Dr Christos Makris is a Civil Engineer with expertise in Hydraulic & Environmental Engineering, MSc in Coastal Engineering & Management, PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics for Wave Modelling and Coastal Processes. He is an Assistant Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics for Hydraulic Engineering. He has also worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the field of climate change impacts on the Mediterranean coastal zone and has been involved in 20 Greek- and EU-funded research projects since 2006. Currently, he also works as a Research Associate at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). His research work focuses on a) numerical modelling of coastal flooding due to storm surges and coastal inundation due to sea level rise, b) numerical modelling and monitoring of hydrodynamics and seawater quality in the Mediterranean coastal areas, c) operational sea-state forecasts based on numerical modelling of waves and storm surges for navigational purposes in ports and harbours, d) modelling and management of coastal hazards under the effects of climate change. Additionally, he has taught the courses "Mathematical Modelling of Water Quality in Aquatic Ecosystems", “Numerical Modelling for Hydraulic Engineering”, and “Hydraulics of Groundwater Flows” at AUTh's School of Civil Engineering as an Academic Fellow Scholar. Moreover, he has 7 years of experience as a Teaching Assistant for the courses "Harbor Works and Port Engineering" and "Coastal Engineering" at AUTh.