Professor Haralambos Feidas
Haralambos Feidas was born in 1968 in central Greece (Volos), where he graduated from high school in 1985. He received a degree in Physics (1991) and then obtained a Master’s Degree in Meteorology (1993) and a Doctorate in Satellite Meteorology (1999), from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
From 2008 he served as an Assistant Professor, from 2013 as an Associate Professor and from 2017 as a Professor at the Department of Geology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in the field of Meteorology with an emphasis on Satellite Meteorology and Climatology.
He has worked as a research associate at the School of Physics of the University of Athens (1996-1999) and at the National Observatory of Athens (1999-2000). From 2000 to 2008 he served as Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the School of Geography of the University of the Aegean in the field of Physical Geography-Climatology.
His research interests focus on applications of satellite remote sensing for environmental research with an emphasis on atmosphere, weather and climate, regional climate changes, climate services and applied climatology. He has published 47 papers in scientific journals, 11 book chapters and 47 papers in conference proceedings. He participated in a large number of European and national research programs in 14 of which as a scientific manager. He teaches courses in Meteorology and Climatology in three departments of AUTh and in two master’s degree programs.
He has published articles and given many interviews on higher education and scientific topics related to weather and climate.
He is Rector of A.U.Th. (2024-present), while he served as Vice-Rector of Finance, Planning and Development of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2019-2023), President (2017-19) and Deputy President of the School of Geology (2015-17), Director of the Meteorology and Climatology Department (2016-17) and Director of the master’s degree program “Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Environment” (2013- 16).
He was also President (2015-19) and Treasurer (2013-15) of the Board of Directors of the Association of Teaching and Research Staff of AUTh (ESDEP) as well as Secretary (2017-19) and member of the Executive Secretariat of Panhellenic Federation of Associations of Teaching and Research Staff (POSDEP) (2013-19).
He is married and has three children.