Prof. Sotirios Karavoltsos is an Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry of the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography. He is a co-author of 54 published articles and has been involved in more than 60 conference proceedings. He is a reviewer in more than 30 international journals covered by ISI and was a guest editor in several special issues of journals. His research interest focuses on trace metal analysis in various matrices of environmental samples such as seawater, sediments, biota, air, etc., in the study of biogeochemical cycles of metals in the marine environment with emphasis on metal speciation, environmental exposure to metals, and metrological issues related to the analysis of environmental samples.
Dr. Elias Dimitriou is a researcher with expertise in water resources management, pollution control, and environmental monitoring. Currently, he is a Research Director at the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, in Attica, Greece. His research interests and experience include hydroecological modeling, water pollution and restoration, monitoring of water resources, soil erosion, and hydromorphological alterations. He has participated in more than 30 research projects. He is the coordinator of the National Monitoring Program for the ecological water status of the Greek rivers, according to the EU Water Framework Directive. He is the author or co-author of more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and he has been a member of the advisory committees of 5 Ph.D. and 26 M.Sc. students.
