Academic Profile and Specialization

Dr. Sofia Margoni is a member of the EDIP faculty of the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with expertise in "Physical and Environmental Geography." She is a graduate of the Department of Geology at AUTH and completed both her postgraduate studies (Master’s and PhD) as a scholarship recipient of the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). For her MSc in “Geography & Environment,” she prepared an original thesis titled “Environmental structure – evolution of the Schinias area of the Marathon plain during the Holocene and anthropogenic interventions for its management.” Her doctoral degree was awarded with distinction for the dissertation titled “Research on the environmental processes of wetland and Marathon plain evolution during the Holocene using Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.).”

Research and Professional Experience

She has worked as an independent professional researcher, preparing geological and environmental impact studies, as well as participating in numerous research programs of the Research Committee of AUTH and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a primary focus on the natural and anthropogenic environment, its management, and its evolution. She is the author of articles published in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Teaching Work

From 2001 to the present, she has taught in the undergraduate programs of the Departments of Geology at AUTH, Agriculture, Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering & Regional Development, and the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as in MSc programs of the Departments of Geology at AUTH, Agriculture, Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, and the Department of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.