VRATOLIS
STERGIOS


Technical Scientific Personnel, Chemical Engineer

VRATOLIS STERGIOS

Education
2019: He completed his Ph.D., which was conducted at the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Title of Ph.D. Thesis: “Optical, microphysical, and physico-chemical properties of aerosols using in situ and remote sensing measurements in Athens Metropolitan and the Eastern Mediterranean Area”.

2001: Dipl. Chemical Engineer, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Title of Thesis: “Chemical and toxic evaluation of wet and dry deposition samples from urban and industrial areas”.

Main activities and responsibilities

a. Design and function of experimental measurement systems for the size distribution and physical properties of aerosols at the IPTA-NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” in Athens, Greece. Responsible for the function and database of the Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory station in Athens, Greece.

b. Determination of air mass circulation patterns.

c. Identification of potential geographic source areas for various pollutants.

d. Development of pollution abatements strategies.

e. Aerosol instrument measurements reporting to ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure network) database.

f. Combining chemical and physical properties of aerosols in order to estimate their impact on climate and human health.

 

 

Selected Publications

Vratolis, S., Fetfatzis, P., Argyrouli, A., Soupiona, O., Mylonaki, M., Maroufidis, J., Kalogridis, A.-C., Manousakas, M., Bezantakos, S., Binietoglou, I., Labzovskii, L.D., Solomos, S., Papayannis, A., Močnik, G., O’ Connor, E., Müller, D., Tzanis, C.G. and Eleftheriadis, K., Comparison and complementary use of in situ and remote sensing aerosol measurements in the Athens Metropolitan Area Atmospheric Environment, Volume 228, 2020 [doi]
Vratolis, S., Gini, M.I., Bezantakos, S., Stavroulas, I., Kalivitis, N., Kostenidou, E., Louvaris, E., Siakavaras, D., Biskos, G., Mihalopoulos, N., Pandis, S.N., Pilinis, C., Papayannis, A. and Eleftheriadis, K., Particle number size distribution statistics at City-Centre Urban Background, urban background, and remote stations in Greece during summer Atmospheric Environment, Volume 213, Pages: 711-726, 2019 [doi]
Vratolis, S., Fetfatzis, P., Argyrouli, A., Papayannis, A., MΓΌller, D., Veselovskii, I., Bougiatioti, A., Nenes, A., Remoundaki, E., Diapouli, E., Manousakas, M., Mylonaki, M. and Eleftheriadis, K., A new method to retrieve the real part of the equivalent refractive index of atmospheric aerosols Journal of Aerosol Science, Volume 117, Pages: 54-62, 2018 [doi]
Schmeisser, L., Backman, J., Ogren, J.A., Andrews, E., Asmi, E., Starkweather, S., Uttal, T., Fiebig, M., Sharma, S., Eleftheriadis, K., Vratolis, S., Bergin, M., Tunved, P. and Jefferson, A., Seasonality of aerosol optical properties in the Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Volume 18, Pages: 11599-11622, 2018 [doi]
Eleftheriadis, K., Vratolis, S. and Nyeki, S., Aerosol black carbon in the European Arctic: Measurements at Zeppelin station, Ny-Γ…lesund, Svalbard from 1998-2007 Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, 2009 [doi]
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