Prof. Fotios Maris is Professor of Mountain River Training (2019 - today) at the Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace. Prof. Maris is Rector of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), director of the Master Program “Management of Hydrometeoroological Disasters” and has served as Vice Rector of Finance, Planning and Development of DUTH for the period 2018-2023. In addition, he has previously served as Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor for the periods 2003-2007, 2007-2013 and 2013-2016 respectively, at the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, and from 2016-2019 he was Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, DUTH. Currently he is Guest Editor in Journal Land (MDPI). His teaching activity involved several graduate and undergraduate courses such as Mountain River Training, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Hydroinformatics, Earth-dams technology, Water Resources Management, Sustainable Management of Mountainous Watersheds, Torrent Management, Geoinformatics and Environmental Hazards Management, etc. Prof. Maris participated in a plethora of PhD dissertations, M.Sc. Theses and BSc. Theses in Hydrology and Water Resources Management as a supervisor or member of the advisory committees. Prof. Maris is the author and co-author of more than one hundred thirty-six (136) referred publications in international journals, conference proceedings, books, and technical reports. He has participated in more than eleven national and European research projects on hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources management. Finally, Prof. Maris has over 722 (h-index 14) citations based on Scopus (April 2024) in Referred Journals, Books and Conferences, and technical reports.

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS

• 2012-2014. Flood warning system establishment in Arda river basin for minimizing the risk in the cross - border area ARDAFORECAST. Funding: European Territorial Cooperation Programme Greece-Bulgaria 2007-2013. Project Leader: Prof. Kotsovinos Nikolaos
• 2019-2022. Cooperation for fusing skills on Cloud-based Open GeoInformatics: Innovative Environmental Management (FuseGI) / Cooperation for fusing and enhancing Geoinformatics skills using cloud computing services: Towards Innovative Environmental Management. Programme: ERASMUS+ / Key Action 2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices/ Strategic Partnership: Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good practices for higher education, Funding: ERASMUS+, Project Leader: Prof. Fotios Maris.
• 2020-2023. Risk and Resilience Assessment Center –Prefecture of East Macedonia and Thrace -Greece. (MIS 5047293). Action: Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure. Funding: Co-financed by Greece and the European Union— European Regional- Development Fund. Project Leader: Prof. Ioannis Dokas.

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Angelidis, P., Maris, F., Kotsovinos, N., & Hrissanthou, V. (2012). Computation of Drought Index SPI with Alternative Distribution Functions. Water Resources Management, 26(9), 2453–2473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0026-0
• Iliadis, L. S., & Maris, F. (2007). An Artificial Neural Network model for mountainous water-resources management: The case of Cyprus mountainous watersheds. Environmental Modelling & Software, 22(7), 1066–1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.05.026
• Karagiorgos, K., Thaler, T., Hübl, J., Maris, F., & Fuchs, S. (2016). Multi-vulnerability analysis for flash flood risk management. Natural Hazards, 82(S1), 63–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2296-y
• Mallinis, G., Maris, F., Kalinderis, I., & Koutsias, N. (2009). Assessment of Post-fire Soil Erosion Risk in Fire-Affected Watersheds Using Remote Sensing and GIS. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 46(4), 388–410. https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.46.4.388
• Paparrizos, S., Maris, F., & Matzarakis, A. (2016). Integrated analysis of present and future responses of precipitation over selected Greek areas with different climate conditions. Atmospheric Research, 169, 199–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.10.004
• Mallinis, G., Gitas, I. Z., Giannakopoulos, V., Maris, F., & Tsakiri-Strati, M. (2011). An object-based approach for flood area delineation in a transboundary area using ENVISAT ASAR and LANDSAT TM data. International Journal of Digital Earth, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2011.641601

Papaioannou, G., Alamanos, A., Maris, F. (2023). Evaluating Post-Fire Erosion and Flood Protection Techniques: A Narrative Review of Applications. GeoHazards, 4, 380-405. https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards4040022