Aggelakakis Aggelos, born in Thessaloniki in 1982, is a Dipl. Engineer of Planning and Regional Development, graduating in 2005 from the corresponding department of the University of Thessaly. In 2007, he acquired his MSc diploma on “Planning, Organization and Management of Transport Systems” from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Since March 2007 and for specified periods, he was a research associate at the Transport Engineering Laboratory of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with participation in European and National Research Programmes. He has participated in many traffic studies in Greece and Cyprus in cooperation with private companies. In 2019, he participated and successfully completed the International programme on “Maritime and Port Security” held at Galilee International Management Institute in Israel (25 June-08 July). Ηe is a PhD candidate at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus. He has been a research associate at Hellenic Institute of Transport (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas) since December 2013.