Ilias Pechlivanidis
Professor (Associate, Docent).

Ilias Pechlivanidis
Contact and CV
Publications
Role in team
- Senior researcher
- Project manager
Expertise
- Hydrological forecasting at different spatiotemporal scales.
- Seamless and Impact-based (user-tailored) forecasting.
- Communication of forecast - User engagement and understanding of user needs.
- Assimilation of Earth Observation and in-situ data in hydrological services.
- Climate services - Improved prediction of extremes.
- Process understanding of hydrological systems and modelling under uncertainty.
- Prediction in ungauged / non-stationary catchments.
- Impacts of environmental change (land use, climate and population) on water resources.
- Water resources management and societal adaptation.
Professional records
- Member - Strategic Advisory Board of Destination Earth
External link. (since June 2025) - Fellow - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
External link. (since May 2025) - Vice-Chair - World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Research Board
External link. (since June 2026)
Latest publications
Drought hazard assessment across Sweden's diverse hydro-climatic regimes
Claudia Canedo Rosso, Lars Nyberg, Ilias Pechlivanidis
The 2022 drought needs to be a turning point for European drought risk management
Riccardo Biella, Anastasiya Shyrokaya, Monica Ionita, Raffaele Vignola, Samuel J. Sutanto, Andrijana Todorovic, Claudia Teutschbein, Daniela Cid, Maria Carmen Llasat, Pedro Alencar, Alessia Matano, Elena Ridolfi, Benedetta Moccia, Ilias Pechlivanidis, Anne van Loon, Doris E. Wendt, Elin Stenfors, Fabio Russo, Jean-Philippe Vidal, Lucy Barker, Mariana Madruga de Brito, Marleen Lam, Monika Blahova, Patricia Trambauer, Raed Hamed, Scott J. McGrane, Serena Ceola, Sigrid J. Bakke, Svitlana Krakovska, Viorica Nagavciuc, Faranak Tootoonchi, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Sandra Hauswirth, Shreedhar Maskey, Svitlana Zubkovych, Marthe Wens, Lena M. Tallaksen
Skill-informed seamless communication of European S2S hydrological forecasts
Ilias Pechlivanidis, Louise Crochemore
