Curriculum vitae
Education:
- Ph.D. of Engineers in Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece, Dissertation: "Establishing the basic design and implementation parameters of the Greek National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) for the agricultural sector.".
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Techniques and Methods for Spatial Analysis, Planning and Management, AUTH, Greece, Thesis: "Open GIS Consortium - GML (Geography Markup Language) with open source tools in Java".
BSc - Rural and Surveying Engineer, AUTH , Greece.
Major Projects:
- 2009-2012, "GS Soil: Assessment and strategic development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data" funded by EU, with 34 partners from 18 EU member states that aimed at establishing a European network to improve the access to spatial soil data.
- 2010-2012, "CLOUD-QUAKE, Collection and public Dissemination of near-real time earthquake shaking information" funded by EU, a pilot project of the VENUS-C research initiative based on Microsoft cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure).
- 2018-2022, ARIMNet2 call for young researchers, "D4Declic, Dual cropping system, Genetic Diversity, Decision support and Digital tool for Designing Eco-efficient Cereal-Legume Integrated food value Chain in the Mediterranean Basin"
- 2023-2025, SustainablePeach - Designing Intelligent Farming Services to Improve the Economic Efficiency of Peach Farming
- 2002-2020, over 20 soil studies in different areas in Greece as GIS/spatial data analyst.
Indicative Publications:
- "Comparing Machine Learning Models and Hybrid Geostatistical Methods Using Environmental and Soil Covariates for Soil pH Prediction", P. Tziachris, V. Aschonitis, T. Chatzistathis, M. Papadopoulou and I. J. D. Doukas, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9, 276, 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9040276
- "How fully productive olive trees (Olea europaea L., cv. 'Chondrolia Chalkidikis') manage to over-satisfy their P nutritional needs under low Olsen P availability in soils?", T. Chatzistathis, N. Monokrousos, P. Psoma, P. Tziachris, I. Metaxa, G. Strikos, F. H. Papadopoulos and A. H. Papadopoulos, Scientia Horticulturae, 2020, 10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109251
- "Assessment of spatial hybrid methods for predicting soil organic matter using DEM derivatives and soil parameters", P. Tziachris, V. Aschonitis, T. Chatzistathis and M. Papadopoulou, Catena, 174, 206-216, 2019, 10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.010
- "Genotypic tolerance of two Punica granatum L. cultivars ('Wonderful' and 'Acco') to serpentine stress", T. Chatzistathis, I. E. Papadakis, A. Papaioannou, O. Dichala, A. Giannakoula, S. Kostas and P. Tziachris, Scientia Horticulturae, 247, 344-355, 2019, 10.1016/j.scienta.2018.12.027
- "A ranking system for comparing models' performance combining multiple statistical criteria and scenarios: The case of reference evapotranspiration models", V. G. Aschonitis, E. Lekakis, P. Tziachris, C. Doulgeris, F. Papadopoulos, A. Papadopoulos and D. Papamichail, Environmental Modelling & Software, 114, 98-111, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.005
- "An integrated approach to assessing the soil quality and nutritional status of large and long-term cultivated rice agro-ecosystems", V. Aschonitis, C. G. Karydas, M. Iatrou, S. Mourelatos, I. Metaxa, P. Tziachris and G. Iatrou, Agriculture (Switzerland), 9, 2019, 10.3390/agriculture9040080
- "Spatial modelling and prediction assessment of soil iron using Kriging interpolation with pH as auxiliary information", P. Tziachris, E. Metaxa, F. Papadopoulos and M. Papadopoulou, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 6, 2017, 10.3390/ijgi6090283
- "A Case Study of the Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Soil Properties and Heavy Metal Availability in the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece)", P. Tziachris, E. Lekakis, K. Zambetoglou, I. Metaxa and F. Papadopoulos, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8, 1803-1811, 2017, 10.1007/s12649-016-9766-z
- "Site specific agricultural soil management with the use of new technologies", A. Papadopoulos, F. Papadopoulos, P. Tziachris, I. Metaxa and M. Iatrou, Global Nest Journal, 16, 59-67, 2014
- Tziachris P., Papadopoulou M., "Greek National Spatial Data Infrastructure: Attempts towards Design and Implementation", International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, Vol 8, 2013