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Academic Profiles
Dr. Georgios Arampatzis is an Agricultural Engineer of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a Master's degree in soil improvement and a PhD in water movement in porous media. He works as Research Director (Researcher A') at the Institute of Soil and Water Resources of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA. His research interests focus on irrigation water management, water movement in the unsaturated zone and the water-soil-plant relationship. He has a working experience of more than 20 years and has participated in more than 50 research projects focusing on water resources management and monitoring and was scientific leader in about 20 of them. He has more than 90 publications, of which more than 36 are in peer-reviewed journals.
Giannopoulos, G., Tzanakakis, V. A., Duelli, G., Anastopoulos, I., Aschonitis, V. G., Arampatzis, G., & Barouchas, P. E. (2025). Municipal sewage sludge treatment and soil pH conclusively affect the nitrogen dynamics of amended soils. Environmental Advances, 19, 100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2025.100618
Morianou, G., Karatzas, G. P., Arampatzis, G., Pisinaras, V., & Kourgialas, N. N. (2025). Assessing Soil Water Dynamics in a Drip-Irrigated Grapefruit Orchard Using the HYDRUS 2D/3D Model: A Comparison of Unimodal and Bimodal Hydraulic Functions. Agronomy, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15020504
Vahamidis, P., Chachalis, D., Akrivou, A., Karanasios, E., Ganopoulou, M., Argiri, A., Mandoulaki, A., Hatzigiannakis, E., Arampatzis, G., Panagopoulos, A., Mantzouni, I., & Markellou, E. (2024). Weed Species’ Diversity and Composition as Shaped by the Interaction of Management, Site, and Soil Variables in Olive Groves of Southern Greece. Agronomy, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030640
Iatrou, M., Tziouvalekas, M., Tsitouras, A., Evangelou, E., Noulas, C., Vlachostergios, D., Aschonitis, V., Arampatzis, G., Metaxa, I., Karydas, C., & Tziachris, P. (2024). Analyzing the Impact of Storm ‘Daniel’ and Subsequent Flooding on Thessaly’s Soil Chemistry through Causal Inference. Agriculture (Switzerland), 14(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14040549
Sismani, G., Pisinaras, V., & Arampatzis, G. (2024). Water Governance for Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Mediterranean Countries. Water (Switzerland), 16(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/w16081103
Kourgialas, N. N., Psarras, G., Morianou, G., Pisinaras, V., Koubouris, G., Digalaki, N., Malliaraki, S., Aggelaki, K., Motakis, G., & Arampatzis, G. (2022). Good Agricultural Practices Related to Water and Soil as a Means of Adaptation of Mediterranean Olive Growing to Extreme Climate-Water Conditions. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013673
Voulanas, D., Hatzigiannakis, E., & Arampatzis, G. (2022). HYDRUS-1D modelling of soil water regime in a rational irrigation pilot application (Nigrita, Greece). Desalination and Water Treatment, 264, 307–317. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2022.28584
Tziritis, E., Pisinaras, V., Panagopoulos, A., & Arampatzis, G. (2021). RIVA: a new proposed method for assessing intrinsic groundwater vulnerability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(6), 7043–7067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10872-3
Michalopoulos, G., Kasapi, K. A., Koubouris, G., Psarras, G., Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Kavvadias, V., Xiloyannis, C., Montanaro, G., Malliaraki, S., Angelaki, A., Manolaraki, C., Giakoumaki, G., Reppas, S., Kourgialas, N., & Kokkinos, G. (2020). Adaptation of Mediterranean olive groves to climate change through sustainable cultivation practices. Climate, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8040054
Tsakmakis, I. D., Kokkos, N. P., Gikas, G. D., Pisinaras, V., Hatzigiannakis, E., Arampatzis, G., & Sylaios, G. K. (2019). Evaluation of AquaCrop model simulations of cotton growth under deficit irrigation with an emphasis on root growth and water extraction patterns. Agricultural Water Management, 213, 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.10.029
Arampatzis, G., Pisinaras, V., Doulgeris, C., Tziritis, E., Sismani, G., & Panagopoulos, A. (2019). ESTIMATING EROSION ON TWO MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHEDS OF DIFFERENT HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES. In C. L (Ed.), Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress (pp. 4477–4485). International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. https://doi.org/10.3850/38WC092019-1292
Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Kourgialas, N., Psarras, G., Kinigopoulou, V., Panagopoulos, A., & Koubouris, G. (2018). Seasonal variation and implications of soil water content in the cultivation of olive trees. Acta Horticulturae, 1199, 339–343. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1199.53
Evangelides, C., & Arampatzis, G. (2018). Data for moisture measurements during vertical absorption in building porous materials such as brick and limestone. Data in Brief, 17, 575–578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.067
Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Pisinaras, V., Kourgialas, N., Psarras, G., Kinigopoulou, V., Panagopoulos, A., & Koubouris, G. (2018). Soil water content and olive tree yield responses to soil management, irrigation, and precipitation in a hilly mediterranean area. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 9(4), 672–678. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2018.224
Evangelides, C., Arampatzis, G., Tsambali, A.-A., Tzanetaki, E., & Tzimopoulos, C. (2018). Moisture estimation in building materials with a simple procedure. Construction and Building Materials, 164, 830–836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.138
Arampatzis, G., Panagopoulos, A., Pisinaras, V., Tziritis, E., & Wendland, F. (2018). Identifying potential effects of climate change on the development of water resources in Pinios River Basin, Central Greece. Applied Water Science, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-018-0690-1
Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Panagopoulos, A., Karyoti, A., Vrouchakis, I., & Karyotis, T. (2018). Water scarcity and inputs of nutrients from irrigation in olive groves of Crete Island, Greece. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 41(17), 2232–2240. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2018.1500589
Rahmati, M., Weihermüller, L., Vanderborght, J., Pachepsky, Y. A., Mao, L., Sadeghi, S. H., Moosavi, N., Kheirfam, H., Montzka, C., Van Looy, K., Toth, B., Hazbavi, Z., Al Yamani, W., Albalasmeh, A. A., Alghzawi, M. Z., Angulo-Jaramillo, R., Antonino, A. C. D., Arampatzis, G., Armindo, R. A., … Vereecken, H. (2018). Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database. Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1237–1263. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1237-2018
Tsakmakis, I., Kokkos, N., Pisinaras, V., Papaevangelou, V., Hatzigiannakis, E., Arampatzis, G., Gikas, G. D., Linker, R., Zoras, S., Evagelopoulos, V., Tsihrintzis, V. A., Battilani, A., & Sylaios, G. (2017). Operational Precise Irrigation for Cotton Cultivation through the Coupling of Meteorological and Crop Growth Models. Water Resources Management, 31(1), 563–580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1548-7
Evangelides, C., Arampatzis, G., & Tzimopoulos, C. (2017). Soil water diffusivity obtained from visual inspection experiment and comparison with γ-ray measurements. Desalination and Water Treatment, 86, 327–331. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2017.20655
Evangelides, C., Arampatzis, G., & Tzimopoulos, C. (2017). Fuzzy logic regression analysis for groundwater quality characteristics. Desalination and Water Treatment, 95, 45–50. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2017.21525
Panagopoulos, A., Arampatzis, G., Tziritis, E., Pisinaras, V., Herrmann, F., Kunkel, R., & Wendland, F. (2016). Assessment of climate change impact in the hydrological regime of River Pinios Basin, central Greece. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(5), 2256–2267. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.984926
Hatzigiannakis, E., Pantelakis, D., Hatzispiroglou, I., Arampatzis, G., Ilias, A., & Panagopoulos, A. (2016). Discharge Measurements and Roughness Coefficient Estimation in a River. The Case of Strymonas River in Northern Greece. Environmental Processes, 3(1), 263–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-015-0120-4
Tziritis, E., Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Panoras, G., Panoras, A., & Panagopoulos, A. (2016). Quality characteristics and hydrogeochemistry of irrigation waters from three major olive groves in Greece. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(25), 11582–11591. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1057869
Hatzigiannakis, E., Filintas, A., Ilias, A., Panagopoulos, A., Arampatzis, G., & Hatzispiroglou, I. (2016). Hydrological and rating curve modelling of Pinios River water flows in Central Greece, for environmental and agricultural water resources management. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(25), 11639–11659. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1123191
Panagopoulos, A., Arampatzis, G., Kuhr, P., Kunkel, R., Tziritis, E., & Wendland, F. (2015). Area-differentiated modeling of water balance in pinios river Basin, central Greece. Global Nest Journal, 17(2), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.001402
Tzimopoulos, C., Evangelides, C., & Arampatzis, G. (2015). Explicit Approximate Analytical Solution of the Horizontal Diffusion Equation. Soil Science, 180(2), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.1097/SS.0000000000000113
Tziritis, E., Panagopoulos, A., & Arampatzis, G. (2014). Development of an operational index of water quality (PoS) as a versatile tool to assist groundwater resources management and strategic planning. Journal of Hydrology, 517, 339–350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.008
Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Evangelides, C., & Panagopoulos, A. (2014). A handy irrigation management method through meteorological data. case study in N. Greece. Global Nest Journal, 16(2), 219–228. https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.001283
Arampatzis, G., Evangelides, C., & Hatzigiannakis, E. (2011). Crop requirements and water losses in collective pressurized irrigation networks in northern Greece. Global Nest Journal, 13(1), 11–17. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84555187641&partnerID=40&md5=4e7304248155fb718ff64253ed3fb1c4
Evangelides, C., Arampatzis, G., & Tzimopoulos, C. (2010). Estimation of soil moisture profile and diffusivity using simple laboratory procedures. Soil Science, 175(3), 118–127. https://doi.org/10.1097/SS.0b013e3181d53bb6
Georgoussis, H., Babajimopoulos, C., Panoras, A., Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Ilias, A., & Papamichail, D. (2009). Regional scale irrigation scheduling using a mathematical model and GIS. Desalination, 237(1–3), 108–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2007.12.027
Alexandridis, T. K., Chemin, Y., Cherif, I., Tsakoumis, G., Galanis, G., Arampatzis, G., Zalidis, G. C., Silleos, N. G., & Stavrinos, E. (2009). Improving spatial resolution of agricultural water use estimation using ALOS AVNIR-2 imagery. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, 664 SP. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77955171900&partnerID=40&md5=d51c2d99c4583ccabd930704c860f02a
Babajimopoulos, C., Panoras, A., Georgoussis, H., Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., & Papamichail, D. (2007). Contribution to irrigation from shallow water table under field conditions. Agricultural Water Management, 92(3), 205–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.009
Evangelides, C., Tzimopoulos, C., & Arampatzis, G. (2005). Flux-saturation relationship for unsaturated horizontal flow. Soil Science, 170(9), 671–679. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ss.0000185904.72717.4c
Arampatzis, G., Tzimopoulos, C., Sakellariou-Makrantonaki, M., & Yannopoulos, S. (2001). Estimation of unsaturated flow in layered soils with the finite control volume method. Irrigation and Drainage, 50(4), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.31
Tzimopoulos, C., Makrantonaki, M. S., Spiridis, A., & Arampatzis, G. (1998). Algorithm for the soil characteristic curve with the method of conjugate directions. International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, CMWR, 1, 231–238. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0031674477&partnerID=40&md5=da4cc3fbb160f5639250ff0acf127faf
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77 publications
As Principal Investigator
Λειτουργία του Εθνικού Δικτύου
PI
National
Operation of the National Surface Water Monitoring and Recording Network for Quantity (rivers) and Quality (rivers and lakes) under the Action 'Monitoring and recording the status (quality, quantity, pressures, use) of national water resources under MIS 6005171' / PEKA 21-27
Jan 2021 → Dec 2027
As Team Member
VENUS
Team Member
International
ConVErting marginal lands of the Mediterranean basin into productive and sustainable agro-ecosystems using low water demanding Neglected and Underutilized Species
Apr 2024 → Mar 2027
