Athanasios Loukas is a Professor of Engineering Hydrology-Management and Development of Water Resources, Head of the Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering Department, Director of the “Hydraulic Works and Environmental Management” Lab, and Director of the Master’s Program “Water Resources” at the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2018–today). Previously, he was affiliated with the University of Thessaly, where he served as a Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering (2008-2012), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (2015-2018), Laboratory Director, and Director of an international Master’s Program (2010-2018). He is a visiting professor in the U.S.A. and at European universities.

During his academic studies and career, he received numerous fellowships, prizes, and awards, such as the Fulbright Research Scholarship in 2013. He has delivered many keynote and invited talks.

Loukas is Section Editor-in-Chief of “Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance” within Water, Editor-in-Chief of European Water, and an Editorial Board Member of Water Resources Management and Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences. He has been an active reviewer for many international journals in the fields of hydrology, water resources management, GIS and remote sensing applications, environmental modeling and management, and others. He is a regular reviewer of national and European research proposals as well as an evaluator, and he is responsible for research project certification. He is affiliated with national and international scientific organizations such as EWRA and EGU.

His research activity focuses on hydrology, hydrological hazards, and risks (droughts and floods); climate change impacts; and water resources management. He coordinated and participated in numerous national and international research programs. In addition to his research activity, he participates in consistent outreach, and acts as a mentor of a high number of post-graduate and Ph.D. students.

Prof. Loukas is the author and co-author of more than 450 international journal publications, conference proceedings publications, books, and technical reports. His published work has received over 3100 citations, as indicated in the Scopus database, with an h-index=30 and over 5700 citations, as indicated in the Google Scholar database (h-index=39; i10-index=87). He is listed in the top 2% of the most influential scientists globally (according to his publications and the citations of his publications for his career until 2022, 2023) by Stanford University (2023, 2024).