Ioannis Manakos

Dr. Ioannis Manakos (M) is a Principal Researcher in Remote Sensing at the Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. He is currently coordinating H2020 RIA WQeMS (Copernicus Emergency Management Service for water utilities), and involved, among others, in IA Nextland (Earth Observation (EO) for forest services), CSA EOTiST (EO for ecosystem services), in ENI CBC MED AQUACYCLE & MEDWAYCAP (geospatial multicriteria analysis for wastewater treatment in the Mediterranean) projects; and in ESA MEDEOS (EO coastal monitoring in the Mediterranean) project. He was the Head (Studies and Research Coordinator) of the ‘Geoinformation in Environmental Management’ program at the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM/MAICh) for seven years. He carried out his PhD at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He has coordinated or participated in more than 45 European and National research, innovation and development projects under various funding frameworks (incl. FP6, FP7, H2020). He chaired the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) (2012 till 2014), is a Copernicus Academy member, and remains in close cooperation with NASA LCLUC program and GOFC-GOLD (Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics) SCERIN and MEDRIN (South Central, Eastern European and Mediterranean Regional Information) networks.