Dr Z. S. Nivolianitou works as a senior researcher in the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) “DEMOKRITOS”. She is a chartered Chemical engineer, with further consolidated knowledge on the Risk and Safety Analysis of Chemical Plants. This comprises both the assessment and management of risks from technological systems together with the simulation of natural phenomena that result from an accident. She has an over 30 year experience in the area of industrial safety (mainly chemical plants) acquired at the JRC-ISPRA, (grantee of the European Commission 1983-87, PhD and Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece) and in NCSR “Demokritos” in Greece in Risk Analysis, Safety Auditing in the process Industry, Decision Making in Land Use Planning around chemical sites, and in Decision Support and Environmental Impact Analysis. She has been among the principal investigators in many EU funded R&D projects and has has participated in several international bodies (like NATO and EU) offering expertise in the above areas. She has published more than 80 scientific publications and technical reports and has co-authored four books. Her current research activities are related to Accident Analysis and the estimation of Human Factor as a key contributor to the occurrence of major accidents together with Emergency planning in Natural Hazards and Offshore accidents.
Project «Quantitative Risk Assessment of Accidental Release of Hazardous Materials in an Oil Refinery and the Surrounding Area», funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship. Advisor NCSR “D” Institute: Dr. Zoe Nivolianitou, Mentor Motor Oil (HELLAS): Mrs Evagelia St...
The Society for Risk Analysis – China (SRA-China), and National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSRD) organised “The 7th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response” (RACR-2019) held on 15-19 October, 2019 in Athens, Greece. The conference was aiming at raising risk a...
Project « Analysis of marine information for environmentally safely shipping», funded by ESPA. Coordinator: Dr S. Perantonis (NCSR “D” Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications) Dr. Z Nivolianitou is leader for SRISL [2013-2015] The goal of the AMINESS project is to contribute in the saf...
The Association of European Operational Research Societies together with SRISL organised 79th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding in Athens, Greece (April 3-5, 2014). This was an activity of the EWG MCDA, Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding co-ordinated by Roman Słow...
A major activity for the SRIS laboratory for the year 2010 was the organisation of the International Conference ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) 2010, an annual conference series promoted by the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA). The conference dates back to 1989 and it has b...
EU FP6 funded European programme VIRTHUALIS, (2005 to 2010) aimed at the reduction of hazards in production plants and storage sites by addressing end-users’ practical safety issues, such as training of control room operators, designing of proper alarm systems, training teams to cope with emergencie...
