasakalidou E., Kokolatos G., and Velegrakis A.F. 2006. Small river dams in islandic areas: Blessing or curse? Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Biodiversity, and Marine Environment Conference. Phokaia, Turkey, 19-22 October 2006.

Makrykosta E., Vousdoukas M., Kontoyianni A., Velegrakis A.F., Koutsoumbas D., 2006. Ecology of beachrock-infected beaches and its controls: An example from Vatera beach, Lesvos island, Greece. Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Biodiversity, and Marine Environment Conference. Phokaia, Turkey, 19-22 October 2006.

Vagenas, A., Vousdoukas, M., Velegrakis, A.F., and Zarkadas, Th., 2006. Waves generated by passing ships, Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Oceanography and Fisheries, Thessaloniki, Greece 4-8 June 2006.

Vousdoukas, M., Velegrakis, A.F., 2006. Morphological behaviour of a beachrock-infected beach; Vatera Beach, Lesvos, Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Oceanography and Fisheries, Thessaloniki, Greece 4-8 June 2006.

Makrykosta, E., Vousdoukas, M.I., Velegrakis, A.F. and Koutsoubas, D., 2006. Structure and dynamics of benthic communities on the upper beachrock occurences' surface in Vatera Bay (Lesvos Island, Greece) (in Greek, with English Abstract), Ecology and biodiversity preservation, Ioanina, Greece.

Chapters in books

Vousdoukas, M.I., Paul, M., Penning, W.E., Dijkstra, J.T. (2011). Plants, hydraulics and sediment dynamics. In: Johnson MF, Rice SP, Thomas RE (eds) A Practical Users-Guide to Ecohydraulic Research. HYDRALAB-IV Project, EC contract no. 261520, pp 25-69.

Velegrakis, A.F., Vousdoukas, M. and Meligonitis, R., 2005. Erosion of Islandic beaches: phenomenology and causes of the degradation of the largest natural resource of islandic Greece. In Tsaltas, (ed.) SIDERIS Publications (in Greek with English abstract).

Important EU/Technical reports/Teaching materials

Vousdoukas, M.I., Paul, M., Penning, W.E., Dijkstra, J.T. (2011). Plant dynamics. In: Johnson MF, Rice SP, Thomas RE (eds) Critical Experiments. HYDRALAB-IV Project, EC contract no. 261520, pp 25-69.

Ferreira, Ó., Vousdoukas, M.V., Ciavola, P., 2009. MICORE Review of Climate Change Impacts on Storm Occurrence, pp. 125 (Open access, Deliverable 1.4). https://micore.eu/area.php?idarea=28

Pennucci, G., Conley, D.C., Holman, R.A. and Vousdoukas, M.I., 2008. Airborne Forward Eyes Final Report. NURC-FR-2008-003, NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy.

Karambas, T.V., Velegrakis, A.F., Vousdoukas M.I, and Meligonitis, R., 2008. Assessment of the geological/morphological conditions and beach nourishment planning at three coastal sites in the area of the city of Mitilene, Lesbos Island, Greece”. Technical report of the Department of Marine Sciences, 78 pp.

Velegrakis, A.F., Hasiotis, Th., Vousdoukas M.I, and Meligonitis, R., 2006. Assessment of the geological/oceanographic conditions of a marina construction site (Paphos, Cyprus)”. Technical report of the Department of Marine Sciences, 42 pp.

Vousdoukas M. and Velegrakis, A.F., 2005. Exercises in Sediment Dynamics. Tutorial Notes, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean. 24pp plus Computer Software.

Vousdoukas M. and Velegrakis, A.F., 2005. Surveying Techniques for micro-tidal beach levelling. Tutorial Notes, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean. 15 pp plus Computer Software.

Other information

Reviewer on Scientific Journals

Journal of Geophysical research, Geophysical Research Letters, Marine Geology, Continental Shelf Research, Coastal Engineering, Sedimentary Geology, Ocean Engineering, Computers and Geosciences, Journal of Coastal Research, Geoscience in south-west England, Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Membership on professional associations

Chartered Engineer, Technical Chamber of Greece

Languages

Greek (mother tongue), English, French (good), Italian (good), Spanish (intermediate) and Portuguese (intermediate)

Other technical skills

·Computer Programming (FORTRAN, MatLab, Mathematica) and image processing

·Coastal topographic surveying

·Collection/analysis of bathymetric, shallow-seismic, sedimentological and time series of oceanographic (CTD/ADCP/ADV/ADP/OBS) data

·AUTOCAD

·Linux

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