Integrated Climate Resilience Strategies: Monitoring Citrus Orchards and Mapping Water Resource Vulnerabilities in Cyprus

Lecture 1: Mapping of feasible regions for managed aquifer recharge and flood susceptibility in the Republic of Cyprus 

The presentation will focus on mapping a) feasible regions for managed aquifer recharge and b) flood susceptibility in the Republic of Cyprus. The role of key national stakeholders will be highlighted for the compilation of the results, whereas a brief description of the overall methodology will be provided. Main conclusions and recommendations will also be provided. 

Lecturer profile:
Dr. Constantinos Panagiotou (male) leads the sector of disaster risk reduction of water hazards in ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence. H received the B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR (2009), and the Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from the University of Cyprus, CY (2016). He has participated in 12 funded projects (national and international), being PI in one Horizon 2020 (PRIMA) project, called AGREEMAR, Project Manager in a WaterJPI project (SMART-CONTROL). He is the coleader of the working group in the International Association of Hydrologists with title “Feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)”. He has (co)authored 45 journal/conference publications (22 as first author), and has received personal grants from distinguished organizations (i.e., CTR-NASA Summer program, Fullbright). His research interests focus on the application of multivariate statistical methods in decision-making approaches to optimize water resources management: Keywords: water resources, risk management, geostatistics, machine learning, copulas, uncertainty analysis, quantitative microbial risk assessment.

Lecture 2: Monitoring the impact of agrometeorological factors on irrigated citrus orchards, during a drought period

This study focuses on an irrigated citrus orchard, located in the Fasouri region (Limassol, Cyprus). Its primary objective is to investigate how various meteorological and soil parameters influence tree sap velocities, using continuous data obtained from in-field sensors during the period from 01/02/2025 to 31/07/2025. The main findings will be presented and  interpreted , in the context of climate change.

Lecturer: 
Dr Marinos Eliades joined the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE) team as a researcher in the Environment and Climate Department, in August 2022. He holds a PhD in Energy, Environment, and Atmospheric Sciences. His primary research focuses on monitoring environmental, agrometeorological, and ecohydrological processes in both forested and agricultural landscapes. Through active participation in national and European-funded projects (FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe, PRIMA, ESA-PECS, and RIF), along with a solid publication record (26 journals) and extensive research activity (field experiments and monitoring, sensor configuration and installation), he has developed expertise in forest hydrology, agricultural water management and evapotranspiration processes. Marinos co-led the conceptual development of PRECiRRi (https://precirri.ngrok.app/) and its precursor, the AgriNexus Hub.

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