Scientific

Member of 146 scientific organisations and committees worldwide (94) and in Greece (52). Evaluator of projects for the European Commission, the United Nations Road Safety Fund, the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and several Research Authorities in 24 countries (71 Organisations and Programmes). Associate Editor (3) Guest-Editor (10) and Member of the Editorial Board (10) of scientific journals, Reviewer of papers to be published in scientific journals (196) and conferences (129), Member of the scientific committee (75) and of the organising committee (20) of conferences. Chairman of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2000-2003). Received 19 international scientific Awards, including the “Knight of the Order of Academic Palms” by the French Government and the Belgian Universities Francqui Chair Award.

Awards 

sa19 EU TRAVisions 2022 Senior Researcher Award during the European Commission Transport Research Arena Conference, Lisbon (2022).
sa18 Best Paper Award at the 6th ISHGD Symposium for the paper titled “Development and implementation of a methodology for the economic appraisal of road infrastructure safety schemes” (2022).
sa17 Best Paper Award at the 42th IATSS Awards for the paper titled “A meta-analysis of the impacts of operating in-vehicle information systems on road safety“ (2021).
sa16 Honorary distinction at the Mobility Awards 2019, held by Boussias Communications (2020).
sa15 Annual road safety award for the development of the African Road Safety Observatory by the SaferAfrica research project by the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, UK (2019).
sa14 Annual road safety award for the development of the European Road Safety Decision Support System by the SafetyCube research project by the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, UK (2019).
sa13 Francqui Chair Award by the Belgian Universities, by the Francqui Foundation (2019).
sa12 Annual Road Safety Award for the Report on Zero Road Deaths and Serious Injuries – Leading a Paradigm Shift to a Safe System, of the International Transport Forum by the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, UK (2018).
sa11 AOTA Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award at the 2017 Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA (pj106), by the American Occupational Therapy Association (2017).
sa10 Best Poster Presentation (cp209) at the 16th Annual Meeting of the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology & 5th International Congress on Psychiatry and the Neurosciences (2016)
sa9 Best applied research award of scientific presentation paper (c181) at the 42nd Panhellenic Medical Conference (2016)
sa8 Best scientific poster presentation of scientific paper (c164) at the 1st International Conference on Transport and Health (2015)
sa7 Investigator Award 2014 from the Scientific Subspecialty Panel on Higher cortical functions for the best scientific poster presentation (c117) at the European Neurology Congress 2014 (2014)
sa6 Best poster presentation of scientific paper (pc177) at the Transport Research Arena Conference 2014 (2014)
sa5 Annual outstanding paper award (pc147) of the Transportation Research Board Committee ANB20 (Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation) (2014)
sa4 Annual road safety award for the development of the European Road Safety Observatory by the SafetyNet and Dacota research projects by the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, UK (2013)
sa3 Award for the overall scientific work on sustainable urban mobility from the Greek environmental organisation Ecocity (2013)
sa2 Honorary distinction “Knight of the Order of Academic Palms” (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques) by the French Government, for the recognition of the excellent academic career and the services to the French Culture (2006)
sa1 Scholarship by the French Government for PhD studies at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (1992)

Reviewer of papers to be published in scientific journals

 

Selected Scientific Organisations and Committees Worldwide

si94 Working Group on Safe System Approach of the International Transport Forum (2022-).
si93 Member of the Strategic Review Panel of the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) at University of Hasselt (2022-).
si92 Road Safety and Simulation International Conference (2022).
si90 Subgroup of the Strategic Configuration of the Horizon Europe Programme Committee On Mission Climate-Neutral And Smart Cities.
si89 Road Safety and Space Management Working Group of the Research in Mobility Committee of the Union Internationale des Transports Publiques (2021).
si88 Global Alliance of Non-Governmental Organisations for Road Safety (2021).
si87 International Coordinating Council of the Transportation Research Board (ICC) (Affiliated) (2021).
si86 International Transport Forum Expert Group on Infrastructure Issues for Motorcyclists Safety (2021-).
si85 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on the Covid-19 effect on road crashes of the International Transport Forum (2021-).
si84 Standing Committee on safety performance and analysis (ACS 20) of the Transportation Research Board (2020-)
si83 International Transport Forum Round Table on Artificial Intelligence in Road Traffic Crash Prevention (Chairman) (2021)
si82 Technical Committee of Baseline project on collection of Key Performance Indicators for road safety in Europe (2020-)
si81 Research in Mobility Committee of the Union Internationale des Transports Publiques (UITP) (2020-).
si80 Standing Committee on Safety Performance Analysis of the Transportation Research Board (ACS20) (2020-).
si79 Expert Group on Road Infrastructure Safety of the European Commission – EGRIS (2020-).
si78 Expert Group on Speed and Speed Management in Road Safety Policy of the European Commission (2020-).
si77 Working Group on Implementing the Safe System of the International Transport Forum and the World Bank (2020-).
si76 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on Road Safety Key Performance Indicators of the International Transport Forum (2020-).
si75 Thematic Group on EU Transport Policy of the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (2019-).
si74 Thematic Group on Mobility of the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (2019-).
si73 Thematic Group on Transport Safety of the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (2019-).
si72 European Federation of Road Traffic Victims, Friend (2020-).
si71 Expert Group on Infrastructure Safety of the European Transport Safety Council (2020-).
si70 Safety Advisory Council of Voi Technology (2020-).
si69 Committee on Connected and Autonomous Mobility of the International Road Federation (2020-).
si68 Advisory Board of the SaferAfrica Horizon 2020 research project (2018-2019).
si67 Sub Group on Climate-Neutral & Smart Cities Missions of the European Commission (2019-).
si66 Safe Micromobility Round table of the International Transport Forum (2019-).
si65 European Association for Research in Transportation (2019-).
si64 International Road Federation (2019-).
si63 United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, Observer (2019-).
si62 European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) (2019-).
si61 Main Council of the European Transport Safety Council (2019-).
si60 Task force on Road Safety in Africa of the European Commission (2019-).
si59 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on IRTAD webpages of the International Transport Forum (2019-).
si58 New directions for data-driven transport safety Round Table of the International Transport Forum (2018-).
si57 Governmental Experts Group of the European Commission on Road Safety Key Performance Indicators (2018-).
si56 Innovation Board of the Together for Safer Roads Global Coalition (2018-).
si55 Technical Advisory Panel of the World Bank (2018-).
si54 Strategic Advisory Group of the Safer City Streets Network of the International Transport Forum (2018-).
si53 Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries (ABE90) of the Transportation Research Board (2018 -).
si52 Alliance Francophone pour la Securite Routiere (AFSR) (2018-).
si51 Expert Group on Open Science – Transport Research Cloud of the DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission (2018-).
si50 Special interest Group on Transport and Health of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR – SIG G6) (2017-).
si49 European Road Safety Charter of the European Commission (2017-).
si48 Safer City Streets Network of the International Transport Forum (2017-).
si47 Steering Committee for Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) of the European Transport Safety Council (2017-).
si46 Standing Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation (ANB 20) of the Transportation Research Board (2017-2020).
si45 Steering Committee of Go Sump project on Improving Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and Measures in the Mediterranean of the Interreg Programme of the European Commission (2017-2020).
si44 Special Interest Group on Traffic Safety Analysis and Policy of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR – SIG C4) (2017-).
si43 Joint International Research Laboratory of Transportation Safety of the Tongji University (2017-).
si42 Working Group on Road Transport Safety & Security of the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) (2016-).
si41 Stakeholders Group on Towards a Single and Innovative European Transport System of – SINTRAS (2016).
si40 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on safety performance indicators for monitoring road user behaviour, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2016- )
si39 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on risk exposure data, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2016- )
si38 Transport Advisory Group for the Horizons 2020 Research and Innovation Programme of the European Commission (2016- )
si37 Editorial Board of the European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO) (2015- )
si36 Working Group on Traffic Signs of the European Union Road Federation (2015- )
si35 Working Group on Road Restraints Systems the European Union Road Federation (2015- )
si34 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on national road safety data review, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2015- )
si33 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on the socio-economic cost of crashes, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2015- )
si32 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on the road accident forecasting analysis, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2015- )
si31 Working Group on Implementation of a Safe System Approach on Road Safety, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2014- )
si30 Expert Panel on Road Safety of the Together for Safer Roads Global Coalition (2014- )
si29 Highway Safety Performance Committee of the Transportation Research Board (ANB 25) (2014- )
si28 European Union Road Federation (2014- )
si27 Réseau francophone de socio-économie des transports (2013- )
si26 Strategic Advisory Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD), of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2013- )
si25 Transnational Working Group on road safety in South East Europe, within the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme of the European Commission (2013- )
si24 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on the impact of speed changes on crash occurrence and severity, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2012- )
si23 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on the Safety Performance Evaluation of Road Infrastructure, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2012- )
si22 Sub Group of the International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) on IRTAD and the Cities of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum, Chairman (2012- )
si21 Working Group on motorcycle safety and mobility, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Trasport Forum (2011- )
si20 World Conference on Transport Research Society (2011- )
si19 Working Group on assessment of the effectiveness of road safety measures, of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2010-2012)
si18 International Traffic Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Transport Forum (2010- )
si17 National Experts Panel for Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) of the European Transport Safety Council (2006- )
si16 Editorial Board of the European Road Safety Observatory (SafetyNet) (2006-2008)
si15 Simulator Users Group of the Committee of the Transportation Research Board on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operation Performance (TR AND30) (2005-2007)
si14 Working Group on speed management of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (2004)
si13 Working Group on young driver risks and effective counter-measures of the Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (2004-2006)
si12 International Association of Public Transport (UITP – Union Internationale des Transports Publics (2004-2010)
si11 Working Party on Accident Data from the Southern, Central and Eastern European countries of the European Transport Safety Council – Chairman (2004-2006)
si10 Working Party on Transport Safety Organisation of the European Transport Safety Council (2002-2003)
si9 Working Party on Risk Assessment and Target Setting of the European Transport Safety Council (2002-2003)
si8 Government Experts Group of the European Commission on Road Safety Performance Indicators (2002-2012)
si7 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2000-2001)
si6 Working Party on transport safety performance indicators of the European Transport Safety Council (2000-2001)
si5 Management Committee of the COST-342 Research Action – Parking policy measures and their effects on mobility and the economy (1999-2004)
si4 Management Committee of the COST-329 Research Action – Models for traffic and safety development and interventions (1996-1999)
si3 101st Round Table of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport for the development of express services in Europe (1995)
si2 COST-314 Research Action on express delivery services (Invited Expert) (1993-1995)
si1 Government Experts Group on road accident statistics, European Commission (1987- )

Selected Scientific Organisations and Committees in Greece

sg52 Member of the National Panel for the preparation of the World Health Organisation Global Road Safety Status Report (2022-).
sg51 Road Transport Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2020-)
sg50 Athens Traffic Coordination Centre, Of City of Athens, Region of Attica, Attica Traffic Police and Athens Public Transport Authority (2020-)
sg49 Inter-Party Consultation Committee on Athens Great Walk for City of Athens (2020).
sg48 Working Group on Infrastucture for the Regional Adjustment to Climate Change of the Region of Attica (2019-).
sg47 Scientific Committee of the RoadMap on Safe and Smart Transport – Policy, Objectives and Institutional Framework of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2019-2020).
sg46 Regional Stakeholder Group on Electro Mobility as driver to support Policy Instruments for sustainable mobility of e-mopoli Interreg project (2019-).
sg45 Civinet CY-EL Urban Mobility Network (2019).
sg44 Hellenic Chambers and Business Transportation Association (2018-).
sg43 Scientific Committee on Sustainable Mobility of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2017-2019).
sg42 Local Working Group on Campus sustainable University mobility plans in MED areas of CAMP-sUmp Interreg project (2016-2017).
sg41 Working Group for the Redesign of the Road Accident Data Recording Form (DOTA) of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (2015- )
sg40 Citizens Movement (2014).
sg39 Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers for Transport Research (2014- )
sg38 Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers for Transport Safety (2014- )
sg37 National Advisory Group on road safety in Greece, within the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme of the European Commission (2013- )
sg36 Road Safety Observatory of the Technical Chamber of Greece (2010)
sg35 Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers in the framework of Operation and Strategic Planning (2010- )
sg34 Scientific Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2010- )
sg33 Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers for Road Safety and Driving Behaviour, Chairman (2010- )
sg32 Working Group of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the elaboration of the way and the schedule for the implementation of the air pollution reduction measures (2008-2009)
sg31 Working Group of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the formulation of a national plan for the reduction of air pollution (2008)
sg30 Monitoring Committee of the Master Plan “Reinforcement of Accessibility 2007-2013” of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (2008-2010)
sg29 Working Group of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, for the formulation of urban mobility strategy in Greece, Co-ordinator (2008)
sg28 Group of Experts for the Transport sector, for the preparation of the research priorities of the “Strategic Development Plan for research, technology and innovation in the Framework of the National Sectoral Research Framework 2007-2013” of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (2007)
sg27 Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transport Engineers for the Travelogue for Athens transportation of the next decade (2007-2008)
sg25 Program Planning Group on transportation issues within the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (2005-2007)
sg24 Committee for the processing of proposals for the update up to 2020, of the strategies for transport infrastructure development in Greece of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, Chairman (2005-2006)
sg23 Committee of Road Safety of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2005)
sg22 Monitoring Committee of the 3rd EU Framework Programme of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2004-2010)
sg21 Monitoring Committee of the Cohesion Fund 2000-2010 of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2004-2010)
sg19 Road Safety Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (2003-2004)
sg18 Traffic and Transport Committee of Athens Municipality, Deputy Chairman (2003-2004)
sg17 Expert Working Group of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology for the Technology Foresight in the Transport Sector in Greece, Rapporteur (2002-2004)
sg16 Greek Delegation for the preparation of the Greek Presidency on transport issues (2002-2003)
sg15 Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the “Master Plan for the creation of cycleway networks in Greek cities” (2001-2002)
sg13 Road Safety Committee of the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (2000-2005)
sg11 Special Scientific Committee for “Transportation Projects” of the Civil Engineering Section of the Technical Chamber of Greece (1999-2005)
sg10 Scientific Committee of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology for the preparation of the new coordinated transport research and innovation programme (EPET II) (1996-1997)
sg9 Working Group of Experts for the support of the Road Safety Inter-Party Committee of the Greek Parliament (1995-1996)
sg8 Working Group for the redesign of the Road Accident Data Recording Form (DOTA) of the National Statistical Service of Greece (1995)
sg7 Working Group for the position of TCG for road traffic accidents of the Technical Chamber of Greece (1993-1994)
sg5 Permanent Transport Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (1992 – 2003)
sg4 Road Federation of Greece (1990- )
sg3 Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers, Special Secretary (1998-2000), Chairman (2000-2003)
sg2 Hellenic Society of Civil Engineers (1987- )
sg1 Technical Chamber of Greece (1987- )