Ilias Pechlivanidis
Working on water science and innovation and putting them into practice
During the work hours, you can find me in different roles as:
- Associate Professor and Senior Researcher in hydrology and water resources at SMHI
- Project Manager of the Analytics and Dissemination Centre for Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Floods
- Member of the WMO Research Board
- Co-Chair of the Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Experiment (HEPEX) scientific initiative
- Chair of the EGU Hydrological Forecasting sub-division
- Reference Member at the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS)
- the first Earth Observation Evangelist for the agriculture sector of the FIRE forum
My work focuses on hydrometeorological forecasting, environmental change impacts, science communication, cross-cutting applications of earth observations, early warning and user-tailored water and climate services. I have been leading tasks in co-creating operational early warning systems and hydro-climate services over Europe and the globe.
In particular, topics of interests are:
- Hydrological forecasting at different spatiotemporal scales (from catchment to continental/global scales, and from short to decadal time horizons)
- Seamless and Impact-based (user-tailored) forecasting
- Communication of forecast - User engagement and understanding of user needs
- Assimilation of Earth Observation and in-situ data in hydrological services
- Climate services - Improved prediction of extremes
- Process understanding of hydrological systems and modelling under uncertainty
- Prediction in ungauged / non-stationary catchments
- Impacts of environmental change (land use, climate and population) on water resources
- Water resources management and societal adaptation
If you are interested further, click on the link below to download my CV.