Panos Panagos is the project leader of AGSOL (Healthy soils for an environment and climate-friendly food system). Panos has a PhD in soil erosion modeling from the University of Basel, and a Master's in Business Administration from Patras University, and an Information Technology degree from Athens University of Economics & Business. Panos leads the European and Global soil erosion assessments and contributes to modeling assessments of soil organic carbon, diffuse pollution, and nutrients in soil. He has more than 160 publications in peer-review journals, and he has been awarded the Web Of Science highly cited award in 2019, 2020, and 2021. He is currently coordinating the Working Group on “Soil erosion in relation to land degradation, climate change & food security” at the European Soil Observatory.