| Subject: | Physicist – Meteorologist |
| Degree: | Department of Physics/National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| PhD: | Department of Geography/Harokopio University of Athens PhD Thesis: Development of an integrated modeling system for simulating the air-ocean wave interactions |
| Research Interests: | Numerical weather prediction models, dynamical-synoptic meteorology, atmosphere-ocean and atmosphere-land interactions, hydrometeorological modelling |
| Office: | 220, 2nd Floor, Building Β |
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| E-mail: | gvarlas@uth.gr |
| Personal webpage: | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Varlas-2 |
George Varlas received a B.Sc. in Physics and a M.Sc. in Environmental Physics from the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. He continued to work in this field and received a Ph.D. in 2017, with a thesis on “Development of an integrated modeling system for simulating the air-ocean wave interactions” from the Harokopio University of Athens, Department of Geography. His research interests include numerical weather prediction models, dynamical-synoptic meteorology, atmosphere-ocean and atmosphere-land interactions, hydrometeorological modelling. He has worked as Research Associate at the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research and he has participated in 9 research projects. In 2018 he was recognized by the Young Scientist Award (2018) from the European Meteorological Society (EMS). He has supported lessons in the Department of Geography of the Harokopio University of Athens while he has also been invited to give post-graduate lectures in the Department of Geography of the Harokopio University of Athens and in the Department of Physics of the University of Patrad. He has contributed 18 publications in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and 13 papers in scientific peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Moreover, he has contributed to a scientific book and to 2 chapters of a Greek University textbook. He has also participated in 20 studies presented (oral or poster) in conferences without proceedings. Moreover, he is reviewer in 8 international scientific journals and guest editor in 1 of them.
- Varlas, G., Papadopoulos, A., Papaioannou, G., and Dimitriou, E.: Evaluating the forecast skill of a hydrometeorological modelling system in Greece. Atmosphere, 12(7), 902 (doi: 10.3390/atmos12070902).
- Varlas, G., Marinou, E., Gialitaki, A., Siomos, N., Tsarpalis, K., Kalivitis, N., Solomos, S., Tsekeri, A., Spyrou, C., Tsichla, M., Kampouri, A., Vervatis, V., Giannakaki, E., Amiridis, V., Mihalopoulos, N., Papadopoulos, A., and Katsafados, P. (2021). Assessing sea-state effects on sea-salt aerosol modeling in the lower atmosphere using lidar and in-situ measurements. Remote Sensing, 13(4), 614 (doi: 10.3390/rs13040614).
- Varlas, G., Vervatis, V., Spyrou, C., Papadopoulou, E., Papadopoulos, A., and Katsafados, P. (2020). Investigating the impact of atmosphere–wave–ocean interactions on a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone. Ocean Modelling, 153, 101675 (doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101675).
- Varlas, G., Anagnostou, M., Spyrou, C., Papadopoulos, A., Kalogiros, J., Mentzafou, A., Michaelides, S., Baltas, E., Karymbalis, E., and Katsafados, P. (2019). A Multi-Platform Hydrometeorological Analysis of the Flash Flood Event of 15 November 2017 in Attica, Greece. Remote Sensing, 11(1), 45 (doi: 10.3390/rs11010045).
- Varlas, G., Papadopoulos, A., and Katsafados, P. (2019). An analysis of the synoptic and dynamical characteristics of hurricane Sandy (2012). Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 131(3), 443-453 (doi: 10.1007/s00703-017-0577-y).
- Varlas, G., Katsafados, P., Papadopoulos, A., and Korres, G. (2018). Implementation of a two-way coupled atmosphere-ocean wave modeling system for assessing air-sea interaction over the Mediterranean Sea. Atmospheric Research, 208, 201-217 (doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.08.019).
