Vice Rector for Research and Development

Pavlos AVRAMIDIS

Photo of Vice Rector for Research and Development, Pavlos Avramidis

Professor, Department of Geology
e-mail: vrec_resd@upatras.gr

Dr Pavlos Avramidis is a Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Patras. His research focuses on the Sedimentology of Aquatic Systems, particularly in coastal ecosystems (lagoons, lakes, deltas, bays) and geochemistry as well as palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic changes. He was a graduate (PhD) and postdoctoral scholar of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) in Energy Mineral Resources and Geology – Oceanography, respectively. Ηe studied several large public works projects as a geotechnical consultant on environmental geology, geotechnical engineering and hydrogeology. He has participated as principal researcher and scientific coordinator in several national and international University of Patras research projects.

He was a visiting professor at Johanna Mestorf Academy Chair and is a member of the Cluster of Excellence ‘ROOTS – Social Environmental and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies’ at the University of Kiel – Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. He is an external partner (research associate) of the Max Planck research group of ‘Palaeo-Science and History’.