Prof. Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis

Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis is the Vice Rector at the Cyprus University of Technology and Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics. He is also the Head of the Remote Sensing and the Geo-Environment Lab. He has authored more than 300 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, chapters in books and technical reports. His research group is the biggest group at the Cyprus University of Technology consisting 25 active researchers. Since his appointment at the Cyprus University of Technology (2007), he participated in more than 40 research projects with funding sources from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, FP6, FP7, Eureka, Life +, MED, Horizon 20020, EC regional funds, national funds and industry. Diofantos has been a coordinator of more than 15 research projects. He is a member of the ‘Advisory Committee’, which deals with national space issues under the umbrella of the Ministry of Communications and Works in Cyprus, for preparing the Cyprus join to European Space Agency as a full member.