Faculty Fellow, Lassonde School of Engineering (and former Executive 2018-2023)
Faculty Fellow
Spiros Pagiatakis is professor of geodesy and a licensed professional engineer (PEng) in Ontario. He was the inaugural associate dean research and graduate studies at the Lassonde School of Engineering (2013-2017), and he has served as president of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) and as Chair of the sub-commission "Earth Tides" of the International Association of Geodesy. He is a fellow of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and member of many national and international scientific, professional, and advisory committees and study groups.
He holds an undergraduate degree in rural and surveying engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and MScE and PhD in geodesy and geodynamics from the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton. Spiros has decades of experience as an engineering consultant to Canadian and international consortia and governments and private industry. From 1993-2001 he was a research scientist with the Federal Department of Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa. He held various positions as research scientist—head of research teams, chief of Gravity Section and A/Director of the Canadian Geodetic Survey, Earth Sciences Sector of NRCan—before he made his move to academia.
Executive Committee Member, 2018-2023.
Research keywords:
Modelling of the Earth System; Climate change; Space Science
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Alum |
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