Marc Bonazountas

Profile: 50 years of academic and professional experience. Born in Athens Greece (GR, 1945); GR/USA citizen; Civil Engineer; World-wide experience; Expertise in the entire spectrum of Civil-Eng., environment sciences & engineering; GIS & geomatics; ICT, space & Copernicus; policy & law; management of large scale RTD projects; On the editorial board of several scientific journals. Languages: fluent in Greek, English, German, French, basics in Italian and Flemish; World-wide working experience in 60+ countries and with 35+ international organizations. Authored close to 700 publications. EC project Reviewer.

Degrees: National Technical University Athens (NTUA, Dipl.-Ing. 1969); Technical University Munich (TUM, Dr.-Ing., 1973); Data Processing Institute Athens (Diploma in Fortran/Cobol; DPS, 1968); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Postdoc Water Resources Systems, 1975); Harvard University, J. F. Kennedy School of Government (1982, Public Policy); National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Habil.-Ing., 1984); PPL Aircraft Pilot (Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, YPA, 1998); Drone Pilot (YPA 2018) Additional Certifications.

Positions: EPSILON Group (Shareholder & Head of RTD, 1991-today); Aviontek GmbH (Shareholder & Head of RTD (2012-2020); National Technical Univ. Athens (Prof. NTUA, 1990-2012); European Environment Agency, Copenhagen (EEA Member of Scientific Committee EEA/SC, 2007-2012); European Council of Civil Engineers, ECCE Chairman, Environment & Sustainability Standing Committee, (ECCE, 2007-2010); Arthur D. Little Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (ADL, 1975-90); Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University (Prof. STPSP/RU, 1996-97), GIS Technologies St. Petersburg, GTSP/RU (Co-Manager, 1991-2000), Rhein-Main-Donau AG, Germany (RMD, 1972-73); Technical University of Munich (TUM, 1969-73); Kapsis & Proteas Engineering, Greece (1964-69).

Experience: In the entire civil- engineering, water & environmental sciences (e.g., atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, marine, ecosystems) and associated sciences (e.g., geoinformatics, ICT, remote-sensing/Copernicus, datalake & INSPIRE, mathematical models development, Operations Research optimization modeling, statistics & indicators, Life Cycle Analyses Modeling LCA/LCC/LCPA, Circular Economy, sustainability and enviro-management NEXUS, earth surveying technologies, geospatial processing, policy, risk/civil protection, laws/directives). Knowledgeable in Geomatics/GIS, Aviation and Shipping.

Academics: Managed 100+ major EC/RTD projects (1990-today), lead/guided 200+ state-of-technology projects, supervised 40+ academic research projects, supervised 40+ academic theses, conducted day-to-day RTD, teaching and training, next to an experience in public administration education training programs.

Focus (2023): (i) Use of ICT/GIS/Geomatics/Remote sensing/Copernicus technologies, AI, machine learning, block chain, operations research, in the sectors of his expertise: Water, Environment, Marine, Ecosystems, Aviation, Shipping, Civil Protection; (ii) Management of large-scale interdisciplinary projects (e.g., space, geoinformation, Copernicus, water, environment, civil protection, security/CIP, aerosystems, shipping, security, H2020 RTD), Policy & Economics, EU-/world-wide experience; (iii) Development of new technologies & models for large H2020/Horizon Europe projects; (iv) EC/Governments support to major projects development/implementation; (v) work in Occupational Fields with Geoinformation, Enviro-Economics (e.g. web Geomatics, LCA modeling, Space/Copernicus), Policy and technologies development as adding value for products or services.