
Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis is a physicist with postgraduate degrees in Artificial Intelligence, Communication Networks and Systems Security, Environmental Physics, and European Policies. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Informatics of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), specializing in Signal Processing and Information Analysis with applications in Environmental Monitoring. Since January 2022, he has also been an active member of the Student Registry of the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE), contributing to the quality assurance and accreditation of more than 26 Master’s programs across Greek universities.
Since 2024, he has been working at IAASARS of the National Observatory of Athens, focusing on the prediction of solar radiation and energy production using satellite observations and ground-based measurements. His research interests lie at the intersection of environmental physics, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and energy systems. His scientific output includes 5 peer-reviewed journal publications and 8 conference papers, with an h-index of 3.
In the spring semester of 2023, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Maryland, where he conducted part of his doctoral research and participated in the activities of NASA’s Land Cover Land Use Change Program. Previously, he worked for four years as a Research Assistant at the Information Technologies Institute of the Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), and as an External Consultant at 28Digital (formerly EIT Digital), contributing to initiatives of the EIT AI Community.
For the period 2026–2028, he serves as a Board Member of NOESIS Science Center & Technology Museum, a leading non-profit science and technology organization in Thermi (Thessaloniki) dedicated to science communication and public engagement.
He has held several leadership and governance roles, including President of DAP-NDFK Thessalonikis (2015–2016) and Executive Board Member of ONNED (2019–2021). Since 2023, he has been an elected Board Member of the Hellenic Physical Society (ΕΕΦ), currently serving his second consecutive two-year term (2023–2027).
He is proficient in English, has a solid working knowledge of German, and also speaks French and Spanish. He holds a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. Outside academia and professional activities, he enjoys strength training, birding, and hiking.
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Alexandria, Egypt
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Brussels, Belgium
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Glasgow, Scotland
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Whitelee Wind Farm, Scotland

Research Associate
Institute of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications And Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens
2024-...

Board Member
NOESIS- Thessaloniki Science Center & Technology Museum
02/2026-...
Former Positions

External Consultant
EIT Digital
03/2024-12/2025

Research Associate
Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas
05/2020-04/2023 & 08/2023-07/2024
Visiting Scholar
University of Maryland, USA
04/2023-08/2023

Member of the Student Registry
Hellenic Authority for Higher Education
2023

Weather Observer
Hellenic National Meteorological Service
2016-2017

PhD Candidate
Computer Science Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2022-

MSc, European Policies on Youth, Entrepreneurship, Education and Culture
Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia
2022-2024

MSc, Environmental Physics
Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2021-2023

MSc, Communication Networks and Systems Security
Computer Science Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2020-2022

MSc, Digital Media-Computational Intelligence
Computer Science Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2018-2020

Certificate of postgraduate education, Natural catastrophic phenomena from the point of view of climate change
Hellenic Open University
2018-2019

Bachelor's degree, Physics
Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2009-2018

Co-Founder & CEO
Let's Park
2024-...

Dr Karl Mey Scholarship
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Nov 2023

Elected Board Member
Hellenic Physical Society
2023-2027

Executive Board Member
ONNED
2019-2021

President
DAP-NDFK Thessalonikis
2015-2016

Cisco Certified Network Associate
Cisco
CSCO14141942

UAV Pilot Certificate (A1&A3-A2)
EASA

Cambridge Proficiency English
British Council

Mittlestufe
Goethe Institut