Sotirios G. Maipas
Physicist, CHST, MSc, MBA, PhD, PhD, PostDoc
Dr. Sotirios G. Maipas
About Me
I was born in Athens in 1987 and grew up on the island of Aegina. I studied physics and pursued postgraduate studies in environmental health and business administration, as well as doctoral and postdoctoral studies. I have worked in both the private and public sectors, with the most significant part of my professional activities related to the field of environmental health. In addition to my scientific work, I am an author of books for readers of all ages. I have a deep passion for knowledge, but I’ m even more enamored with the journey of acquiring it.
Scientific & Research Interests:
Environmental Health and Environmental Management
Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge and Information
Sustainable Development & Innovation
Environmental Education & Education for Sustainability
Tourism and Environment
Environmental Dimension of Work Models
Entrepreneurship and Environment
(Award: Second place in the national business idea competition “Open Entrepreneurial Horizons” – 7th Entrepreneurship Competition of the Hellenic Open University, 2021)
About You
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Education & Certifications
Education
2024 - now
Aegean University, Rhodes, GreeceMediterranean Studies Department
2nd Postdoc Research (study area: The concept of Environmental Health in Ancient Egypt)
2020 - 2024
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceSchool of Medicine
2nd PhD thesis (title: The Museum of Pathology of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Its Contribution to the Educational Process of Undergraduate Medical Students, and Postgraduate Environmental Health Students)
2022 - 2023
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceSchool of Medicine
Postdoc (title: Smoking as a Potential Environmental Factor Affecting the Fractal Dimension of Lung Alveolar Cells)
2019 - 2022
Hellenic Open UniversitySchool of Social Sciences
Master in Business Administration, Hellenic Open University -thesis title: The environmental health dimension of hybrid- and remote-working models: An exploratory study
2015 - 2018
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceSchool of Medicine
PhD thesis (title: Study of the fractal dimension of breast cancer cells)
2012 - 2014
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceSchool of Medicine
Master Program “Environment and Health. Capacity Building for Decision Making”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece -thesis title: Sunscreen products: Part A: Sunscreen products as a protective means against ultraviolet solar radiation. Part B: Potential health and environmental risks – An emerging environmental risk
2005 - 2010
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceSchool of Physics
Thesis title: Climate Change and its Health Impacts
Languages
Greek (native speaker)
English (C2)
Spanish (B2)
Certifications
2022: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based on ISO 14040/14044. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2022: Marketing and brand mixture. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2021: EUHeritage: Skills for promotion, valorisation, exploitation, mediation and interpretation of European Cultural Heritage. Developers: Materahub, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Spain et al.
2021: Certified Health and Safety Technician (CHST), ACTA (Aristotle Certification Training & Assessment: spin-off of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
2020: Certificate in Educational Data Literacy, Erasmus+ Program of the European Union
2017: Vellum International Diploma in Travel and Tourism, VELLUM Global Educational Services
2016: Online Marketing Fundamentals in Tourism, GoogleTM, Hellenic Ministry of Tourism et al.
2016: Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and EAWAG [Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (WHO Collaborating Center for Sanitation and Water in Developing Countries)]
2014: Public Relations – Communication, program organized by the Hellenic Government for the skill development of young graduates
2009: Vellum International Diploma in Information Technology Skills Proficiency, VELLUM Global Educational Services, and University of Cambridge
Academic Publications
h-index: 8, i10-index: 8, >2200 citations (Google Scholar, June 2024)
Maipas, S., Kavantzas, N. (2024). Climate crisis: A term used to avert an environmental health medieval era. Environmental Health Insights. doi: 10.1177/11786302231224582
Maipas, S., Chatzoglou, P. (2024). Remote working and firms’ environmental profile: a study on the Greek population. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2023.2295804
Maipas, S., Foukas, P. G., Panayiotides, I. G., Vamvakaris, I., Kavantzas, N. (2023). Evidence That Cigarette Smoking Alters Alveolar Type I Cell Nuclear Fractal Dimension. Cureus, 15(12). doi: 10.7759/cureus.50254
Maipas, S., Liossi, S., Konstantinidou, A., Mouliou, M., Lazaris, A.C., Papageorgiou, E., Kavantzas, N. (2023). Incorporating medical museum specimens into the training of environmental health students. Environmental Health Insights, 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302231211085
Maipas, S., Kavantzas, N. (2023). A Case Study on the Significance of the Explicit and Tacit Knowledge in Environmental Health: A Letter to the Editor on the “Pesticide Use Practice and Associated Factors Among Rural Community of Malga District, Sidama Regional State, South Ethiopia”. Environmental Health Insights, 17. doi: 10.1177/1178630223119885
Liossi, S., Tsiambas, E., Maipas, S., Papageorgiou, E., Lazaris, A., Kavantzas, N. (2023). Mathematical modeling for Delta and Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Greece. Infectious Disease Modelling, 8(3), 794-805.
Mathiou, V., Tsiambas, E., Maipas, S., Thymara, I., Mastronikoli, S., Peschos, D., Tsamis, I., Lazaris, A.C., Kavantzas, N., & Stathopoulos, P. (2023). Heat Shock Proteins’ Expression Profiles in Odontogenic Ameloblastomas and Cysts. Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis, 3(6), 635-638.
Mathiou, V., Tsiambas, E., Maipas, S., Thymara, I., Peschos, D., Lazaris, A. C., Kavantzas, N. (2023). Impact of CD34-dependent Micro Vessel Density on Periapical Odontogenic Cysts. Cancer Diagnosis & Prognosis, 3(2), 189-193.
D. Ntesou, K. Douros, E. Tsiambas, S. Maipas, H. Sarlanis, A.C. Lazaris, N. Kavantzas. Impact of Immune-Inflammatory Microenvironment Alterations on the Bronchial Lumen of Children With Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis. Cureus (2021), 13(12).
S. Maipas, A. Konstantinidou, A.C. Lazaris, N. Kavantzas. Environmental Health Education: From Museum Specimens and Math Word Problems to Virtual and Augmented Reality. Environmental Health Insights (2021). doi:10.1177/11786302211066355
S. Maipas, I.G. Panayiotides, I., N. Kavantzas. Remote-Working Carbon-Saving Footprint: Could COVID-19 Pandemic Establish a New Working Model with Positive Environmental Health Implications? Environmental Health Insights (2021), 15. doi: 10.1177/1178630221101354
S. Maipas, I.G. Panayiotides, Tsiodras, S., N. Kavantzas. COVID-19 Pandemic and Environmental Health: Effects and the Immediate Need for a Concise Risk Analysis. Environmental Health Insights (2021), 15. Doi: 10.1177/117863022199635
S. Maipas. A 15 C’s Pathway of Sustainability in Environmental Health Management & The Crucial Role of Higher Education Institutions. Journal of Education, Innovation, and Communication (2020), 2(1):10-25.
S. Maipas. Environmental Health Concept Revealed in Paintings of Great Artists. Journal of Arts & Humanities (2019), 8(7):9-15.
S. Maipas. Need for establishing National Observatories for the Environmental Impacts of Tourism. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology (2019), 17:15-22
S. Maipas, A. Nonni, E. Politi, H. Sarlanis, N. G. Kavantzas. The Goodness-of-fit of the Fractal Dimension as a Diagnostic Factor in Breast Cancer. Cureus (2018), 10(11): e3630
P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, S. Maipas, C. Kotampasi, P. Stamatis, L. Hens. Chemical pesticides and human health: The urgent need for a new concept in agriculture. Frontiers in Public Health (2016), doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00148
S. Maipas, P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati. Sun lotion chemicals as endocrine disruptors. Hormones, 14.1 (2015), 32-46
Professional Experience
2024: Text editing in the Greek version of the book by Abas, Adul et al. (2020) “Robbins Essential Pathology“, Elsevier. [Basic Principles of Pathological Anatomy, Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, 2024]
2024 – now: Appointed Lecturer in Environmental Health, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece [Lectures both in Greek and English (for ERASMUS students)]
2024 – now: Translation and scientific editing of the teaching notes of the course “Pathology I”, Medical Degree English Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2023 – now: Editorial Board Member, Environmental Health Insights (SAGE, I.F.: 2,7)
2022 – now: Member of the teaching staff, undergraduate course “Environmental Health”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2022 – 2023: Member of the teaching staff, Master Program “Nutrition, Well-Being and Public Health”, Food Science and Nutrition Department, University of the Aegean, Greece (2 academic years)
2021 – 2023: Guest Editing for the special issues: “Environmental Health Education: New Trends, Innovative Approaches and Challenges” & “COVID-19 and Environmental Health”, Environmental Health Insights (SAGE)
2021 – now: 10 reviews for the Journal “Environmental Pollution” (IF=8.9 -Certificate of reviewing available upon request)
2020 – now: Author, M. Sideris Publications [3 books: one historical novel, one Christmas fairytale, and the book: Math Word Problems of Environmental Content for Primary School Children. Michalis Sideris Publications; 2021. (book in Greek language)]
2019 – now: Supervisor and Member of the Scientific Committee for more than 60 master theses (full list of theses available upon request)
2019 – now: Administrative and Scientific Support, First Laboratory of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2019-2021: Member of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Committee of the Open Technologies Alliance (Greece)
2019 – 2020: Image processing of pathology specimens for the trilingual museum atlas titled “ATHENS – BERLIN PICTURES OF THE HUMAN BODY, PICTURES OF DISEASE: AN INTERNATIONAL ATLAS OF PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS” (Editors: N. Kavantzas, T. Schnalke, 2020), Paschalidis Medical Publications & BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD. The image processing involved digital removal of support materials (e.g., glass rods) and various necessary corrections, varying by specimen and image.
2018-2019: Member of the Evaluation Committee for the 1st Panhellenic Open Technologies Robotics Competition
2017 – Present: Research Associate and Member of the Teaching Staff, “Environment and Health. Management of Environmental Health Effects”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2017: Participation in the reorganization and reestablishment of the MSc program “Environment and Health. Management of Environmental Health Effects”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2015: Member of the Coordinators’ Team for the Greek discussion of the World Dialogue on Climate and Energy (World Wide Views on Climate and Energy), which took place as part of the preparations for the COP21 (UN Conference of the Parties No. 21) on June 6, 2015
2014 – now: Manager and Communication Responsible for the website “onpodium.gr – The Art of Sharing Knowledge,” which focuses on scientific, educational, and cultural content
2014 – now: Scientific Support in the MSc program “Environment and Health. Management of Environmental Health Effects”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2013 – 2014: Internship and subsequent employment with duties as an office clerk in the companies Global Ergon Management Consultants and DIANEK (International Development Company of Constructions)
2011: Office Assistant in a security and information department of the Greek Army during military service, with a pre-employment certificate
2010 – now: Scientific and literary editing (relevant acknowledgments available upon request)
2006 – 2012: Private tutoring in physics, mathematics, and computer science for secondary education students
Scientific Collaborators
Books
Antikytherians: The Prophecy
Michalis Sideris Publications; 2024 (book in Greek language)
The Christmas Adventure of Maurouko
Michalis Sideris Publications; 2021 (book in Greek language)
Math Word Problems of Environmental Content for Primary School Children
Michalis Sideris Publications; 2021 (book in Greek language)
For a handful of flour
Michalis Sideris Publications; 2020 (book in Greek language) - historical novel
Her Son
2018
Contributions to university coursebooks
Conferences
2024: Member of the Review Committee, The 12th European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2024), London, July 11-15, 2024.
2023: Member of the Review Committee, The 11th European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2023), London, July 13-17, 2023.
2022: Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th Annual International Conference on Communication and Management (ICCM2022), Communication Institute of Greece, September 26-29, 2022.
2022: Senior Reviewer at The European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2022). The International Academic Forum, London, July 21-24, 2022.
Speaker at many national (>20) and international conferences
Selected presentations (full list available upon request):
2024: A. Tzigkou, S. Maipas. Environmental health issues in refugee camps. 10th International Scientific Conference of the Greek Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (IAKE), “SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADAPTABILITY: Migration, Integration, Sustainability and Digital Technologies” Heraklion, Crete, May 16-19, 2024. [in Greek]
2023: G. Antasouras, J. Volpe, G. K. Vasios, M. Chrysafi, C. Tryfonos, S. Maipas S., E. Psara, N. Kavantzas, A. Y. Troumbis, C. Giaginis. Plant-based diets as sustainable approaches to promote environmental health and human well-being. 17th Panhellenic Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics, Athens, December 8-10, 2023.
2023: Α. Tiniakos, M. Gialeli, A. Y. Troumbis, G. Antasouras, C. Giaginis, S. Maipas, N. Kavantzas, G. K. Vasios. Sustainable diet and food affordability: could all populations, regardless of income, afford the implementation of a sustainable diet? 17th Panhellenic Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics, Athens, December 8-10, 2023.