Athanasios Papathanasopoulos
Supreme Court Lawyer, PhD in Law, PhD in Environmental Engineering, Postdoc, Technical University of Crete, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Short CV
Supreme Court Lawyer, registered in Athens Bar Association since 2002. He holds a PhD in Law from University Reims – Champagne-Ardenne (France) Law School. He has been an accredited professor of Law by the University of Paris 13 at “IDEF” College, a scientific collaborator in the project "Codification of Forest Legislation" (Code 5000346) and a researcher in the ESPA funded project with the title “Emerging legal issues from the use of earth monitoring and observation technologies for environmental compliance assurance in the Hellenic legal order- HELLASNOMOSAT” (2020-2021). He is the author of many books and articles in environmental law, he has participated in numerous conferences and handles important environmental legal cases. In 2025, he completed his PhD thesis on “Property, protection and exploitation of environmental goods” and awarded as PhD in Environmental Engineering.
Maria Maniadaki
Supreme Court Lawyer, MLE, PhD in Environmental Engineering, Postdoc, Technical University of Crete, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Short CV
Supreme Court Lawyer, registered in Chania Lawyers’ Bar Association since 2004. She holds a degree in Law from Athens Law School and a master from Hannover Law School. She has been a teaching assistant in the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Branch of Chania, School of Natural Resources and Environment (2003 – 2011), Coordinator of Chania Lawyers’ Bar Association in the Project LIFE14/GIE/GR/000026 with the title “Promoting awareness of wildlife crime prosecution and liability for biodiversity damage in NATURA 2000 areas in Crete” (2016-2021) and a researcher in the ESPA funded project with the title “Emerging legal issues from the use of earth monitoring and observation technologies for environmental compliance assurance in the Hellenic legal order- HELLASNOMOSAT” (2020-2021). She speaks English, German and Russian. In 2026, she competed her PhD thesis on “New monitoring technologies, environmental information and environmental law implementation”.