Role in CaRe-GR
Active in WP2, and specifically in Task 2.1, for the large-scale mapping of shallow reefs through remote sensing.
Biography
Dr. Konstantinos Topouzelis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Greece and he is leading the Marine Remote Sensing Group (mrsg.aegean.gr). His main research interest is on the analysis of remote sensing datasets, including satellite and aerial images, for marine and coastal applications. His expertise includes automatic detection of oceanographic phenomena, Object Based Image Analysis, image processing algorithms and coastal mapping.
He is included among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in Image Processing, based on Scopus standardized citation metrics. He is an author of more than 50 refereed papers in international scientific journals, member of editorial board and referee in several scientific journals, principal investigator in international research projects. Prior to his academic career he worked for the European Commission Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy and in Greek private sector.