Adonis Velegrakis
Keywords : Marine sedimentology coastal dynamics and vulnerability to climatic changes marine mineral resources anthropogenic effects on coasts theory and practice of marine environmental impact assessment
Country : Greece
Organization : University of the Aegean
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ResearchGate profile : https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/72184755_AF_Velegrakis
Biography :
Research
Sediment Dynamics. Coastal morphodynamics, and beach erosion and vulnerability to climatic changes/extreme events. Anthropogenic effects on coasts. Effects of climatic changes on the transportation infrastructure. Recent sedimentary processes in coastal to deep water environments. Seismic stratigraphy. Marine aggregate resources. Sea level changes during the Quaternary. Marine environmental law and impact assessment.
Teaching
Undergraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Marine Geology, Sediment Dynamics, Coastal Geology, Coastal Engineering.
Postgraduate level (lectures, tutorials and lab exercises): Coastal Engineering, International and European regulation and policies in the coastal zone.
Other professional activities
As a member of the "Group of Coastal Morphodynamics-Management and Marine Geology" and within the framework of my academic duties, I am involved in applied projects related to e.g. coastal morphodynamics, the effects of climatic changes on coastal environments and infrastructure etc. Scientific expert for UNEP, UNECE and WWF. National (Greek) representative in UN meetings. Contributing author in the IPCC-SREX 2012 report ( Chapters 3 & 4).
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