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)

Scientific & Professional Society Memberships

2022-

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research – IAHR

2015-

European Geosciences Union – EGU

2016-2017

Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica – GII

2009-2017

Licensed Designer of Hydraulic and Harbour Public Works from the Greek Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks

2007-

Hellenic Network on Coastal Research – HENCORE

2007-

Hellenic Hydrotechnical Association

2006-

Hellenic Society of Civil Engineers

2005-

Technical Chamber of Greece

Expert Panels, Boards & Committees

2025-

Director | MSc Programme “Hydrometeorological Disasters Management”, Department of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace.

2025

Member of the Organizing & Scientific Committees | 16th Conference of the Hellenic Hydrotechnical Association, Xanthi, Greece, May 29-30, 2025.

2025

Member of the Scientific Committee | 3rd International Conference "Design and Management of Port, Coastal and Offshore Works", Patras, Greece, May 7-9, 2025.

2023-

Coordinating Author for the Third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III) - Section 5B, Chapter 4: Ocean Hazards of Natural Origin | United Nations “Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea”

2023

Member of the Scientific Committee | 2nd International Conference "Design and Management of Port, Coastal and Offshore Works", Thessaloniki, Greece, May 24-27, 2023.

2022

Member of the International Scientific Committee | 7th IAHR Europe Congress: "Innovative Water Management in a changing climate", Athens, Greece, September 7-9, 2022.

2022-2025

Elected Member of the Board of Directors | Hellenic Hydrotechnical Association

2020-

Member of the Editorial Board | Frontiers in Marine Science

2020-

Member of the Editorial Board | Acta Geophysica

2020-

Member of the Editorial Board | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

2018-2019

Elected Member of the Board of Directors | Onassis Foundation Scholars' Association

2018-2019

Coordinator for the City of Thessaloniki | Pint of Science Greece festival

2014

Member of the Scientific Committee | BSB Net-Eco International Conference: “Environmental aspects and available scientific tools for Black Sea Basin protection - Deltas and Wetlands”, Tulcea, Romania, September 15-17, 2014.