Georgios Xenakis Micfor Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Gb

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

My research focus is to investigate the ecophysiological responses of young trees from repeated droughts and develop methodologies for water-stress monitoring. I also continue my research on monitoring carbon, water, and .energy fluxes from coniferous plantations and exploring the loss in productivity from future drought events using process-based modelling.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Measuring Greenhouse gases emission from forest plantations before and after forest management operations. Managing the Harwood Forest GHG monitoring site. https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/forestry-and-climate-change-mitigation/harwood-forest-ghg-monitoring-site/

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Maintaining an eddy covariance flux tower: downloading data, troubleshooting and ensuring the continue operation of the tower. Also measuring soil respiration using infra-red gas analyser. Quality check of data. Communication with partners and local foresters.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

- Working for the ThermoLiDAR project to assess the physiological status of diseased trees with remote sensing, mainly thermal imagining LiDAR measurements.- Setting up and maintaining a continue ecophysiological monitoring experiment of stressed Scots pine trees. Measurements include canopy temperature with infra-red sensors, sap flow with Granier method, Photochemical Reflectance Index with light sensors, dendrometers, air temperature and humidity and soil moisture.- Performing ecophysiological measurements of gas exchange, sap flow and leaf water potential.- Modelling canopy stomatal conductance using an energy balance approach and remote sensing thermal images.

Develope a soil respiration and decomposition model for Arctic tundra and Birch woodlands to link with the process-based model SPA. Understand vegetation-soil interaction and the “fate” of carbon during the transition from organic to mineral soils as well as the “fate” of the longer term carbon stored in peats. Understand the impact of climate warming and fire on carbon and methane emission, permafrost and peat expansion. Understand the impact of microbial priming on soil respiration. Understanding soil respiration processes and separating from below-ground autotrophic respiration.

Develop the tree carbon capture module integrated in a carbon calculator tool for estimating the payback time by wind farms (as a member of an interdisciplinary team for a project funded by the Scottish Government, Rural and Environmental Research and Analysis Directorate, sub-contracted by the University of Aberdeen. Tender Ref: CR/2010/05)

- Setting up and maintaining soil decomposition experiments to investigate the differences with soil type, part of the ForestClim Intereg project.- Applying the process-based model 3-PGN to look at the impact of silviculture on the carbon balance of plantation forestry under current climate and future climate change scenarios, part of the ForestClim Intereg and MOTIVE FP7 project.- Adapting the hybrid process-based model 3-PGN for a site classification of main species.- Modelling the spatial distribution of carbon fluxes across Scotland using the 3-PGN model and remote sensing data. - Calibration of empirical (ESC) and process-based models (3-PGN) using Bayesian inference and MCMC.- Modelling of uneven-aged stands using eco-physiological principles.- Development of a knowledge-based model for Ecological Site Classification system as a spatial tool for forest management under climate change for the republic of Ireland.

- GIS technical support for a report produced for Forestry Commission Scotland on impacts and adaptation to climate change of Scottish forestry.- Compilation of an ecological knowledge base on soil drought using Microsoft Access and ESRI ArcGIS software.- Running Ecological Site Classification knowledge-based model under climate change scenario and produce results on future species suitability.- Advanced spatial analyses techniques on both vector and raster data formats.

Conducting interview and collection of experimental data for analysis. Post included data handling and presentation.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Involved in several projects, including a stem analysis for developing site index curves, data handling for forest management plan and mapping ecological types.

Ph.D., Eco-Physiological Modelling

Activities and Societies: Ecosystem modelling, process-based, MCMC, Bayesian calibration, GIS, 3-PGN, ecophysiologyThesis topic.

M.Sc. Resource Management, Environmental Management

Activities and Societies: Forest yield modelling, GISThesis topic: "Growth Simulation Modelling: an object-oriented integration of growth.

B.Sc. Forestry, Forestry/Ecology, 7.8 Out Of 10

Activities and Societies: Forest ecology, Forest management, mathematics, tree physiology, animal ecology, soil science, dendrometryThesis.