Achilleas SamarasAssociate Professor · Democritus University of Thrace

“The sea, once it casts its spell,
holds one in its net of wonder forever.”– Jacques‑Yves Cousteau

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Hokusai)

Employment

08/2024 to present

Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

07/2020 to 08/2024

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

01/2017 to 07/2020

Research Associate
Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

11/2012 to 12/2016

Research Fellow
Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research in Building & Construction / Fluid Dynamics Unit, University of Bologna, Italy.

12/2012 to 11/2015

External Research Associate
Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.

01/2014 to 07/2015

External Research Associate
Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

03/2005 to 10/2012

Research Associate
Laboratory of Maritime Engineering and Maritime Works,
Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

11/2011 to 01/2012

External Research Associate
Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Greece.

11/2006 to 04/2008

External Research Associate
Fisheries Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece.

06/2006 to 04/2008

External Research Associate
Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.