Dr Grigorios Vasilopoulos

Dr Grigorios Vasilopoulos

Lecturer in Geospatial and Earth Observation

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • Data Science AI and Modelling Centre (DAIM)

Qualifications

  • BSc (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
  • MSc (University of Twente)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Southampton)

Summary

Grigorios Vasilopoulos is a Lecturer in Geospatial and Earth Observation. His research interests are centred on understanding Earth surface processes and morphodynamics.

Greg’s research work is focused on the evolution and resilience of rivers, deltas and estuaries under anthropogenic and climatic impacts. He gained a BSc in Geology from the University of Athens in 2011 and an MSc in GIS & Earth Observation from the universities of Twente and Southampton in 2013. He then went on to complete a PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Southampton on the development of novel methods to quantify vegetative roughness.

Greg contributes to teaching on modules for DAIMs MSc in AI and Data Science programme. He is also supervising student dissertations for this course.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Historic Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries

Lyddon, C., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Barkwith, A., Vasilopoulos, G., Haigh, I., & Coulthard, T. (in press). Historic Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries. Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01115-4

Sand mining far outpaces natural supply in a large alluvial river

Hackney, C. R., Vasilopoulos, G., Heng, S., Darbari, V., Walker, S., & Parsons, D. R. (2021). Sand mining far outpaces natural supply in a large alluvial river. Earth surface dynamics European Geosciences Union, 9(5), 1323-1334. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1323-2021

Dynamics of salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta: Results of field observations and integrated coastal-inland modelling

Eslami, S., Hoekstra, P., Kernkamp, H. W. J., Nguyen Trung, N., Do Duc, D., Nguyen Nghia, H., …Van Der Vegt, M. (2021). Dynamics of salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta: Results of field observations and integrated coastal-inland modelling. Earth surface dynamics European Geosciences Union, 9(4), 953-976. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-953-2021

Establishing sustainable sediment budgets is critical for climate-resilient mega-deltas

Vasilopoulos, G., Quan, Q. L., Parsons, D. R., Darby, S. E., Tri, V. P. D., Hung, N. N., …Aalto, R. (2021). Establishing sustainable sediment budgets is critical for climate-resilient mega-deltas. Environmental Research Letters, 16(6), Article 064089. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac06fc

Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta

Bussi, G., Darby, S. E., Whitehead, P. G., Jin, L., Dadson, S. J., Voepel, H. E., …Nicholas, A. (2021). Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta. The Science of the total environment, 755(1), Article 142468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142468

Research interests

Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, river science

Remote Sensing and GIS

High resolution surveying

Numerical and physical models

Postgraduate supervision

Current postgraduate research students:

Quan Q. Le (PhD, ongoing)

Vasudha Darbari (PhD, ongoing)

Completed postgraduate research students:

Quan Q. Le (MSc by research, 2021)

I welcome applications across areas related to geomorphology and climate change. I am particularly interested in understanding fluvial environments and their response to human and climatic pressures.

Committee/Steering group role

University Open Research Working Group, ERC representative

2023

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