Mr Christos THEOCHARIDIS

Education: Christos holds a 5-year B.Sc. degree in Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources from the Democritus University of Thrace. He has a M.Sc. in the field of “Geoinformatics and Geospatial Technologies” from Cyprus University of Technology and currently he is a PhD candidate in the field of “Earth Observation and Remote Sensing (Earth Surveillance & Space Monitoring of the Environment)”.

Professional background / participation in funded projects: In 2015, Christos was a summer intern in the Forest Agency in Didymoteicho, Greece. The next two years he used to be a certified volunteer firefighter at the Fire Service in Orestiada, Greece where his training made him a highly motivated person and very passionate about protecting the environment. Currently he is working as research assistant at ASTARTE project (Analysis of SAR and thermal satellite data time-series for understanding the long-term impact of land surface temperature changes on forests) and at CROSS project (Monitoring & Identification of arable crops in Cyprus from space). ASTARTE project website: http://astarte.cut.ac.cy

Research interests: His research interests focus on observing the environment for both land and ocean-related applications by using remote sensing technologies (including both multi-band and radar data). More specifically, his main research interest is active remote sensing using radar satellite data to observe the natural environment for Above-Ground estimation, degradation and deforestation. Also, he is interested in time-series analysis to examine the phenological cycle of plants.

Selected publications:

1. Prodromou, M., Yfantidou, A., Theocharidis, C., Miltiadou, M., and Danezis, C.: Analysis of radar and thermal satellite data time-series for understanding the long-term impact of land surface temperature changes on forests , EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-10582, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10582, 2020.
2. Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Phaedon Kyriakides, Chris Danezis, Evangelos Akylas, Nicholas Kyriakides, Christiana Papoutsa, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Rodanthi Mammouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Athos Agapiou, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios Tzouvaras, Maria Prodromou, Eleni Loulli, George Melillos, Vasiliki Lysandrou, Dimitris Antoniades, Andreas Christofe, Haris Kontoes, Gunter Schreier, Albert Ansmann, Silas Michaelides, Anastasis Evagorou, Elpidoforos Anastasiou, Thomaida Polydorou, Kyriacos Neocleous, Milto Miltiadou, Evagoras Evagorou, Christos Theocharides, Georgios Leventis, Andreas Anayiotos, Stelios Tziortzis, George Komodromos, “Exploring the importance for promoting Earth observation in education,” Proc. SPIE 11534, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XI, 1153416 (20 September 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574134.
3. Christiana Papoutsa, Christos Theocharidis, Maria Prodromou, George Papadavid, Dimitris Sykas, Sιlas Michailides, Michalakis Christoforou, George Kountios, Anastasis Kounoudes, Marios Milis, Diofantos G Hadjimitsis, “Smart Water Management for Irrigation Purposes: The SWSOIP Project”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA2020); https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=6350209613485498811&btnI=1&hl=el.