Alexander Kolovos

UNC BMElab Visiting Scholar, 08/30/2011 - 08/29/2013
14 Rosenau Hall 
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431
email: alexander_kolovos@unc.edu

Alexander Kolovos, Ph.D.

Research Developer Scientist

SpaceTimeWorks, LLC ◆ 255 G St #105, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

Phone: +1-619-559-2497 Fax: +1-619-342-7164

e-mail: alexander.kolovos@spacetimeworks.com

 

Education

• Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.
  Dissertation title: Computational Investigations of the BME Mapping Approach and Incorporation of Physical Knowledge Bases.
  Research adviser: Prof. George Christakos
• Master of Science in Environmental Physics, University of Athens (UOA), Hellas, 1997.
• Diploma in Physics, University of Crete (UCH), Hellas, 1995.

Research Activities

• Multi-disciplinary integration theories in uncertain environments (coupled human and natural systems, conceptual blending and knowledge synthesis techniques)
• Computational modelling of natural systems
• Decision analysis and risk assessment
• Atmospheric pollution monitoring and control
• Environmental health and human exposure assessment
• Modern geostatistics and spatiotemporal statistics
• Advanced stochastic PDE techniques (diagrammatic, space transformation, and differential geometry techniques)
• Spatiotemporal epidemiology
• Toxicokinetics models
• Fluid dynamics
• Flow and transport processes in subsurface systems

Research Associates

• George Christakos
• Marc L. Serre
• Dionissios T. Hristopulos

Professional Experience

• Research Associate (2001-2003) and Research Assistant (1997-2001) with the Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) group at the CISE - Center for the Integrated Study of the Environment (former CASE - Center for the Advanced Study of the Environment).
• Research Fellow at the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) in the Environment Research Laboratory (ERL) group, Oct. 1992 - Oct. 1995, and July - Aug. 1996.

Refereed Publications

• Kolovos, A., G. Christakos, D. T. Hristopulos, and M. L. Serre, Methods for Generating Non-separable Spatiotemporal Covariance Models With Potential Environmental Applications, Adv. in Water Res., in press, (2004).
• Christakos, G., A. Kolovos, M. L. Serre and F. Vukovich, Total Ozone Mapping by Integrating Data Bases From Remote Sensing Instruments and Empirical Models, IEEE Trans. on Geosc. and Rem. Sensing, 42[5] (2004), pp. 991-1008.
• Serre M. L., A. Kolovos, G. Christakos, and K. Modis, An application of the holistochastic human exposure methodology to naturally occurring Arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water, Risk Analysis, 23[3] (2003), pp. 515-528.
• Kolovos A., G. Christakos, M. L. Serre, and C. T. Miller, Computational BME Solution of a Stochastic Advection-Reaction Equation in the Light of Site-specific Information, Water Resour. Res., 38[12] (2002), pp. 1318-1334.
• Christakos G., D. T. Hristopoulos, and A. Kolovos, Stochastic flowpath analysis of multiphase flow in random porous media, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 60[5] (2000), pp. 1520-1542.
• Christakos G., and A. Kolovos, A study of the spatiotemporal health impacts of the ozone exposure, J. Exposure Anal. and Env. Epidemiol., 9 (1999), pp. 322-335.
• Croke B., N. Cleridou, A. Kolovos, I. Vardavas, and J. Papamastorakis, Water resources in the desertification threatened Messara Valley of Crete: estimation of the annual water budget with a rainfall-runoff model, J. Env. Model. and Softw., 15[4] (2000), pp. 387-402.

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Reports / Proceedings Publications

• Kolovos, A., D. T. Hristopulos, G. Christakos, and M. L. Serre, Spatiotemporal Covariance Functions From Physical Models. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 7-9, 2004.
• Modis, K., Sofianos A., and A. Kolovos, Bayesian Maximum Entropy Solution of the Stochastic Axisymmetric Displacements Problem Around an Excavation, in Light of Site-Specific Information. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 7-9, 2004.
• Kolovos, A., G. Christakos and M. L. Serre, Visual Representations of Non-separable Spatiotemporal Covariance Models, CASE News, 2[1], Fall 2003.
• Christakos, G., A. Kolovos, M. L. Serre, and F. M. Vukovich, Generating High Spatial Resolution Analyses of SBUV Stratospheric Ozone for Calculating the Tropospheric Ozone Residual (TOR). Proceedings of the IEEE/IGARRS 2003, Toulouse, France, July 21-25, (2003).
• Christakos, G., A. Kolovos, A. Chandra, M. L. Serre, and F. Vukovich, Global mapping of Ozone distribution using soft information and data from TOMS and SBUV instruments on the Nimbus 7 satellite, submitted to proceedings of geoENV IV - Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, Barcelona, Spain, November 27-29, (2002).

Presentations

2004

Kolovos, A., D. T. Hristopulos, G. Christakos, and M. L. Serre, "Spatiotemporal Covariance Functions From Physical Models". 1st International Conference on the Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 7-9, 2004.

Christakos, G., M.L. Serre, A. Kolovos, D.T. Hristopulos, "New Classes of Non-Separable Spatiotemporal Covariance Models" (poster), Computational Methods in Water Resources 2004 International Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA, June 13 - 17, 2004.

2003

Kolovos, A., G. Christakos, M. L. Serre, and D. T. Hristopulos, "Visual Representations Of Non-Separable Spatiotemporal Covariance Models" (poster), American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8-12, 2003.

Kolovos, A., M. L. Serre, G. Christakos, and K. Modis, "Introduction to the Holistochastic Human Exposure Methodology: An example with Drinking Water Arsenic Contamination" (poster), 6th Annual NIEHS/NTA Biomedical Science and Career Fair, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, April 25, 2003.

2002

Kolovos, A., "New Techniques for Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Atmospheric Total Ozone Mapping using Remote-Sensing Data and the BME Method", Department of Mineral Resources Engineering Guest Lecture, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece, October 15, 2002.

Kolovos, A., G. Christakos, M. L. Serre and F. Vukovich, "Global Ozone Mapping: A Rigorous Approach Using Tropopause Height Pressure and Satellite Instrumentation Data", Environmental Sciences and Engineering In-house Seminar Series, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 4, 2002.

2001

Kolovos, A., M. L. Serre and G. Christakos, "Spatial Mapping of Arsenic in the Groundwater and Associated Population Health Effects" (poster), Superfund Basic Research Program Annual Meeting , University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, December 10-12, 2001.

Kolovos, A., M. L. Serre and G. Christakos. "Spatial mapping of arsenic in groundwater and associated population health effects.", Superfund Annual Research Symposium, November 5, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001.

Kolovos, A., G. Christakos, and M. L. Serre. "BME mapping of pollutants governed by advection-reaction.", Superfund Annual Research Symposium, November 5, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001.

2000

Kolovos, A.,  G. Christakos and M. L. Serre, "Incorporation of Physical Laws and Other Forms of Knowledge in Spatiotemporal Prediction of Hydrologic Processes" (poster), American Geophysical Union 2000 Fall Meeting , San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2000.

Kolovos A., G. Christakos and M.L. Serre, "Investigations on the numerical implementation of physical laws incorporation in the BME framework" (poster), Superfund Basic Research Program Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, December 12-14, 2000.