Dr. Theofanis V. Karambas is Professor of Coastal Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering in AUTh. He holds a Civil Engineering Diploma (AUTh, 1986), a M.Sc. degree in Maritime Civil Engineering (University of Liverpool, UK, 1988), and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (AUTh, 1991). He has more than 25 years of teaching, professional and research experience on numerical modelling of coastal hydrodynamics and wave-induced processes (wave propagation and breaking, surf zone hydrodynamics, sediment and pollutants transport, storm surges), design of ports, coastal protection works and structures, mild-type and environmentally friendly coastal protection, climate change adaptation, oceanography and coastal zone management. He has participated in more than 30 research projects as a scientific responsible, work package leader and partner (including  Coastal Morphodynamics MAST I- G6-M, Coastal Morphodynamics G8-M, ECAWOM, SAFE, EUROWAVES, DELOS, THESEUS etc) financed by national and EU funds. He has more than 150 papers in scientific journals  and conferences and he is referee for more than 20 international scientific journals and conferences.

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ARIANNA AZZELLINO, born in Codogno (MI) April 22 1971, graduated in Biology at the University of Milano in 1995. PhD in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan University of Technology), in 2000. Since July 2017 she is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano (ICAR/03).

Principal researcher, licensed in Ecology and also PhD at “Ovidius” University from Constanta – Environmental Scienes faculty focusing onEnvironment Protection – Ecology. Had participated in over 15 specialized courses both national and international, coordinated over 14 national and international projects, published 19 ISI articles, one patent, published 14 papers at various acknowledged scientific events national and international, a book and 8 book chapters.