Zotou Ioanna

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Zotou Ioanna

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  • PhD in Water Resources Engineering (NTUA)
    School of Rural Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development, Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management (Dec 2017–Jul 2025).

PhD Dissertation title: “Flood Flow Simulation Integrating Remote Sensing Techniques”

  • MSc in Water Resources Science and Technology (NTUA)
    Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programme, National Technical University of Athens
    Specialization: Hydrology and Environmental Water Resources Management (Nov 2017)

Final Grade: 8.75 / 10 (Very Good).

Master’s Thesis: Comparative assessment of seven water quality indices (WQIs) based on measurements from surface water systems in Greece
Thesis Grade: 10 / 10.

  • Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering (NTUA)

School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development,

Laboratory of Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management (Jul 2015)

Final Grade: 7.10 / 10 (Very Good).

Diploma Thesis: Assessment of the Water Footprint of Crops in the area of Mesogeia (Greece)
Thesis Grade: 10 / 10.

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Dr Ioanna Zotou holds a Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering – Geoinformatics Engineering (Integr. Master’s degree, 5-year programme) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (2015) and a Master’s degree from the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programme of NTUA (2017) entitled “Water Resources Science and Technology” (specialization: Hydrology and Environmental Water Resources Management). In 2025, she completed her PhD thesis entitled “Flood Flow Simulation Integrating Remote Sensing Techniques”, carried out at the Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development of the School of Rural Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, NTUA. She holds a professional license as a Rural and Surveying Engineer in Greece and is a registered member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).

During the period 2020–2023, she worked as a research associate in projects conducted by the Laboratory of Land Reclamation Works and Water Resources Management of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, NTUA, with a primary focus on the development of hydrological and hydraulic models. She serves as a reviewer for international peer-reviewed scientific journals, has provided teaching assistance in two undergraduate courses of the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, and has co-supervised numerous undergraduate diploma theses (2018–2025).

Since March 2023, she has been employed as a research associate at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, where her main responsibilities include the implementation of hydraulic and hydrological simulations for the assessment and documentation of hydromorphological alterations in rivers.

Her main research interests include Hydrology, flood modelling, flood hydrodynamics & uncertainty evaluation, integrated water resources management, GIS applications, and integration of satellite remote sensing data in hydraulic modelling.

She has contributed to 15 articles published in high-impact international scientific journals (8 as first author) and to seven papers in international and national conferences on topics related to water resources management, hydrology and hydraulics, flood modelling, satellite remote sensing, water quality, and the application of nature-based solutions. According to Google Scholar, she has received 436 citations (h-index: 9), while according to Scopus she has received 264 citations (h-index: 7) (as of 03/02/2026).

In 2018, she was awarded the “OIKOPOLIS” Environmental Awareness Award by the non-profit organization ECOCITY for her MSc thesis entitled “Comparative assessment of seven water quality indices (WQIs) based on measurements from surface water systems in Greece”. In 2025, she received the Praxitelis Argyropoulos Award from the Academy of Athens, for the authorship of an original theoretical or laboratory study in the fields of Hydraulics or Hydrology, for the paper entitled “Assessment of the predictive performance of 1D/2D, fully 2D and coarse-resolution 2D HEC-RAS models by integrating different evaluation metrics and SAR-derived flood boundary information”.

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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals:

  • Matiatos, I., Dimitriou, E., Papadopoulos, A., Lazogiannis, K., Skoulikidis, N. T., Karaouzas, I., Vardakas, L., Lagogiannis, S., Zotou, I., Paraskevopoulou, V. Boeckx, P. (2025). Dual use of isotopic and environmental proxy approaches to trace nitrate sources and biogeochemical pathways in an agro-industrially influenced river basin. Science of the Total Environment, 1005, 180863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180863
  • Kourtis, I. M., Perdikaki, M., Zacharakis, I., Zotou, I., Vangelis, H., Kallioras, A., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2025). An online tool and open database for curve number (CN) data retrieval in Europe used for estimating runoff from precipitation events. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84(21), 650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-025-12637-y
  • Zotou, I., Bellos, V., Tsihrintzis, V. A. (2025). Calibration framework for complex 2D hydrodynamic models: Use of satellite-derived flood extent and water depth data, and evaluation with various performance metrics. Advances in Water Resources, 105066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2025.105066
  • Zotou, I., Bellos, V., Tsihrintzis, V. A. (2025). Assessment of the predictive performance of 1D/2D, fully 2D and coarse-resolution 2D HEC-RAS models by integrating different evaluation metrics and SAR-derived flood boundary information. International Journal of River Basin Management, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2025.2490293
  • Matiatos, I., Papadopoulos, A., Harjung, A., Vystavna, Y., Lazogiannis, K., Rossi, P. M., Heiderscheidt, E., Mentzafou, A., Zotou, I., Dimitriou, E. (2025). Water dynamics and evaporation losses to inflows into transboundary Mediterranean lakes – the case of Prespa Lakes. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 70(4), 611–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2446279
  • Dimitriou, Ε., Efstratiadis, Α., Zotou, Ι., Papadopoulos, Α., Iliopoulou, Τ., Sakki, G.K., Mazi, K., Rozos, E., Koukouvinos, A., Koussis, A.D., Mamassis, N., Koutsoyiannis, D. (2024).  Post-analysis of Daniel extreme flood event in Thessaly, Central Greece: Practical lessons and the value of state-of-the-art water-monitoring networks. Water, 16(7), 980. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16070980
  • Pavlidis, G., Zotou, I., Karasali, H., Marousopoulou, A., Bariamis, G., Nalbantis, I., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2022). Experiments on Pilot-Scale Constructed Floating Wetlands Efficiency in Removing Agrochemicals, Toxics, 10(12), 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10120790
  • Zotou, I., Karamvasis, K., Karathanassi, V., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2022). Potential of Two SAR-Based Flood Mapping Approaches in Supporting an Integrated 1D/2D HEC-RAS Model, Water, 14(24), 4020. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14244020
  • Vangelis, H., Zotou, I., Kourtis, I.M., Bellos, V., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2022). Relationship of Rainfall and Flood Return Periods through Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling. Water, 14(22), 3618. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223618
  • Pavlidis, G., Zotou, I., Karasali, H., Marousopoulou, A., Bariamis, G., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Nalbantis, I. (2021). Performance of Pilot-scale Constructed Floating Wetlands in the Removal of Nutrients and Pesticides, Water Resources Management, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-03033-9
  • Zotou, I., Bellos, V., Gkouma, A., Karathanassi, V., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2020). Using Sentinel-1 Imagery to Assess Predictive Performance of a Hydraulic Model, Water Resources Management, 34(14), 4415-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02592-7
  • Zotou, I., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Gikas, G.D. (2020). Water quality evaluation of a lacustrine water body in the Mediterranean based on different water quality index (WQI) methodologies, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 55(5), 537-548. https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529.2019.1710956
  • Zotou, I., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Gikas, G.D. (2019). Performance of Seven Water Quality Indices (WQIs) in a Mediterranean River, Environmental Μonitoring and Αssessment, 191(8), 505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7652-4
  • Zotou, I., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Gikas, G.D. (2018). Comparative Assessment of Various Water Quality Indices (WQIs) in Polyphytos Reservoir-Aliakmon River, Greece, Proceedings MDPI, 2(11), 611. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2110611
  • Zotou I., Tsihrintzis V.A. (2017). The Water Footprint of Crops in the Area of Mesogeia, Attiki, Greece, Environmental Processes, 4(1): 63-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-017-0260-9

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:

  • Kourtis, I.M., Perdikaki, M., Zotou, I., Vangelis, H., Kallioras, A., Tsihrintzis, V.A. CN-panEU: Development of a pan-European Curve Number (CN) dataset, In Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment (EWRA 2023) “Managing Water-Energy-Land-Food under Climatic, Environmental and Social Instability”, 27 June – 1 July 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Kourtis, I.M., Bellos, V., Zotou, I., Vangelis, H., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2022). Point-to-pixel comparison of a satellite and a gauge -based Intensity-Duration- Frequency (IDF) curve: The case of Karditsa, Greece, In Proceedings of the 7th IAHR Europe Congress, 7– 9 September 2022, Athens, Greece
  • Zotou, I., Karamvasis, K., Karathanassi, V., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2022). Investigating the sensitivity of a coupled 1D/2D HEC-RAS model in the variation of different parameters exploiting Sentinel-1-derived flood map, In Proceedings of the 7th IAHR Europe Congress, 7– 9 September 2022, Athens, Greece
  • Pavlidis, G., Zotou, I., Karasali, H., Marousopoulou, A., Bariamis, G., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Nalbantis, I. (2021). Evaluation of the efficiency of constructed floating wetlands in the removal of agrochemicals, In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2021) and SECOTOX Conference, 20-24 July 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Gkouma, A., Zotou, I., Bellos, V., Karathanassi, V., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2019). Evaluating the performance of a hydrodynamic model using SAR images, In Proceedings of 11th World Congress of EWRA “Managing Water Resources for a Sustainable Future”, 25-29 June 2019, Madrid, Spain, 425-426.
  • Zotou, I., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Gikas, G.D. (2018). Comparative Assessment of Various Water Quality Indices (WQIs) in Polyphytos Reservoir-Aliakmon River, Greece, In Proceedings of the 3rd EWaS International Conference on “Insights on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”, 27-30 June 2018, Lefkada Island, Greece.
  • Zotou, I., Alexakis, D., Tsihrintzis, V.A. (2015). Estimation of the Water Footprint of Crops in the Region of Mesogeia. In Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Conference of Hellenic Hydrotechnical Association (HHA)-Greek Committee for Water Resources Management (EEDYP)-Hellenic Water Association (HWA) “Integrated Water Resources Management in the New Era”, 10–12 December, Athens, NTUA, pp. 843–856 (in Greek).
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