Ilias Pechlivanidis, Scientific Leader - Forecast of Water Variables / Project Manager - EFAS Dissemination Centre

Ilias Pechlivanidis, Scientific Leader - Forecast of Water Variables / Project Manager - EFAS Dissemination Centre

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Ilias is the Scientific Leader in Forecasting of Water Variables at SMHI, the Project Manager of the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) Dissemination Centre, and the Co-Chair of the HEPEX (Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction EXperiment) scientific initiative. He holds a PhD in Hydrology from Imperial College London and is an expert in identification and evaluation of hydrologic models under uncertainty with more than 15 years of experience in hydrologic/hydraulic research. He is the Associate Editor in Hydrology and Water Resources in the Global NEST journal, a Guest Editor at two special issues in the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) journal, a Guest Editor in the Water journal, and has organised and convened international workshops and conferences (>15). He has been the principal investigator in European and international projects at SMHI, focusing on short to medium-range and (sub-) seasonal hydrological forecasting, calibration of large scale multi-basin hydrological models, and assessment of environmental change on hydrology and water resources. He has been coordinating SMHI’s operational seasonal forecasting service over Sweden, Europe and the world,  and leading the development/improvement of the application of the HYPE hydrological model in the Indian subcontinent.

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

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