National Technical University Of Athens
Maria Tsakiri
Position: Professor
Department: Topography
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Biography
Maria Tsakiri is a Professor at the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), with academic expertise in the field of Geodesy. She holds a Diploma in Surveying Engineering from NTUA and a PhD from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She has previously served as a faculty member at Curtin University of Technology in Australia, where she became the first female academic appointed in the discipline of Geodesy.Since 2024, she has held the position of Dean of the School and is actively engaged in initiatives that promote gender equality in higher education.Her research interests cover a wide range in satellite geodesy, including precise positioning techniques, GNSS data processing algorithms, geodetic networks, and quality assurance methods, with particular emphasis on multi-GNSS and DORIS technologies. In parallel, she is involved in the study and evaluation of advanced three-dimensional surveying. She has served as Principal Investigator in several nationally and internationally funded research projects and has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings. Her teaching activities span multiple areas of geodesy and surveying, and she has supervised a significant number of diploma and doctoral theses.
Research Interests
satellite geodesy, gnss and doris technologies, precise positioning and navigation, orbit determination, 3d documentation
Research Projects
EUSST2023-26: Financing of the provision of SST services and the upgrade of SST assets by the EU SST, E.C. HORIZON EUROPE, 11/2023-06/2026, Project Member
HE_EUSST_SP_TOP4: SST sensors and processing, HORIZON EUROPE TOP4, 10/2023-06/2026, Project Member
NAVISP EL1-115 “ADAS Technology and PNT”, ESA, 09/2025-06/2026, Project Member
4ERODITE – Earth Observation tools for the promotion of digital economy, E.C. Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, 01/2021-01/2025, Coordinator
INESTRO: Study of Tropospheric Effects Using a Combination of Global Satellite Positioning Systems, NTUA Special Account for Research Funds, 03/2022-09/2024, Coordinator
Publications / Recognition of Published Work
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0AWkvUcAAAAJ&hl=en
Participation in Academic / Scientific Bodies
International DORIS Service (IDS) Governing Board, Elected Member-at-Large (2025-2028)