Google Scholar Profile: Charles Galdies ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8908-0785 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Galdies_Charles/publications
Prof. Charles Galdies is an Associate Professor with the Division of Environmental Management and Planning within the Institute of Earth Systems. He has received his Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and GIS from Durham University (UK) in 2005. He studied ways to improve small-scale weather and ocean forecasting in the central Mediterranean region using novel remote sensing observations of the ocean and atmosphere. Prof. Galdies previously served as Chief Meteorological Officer of the Malta Meteorological Office from 2007 to 2011, and Deputy Executive Director of the International Ocean Institute Headquarters. He was also the Permanent Representative of the Government of Malta with the World Meteorological Organisation. As a member of the Consultative Council of the Climate Action Authority of the Government of Malta, Prof. Galdies provides his expert advise on climatology.
Climate monitoring, attribution of climate change impacts and risks, and the use of remote sensing and geospatial tools for the monitoring of land, water, air and climate are his main research themes. He is the author of 3 books, 11 book chapters, and more than 100 peer-reviewed scholarly research articles on these topics. He is also actively engaged in outreach activities that promote the understanding of weather and climate both locally and abroad. He provides consultancy to the Government of Malta, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the European Commission, UNESCO, and to private firms and non-governmental organisations. He is the recipient of the 2024 Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative dedicated to high-caliber scientists.
