Who we are

Chris T. Kiranoudis

Professor at the school of chemical engineering at NTUA working on Computational System Analysis, Optimization and Control for the Chemical Industry.

Iphigenia Keramitsoglou

Senior researcher on Earth Observation focusing on satellite monitoring of the thermal urban environment in various spatial scales and geographic areas

Christos Giannakopoulos

Research director on climate change modeling of extremes and impacts on various sectors such as energy demand, health, tourism and forest fires.

Panagiotis Sismanidis

PhD candidate in Remote Sensing. He is working on the study of the surface urban heat island effect using satellite thermal data.


Dolorez Ordonez

Law graduate. She has been working in European projects, in a wide range of fields, for 20 years and she is the coordinator of the Smart Cities Working Group es.Internet.

Tayrne Batler

Tourist Activities and Businesses graduate. She is has taken part in a number of European projects and co-managed the European Enterprise Network in the Balearics.

Joan Estrany

Joan is at the Department of Geography working on hydrology and sediment budgeting at catchment scale in Mediterranean contrasted environments.

Franca Disabato

Senior researcher, project technical reference point at ITHACA. Franca works on remote sensing and GIS for emergency management.


Francesca Perez

Remote sensing expert at ITHACA. Francesca works on remote sensing and GIS for emergency management.

Irene Angeluccetti

GIS specialist at ITHACA. Irene is a spatial data analyst working in the rapid mapping and drought detection domains.

Luciana Dequal

International Project Development at ITHACA. Luciana is in charge of EU funded projects, external relations and international bids.

Simone Balbo

GeoData analyst and GIS developer at ITHACA. Simone is in charge of choosing and adopting existing technology in geospatial data processing as well as developing solutions on top of it.


Paolo Pasquali

Web GIS specialist at ITHACA. Paolo is a web GIS developer and spatial data analyst

Peter van Dam

Managing Director at Aratos Systems. Responsible for business development and strategy implementation Space Technology and Homeland Security activities and projects

Dr. Nikos Bogonikos

PhD in Economics, MSc in Cybernetics, Degree in Mathematics. President of Aratos Group and Managing Director of Aratos Systems. Senior Analyst at WIKISTRAT. Senior Consultant to Ministries and Advisor to Governments worldwide.

Dr. Ioannis Dontas

Physicist, PHD in Chemical Engineering. Senior Consultant at Aratos Systems for technical implementation of EU funded projects and commercial works related to ICT, Space and Homeland Security

Maria Mavrova-Guirguinova

Associate Professor at Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering working on Flood risk modelling and management, Dam engineering

Todor Kostadinov

Associate Professor at Faculty of Geodesy working on Digital terrain modelling for the purpose of Hydraulic modelling, Monitoring of dams and dam lakes, Hydrographic and topographic Investigations

Martina Pechinova

Associate Professor at Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering working on Engineering Hydrology, Extreme Floods, Intensive Rainfalls, Maximum Runoff

Angel Zahariev

Associate Professor at Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering working on Engineering Hydrology, Dam engineering and operation, River engineering

Maria Belyashka

PhD student at Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering working on Flood risk assessment and management, Dam engineering