Appointments
- Jan 2017 – today: Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering (open-ended)
School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK - Aug 2013 – Dec 2016: Lecturer in Civil Engineering (fixed-term)
Queen’s School of Engineering, University of Bristol, UK - Oct 2012 – Sep 2013: Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering Educators, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece - Apr 2010 – Jun 2013: Research Associate
School of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece - Nov 2004 – Mar 2010: Research Assistant
School of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Department, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece - Mar 2005 – Jul 2013: Geotechnical Consultant
Freelance, based in Athens, Greece
Academic Qualifications
- Feb 2005 – Mar 2010: PhD, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Title: “Development of a Numerical Algorithm for the Dynamic Elasto-Plastic Analysis of Geotechnical Structures in Two and Three Dimensions”
Supervisor: Prof George Bouckovalas - Sep 1999 – Nov 2004: Diploma in Civil Engineering (5-year programme), National Technical University of Athens, Greece
GPA: 8.17/10.00 (Ranking: 16th out of 230 students – top 7%)
Thesis: “A New Method for the Stress Analysis of Buried Steel Pipelines at Active Fault Crossings”, supervised by Prof G. Bouckovalas
Awards & Honours
- 2019: Invited member of Géotechnique Advisory Panel of ICE
- 2018: Nominee for Bristol Teaching Awards: Students’ Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2017: Selected by student vote to deliver a research talk at UoB Civil Engineering Society
- 2017: Nominee for Bristol Teaching Awards: Faculty’s University Award for Education
- 2016: Voted among the 9 “Best of Bristol” Lecturers across the University
- 2015: Journal paper selected as Editor’s Choice in Canadian Geotechnical Journal
- 2015: Runner-up for Bristol Teaching Awards: Students’ Award for Outstanding Teaching (one of the 3 for the Faculty of Engineering)
- 2011: Journal paper ranked among the Top 3 Most Cited Articles in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering for the 5-year period 2007-2011
- 2010: Selected by the Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics (HSSMGE) as a national representative for the European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference
- 2005: Scholarship for PhD studies awarded by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation, after ranking 1st in the scholarship examinations in my area of research
- 2000: Citation by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation, for ranking 2nd at the nationwide University Entrance Examinations for the School of Civil Engineering at NTUA
Last updated: December 2019