EU FP7 MERMAID, NFR JELLEYFARM and MIKON ECOURCHIN. She is also
involved in other EU projects such as Horizon 2020 TAPAS and ResponSEAble og
EU FP7 MARS.
Chia-Fa Chi is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Marine Environment and
Engineering at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. His main research
activities are focused on adaptation to climate change in coastal areas. In particular,
he is interested in the issues of maladaptive risks. He has received awards of the
Graduate Students Study Abroad Program, which is sponsored separately by Taiwan
Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Sun Yat-sen University.
Osiel González Dávila is Research Associate at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Athena–RC. He has worked as Guest Teacher at the London
School of Economics and Political Science and as Lecturer in Economics at SOAS,
University of London. He holds an MRes in Environment and Development from
the University of Lancaster (2008). His principal research interests lie in the fields of
economics, environment and development and he has collaborated on the following
EU-funded research projects: MERMAID, THESEUS, TROPOS and OpenAIRE.
Fernando Del-Jesus is Civil Engineer specialized in Offshore Wind Energy. His
PhD Thesis entitled “Analysis of climate variability influence on offshore wind
farms” contributes to offshore wind characterization, floating platform design and
economic feasibility of offshore wind farms. He has published in the main journals
of the sector, such as Wind Energy, and he has participated in several conferences,
OMAE, EWEA, and Offshore, among others. Fernando has also been part of INORE
(International Network for Offshore Renewable Energy) as Committee Member for
3 years acting as Research Manager.
Elias Demian is Research Associate at the Foundation for Economic and Industrial
Research. He holds a BSc degree in Environmental Science and an MSc degree in
Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University, International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics, Sweden. Employed in completion and
management of European programmes implemented nationally, in the Greek shipping sector (Department of Environmental Management and Law), he is at present a
freelancer Environmental Consultant. His interests include product policy issues,
cleaner production methods, industrial ecology, inter-organizational management
schemes and environmental management systems (EMAS, ISO 14001).
Charalampos Dimitrakopoulos holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the
University of Piraeus and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of
Patras. Currently, he is an IT Consultant at Communication & Information Technologies Experts SA and has worked on Market and Operational Risk at
Alpha Bank.
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involved in other EU projects such as Horizon 2020 TAPAS and ResponSEAble og
EU FP7 MARS.
Chia-Fa Chi is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Marine Environment and
Engineering at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. His main research
activities are focused on adaptation to climate change in coastal areas. In particular,
he is interested in the issues of maladaptive risks. He has received awards of the
Graduate Students Study Abroad Program, which is sponsored separately by Taiwan
Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Sun Yat-sen University.
Osiel González Dávila is Research Associate at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Athena–RC. He has worked as Guest Teacher at the London
School of Economics and Political Science and as Lecturer in Economics at SOAS,
University of London. He holds an MRes in Environment and Development from
the University of Lancaster (2008). His principal research interests lie in the fields of
economics, environment and development and he has collaborated on the following
EU-funded research projects: MERMAID, THESEUS, TROPOS and OpenAIRE.
Fernando Del-Jesus is Civil Engineer specialized in Offshore Wind Energy. His
PhD Thesis entitled “Analysis of climate variability influence on offshore wind
farms” contributes to offshore wind characterization, floating platform design and
economic feasibility of offshore wind farms. He has published in the main journals
of the sector, such as Wind Energy, and he has participated in several conferences,
OMAE, EWEA, and Offshore, among others. Fernando has also been part of INORE
(International Network for Offshore Renewable Energy) as Committee Member for
3 years acting as Research Manager.
Elias Demian is Research Associate at the Foundation for Economic and Industrial
Research. He holds a BSc degree in Environmental Science and an MSc degree in
Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University, International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics, Sweden. Employed in completion and
management of European programmes implemented nationally, in the Greek shipping sector (Department of Environmental Management and Law), he is at present a
freelancer Environmental Consultant. His interests include product policy issues,
cleaner production methods, industrial ecology, inter-organizational management
schemes and environmental management systems (EMAS, ISO 14001).
Charalampos Dimitrakopoulos holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from the
University of Piraeus and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of
Patras. Currently, he is an IT Consultant at Communication & Information Technologies Experts SA and has worked on Market and Operational Risk at
Alpha Bank.
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