Vasiliki Chalastani

Vasiliki I. Chalastani is currently a PhD Candidate at the Laboratory of Harbour Works, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Her thesis, supervised by Professor V.K. Tsoukala, Professor, NTUA is entitled as “Optimization Approaches for Marine Spatial Planning”. During 2018-2019, Vasiliki acted as Special Advisor of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece, providing solutions for complex issues regarding coastal engineering and environmental matters. In parallel, Vasiliki acted as an External Consultant for the “Red Sea Project” of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for which she developed a preliminary marine spatial plan, under the supervision of Professor C.M. Duarte. Previously, and following her undergraduate studies as a Civil Engineer at NTUA, Vasiliki pursued her MSc entitled ''Water Air Pollution and Energy at global and regional scales” at École Polytechnique, Paris, France. When in France, Vasiliki has conducted her internship along the side of J.P. Gattuso at the Laboratoire Océanographique de Villefranche, in Villefranche-sur-mer and L. Bopp at École Normale Supérieure, Department of Geosciences, Paris. In 2018, Vasiliki worked for the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations with A.K. Magnan on the issue of climate change adaptation. She is a member of the National Chamber of Engineers, Greece, SDSN Greece and SDSN Europe. She also serves as teaching assistant at NTUA since 2019.