Dr. George P. Petropoulos (PhD, King’s College, London, UK) is an Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics in the department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece. His research focuses on the exploitation of technologically advanced EO sensors and synergistic multi-sensor EO modelling and Geographical Information Systems (GISs) for obtaining spatiotemporal estimates of key state variables. He is author/co-author of more than 130 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 40 book chapters and editor/co-editor of six books published by Elsevier and Taylor & Francis (citations: 6900, H-index: 46, h-10 index: 117 – Google Scholar, 08/04/2024). He has coordinated several projects (15+) funded by international and national organizations, and he has developed fruitful collaborations with key scientists in his area of specialization globally. His research and teaching work has received international recognition via several significant awards.