Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis

Dr Ilias Pechlivanidis obtained a first class degree in Environmental Engineering in 2005 from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and worked part-time as a fluid mechanics researcher in the Laboratory of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He pursued his interest in hydrology at Imperial College London, UK, by working on an EPSRC-funded project investigating the significance of spatial variability of rainfall on runoff generation, and obtained a PhD in October 2009. Ilias joined Victoria University of Wellington in November 2009 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Hydrology and Water Resources, aiming to develop robust model diagnostics rooted in information theory for hydrological modelling, and also to develop computationally efficient hydrological algorithms (e.g. flood inundation and overland flow) within a geographic information system (GIS) framework.
In September 2012, Ilias was appointed Hydrologic Scientist at the SMHI research department. His current research activities focus on multi-basin large scale and basin scale modelling, calibration of hydrological models, regionalisation, uncertainty analysis, diagnostic model evaluation, impacts of climate change.