Paschalis Koutalakis is currently a PhD student in the Department of Marine Sciences at the Aegean University, Greece. He hold a Bachelor degree in Geology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece (2011) and a MSc. in Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean (2014) from the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece. He has work experience as a geologist in various workplaces including his own office as a freelance geologist but also in other companies, Public Authorities and Universities/Institutions. His research interests are focused on natural disaster management; floods; water resources management; hydrologic and hydrogeologic modeling; remote sensing and GIS applications, UAVs on water resources and geomorphological mapping. Finally, he is a member of Geotechnical Chamber in Greece, Forum of Young Researchers of Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams (SMIRES) and UNESCO Chair Con-E-Ect (International Hellenic University, Drama, Greece).