Nikolakopoulos Konstantinos
Professor of Remote Sensing
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Sector: Applied Geology & Geophysics
Office: 216 (Geology Building, 2nd Floor)
| Dr. Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos is a Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Patras. His areas of specialty are remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for geological applications. Since 2012 he is the Chairman of the Special Interest Group Geological Applications of the European Association of Remote Sensing laboratories: He also acts as Associate Editor in European Journal of Remote Sensing. Dr. Nikolakopoulos has been involved in R&D projects funded EU and the Greek Government. He has more than 200 publications (166 in Scopus) in peer-review journals and conference proceedings. For the three last years he is included in the Top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists in the world https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw |
| Nikolakopoulos, K.G.; Kyriou, A.; Koukouvelas, I.K.; Tomaras, N.; Lyros, E. UAV, GNSS, and InSAR Data Analyses for Landslide Monitoring in a Mountainous Village in Western Greece. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 2870. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112870 Apostolopoulos, D.N.; Giannikopoulos, D.; Ramfos, A.; Faulwetter, S.; Panagiotaras, D.; Nikolakopoulos, K.G.; Avramidis, P. Monitoring the Kotychi Lagoon in Western Peloponnese, Greece, Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Environmental Assessment. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 411. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020411 Kyriou A., Nikolakopoulos K.G., 2022, Lava Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Data after the Occurrence of a Volcanic Eruption—The Case of Cumbre Vieja Eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (2022) Sensors, 22 (22), art. no. 8768, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228768 Dimitriadou, S.; Nikolakopoulos, K.G. Development of the Statistical Errors Raster Toolbox with Six Automated Models for Raster Analysis in GIS Environments. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 5446. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215446 Kyriou, Aggeliki; Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos; Koukouvelas, Ioannis; Lampropoulou, Paraskevi. 2021. “Repeated UAV Campaigns, GNSS Measurements, GIS, and Petrographic Analyses for Landslide Mapping and Monitoring” Minerals 11, no. 3: 300. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11030300 |
Undergraduate Courses
| GEOL_012 GIS and Remote Sensing in Applied Geology GEOL_024 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS GEOL_033 Digital Remote Sensing GEOL_066 HYDROLOGY WITH THE USE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND REMOTE SENSING DATA |
MSc Courses
| GEO_AGG03 Natural hazards and environment GEO_AGG04 Remote Sensing and GIS in Applied Environmental Geology GEO_AGG09 Field Work Using Mobile GIS, GNSS and UAV-USV |
GIS and Remote Sensing applications in Geology
Mapping and monitoring of natural and anthropogenic disasters
3D mapping of natural and man-made environments
UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS)
Hydrology
| Project Title | Funding source | Role of the PI |
| Integrated research of coastal vulnerability in Western Greece with remote sensing, engineering geology and in situ measurements”. | EU and Greek Government | Scientific Leader |
| Μultiparametric monitoring platform with micro-sensors of eNceladushellenIc supersite https://proion-hellas.eu | EU and Greek Government | Scientific Leader |
| Multi-scale, Multi-sensor Mapping and dynamic Monitoring for sustainable extraction and safe closure in Mining environments https://www.m4mining.eu/ | EU Horizon | Partner |
| Greek National Satellite space Project: Axis 3 “Land Monitoring service” Sat4GAIA | EU and Greek Government | Partner |