Dr. Dimitris Akritidis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Meteorology and Climatology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
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News | 10-09-2025 Our recent article has received attention both within the scientific community and in the broader public.
A feature article was published on Climatebook, presenting the scientific background and main findings of our work.
In addition, Kathimerini newspaper covered our study for a broader audience, highlighting also its societal implications.
News | 21-07-2025 Excited to share our new publication in Science of the Total Environment, carried out within the framework of the Greek research program CLIMPACT. We assess the future health burden of air pollution in Greece under different SSP climate change and demographic scenarios, highlighting the importance of the individual drivers (population growth, ageing, air pollution). Read the paper here.
About
About
I was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and since my early high school days I remember myself being fascinated by the cause-and-effect relationships governing the physical world. Thus, I studied Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece, where I received my BSc degree in 2003. Upon completion of my national service, where I served as a meteorological observer, I obtained my MSc degree in Meteorology, Climatology & Atmospheric Environment (AUTh) in 2008. In 2014 I completed my PhD (AUTh) under the supervision of Prof. Prodromos Zanis studying the background air pollution over Europe using regional climate and chemical-transport models. Afterwards, I joined the Atmospheric Chemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, as a postdoctoral fellow. Since 2016 I am working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Meteorology and Climatology, participating in several national and international research projects, as well as carrying out my personal research. Moreover, I served as a contributing author of the IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group I (WGI) Sixth Assessment Report (Chapter 6). Since 2022, I have been collaborating with the Atmospheric Chemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, working with Dr. Andrea Pozzer on the effects of air pollution and climate change on human health.
Scientific Interests
Scientific Interests
Tropospheric ozone
Air quality
Stratosphere-troposphere exchange
Climate change
Air pollution and climate health impacts
Chemistry-climate interactions
Aerosols
Machine learning & deep learning
Skills & Tools
Skills & Tools
Python, Ferret, IDL, R, GrADS
shell scripting
MS Office, LaTeX
Flexpart, CAMx, WRF
Education
Education
BSc in Physics
Department of Physics, AUTh, 2003
MSc in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Environment
Department of Meteorology & Climatology, AUTh, 2008
PhD in Atmospheric Modeling
Department of Meteorology & Climatology, AUTh, 2014
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