04/5-8/5/2026  EGU 2026, Hyfroinformatics Chair

28/4-3/5/2025  EGU 2025, Hyfroinformatics Chair

15/11//204 Kick Off Meeting Plan4cold

19-21/6/2024   Organization of geoENV2024

16/4/2024 Emmanouil Varouchakis continues as the chair of the hydroinformatics subdivision of the European Geosciences Union for the period 2024-2026

14/01/2024 Kick Off Meeting of Immersive virtual tours on critical minerals for clean energy transitions (IMMERSE) 02-05/04/2024

11/01/2024 Kick Off Meeting of GEONE Research Program

10/01/2024 DSS tool for groundwater modelling using surrogate models (Advanced Users)

20/11/2022  Special Issue "Geostatistics in the Life Cycle of Mines

1/6/2022 IGRAC, Groundwater monitoring country profile - Greece

4/2022 Emmanouil Varouchakis elected chair of the hydroinformatics subdivision of the European Geosciences Union for the period 2022-2024

26/03/2022 Summer Course, Novel Topics in Geoinformatics, School of Mineral Resources Engineering & American Association of Geographers

• geoENV2026, Limassol, 09-12 2026
• geoENV2024, Chania, 19-21 2024
• EGU 2023-2026 Hydroinformatics Chair
• Spatial Statistics 2023: Climate and the Environment, University of Colorado Boulder, USA 18 - 21 July 2023 (Scientific Committee)
• EGU 2022 Spatio-temporal and/or (geo)statistical analysis of hydrological events, floods, extremes, and related hazards, Vienna, 23–27 May 2022 (Convener)
• The 14th International Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, Parma, June 22-24 2022 (Scientific Committee)

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Extreme Hydrological Events

New Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Technical University of Crete (TUC) and Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Chile

Erasmus+ University of Kentucky

Erasmus mobility University of Aachen

• Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment

• Special Issue Advancements in Mineral Resource Characterization Using Machine Learning

• Special Issue "Geostatistics in the Life Cycle of Mines

• Hydrology Research Journal, Geostatistics
• Special Issue, Hydrogeology Journal, Application of geostatistics to hydrogeology, 2022-2023
• Special Issue, Entropy, Spatiotemporal Prediction and Simulation Methods at the Nexus of Statistical Physics, Spatial Statistics and Machine Learning, 2022

DSS tool for groundwater modelling using surrogate models (Advanced Users)

Non linear Gaussian transformation ''download Zenodo''

• Rough sets based Ordinal Priority Approach to evaluate sustainable development goals (SDGs) for sustainable mining, Resources Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103049
• Sustainability of mining activities in the European Mediterranean region in terms of a spatial groundwater stress index, Spatial Statistics, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2022.100625
• Spatiotemporal Geostatistical Analysis of Groundwater Level in Aquifer Systems of Complex Hydrogeology, Water Resources Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029988
• Site selection and system sizing of desalination plants powered with renewable energy sources based on a web-GIS platform, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-04-2021-0018
• Estimation of Hydropower Potential Using Bayesian and Stochastic Approaches for Streamflow Simulation and Accounting for the Intermediate Storage Retention, Energies, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041413
• Uncoupled Precipitation and Water Availability: The Case Study of Municipality of Sfakia, Crete, Greece, WATER, https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030462

Scientific Coordinator

• MINERVA RFCS: AI-Enhanced GIS Platform for Environmental Monitoring in Coal Mine Just Transition 09/2026-09/2029
• Ai‑LEARN: Environmental & Water Learning 2025-2028
• Advanced geostatistical modelling for natural resources evaluation (HFRI - Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation) 2023-2025​ (Scientific Coordinator)
• Immersive virtual tours on critical minerals for clean energy transitions (IMMERSE), ERASMUS+, 2023-2025 (TUC Scientific Coordinator)
• Plan4Cold project, ‘’Supporting South Europe municipalities in the definition of Sustainable Local Heating and Cooling Plans’’ under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition (LIFE-2023-CET) program  (TUC Scientific Coordinator) 2024-2026
• OurMED ''Sustainable water storage and distribution in the Mediterranean'' PRIMA-MED 2023-2026 (WP2 Leader)

• (Proof-of-Concept), GNΩSI, ''Χρηματοδότηση Λειτουργίας Δομών και Δράσεων Μεταφοράς Τεχνολογίας-Πολυτεχνείου Κρήτης'', Database preparation for the hydrplogical data of Crete,  2022-2023 (Completed)
• Groundwater modelling of three aquifers in the context of the River Basin Management Plan update for the River Basin District of Crete (2022-2023 TUC Scientific Co-coordinator) (Completed)
• Uncertainty-aware intervention design for Mediterranean aquifer recharge Prince Albert II Foundation 2019-2022 (Completed)

Collaborative Researcher

• GrEnMine Gravitational Energy storage in the post-Mine areas
• REECOL Ecological rehabilitation of mining sites, 2023-2026
• BioTrainValue: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions & Support to Experts A.3 – MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023-2026 (TUC group participant-Topic: Cost benefit analysis)
• InTheMED “Innovative and Sustainable Groundwater Management in the Mediterranean” PRIMA-MED 2020-2023 (finished)
• Sustain-COAST “Sustainable coastal groundwater management and pollution reduction through innovative governance in a changing climate” PRIMA-MED 2019-2022 (finished)

• The IMMERSE Project: Virtual Excursions on Critical Raw Materials for the Clean Energy Transition, Mining Report, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85213527494&partnerID=40&md5=1abbb8fefa36f564b78559a868dcd576

• A risk assessment methodology for supporting decision making on the climate proofing of electricity distribution networks, Energy Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2024.11.070
• Geostatistical Analysis of Groundwater Data in a Mining Area in Greece, Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11070102

• Assessing adoption barriers to digital technology in the natural gas supply chain using an spherical fuzzy RAFSI model, Resources Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105103

• Development of stochastically reconstructed 3D porous media micromodels using additive manufacturing: numerical and experimental validation, Scientific Reports, 14(1), 9375. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60075-w.

• Modelling extreme precipitation data in a mining area, Mathematical Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-023-10126-1
• Uncertainty Quantification in Geostatistical Modelling of Saltwater Intrusion at a Coastal Aquifer System, Mathematical Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-023-10120-7
• Carboxylic Acid-Assisted Leaching of Critical Elements from Coal Fly Ash: Experimental and Simulation Studies, Global NEST Journal, https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.06013

• Nahed Ben-Salem, Amir Rouhani, Nadim K. Copty, Emmanouil A. Varouchakis, J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández, George P. Karatzas, Michael Rode, Seifeddine Jomaa, The role of secondary data in estimating groundwater levels in the Iberian Peninsula, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 33, 2026, 101594, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2026.101594.
• Vozinaki, AE.K., Anyfanti, I.V., Karatzas, G.P., E. Α. Varouchakis et al. Sustainable Water Governance: Insights from Living Lab Experiences. Water Resour Manage 40, 10 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s11269-025-04383-4
• M. D. Koltsidopoulou, A. Pavlides, D. T. Hristopulos, E. Α. Varouchakis+, (2026), Enhancing Geostatistical Analysis of Natural Resources Data with Complex Spatial Formations through non-Euclidean Distances, Mathematical Geosciences, accepted 29/12/2025

• A. Pavlides, M. D. Koltsidopoulou, M. Chrysanthi, E. A. Varouchakis+, (2025). A Kernel-Based Nonparametric Approach for Data Gaussian Anamorphosis, Mathematical Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-025-10251-z
• Baeza, D, Maleki, M. & Varouchakis, E. A. (2025). Leveraging pre-existing geological model to generate multiple realizations of geological domain through machine learning algorithms. Natural Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-025-10572-0
• Maleki, M., Mery, N., Soltani-Mohammadi, S., Plaza-Carvajal, J., & Varouchakis, E. A. (2025). Integrating geological domains into machine learning for ore grade prediction: A case study from a porphyry copper deposit. Minerals, 15(11), 1175; https://doi.org/10.3390/min15111175
• M. K. Germanou, A. Pavlides, E A. Varouchakis+. “Comparison of Geostatistical and Machine Learning Methods for Spatial Analysis of Natural Resources Data,” Mathematical Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-025-10239-9
• M. Chrysanthi, A. Pavlides, E. A. Varouchakis+. “A Bayesian Geostatistical Approach to Analyzing Groundwater Depth in Mining Areas,” Geosciences, 2025, 15(11), 410; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences15110410

• G. Xiroudakis, G. Saratsis, G.E. Exadaktylos, E. Machairas, E.A. Varouchakis, S. Mavrigiannakis, The effect of microstructure on the behavior of an underground excavation, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Volume 147, 2026, 103241.

• E.A. Varouchakis+, Konstantinos Komnitsas, Michail Galetakis. "Spatiotemporal Analysis of Vegetation Health and Moisture Dynamics in Rehabilitated Mining Quarries Using Satellite Imagery," Environmental Processes, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-025-00781-3

• E.A. Varouchakis+, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Konstantinos Komnitsas. "Modeling Extreme Rainfall Using the Principle of Maximum Entropy," Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-025-01274-5

• E.A. Varouchakis+, M. D. Koltsidopoulou and A. Pavlides, 2025, Designing Robust Covariance Models for Geostatistical Applications, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, doi.org/10.1007/s00477-025-02982-6
• Lyronis A., E. A. Varouchakis+, I. Anyfanti, G. P. Karatzas, 2025.  A Unified Open-Source Metabase Design for Hydro-meteorological Data Descriptive Analysis, Environmental Processes, DOI: 10.1007/s40710-025-00758-2
• Hristopulos, D. T., Symeonidis, P., Tsakiridou, S., & Varouchakis, E. A., 2025. Causality Inference: A Comparison of Two Methods with Application to North Atlantic Oscillation and Rainfall in Greece. Mathematical Geosciences, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-025-10181-w
• Biniaris, D., Xiroudakis, G., Saratsis, G., Exadaktylos, G., & Varouchakis, E. A., 2025. Minimization of CO2 Emissions in Openpit Mines by Using Stochastic Simulations. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-024-00491-2
• Machairas, E., Varouchakis, E.A.+, Sfakianakis, M., Rozakis, S., Deveci, M. and Galetakis, M., 2025. Cost–Benefit Analysis through Stochastic Risk Assessment on Mining Waste Management considering the Circular Economy’s Requirements. Journal of Cleaner Production, p.144388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144388

Department of Mining Engineering

CERENA

National groundwater monitoring programmes, Groundwater monitoring country profile - Greece

IHE-DELFT hydroinformatics chair group