Panagiotis is a water resources engineer with 15 years of research experience in water resources management. His research interests include extreme hydroclimatic hazards (droughts and floods), climate change impacts on coupled natural and human systems, hydroinformatics (big data, models, DSS, and GIS), integrated water resource management, and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.
Research Assistant Professor
Publications
Recent Publications:
• Feng Q, Chen L, Yang L, Yen H, Wang R, Wu F, Feng Y, Raj C, Engel BA, Omani N, Oikonomou PD, Zia A (2023) A distributed model parameter optimization toolbox performing multisite calibration in the lump and distributed mode for the SWAT model. Environmental Modelling & Software 168:105785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105785
• Hecht JS, Zia A, Clemins PJ, Schroth AW, Winter JM, Oikonomou PD, Rizzo DM (2022) Modeling the sensitivity of cyanobacteria blooms to plausible changes in precipitation and air temperature variability. Science of The Total Environment 812:151586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151586
• Oikonomou PD, Sidhu R, Wible T, Morrison RR (2021) R2Cross: A Web-Based Decision Support Tool for Instream Flows. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 57(4):652–660. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12939
• Oikonomou PD, Karavitis CA, Tsesmelis DE, Kolokytha E, Maia R (2020) Drought Characteristics Assessment in Europe over the Past 50 Years. Water Resour Manage 34(15):4757–4772. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02688-0
• Karavitis CA, Tsesmelis DE, Oikonomou PD, Kairis O, Kosmas C, Fassouli V, Ritsema C, Hessel R, Jetten V, Moustakas N, Todorovic B, Skondras NA, Vasilakou CG, Alexandris S, Kolokytha E, Stamatakos DV, Stricevic R, Chatzigeorgiadis E, Brandt J, Geeson N, Quaranta G (2020) A desertification risk assessment decision support tool (DRAST). CATENA 187:104413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104413
• Abdulrazzak MJ, Oikonomou PD, Grigg NS (2020) Transboundary Groundwater Cooperation among Countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 146(1):05019023. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001140
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
• Water Resources
• Extreme Hydroclimatic Events
• Hydroinformatics
• Climate Change Impacts
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
- M.Sc., Environmental Policy and Management, University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece
- B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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