Dr. Aristides Moustakas

Aristides Moustakas was a senior assistant professor in Data Analytics at the Institute for Applied Data Analytics at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, Borneo, one of the highest-ranked young universities on Earth; earlier, he was a lecturer for predictive modelling at the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He has contributed to the publishing of over 45 journal papers and publications in journals such as Nature Communications. His research was featured by BBC, BBC4, The Guardian, BBC Countryfile, The Ecologist, and Motherboard, as well as Greek, German, and French media. In addition, his research had a substantial impact resulting in, among others, an invitation to brief the British Parliament on data analytics regarding bovine tuberculosis, followed by the Freedom of Information Act submitted by MPs and members of the House of Lords. He has published research on renewable wind energy spatial planning, which was also discussed in the Greek Parliament and ultimately resulted in Greek legislation regarding renewable energy planning and canceling renewable energy resources licenses in several non-fragmented mountainous areas being changed. He is serving as a contracted expert and final decision panelist of the Horizon 2020 research grants of the European Commission in 2020, 2021, and 2022. In 2022, he served as a contracted expert and panelist of research funding in agriculture and environment of the Romanian government.