Dr. Stavros Kolios. He was studied Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1998-2003). Furthermore, he completed the Master Degree Program "Environmental Physics" in the same Department (2003-2005). During his graduate and postgraduate studies acquired specialized knowledge regarding GIS and geo-statistics. By 2009, completed his PhD studies at the University of the Aegean, Department of Geography (2005-2009) which was related to the development of an automated algorithm for the identification and short-range forecast of convective cloud systems using Meteosat satellite images. His research interest includes remote sensing of environment, satellite image processing, meteorology-climatology and GIS applications. He has participated in 14 research / developmental projects, he is main author in all his publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals (Citations: 197, h-index = 9, average journal impact factor: 2.4, source: Scopus, 01/01/2023). He is also main author of one scientific book (entitled “GIS and Environmental Monitoring: Applications in the Marine, Atmospheric and Geomagnetic Fields” ) published from Springer. He is also co-author in an educational notebook regarding the Natural Environment and Climate Dynamics in the Ionian Sea