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Eftihia Nathanail

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Eftihia Nathanail

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Curriculum Vitae

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Tuesday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Wednesday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, and by appointment (online or in person)

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Postgraduate Courses

Eftihia G. Nathanail is Professor in the field of “Design and Evaluation of Passenger and Freight Transportation Systems”, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, Director of the Laboratory of Traffic, Transportation and Logistics Management (TTLog), Director of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program “Project Management, Transportation and Spatial Planning,” and Deputy Director of the postgraduate program “Prevention, Management and Restoration of Natural Disaster and Climate Change Impacts on the Built Environment.”

She has served as Dean of the Polytechnic School of the University of Thessaly and Vice-Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering.

She is an civil expert on Dangerous Goods in NATO’s Land Transport Group, a member of the Transportation Safety Management Systems Committee (ACS10) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), and a member of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) of the TRB. She is also a member of the Sustainable Mobility Committee of the Directorate of Sustainable Mobility of the Municipality of Volos, representing the University of Thessaly, and Chair of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (CSUM).

She served as a member of the TRB Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) from 2009 to 2021 and as national representative for the European COST Actions TU1004 (Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems) and TU1305 (Social Networks and Travel Behaviour, European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

She is a member of evaluation panels for national and European research proposals and advisory boards of institutions. She has served on expert advisory boards for RESTRAIL, ECOMOBILITY, ECOCITY, and MIND-SETS, and was national representative for the Support Framework Business Program 2000–2006 and Foresight Technology, Greece, European Thematic Network ROSEBUD.

Research Areas

  • Transportation planning

  • Transportation systems design

  • Intelligent transport systems

  • New mobility and transport systems

  • Behavioral modeling

  • Intermodal transport

  • Logistics

  • Applications of multi-criteria evaluation and optimization methods in transportation

She has participated as scientific coordinator in numerous European and national research projects.

Her recent research includes:

  • Transition to green freight transport and last-mile delivery (Couriers Go Green)

  • Participatory processes in transport system planning (DEMo4PPL)

  • Development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Municipality of Alexandroupolis) and traffic calming solutions (Volos)

  • Development of a sustainable urban development training program (INVEST)

  • Impact assessment methodologies for smart transport solutions (NOVELOG, CERBERUS)

  • Passenger and freight interconnection systems for short- and long-distance transport (CLOSER*)

  • Analysis of cooperative schemes and shared information systems in urban and interurban networks (STRAIGHTSOL*)

  • Evaluation of urban public transport terminals for users and society (CITY-HUB)

  • Coordination of the development and implementation of an integrated educational program on sustainable intermodal hubs (ALLIANCE)

She has conducted extensive research on behavioral modeling and road safety and has coordinated one national and five local road safety campaigns (CAST).

Her published work includes more than 100 scientific journal papers and approximately twice as many conference proceedings papers.

She is editor of the special issues “Transportation System Design” (Safety, MDPI) and “Towards Sustainability: Transportation System Evaluation and Optimization” (Sustainability, MDPI), as well as five additional volumes published by Springer, De Gruyter, and Elsevier. She serves on the Editorial Board of TTJ (De Gruyter) and has authored chapters in 10 books.

Education

  • PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  • Master of Science in Transportation Engineering (MSCE), University of Miami, Florida, USA, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Transportation Planning Division

  • Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Surveying Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Karatsoli, M., & Nathanail, E. (2026). University Commuters’ Travel Behavior and Route Switching Under Travel Information: Evidence from GPS and Self-Reported Data. Future Transportation, 6(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/futuretransp6010014
  • Drogkoula, M., Samaras, N., Iatrellis, O. et al. Systematic review and topic classification of soft computing and machine learning in water resources management. Discov Sustain 6, 860 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01832-3
  • Gavanas N, Anastasiadou K, Nathanail E, Basbas S. Transport Policy Pathways for Autonomous Road Vehicles to Promote Sustainable Urban Development in the European Union: A Multicriteria Analysis. Land. 2024; 13(11):1807. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111807
  • Tzika-Kostopoulou, D., Nathanail, E. & Kokkinos, K. Big data in transportation: a systematic literature analysis and topic classification. Knowl Inf Syst 66, 5021–5046 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-024-02112-8
  • Maria Karatsoli, Eftihia Nathanail, Socrates Basbas, Oded Cats, Crowdedness information and travel decisions of pedestrians and public transport users in the COVID-19 era: A stated preference analysis, Cities, Volume 149, 2024, 104973, ISSN 0264-2751, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104973
  • Kokkinos K., Nathanail E. (2023). A Fuzzy Cognitive Map and PESTEL-Based Approach to Mitigate CO2 Urban Mobility: The Case of Larissa, Greece. Sustainability 15(16):12390. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612390
  • Konstantinos Kokkinos, Eftihia Nathanail, Vassilis Gerogiannis, Konstantinos Moustakas, Vayos Karayannis, Hydrogen storage station location selection in sustainable freight transportation via intuitionistic hesitant decision support system, Energy, 2022, 125008, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125008
  • Zaitouny, A.; Fragkou, A.D.; Stemler, T.; Walker, D.M.; Sun, Y.; Karakasidis, T.; Nathanail, E.; Small, M. Multiple Sensors Data Integration for Traffic Incident Detection Using the Quadrant Scan. Sensors 2022, 22, 2933. https://doi.org/10,3390/s2082933
  • Karakikes, I.; Nathanail, E., Assessing the Impacts of Crowdshipping Using Public Transport: A Case Study in a Middle-Sized Greek City. Future Transp. 2022, 2, 55–83. https://doi.org/10.3390/futuretransp2010004
  • Kokkinos, K., Karayannis, V., Nathanail, E. Moustakas, K., (2021). “A comparative analysis of Statistical and Computational Intelligence methodologies for the prediction of traffic-induced fine particulate matter and NO2”. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 328, 15 December 2021, 129500, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129500
  • Nathanail, E., Karakikes, I., Mitropoulos, L. & Adamos, G., (2021). “A sustainability cross-case assessment of city logistics solutions”. Case Studies on Transport Policy, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 219-240. ISSN 2213-624X. DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2020.12.005
  • Adamos, G. & Nathanail, E. (2021). “How attractive are public transport interchanges to sustainable mobility users? A Cross Comparison of Two European Terminals. Transactions on Transport Sciences, International Scientific Journal for Transport Sciences, 13. 10.5507/tots.2021.019
  • Karatsoli, M. & Nathanail, E., (2021). “Social Influence and Impact of Social Media on Users’ Mobility Decisions”. Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, Vol 6 No 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/jsdtl.2021.6-1.3
  • Nathanail, E. & Karakikes, I., (2021). “How accurately do experts perceive the effectiveness of Urban Freight Transport solution in medium sized cities”, Int. J. Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 519–550
  • Ntasiou, N., Adamos, G. & Nathanail, E. 2021. “Exploring the effects of psychological factors on the use of navigation systems while driving, Transport and Telecommunication Journal, vol.22, no.1, 2021, pp.109-115. https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0009
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