Thomas Katagis received his MSc and PhD degrees in Forest Management and Remote Sensing from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has been a member of the Laboratory of Forest Management and Remote Sensing since 2006 and has been involved as Associate Researcher in several European and national funded projects. From 2012 until mid-2013 he was employed at ESA/ESRIN under the STSE (Support to Science Element) component of the Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP). He has a long time experience in RS and GIS applications with a focus on time series analysis of satellite imagery related to Land use/Land Cover and fire monitoring studies.