Ilias Pechlivanidis

Working on water science and innovation and putting them into practice

During the work hours, you can find me in different roles as:

• Associate Professor and Senior Researcher in hydrology and water resources at SMHI 
• Chair of the WMO Task Team on Hydrology Research
• Member of the WMO Research Board 
• Expert Member Hydrology of EUMETSAT
• Co-Chair of the Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Experiment (HEPEX) scientific initiative
• Reference Member at the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) 
• Former Project Manager of the Analytics and Dissemination Centre for Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Floods (2018-2024)
• Former Chair of the EGU Hydrological Forecasting sub-division (2020-2024)
• The first Earth Observation Evangelist for the agriculture sector of the FIRE forum (2021-2023)

My work focuses on hydro-meteorological forecasting, environmental change impacts, science communication, cross-cutting applications of Earth observations, early warning and user-tailored water and climate services. I have been leading tasks in co-creating operational early warning systems and hydro-climate services over Europe and the globe.

In particular, topics of interests are:

• Hydrological forecasting at different spatiotemporal scales (from catchment to continental/global scales, and from short to decadal time horizons)
• Seamless and Impact-based (user-tailored) forecasting
• Communication of forecast - User engagement and understanding of user needs
• Assimilation of Earth Observation and in-situ data in hydrological services
• Climate services - Improved prediction of extremes
• Process understanding of hydrological systems and modelling under uncertainty
• Prediction in ungauged / non-stationary catchments
• Impacts of environmental change (land use, climate and population) on water resources
• Water resources management and societal adaptation

If you are interested further, click on the link below to download my CV.