Dr. Ing. Vlassios Hrissanthou is an Emeritus Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece. He studied Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He then undertook postgraduate and doctoral studies on hydrology and hydraulic structures at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Subsequently, he completed a postdoctoral study on hydraulics and hydraulic structures at the University of the Armed Forces Munich, Germany.
His teaching work includes seven graduate and six postgraduate study courses on hydraulics, hydrology and hydraulic structures. He is the author and co-author of 140 publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters in English, Greek, and German. He has reviewed numerous publications for 42 international scientific journals. Dr. Eng. Konstantinos Kaffas is a researcher in the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
He received his diploma in Environmental Engineering from the Environmental Engineering Department of the Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece, in 2007. Subsequently, he pursued postgraduate studies (M.Sc.) in hydraulic engineering and water resources management works in the Civil Engineering Department of the latter university. He obtained his PhD on hydrology, soil erosion and sediment transport at the basin scale, from the same department.
His current scientific interests are focused on meteorological and hydrological forecasting and downscaling. He has authored a large number of publications and he has reviewed articles for over ten international scientific journals.
