He has been honored and accepted awards including the awarding of Honorary Member, Fellow and Distinguished Fellow by IWA (2010, 2012 and 2015, respectively). He is an Honorary Member of the Hellenic Water Association (HWA, 2011). He was awarded with Honorary distinction by the Hellenic Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeology (2014). Also, he has elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2018), Member of the French Academy of Water (2021), Honorary Professor of Hubei University, Wuhan, China (2019), and Honorary doctorate of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (2021). In addition he was awarded with honorary distinction by the Hellenic Hydro-technical Association of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2022. Also, he was appointed Senior Chair Professor at Hubei University, Wuhan, China in 2023. In addition, he was awarded and honored for his contribution to the Holocaust Museum of Viannou and Ierapetra by the Mayor of Municipality of Viannos, Iraklion, Greece and the President of Museum in 2023. Lastly, he was honored for his selfless contribution to the Association of Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Companies and the Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Companies of Greece in 2024.

Today he collaborates with international IWA members to highlight the timeless principles and practices of hydro-technology in ancient civilizations and to understand "what and how we could learn from the past". With a growing global awareness of the importance of water and wastewater management in ancient civilizations, IWA SG on WAC has organized more than a dozen international and regional symposia and workshops on hydro-technologies in ancient civilizations over the past decade.

He has authored or co-authored more than 550 publications, including articles in reputable international peer-reviewed journals, Greek and English books, book chapters and more, with more than 9,500 Google citations and i10-index 135. He has been invited and participated in more than 200 scientific events with corresponding lectures in Greece and abroad. Finally, he is the editor and member of the editorial boards of many international scientific journals.