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Andreas Kazantzidis

Andreas Kazantzidis
Title:   Assistant Professor 
Sector:   The Applied Physics Division 
E-mail:   akaza[_at_]upatras.gr 
Phone:   2610997549    Fax:  2610997989 
Office:  Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, 3rd floor       
Address:  Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, University of Patras, 26500, Patras, Greece   


Courses


C.V.

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES
1. BA in Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994.
2. Master Degree in Environmental and Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996.
3. Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999-2004


WORKING EXPERIENCE
1. Assistant Professor, Physics Deprtment, University of Patras, Greece (2009-...) 
2. Research scientist in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics (1994-1996, 2000-2009)
3. Meteorologist (as an weather observer) at the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (1996-1998)

MEMBERSHIP WITH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETITY
1. Member, Union of Greek Physicists
2. Member of the Master degree Environmental Physics union
3. Member of the American Geophysical Union
4. Member of the European Geophysical Union
5. Member of the European Society for Photobiology
6. Member of the COST726 action, Long term changes and climatology of UV radiation over Europe", 2004-2009.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. EC ENVIRONMENT Programme, " Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Data Management (SUVDAMA)”, (1995-1996)
2. EC ENVIRONMENT Programme, "Photochemical Activity and solar Ultraviolet Radiation (PAUR)", 1996.
3. EC ENVIRONMENT Programme, "Development of Biological Dosimetry Systems for Monitoring the Impact of Solar UVB radiation on the Biosphere and on Human Health (BIODOS)", 1996.
4. EC ENVIRONMENT Programme, "Standardization of Ultraviolet Spectroradiometry in Preparation of a European Network (SUSPEN)", 1996.
5. EC Environment and Climate Programme, “Photochemical Activity and Ultraviolet Radiation Modulation Factors (PAUR II)", 1998.
6. EC Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Program, “Actinic Flux Determination from Measurements of Irradiance (ADMIRA)”, 2000-2002.
7. “EC ENVIRONMENT A European Aerosol Research Lidar Network to Establish an Aerosol Climatology: EARLINET”, 2000-2002
8. EC Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development INSPECTRO -“Influence of clouds on the spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere”, 2002-2005.
9. EC Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Program, “European Database for UV Climatology and Evaluation (EDUCE),” 2002-2004
10. Quality Assurance of Spectral UV Measurements in Europe through the Development of a Transportable Unit, (Qasume), 2003-2006.
11. EC ENVIRONMENT Stratosphere-Climate Links With Emphasis On The UTLS (SCOUT-O3), 2005-
12. EC Sixth Framework Programme: European Aerosol Research Lidar Network - Advanced Sustainable Observation System, EARLINET-ASOS, 2006-


PARTICIPATION IN EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGNS
1. Campaign of the PAUR project, Ag. Efstratios, Greece, 6-20 June 1996.
2. Fourth European Intercomparison of Ultraviolet Spectroradiometers, 1-13 July 1997, Nea Michaniona, Greece.
3. Biodos Campaigns of biological dosimeters, 1-15 August 1996, Hungary and 15-22 July 1997, Nea Michaniona, Greece.
4. Campaign of the ADMIRA project, N. Michaniona, Greece, 1-15 August 2000
5. Inspectro Campaign, East Anglia UK August 28- September 28 2002.
6. International experiment of solar irradiance measurements during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006, Greece.
7. SCOUT-O3 ultraviolet radiation and aerosols campaign, 12-16 July 2006, Thessaloniki, Greece.
8. Measurements of solar irradiance, total ozone and aerosols for the validation of OMI instrument , September-October 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece.





Scientific Interests
Environmental Physics


Publications
  1. De Backer, H., P. Koepke, A. Bais, X. de Cabo,T. Frei, D. Gillotay, C. Haite, A. Heikkilα, A. Kazantzidis, T. Koskela, E. Kyrφ, B. Lapeta, J. Lorente, K. Masson, B. Mayer, H. Plets, A. Redondas, A. Renaud, G. Schauberger, A. Schmalwieser, H. Schwander and K. Vanicek, Comparison of measured and modelled UV indices for the assessment of health risks
    Meteorological Applications, vol. 8, 267-277, 2001
  2. A. Kazantzidis, D. S. Balis, A. F. Bais, S. Kazadzis, E. Galani, E. Kosmidis and M. Blumthaler, Comparison of model calculations with spectral UV measurements during the SUSPEN campaign: the effect of aerosols
    Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 1529-1539, 2001
  3. A.R.Webb, A.F.Bais, M.Blumthaler, G-P. Gobbi, A.Kylling, R.Schmitt, S.Thiel, F.Barnaba, T. Danielsen, W.Junkermann, A.Kazantzidis, P.Kelly, R.Kift, G.L.Liberti, M.Misslbeck, B.Schallhart, J.Schreder, and C.Topaloglou, Measuring Spectral Actinic Flux and Irradiance: Experimental Results from the Actinic Flux Determination from Measurements of Irradiance (ADMIRA) project
    ournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 19, 1049-1062, 2002
  4. A. Kylling, A. R. Webb, A. F. Bais, M. Blumthaler, R. Schmitt, S. Thiel, A. Kazantzidis, R. Kift, M. Misslbeck, B. Schallart, J. Shreder, C. Topaloglou, S. Kazadzis and J. Rimmer, Actinic flux determination from measurements of irradiance
    Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, No D16, 4506, 2003
  5. D.S. Balis, V. Amiridis, C. Zerefos, E. Gerasopoulos, M. Andreae,P. Zanis, A. Kazantzidis, S. Kazadzis and A. Papayannis, Raman lidar and sunphotometric measurements of aerosol optical properties over Thessaloniki, Greece during biomass burning episode
    Atmospheric Enviroment, vol. 37, 4529-4538, 2003
  6. S. Kazadzis, C. Topaloglou, A.F. Bais, M. Blumthaler, D. Balis, A. Kazantzidis, B. Schallhart,, Actinic flux and O1 photolysis frequencies retrieved from spectral measurements of irradiance at Thessaloniki, Greece
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 4, 2215-2226, 2004
  7. D. S. Balis, V. Amiridis, C. Zerefos, A. Kazantzidis, S. Kazadzis, A. F. Bais, C. Meleti, A. Papayannis, V. Matthias, and H. Dier, Study of the effect of different type of aerosols on UV-B radiation from measurements during EARLINET
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics., 4, 1-15, 2004
  8. A.F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, S. Kazadzis, D. Balis,C. S. Zerefos, C.Meleti, Deriving an effective aerosol single scattering albedo from spectral surface UV irradiance measurements
    Atmospheric Environment, vol. 39, 1093-1102, 2005
  9. Α. Kazantzidis, A.F. Bais, D.S. Balis, E. Kosmidis and C.S. Zerefos, Sensitivity of solar UV radiation to ozone and temperature profiles at Thessaloniki (40.5 N, 23 E), Greece
    Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, vol. 67, 1321–1330, 2005
  10. Α. Kazantzidis, A. F. Bais, J. Grobner, J. R. Herman, S. Kazadzis,1N. Krotkov, E. Kyro, P. N. den Outer, K. Garane, P. Gorts, K. Lakkala, C. Meleti, H. Slaper, R. B. Tax, T. Turunen and C. S. Zerefos, Comparison of satellite-derived UV irradiances with ground-based measurements at four European stations
    Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D13207, 2006
  11. K. Garane, A. F. Bais, S. Kazadzis, A. Kazantzidis and C. Meleti, Monitoring of UV spectral irradiance at Thessaloniki (1990–2005): data re-evaluation and quality control
    Annales Geophysicae, 24, 1-14, 2006
  12. Zerefos C.S., V. T. Gerogiannis, D. Balis, S. C. Zerefos, and A. Kazantzidis, Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 4027-4042, 2007
  13. A. Kazantzidis, A. F. Bais, C. Emde, S. Kazadzis, and C. S. Zerefos, Attenuation of global ultraviolet and visible irradiance over Greece during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 5959-5969, 2007
  14. Kazadzis S., A. Bais, M. Blumthaler, A. Webb, N. Kouremeti, R. Kift, B. Schallhart and A. Kazantzidis, Effects of total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 on surface radiation
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 5775-5783, 2007
  15. U. Feister, J. Junk, M. Woldt, A. Bais, A. Helbig, M. Janouch, W. Josefsson, A. Kazantzidis, A. Lindfors, P. N. den Outer, and H. Slaper, Long-term solar UV radiation reconstructed by ANN modelling with emphasis on spatial characteristics of input data
    tmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 3107-3118, 2008
  16. S. Kazadzis, N. Kouremeti, A.F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, Aerosol forcing efficiency in the UVA region from spectral solar irradiance measurements at an urban environment
    Annales Geophysicae, 27, 2515-2522, 2009
  17. A. Kazantzidis, A. F. Bais, M.M. Zempila, S. Kazadzis, P.N. den Outer, T. Koskela and H. Slaper, Calculations of the human vitamin D exposure from UV spectral measurements at three European stations
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 8, 45-51, 2009
  18. K. Tourpali, A. F. Bais, A. Kazantzidis, C. S. Zerefos, H. Akiyoshi, J. Austin, C. Bruhl, N. Butchart, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, M. Deushi, V. Eyring, M. A. Giorgetta, D. E. Kinnison, E. Mancini, D. R. Marsh, T. Nagashima, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, K. Shibata, and W. Tian, Clear sky UV simulations in the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics., 9, 1165-1172, 2009
  19. A. Kazantzidis, A. F. Bais, M.M. Zempila, C. Meleti, K. Eleftheratos, C.S. Zerefos, Evaluation of ozone column measurements over Greece with NILU-UV multi-channel radiometers
    International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30, 4273-4281, 2009
  20. S. Kazadzis, A.F. Bais, D. Balis, N. Kouremeti, M.M. Zempila, A. Arola, E. Giannakaki, V. Amiridis, A. Kazantzidis, Spatial and temporal UV irradiance and aerosol variability within the area of an OMI satellite pixel
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 4593-4601, 2009
  21. den Outer, P. N., Slaper, H., Kaurola, J., Lindfors, A., Kazantzidis, A., Bais, A. F., Feister, U., Junk, J., Janouch, M., Josefsson, W., Reconstructing of erythemal radiation levels in Europe for the last 4 decades
    Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D10102, 2010
  22. A. Kazantzidis, K. Tourpali, A. F. Bais, Variability of cloud-free ultraviolet dose rates on global scale due to modeled scenarios of future ozone recovery
    Photochemistry and Photobiology, 86(1), 117-122, 2010
  23. A. Kazantzidis, K. Eleftheratos, C.S. Zerefos, Effects of cirrus cloudiness on solar irradiance in four spectral bands
    Atmospheric Research, 102, 452–459, 2011
  24. A. F. Bais, K. Tourpali, A. Kazantzidis, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, P. Braesicke, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, V. Eyring, H. Garny, D. Iachetti, P. Jöckel, A. Kubin, U. Langematz, E. Mancini, M. Michou, O. Morgenstern, T. Nakamura, P. A. Newman, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, E. Rozanov, T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, W. Tian, and Y. Yamashita, Projections of UV radiation changes in the 21st century: impact of ozone recovery and cloud effects
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 7533–7545, 2011



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