Niki Evelpidou

Niki Evelpidou (; born 1972) is a Greek geomorphologist and a professor at the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Working at the intersection of geomorphology and geographic information systems, she is known for research on coastal geomorphology, sea-level change, palaeogeographic reconstruction, geoarchaeology, and the modelling of natural hazards under the changing climate.

Education Her academic training comprises two doctorates: one in geomorphology and GIS from the University of Athens, and a second in geoarchaeology and GIS from the University of Franche-Comté in France. Both dissertations drew on digital cartography. and she also teaches at the Hellenic Open University.

Beyond the university, she is Scientific Documentation Coordinator at the National Geological Museum and scientific coordinator at the Geological Museum of Apeiranthos.

Research Her research spans geomorphology, geoarchaeology, sea-level change, palaeogeography, geo-cultural heritage, geographic information systems, and the assessment of natural hazards together with strategies for adaptation and mitigation. More recently her interests have turned toward nature-based solutions for coastal erosion and to assessing how wildfires alter flood and erosion hazard in Greece. and in 2019 for her monograph on sea-level change.

In 2012 the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) recognised her coordination of the Erasmus project "Runoff Erosion" (2011–2012). She has also received an award for excellence in university teaching from NKUA.

She is the initiator of the International Day of Women in Geomorphology.

Selected publications Maroukian, H.; Spyrou, E.; Tsiatoura, S.; Tzouxanioti, M.; Evelpidou, N. (2024). "Sea Level Rise and the Future of Tombolos: The Case of Greece". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12 (9): 1578. Evelpidou, N.; Cartalis, C.; Karkani, A.; Saitis, G.; Philippopoulos, K.; Spyrou, E. (2023). "A GIS-Based Assessment of Flood Hazard through Track Records over the 1886–2022 Period in Greece". Climate 11 (11): 226. Evelpidou, N.; Ganas, A.; Karkani, A.; Spyrou, E.; Saitis, G. (2023). "Late Quaternary Relative Sea-Level Changes and Vertical GNSS Motions in the Gulf of Corinth". Geosciences 13 (11): 329. Evelpidou, N.; et al. (2022). "Palaeo-Tsunami Events on the Coasts of Cyprus". Geosciences 12 (2): 58. Evelpidou, N.; Karkani, A.; Kampolis, I. (2021). "Relative Sea Level Changes and Morphotectonic Implications Triggered by the Samos Earthquake of 30th October 2020". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9 (1): 40. Evelpidou, N.; Repapis, C.; Zerefos, C.; Tzalas, H.; Synolakis, C. (2019). Geophysical Phenomena and the Alexandrian Littoral. Oxford: Archaeopress. Evelpidou, N. (2019). "Geomorphology and Sea Level". In Finkl, C.; Makowski, C. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 885–894. Evelpidou, N.; Pirazzoli, P.A. (2017). "Did the Early Byzantine Tectonic Paroxysm (EBTP) also affect the Adriatic area?". Geomorphology 295: 827–830. Evelpidou, N.; Melini, D.; Pirazzoli, P.; Vassilopoulos, A. (2014). "Evidence of repeated late Holocene rapid subsidence in the SE Cyclades (Greece) deduced from submerged notches". International Journal of Earth Sciences 103 (1): 381–395. Evelpidou, N.; Pirazzoli, P.; Vassilopoulos, A.; Spada, G.; Ruggieri, G.; Tomasin, A. (2012). "Late Holocene Sea Level Reconstructions Based on Observations of Roman Fish Tanks, Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy". Geoarchaeology 27 (3): 259–277.