Stefanos Varlagas is an external collaborator of the Department of Environment (Aegean University). He holds a Master's Degree in Cryptography, Cyber Security and Information Systems from the Hellenic Military Academy. His research interests include Marine Biology, Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Geoinformation and Artificial Intelligence Systems. He has participated as a researcher in a EUROSTAT land use project, as well as in the biodiversity monitoring of the MEDITS project.