Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES)

Profile

General Information

My research interests include: i) the development of Geographical Information Systems for examining natural hazards, ii) the tectonic geomorphology of drainage basins and; iii) the application of geophysical methods for archaeological and geological problems. I completed my BSc in Natural Resources and Environment, at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Chania, Greece. After graduation I was granted a scholarship (Greek State Scholarships Foundation) for a PhD project using geoinformatics and geophysics to examine tectonically active landscapes in the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.

Career:

• 2005-Present: PhD research, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK. 
• 2004-Present: Research Assistant of the Geo-Informatics laboratory and Geophysics & Natural Hazards laboratory in Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece.
• 2003-2004: Assistant of the laboratory of remote sensing of environment, Department of Environmental Engineering and Physics (DIFA), University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy. 
• 2003-2004: Member of the SEISMASS (Seismic Area Monitoring By Advanced Satellite Systems) team and the Robust Satellite Techniques (RST) for Hazard Investigation laboratory, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA/CNR), Tito Scalo (Potenza), Italy. 
• 2000-2005: Bsc (Hons) Natural Resources and Environment, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Chania, Greece

Fieldwork experience:

• 2008: Geophysical investigation, using various geophysical methods, of an archaeological site in Kiato, Greece, being held by the Laboratory of Geophysical - Satellite Remote Sensing & Archaeo-environment of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (I.M.S.) / Foundation of Research & Technology (F.O.R.T.H.). 
• 2005-2009: Geophysical measurements, using various geophysical methods, taking place in the island of Crete as a laboratory research assistant of Geophysics & Natural Hazards laboratory in Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece. 
• 2003-2004: Research training on field as a remote sensing analyst and geophysicist in the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA/CNR) and University of Basilicata, Italy.

Research

I am developing new methodologies utilizing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to determine the quantitative and qualitative analysis of drainage basins and the influence of tectonics, particularly neotectonics, to their development. I am also involved and interested to the application of geophysical methods (electric, electromagnetic and very low frequency) for the solution of archaeological and geological problems. I have participated in six national and international research projects with emphasis to the application of geophysical methods and remote sensing technologies.

Presentations and Abstract Conferences

• Argyriou N., Teeuw R. & Rust D. (2010): Detecting zones of neotectonic activity using freely-available DEMs. In “Geo-environmental Remote Sensing”, Geological Remote Sensing Group Annual Conference (GRSG AGM 2010), 1-3 December 2010, Geological Society of London, UK. 
• Teeuw R., Argyriou N., Biejat S., Dewdney C., Dilmot N., Rust D., Solana C. (2009): Assessing volcano flank instability: Morne aux Diables, Dominica. Procs, conference on “Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: Putting Research into Practice”, 4th –6th November 2009, University College, London, UK. 
• Argyriou N., Teeuw R., Rust D. and Vallianatos F. (2008): Geomorphometric analysis of tectonically active landscapes in Crete, Greece, using satellite remote sensing and GIS. [Poster]. In "Measuring change in the Earth system", RSPSoc2008, 15-17 September 2008, University of Exeter, Falmouth, UK.