Dr. Panos Panagos

Panos Panagos is a senior scientist at JRC (Joint Research Centre, European Commission). He has more than 24 years’ experience in environmental modelling and policy developments in the European Commission.  Panos Panagos is the Project and Team leader of EU Soil Observatory (EUSO).  Panos supports a wide range of policies in the EU, including the recently adopted Soil Monitoring Law, the EU Soil Strategy 2030, the Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Zero Pollution Action Plan. Panos is also responsible for the scientific and technical support of the JRC to the HORIZON Europe Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”. He leads the innovative soil health assessments such as the ones in soil erosion, soil organic carbon, soil nutrients and diffuse pollution. He has more than 250 publications in peer-review journals and he has been awarded the Web of Science highly influential scientist award (7,000 influential researchers worldwide) for the last 7 years (2019-2025).