Stavros Avramidis
{{Short description|Greek Canadian wood researcher and professor (born 1958)}}
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| name = Stavros Avramidis
{{small|{{Nobold|Σταύρος Αβραμίδης}}}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|04|06}}
| birth_place = Kavala, Greece
| nationality = Canadian
Greek
| education = Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BSc.)
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (MSc, PhD)
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| occupation = Researcher, educator, wood scientist. President of IAWS
| years_active = since 1983
}}
Stavros Avramidis (born in Kavala, Greece, in 1958){{cite web | last=Avramidis | first=Stavros | title=Faculty Profile | website=UBC Faculty of Forestry | date=2021-12-07 | url=https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/stavros-avramidis/ | access-date=2023-11-18}} is a Greek Canadian wood scientist and professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada, who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) and president of the International Academy of Wood Science for the period 2023–2026.{{cite web | title=Executive Committee | website= The International Academy of Wood Science | date=2012-11-14 | url=https://www.iaws-web.org/organisation/executive-committee/ | ref={{sfnref | The International Academy of Wood Science | 2012}} | access-date=2023-11-18}}{{cite web | last1=Forestry | first1=UBC | title=Stavros Avramidis, International Academy of Wood Science VP | website=UBC Faculty of Forestry | date=2020-08-26 | url=https://forestry.ubc.ca/news/stavros-avramidis-appointed-vice-president-international-academy-of-wood-science/ | access-date=2023-11-18| archive-date=2022-12-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223212021/https://forestry.ubc.ca/news/stavros-avramidis-appointed-vice-president-international-academy-of-wood-science/ | url-status= }}
First years and education
Avramidis was born in Kavala, Greece, on April 6, 1958, and grew up in Thessaloniki. He attended the Department of Forestry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received his university degree in 1981. Following that, he pursued research-based postgraduate (1982–1983) (M.S. in the area of composite products) and doctoral studies (1983–1986) in the United States at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry,https://www.proligno.ro/images/common/members/avramidis.pdf Analytical CV of Prof. Stavros Avramidis (ProLigno, Romania) in the area of biopolymer physics under the guidance of John F. Siau.{{cite web | title= Experiments in nonisothermal diffusion of moisture in wood| url=https://typeset.io/pdf/experiments-in-nonisothermal-diffusion-of-moisture-in-wood-2s3rtt0xcv.pdf|access-date=2023-11-18}}
Academic career
Avramidis began his academic career in 1987 in Canada at the University of British Columbia as an assistant professor at Department of Wood Science in the Faculty of Forestry. He was appointed associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 1998. Avramidis served as the Head of the UBC Department of Wood Science for two consecutive terms, from 2016 to the present.{{cite web | last=Thatra | first=Nivretta | title=On the Origin of Scientists: Stavros Avramidis is UBC's resident wood scientist | website=The Ubyssey | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://ubyssey.ca/science/otoos-stravos-avramidis/ | access-date=2023-11-18}}
Avramidis's research team has presented research work on the physical and drying properties of wood. His applied research addresses practical issues in the Canadian wood industry related to energy optimization and upgrading production methods, using acoustic, electrical, and optical techniques, as well as radio wave methods, simulation, and artificial intelligence.https://web.fpinnovations.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011-2012-impact-english.pdf{{cite web | last=Thatra | first=Nivretta | title=On the Origin of Scientists: Stavros Avramidis is UBC's resident wood scientist | website=The Ubyssey | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://www.ubyssey.ca/science/otoos-stravos-avramidis/ | access-date=2023-11-18}}
Research work and recognition
Avramidis along with his colleagues have authored over 250 scientific articles, more than 100 industrial studies, and his research work has received almost 3,000 citations in the Scopus database, until July 2024.{{cite web | title=Scopus preview - Avramidis, Stavros H. - Author details | website=Scopus | url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7006120942 | access-date=2024-07-19}}
In 2012, Avramidis was selected as a member of the editorial board of the journal, Wood Material Science and Engineering.{{cite web | title=Wood Material Science and Engineering Editorial Board | website=Taylor & Francis Online | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=swoo20 | access-date=2023-11-18}} He has been a member of the editorial boards of Holzforschung, Drying Technology, Wood Research, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, Maderas. Ciencia y tecnologia and Drying Technology.{{cite web | title=Editorial Board | website=International Journal of Lignocellulosic Products | url=https://ijlp.gau.ac.ir/journal/editorial.board | access-date=2022-12-23}}{{cite web | title=Editorial Team | website=Maderas-Cienc Tecnol | date=2021-07-05 | url=https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/about/editorialTeam | access-date=2023-11-18}}{{cite web | title=Drying Technology | website=Taylor & Francis | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=ldrt20 | access-date=2022-12-23}}
In 2020, his name was included in the Mendeley Data, published in the journal Plos Biology{{cite journal | last1=Ioannidis | first1=John P. A. | last2=Boyack | first2=Kevin W. | last3=Baas | first3=Jeroen | title=Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators | journal=PLOS Biology | publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=18 | issue=10 | date=2020-10-16 | issn=1545-7885 | doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 | page=e3000918 | pmid=33064726 | pmc=7567353 | doi-access=free }} for the international impact of his yearlong research in wood drying.
In 2022, Avramidis received the Ternryd Award 2022 from the Swedish Linnaeus Academy Research Foundation{{cite web | title=The Linnaeus Academy's Research Foundation names Professor Stavros Avrimidis as the recipient of Ternryd's award 2022 | website=Lnu.se | date=2022-02-23 | url=https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/news/2022/the-linnaeus-academys-research-foundation-names-professor-stavros-avrimidis-as-the-recipient-of-ternryds-award--2022/ | access-date=2023-11-18}} for his research in wood science.{{cite web | title=Ternryds utmärkelse – Linnéakademiens forskningsstiftelse | website=Linnéakademiens forskningsstiftelse | url=https://liakforskning.se/stod-forskningen/ternryds-utmarkelse/ | language=sv | access-date=2023-11-18}}
In June 2023, Avramidis was elected as the president of the International Academy of Wood Science,{{cite web | last1=Forestry | first1=UBC | title=Stavros Avramidis Receives 2022 Ternryd Award | website=UBC Faculty of Forestry | date=2022-10-07 | url=https://forestry.ubc.ca/news/stavros-avramidis-2022-carola-carl-olof-ternryd-award/ | access-date=2022-12-24}} On top of his role as professor, Prof. Avramidis has authored close to 300 publications, held the role of reviewer for numerous scientific journals, publishers, research foundations, faculty, and departments, and is the elected President of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) effective June 2023 for the years 2023–2026. In October 2023, a referred metaresearch conducted by John Ioannidis and his team at Stanford University, included Avramidis in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was placed at the top 2% of researchers in the area of wood physics.{{citation | last=Baas | first=Jeroen | title=October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" | chapter=Bibliometrics | date=2023 | volume=6 | publisher=Elsevier Data Repository | doi=10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.6 | url=https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6 | access-date=2023-11-18| page=}}
In August 2024, Avramidis has acquired the same international distinction for his research work in wood science (Elsevier Data 2023; career data).{{cite | last=Ioannidis | first=John P.A. | title=August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" | publisher=Elsevier Data Repository | doi=10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.7 | url=https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7 | access-date=2024-10-03 | page=}}
References
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External links
- [https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=4amiZqYAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stavros-Avramidis-3 ResearchGate]
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Category:Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
Category:Expatriate academics in Canada
Category:State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry alumni
Category:Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
Category:Fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science