Name: Vasileios Giannakopoulos, MSc, BSc

Position: PhD Candidate

Supervisors: Aaron Lim, Mark Coughlan and Mike O Shea

Office: Research Office, Ground Floor, Department of Geography

Email Address: TBC

Biography

Vasileios Giannakopoulos earned his BSc in Geology (2023) and MSc in Oceanography (2025) from the University of Patras. His MSc thesis centered on the semi-automated delineation of marine geomorphological features, such as pockmarks and coralligenous reefs, utilizing multibeam echosounder data. Throughout his studies, he actively contributed to research projects focused on marine habitat mapping and geomorphological analysis, resulting in several peer-reviewed publications. Vasileios gained valuable hands-on experience conducting field surveys in Greek, German-Danish, and Cypriot waters, developing strong expertise in marine geophysical data acquisition and processing. Additionally, he completed an Erasmus+ traineeship at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde, further enriching his research skills and international collaboration experience.

Publications

Giannakopoulos, V., Feldens, P., & Fakiris, E. (2025). Semi-Automated Mapping of Pockmarks from MBES Data Using Geomorphometry and Machine Learning-Driven Optimization (under review). Remote Sensing.

Fakiris, E., Dimas, X., Giannakopoulos, V., Geraga, M., Koutsikopoulos, C., Ferentinos, G., & Papatheodorou, G. (2023). Improved predictive modelling of coralligenous formations in the Greek Seas incorporating large-scale, presence–absence, hydroacoustic data and oceanographic variables. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1117919

Fakiris, E., Giannakopoulos, V., Leftheriotis, G., Dimas, A., & Papatheodorou, G. (2023). Predictive Mapping of Mediterranean Seagrasses-Exploring the Influence of Seafloor Light and Wave Energy on Their Fine-Scale Spatial Variability. Remote Sensing, 15(11), 2943. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112943

Fakiris, E., Papatheodorou, G., Christodoulou, D., Roumelioti, Z., Sokos, E., Geraga, M., Giannakopoulos, V., Dimas, X., & Ferentinos, G. (2023). Using Distributed Temperature Sensing for Long-Term Monitoring of Pockmark Activity in the Gulf of Patras (Greece): Data Processing Hints and Preliminary Findings. Sensors, 23(20), 8520. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23208520

Giannakopoulos, V., Papatheodorou, G., Christodoulou, D., Fakiris, E., Geraga, M., Gkionis, P., Mavrommatis, N., & Levy, T. (2023). A low cost Unmanned Surface Vehicle for mapping shallow-water UCH sites: Ancient and historical shipwrecks in Methoni bay, Greece. Proceedings of the 2022 IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 904–908. https://doi.org/10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.168

  Giannakopoulos, V., Feldens, P., Geersen, J., Fakiris, E., Böttner, C., & Papatheodorou, G. 05/2025. In Proceedings of the GeoHab 2025 Conference, Florida Keys, USA.