Invitation after evaluation to assume the Role of Coordinating Author for the third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III), Section 5B, Chapter 4: Ocean Hazards of Natural Origin, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), United Nations (Link).

Selection after evaluation to become Member of the Pool of Experts (PoE) of the United Nations Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects (Regular Process), Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), United Nations (Link).

Invitation by the Scientific Committee of the 9th International Conference on Civil Protection & New Technologies – SafeThessaloniki 2022 to deliver a Keynote Lecture at the Conference on "The Role of Advanced Numerical Models in Civil Protection Against Natural and Climate Hazards in Coastal Areas"(Link).

Invitation by Frontiers in Marine Science (Publisher: Frontiers) to join the Editorial Board of the Journal (Editorial Board Member Invitation), as Associate Editor in the Coastal Ocean Processes Section (Link).

Invitation by Acta Geophysica (Publisher: Springer) to join the Editorial Board of the Journal (Editorial Board Member Invitation), as Associate Editor in the Hydrology Section (Link).

Invitation by the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (Publisher: MDPI) to join the Editorial Board of the Journal (Editorial Board Member Invitation), as Section Editor in the Coastal Engineering Section (Link).

Paper [J.12] “Simulation of tsunami generation, propagation and coastal inundation in the Eastern Mediterranean.” selected to be included in the Encyclopedia of Geosciences, a publication launched by the European Geosciences Union (EGU), under two topics: The hydrosphere > Oceans > Ocean Waves and The hydrosphere > Oceans > The Mediterranean Sea (Link).

Invitation by the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (Publisher: MDPI) to Guest Edit a Special Issue on Coastal Engineering (Guest Editor Invitation). The Special Issue entitled “Modelling of Harbour and Coastal Structures” (Guest Editors: Prof. Th.V. Karambas & A.G. Samaras) was launched on November 20th, 2018 (Link; PDF).

Invited talk at the event for the 20th anniversary of the M.Sc. Postgraduate Programme “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” of the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as a Valedictorian of the Programme (PDF).

Selection to be part of the 5x1000 Campaign for the financial support of research at the University of Bologna as a notable researcher of the Institution (Link).

Paper [J.12] “Simulation of tsunami generation, propagation and coastal inundation in the Eastern Mediterranean.” selected by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for the issue of a press release that appeared on the front page of the EGU website (Link).

Paper [J.05] “Modeling the impact of climate change on sediment transport and morphology in coupled watershed-coast systems: A case study using an integrated approach.” ranked 13th in the "Top 25 Hottest Articles" of the Journal "International Journal of Sediment Research" (Publisher: Elsevier; Subject area: Earth and Planetary Sciences) for the period from January to March 2015 (PDF).

Paper [J.05] “Modeling the impact of climate change on sediment transport and morphology in coupled watershed-coast systems: A case study using an integrated approach.” ranked 5th in the "Top 25 Hottest Articles" of the Journal "International Journal of Sediment Research" (Publisher: Elsevier; Subject area: Earth and Planetary Sciences) for the period from October to December 2014 (PDF).

Paper [J.04] "The impact of watershed management on coastal morphology: A case study using an integrated approach and numerical modeling." ranked 13th in the "Top 25 Hottest Articles" of the Journal "Geomorphology" (Publisher: Elsevier; Subject area: Earth and Planetary Sciences) for the period from January to March 2014 (PDF).

Young Scientist Award from the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Protection and Restoration of the Environment XI” for paper [C.14] entitled “Climate change and its impact on sediment transport and morphology in the watershed-coast entity”. (PDF)

Graduation with "Honours with Distinction" and as a Valedictorian from Ph.D. Studies at the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Degree: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering).

First Award from the Hellenic Hydrotechnical Association for the Diploma Thesis entitled: “Hydrodynamic and oil spill transport computational models in the Thessaloniki Port area”. (PDF)

Excellence Scholarship from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Research Committee as a Ph.D. Candidate of the Institution (1-year Scholarship).

Honorary Award from the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) “for the overall performance during his studies (2000-2005)”.

Honorary Co-Chair at the Meeting “Environment: from education to action” (May 22, 2008), as a Valedictorian of the M.Sc. Postgraduate Programme “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” of the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Scholarship from the International Foundation Alexander S. Onassis for Doctoral Studies in the Department of Civil Engineering in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (3-year Scholarship).

Award from the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) “for the performance in the fourth year of his undergraduate studies (2003-2004)”.

Graduation with "Honours" (G.P.A. 9.38/10.00) and as a Valedictorian from M.Sc. studies (First Individual Overall among all M.Sc. Courses' students) at the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Degree: M.Sc. in Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development).

Selection of Undergraduate Diploma Thesis to be presented in the Diploma Theses Exhibition “The School of Engineering and the city: The students design the city”, which took place in the framework of the celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki School of Engineering.

Graduation with "Honours" (G.P.A. 8.74/10.00) and as a Valedictorian from undergraduate studies (First Individual Overall) at the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Degree: Diploma in Civil Engineering).

Scholarship from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for the performance in the fourth year (2003-2004) of undergraduate studies (G.P.A. 9.21/10.00 - 1st individual overall).

Scholarship from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for the performance in the first year (2000-2001) of undergraduate studies (G.P.A. 8.23/10.00 - 2nd individual overall).

Eighth (8th) Individual Overall to be admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Grade 195.74/200.00).