Academic Qualification

Ph.D. at The University of Edinburgh, UK.

Master at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Bachelor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Teaching Area

• Machine learning

• Planetary Science

• Geophysics

• Electromagnetics

• Applied Mathematics (Calculus, Vector Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Inversion and Optimization, Partial Differential Equations, Linear Algebra etc.)

• Python - Matlab

Research Area

• Planetary Geophysics

• Machine learning applications in Geophysics

• Inverse problems

• Computational Electromagnetics

• Ground-Penetrating Radar

• Humanitarian Demining

• Non-destructive testing in civil&environmental engineering

Professional Services

• Scientific Committee member for International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar

• Scientific Committee member for International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar

Working Experience

• 2025-Present: Associate Professor at State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau.

• 2025-Present: Honorary Assistant Professor at School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.

• 2020 – Present: Director of Intelligent Electromagnetics, a consultancy company based in UK.

• 2020- 2025: Assistant Professor at School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.

• 2018-2020: Research Fellow – Lecturer at School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, UK.

• 2017-2018: Post-doc Researcher at School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, UK.

• 2016-2017: Pedestrian Soldier at National Military Service at Greek Army, Greece.

• 2015-2016: Post-doc Researcher at Department of Microelectronics, at TUDelft, Netherlands.

• 2014: Visiting Researcher at Roma Tre University, Italy.

• 2012: Lab Demonstrator at School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh.

Academic Publication (selected)

1. Giannakis, I., Xu, Y., Su, Y., Zhou, F., Ding, C. "Volcanic Activity at Von Kármán Crater: Identifying Three Distinct Basaltic Phases Using Lunar Penetrating Radar," Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, volume 131, issue 5, e2025JE009588, 2026.

2. Giannakis, I., Mcdonald, C., Feng, J., Zhou, F., Su, Y., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano, M-P., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A., Leontidis, G. "Automatic Segmentation of Radar Data from the Chang'E-4 Mission Using Unsupervised Machine Learning: A Data-Driven Interpretation Approach," Icarus, volume 417, article 116108, 2024.

3. Giannakis, I., Bhardwaj, A., Sam, L., Leontidis, G. "A Flexible Deep Learning Crater Detection Scheme Using Segment Anything Model (SAM)," Icarus, volume 408, article 115797, 2024.

4. Giannakis, I., Feng, J., Zhou, F., Su, Y., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano, M-P., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A. "Evidence of Shallow Basaltic Lava Layers in Von Kármán Crater From YUTU-2 Lunar Penetrating Radar," Icarus, volume 408, article 115837, 2024.

5. Giannakis, I., Martin-Torres, J., Zorzano, M-P., Su, Y., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A. "Stochastic Hyperbola Fitting, Probabilistic Inversion, Reverse-Time Migration and Clustering: A Complete Interpretation Toolbox for In-Situ Planetary Radar," Icarus, volume 400, article 115555, 2023.

6. Giannakis, I., Zhou, F., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A. "On the Limitations of Hyperbola Fitting for Estimating the Radius of Cylindrical Targets in Non-Destructive Testing and Utility Detection," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, volume 19, article 8029005, 2022.

7. Giannakis, I., Zhou, F., Warren, C., & Giannopoulos, A. "Inferring the Shallow Layered Structure at the Chang'E-4 Landing Site: A Novel Interpretation Approach Using Lunar Penetrating Radar," Geophysical Research Letters, volume 48, article e2021GL092866, 2021.

8. Giannakis, I., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A., Sofroniou, A. "Fractal-Constrained Crosshole/Borehole-to-Surface Full Waveform Inversion for Hydrogeological Applications Using Ground-Penetrating Radar," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 60, article 5901110, pages 1–10, 2022.

9. Giannakis, I., Warren, C., Giannopoulos, A. "A Machine Learning Scheme for Estimating the Diameter of Reinforcing Bars Using Ground-Penetrating Radar," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, volume 18, issue 3, pages 461–465, 2021.

10. Giannakis, I., Tosti, F., Lanting, L., and Alani, A. "Diagnosing Emerging Infectious Diseases of Trees Using Ground Penetrating Radar," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 58, pages 1146–1155, 2020.

11. Giannakis, I., Tsourlos, P., Papazachos, C., Vargemezis, G., Giannopoulos, A., Papadopoulos, N., Tosti, F., Alani, A. "A Hybrid Optimization Scheme for Self-Potential Measurements Due to Multiple Sheet-Like Bodies in Arbitrary 2D Resistivity Distributions," Geophysical Prospecting, volume 67, pages 1948–1964, 2019.

12. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A., Warren, C. "A Machine Learning Based Fast Forward Solver for Ground Penetrating Radar with Application to Full Waveform Inversion," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 57, pages 8317–8326, 2019.

13. Giannakis, I., Lanting, L., Tosti, F., Alani, A. "Health Monitoring of Tree Trunks Using Ground Penetrating Radar," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 57, pages 8317–8326, 2019.

14. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A., Warren, C. "Realistic FDTD GPR Antenna Models Optimized Using a Novel Linear/Nonlinear Full-Waveform Inversion," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 57, pages 1768–1778, 2018.

15. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A., Warren, C., Davidson, N. "A Realistic FDTD Numerical Modelling Framework of Ground Penetrating Radar for Landmine Detection," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, volume 9, number 1, pages 37–51, 2016.

16. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A., Yarovoy, A. "A Model-Based Evaluation of Signal to Clutter Ratio for Landmine Detection Using Ground Penetrating Radar," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, volume 54, pages 3564–3573, 2016.

17. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A. "Time-Synchronised Convolutional Perfectly Matched Layer for Improved Absorbing Performance in FDTD," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, volume 14, pages 690–693, 2015.

18. Giannakis, I., Giannopoulos, A. "A Novel Piecewise Linear Recursive Convolution Approach for Dispersive Media Using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, volume 62, number 5, pages 2669–2678, May 2014.

Research Grants

• Google Summer of Code 2026: A grant from Google to support our open-source bespoke software named gprMax.

• Google Summer of Code 2025: A grant from Google to support our open-source bespoke software named gprMax.

• Google Summer of Code 2024: A grant from Google to support our open-source bespoke software named gprMax.

• Royal Society of Edinburgh: A Machine Learning Based Open-Source Clutter Simulator for Planetary Radar

• eCSE ARCHER2: Large-Scale Open-Source Computational Electrodynamics MPI Domain Decomposition for gprMax.

• Google Summer of Code 2023: A grant from Google to support our open-source bespoke software named gprMax.

• Pump Prime Award, University of Aberdeen: Planetary Radar: A Complete Toolbox for Advanced Numerical Modelling Signal Processing and Interpretation.

• Royal Society – NSFC: Ground-Penetrating Radar for Reinforced Concrete Inspection Using Machine Learning.

• Google Summer of Code 20241 A grant from Google to support our open-source bespoke software named gprMax.

Professional Certification and Awards

• Bullerwell Lecturer 2024: This is an annual award given from the British Geophysical Association (BGA) to an UK-based individual for significant contribution to the field of Geophysics.

• STEM for Britain: My work on diagnosing infectious diseases in trees using near surface geophysics and remote sensing was selected to be presented at STEM for Britain 2020, hosted at the house of parliament in London, UK.

• Best Paper Award (first author): Awarded to the best paper submitted by an early researcher at the 15^th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar.  

• Best Paper Award (Co-author): Awarded to the best paper submitted by an early researcher at the 11^th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar.

• Best Poster Award (Co-author): Awarded to the best poster presented by an early researcher at the 11^th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar.

• Best Undergraduate Diploma Thesis: Awarded to the best diploma thesis submitted at the Department of Geophysics at the Aristotel University of Thessaloniki.

Professional Society Membership

• Senior Member, IEEE