Dr. Zafeiria Roumelioti

Assistant Professor
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Office hours

• All working days 09:00-14:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc Geology, MSc Geophysics, PhD Seismology (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-8144
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8mm-O2YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Research Interests

• Kinematic modeling of earthquake sources; Determination of the spatio-temporal characteristics of earthquake rupture by i) inversion of full waveforms at regional and/or teleseismic distances, geodetic data, strong ground motion records and surface offset data and ii) inversion of relative source time functions
• Variability of strong ground motion due to source and site effects
• Near-fault effects on strong ground motion
• Simulation of strong ground motion using both deterministic (Empirical Green’s Functions) and stochastic approaches with emphasis on the incorporation of the finite-source and directivity effects
• Near real-time applications for the computation of earthquake source parameters (fast moment tensors) and shake maps for earthquakes in areas covered by sparse networks
• Moment tensor determination
• Study of non-linear site response during earthquakes
• Seismicity studies (relocation, determination of source parameters, seismotectonic implications)

Teaching

• Geol_021 Geophysics
• Geol_029 Seismology
• GEO_606 Engineering Geophysics
• GEO_AGG03 Natural Hazards and the Environment
• GEO_AGG08 Advanced Seismological Applications

Publications

• Roumelioti, Z., F. Hollender and Ph. Gueguen (2020). Rainfall-Induced Variation of Seismic Waves Velocity in Soil and Implications for Soil Response: what the ARGONET (Cephalonia, Greece) vertical array data reveal, Seism. Soc. Am., in press.
• Hollender, F., Roumelioti, E. Maufroy, P. Traversa and A. Mariscal (2020). Can we trust high-frequency content in strong-motion database signals? Impact of housing, coupling and installation depth of seismic sensors, submitted.
• Cushing, E. M., F. Hollender, D. Moiriat, C. Guyonnet-Benaize, N. Theodoulidis, E. Pons-Branchu, S. Sepulcre, P.-Y. Bard, C. Cornou, A. Dechamp, A. Mariscal and Roumelioti (2020). Building a three dimensional model of the active Plio-Quaternary basin of Argostoli (Cephalonia Island, Greece): an integrated geophysical and geological approach, Engineering Geology, 265, 105441, Open Access Link.
• Riga, E., F. Hollender, Roumelioti, P.-Y. Bard and K. Pitilakis (2019). Assessing the applicability of deconvolution of borehole records for determining near-surface shear wave attenuation, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am, 109(2), 621-635.
• Giannaraki, G., I. Kassaras, Roumelioti, Z., Kazantzidou-Firtinidou, D. and A. Ganas (2019). Deterministic seismic risk assessment in the city of Aigion (W. Corinth Gulf, Greece) and juxtaposition with real damage due to the 1995 Mw6.4 earthquake, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 17(2), 603-634.
• Theodoulidis, N., F. Hollender, A. Mariscal, D. Moiriat, P.-Y. Bard, A. Konidaris, M. Cushing, K. Konstantinidou and Roumelioti (2018). The ARGONET (Greece) Seismic Observatory: An accelerometric vertical array and associated data, Seismological Research Letters, 89(4), 1555-1565, doi:10.1785/0220180042.
• Maufroy, E., E. Chaljub, N.P. Theodoulidis, Roumelioti, F. Hollender, P.-Y. Bard, F. de Martin and L. Margerin (2017). Source-related variability of site response in the Mygdonian basin (Greece) from accelerometric recordings and 3-D numerical simulations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 107(2), 787-808.
• Ktenidou, O.-J., Roumelioti, N. Abrahamson, F. Cotton, K. Pitilakis and F. Hollender (2017). Understanding single-station ground motion variability and uncertainty (sigma): lessons learnt from EUROSEISTEST, Bull. Earth. Eng. doi:10.1007/s10518-017-0098-6.
• Roumelioti, Z., Kiratzi, B. Margaris and A. Chatzipetros (2017). Simulation of strong ground motion on near-fault rock outcrop for engineering purposes: the case of the city of Xanthi (northern Greece), Bull. of Earthq. Eng 15(1), 25-49.
• Aggarwal, S.K., P.K. Khan, S.P. Mohanty and Roumelioti (2016). Moment tensors, state of stress and their relation to faulting processes in Gujarat, Western India, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, A/B/C 95, 19-35.
• Pitilakis, K., S. Karapetrou, D. Bindi, M. Manakou, B. Petrovic, Z. Roumelioti, T. Boxberger and S. Parolai (2016). Structural monitoring and earthquake early warning systems for the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 14(9), 2543-2563.

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Dr. Ioannis Iliopoulos

Professor
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Office hours

• Tuesday 10:00-11:00
• Wednesday 13:00-14:00
• Friday 10:00-11:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-8144
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=XaOJ39gAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Metamorphic Petrology
• Industrial minerals
• Sustainable Development
• Archaeometric Studies with Emphasis on Evaluation and Provenance of ancient ceramics and Stone artefacts

Teaching

• Geol_017 Computer applications in Earth Sciences
• Geol_035 Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic rocks
• Geol_039 Geological Excursion V
• Geol_040 Industrial minerals
• Geol_050 Methods on Research and Analysis of Minerals and Rocks
• Geol_071 Metamorphism in the Hellenic region
• Geol_078 Protection of the Geological, Geographic and Human Heritage
• GEO_OME02 Earth Materials and Environmental Applications
• GEO_OME03 Advanced topics in Mineralogy/Petrology/Ore Geology
• GEO_OME04 Earth Materials and Sustainable Development
• GEO_OME05 Instumental Methods of the analysis of Earth Materials
• GEO_OME12 Archaeometric approaches for the study of ancient ceramic and stone artefacts
• OC_O02 Seafloor Mapping for Marine Heritage
   

Publications

• Xanthopoulou, V., Iliopoulos, I., Katsonopoulou, D., and Katsarou, S. (in press) Standardized patterns in the ceramic craft at early Bronze Age Helike, Achaea, Greece. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
• Xanthopoulou, V., Iliopoulos, I., and Avramidis, P. (2021) Assessment of clayey raw material suitability for ceramic production, in the Northern Peloponnese, Greece. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2021) 13:50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01297-1
• Xanthopoulou, V., Iliopoulos, I., and Liritzis, I. (2021) Mineralogical and Microstructure Analysis for Characterization and Provenance of Ceramic Artifacts from Late Helladic Kastrouli Settlement, Delphi (Central Greece). Geosciences 2021, 11, 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11010036
• Lara, C., and Iliopoulos, I., (2020). Ceramic technology, ethnic identification and multiethnic contacts: the archaeological example of the Cuyes river valley (south-eastern Andes of Ecuador). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 33: #102557.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102557
• Liritzis, I., Xanthopoulou, V., Palamara, E., Papageorgiou, I., Iliopoulos, I., Zacharias, N., Vafiadou, A., Germanos Karydas A., (2020). Characterization and provenance of ceramic artifacts and local clays from Late Mycenaean Kastrouli (Greece) by means of p-XRF screening and statistical analysis. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 46: 61-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2020.06.004
• Lampropoulou, P., Laskaris, N., Petrounias, P., Giannakopoulou, P.P., Rogkala, A., Kalampounias, A.G., Tsigrou, P., Katagas, C.G., and Iliopoulos, I., (2020). Petrogeochemical approaches to the characterization of obsidian derived from Nychia area (Milos Island, Greece) using combined methods. Microchemical Journal, 156, article no. 104843. DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.104843
• Xanthopoulou, V., Iliopoulos, I., and Liritzis, I., (2020). Characterisation techniques of clays for the archaeometric study of ancient ceramics: a review. Scientific Culture, 6(2): 73-86. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3724849
• Liritzis, I., Bednarik, R., Polymeris, G., Iliopoulos, I., Zacharias, N., Kumar G., Vafiadou, A. and Bratitsi, M., (2019). Daraki-Chattan rock art constrained osl chronology and multianalytical techniques: a first pilot investigation. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 37, 29-43.
• Bourli, N., Kokkaliari, M., Iliopoulos, I., Pe-Piper, G., Piper, D., Maravelis, A., & Zelilidis, A., (2019), Mineralogy of siliceous concretions, cretaceous of Ionian zone, western Greece: Implication for diagenesis and porosity, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 105, 45 – 63.
• Bratitsi M., Liritzis I., Vafiadou A., Xanthopoulou V., Palamara E., Iliopoulos I., Zacharias, N., (2018). Critical assessment of chromatic index in archaeological ceramics by Munsell and RGB: novel contribution to characterization and provenance studies. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 18(2), pp.175-212.
• Vitale, S., Marketou, T., McNamee, C., Moutafi, I., Vika, E., Mantello, C., Morrison, J.E., Iliopoulos, I., Passa, K.-S., Moulo, K., Blackwell, N.G. and Ballan, E., (2017). The Serraglio, Eleona, and Lancada Arcaeological Project (SELAP): report on the results of the 2011 to 2015 study seasons. In: Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle missioni Italiane in Oriente, vol. XCIV, serie III, 16, 2016, pp. 225-286.
• Liritzis, I., Zacharias, N., Al-Otaibi, F., Iliopoulos, I., Katagas, C., & Shaltout, M. (2016). Chronology of construction and occupational phases of nawamis tombs, sinai based on OSL dating. Geochronometria, 43(1), 121-130. doi:10.1515/geochr-2015-0041
• Tsikouras, Β., Passa, K.-S., Iliopoulos, I., & Katagas, C., (2016). Microstructural Control on Perlite Expansibility and Geochemical Balance with a Novel Application of Isocon Analysis: An Example from Milos Island Perlite (Greece). Minerals, 6(3), 80
• Katsonopoulou, D., Iliopoulos, I., Katsarou S., & Xanthopoulou, V., (2016). Craftsmanship of big storage pithoi in the Early Helladic settlement of Helike, Achaea. BAR S2780 Proceedings of the 6th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry, Edited by E. Photos-Jones in collaboration with Y. Bassiakos, E. Filippaki, A. Hein, I. Karatasios, V. Kilikoglou and E. Kouloumpi.  British Archaeological Reports Ltd.
• Aravadinou, E., Xypolias, P., Chatzaras, V., Iliopoulos, I., & Gerogiannis, N. (2015). Ductile nappe stacking and refolding in the Cycladic Blueschist unit: insights from Sifnos Island (south Aegean Sea), International Journal of Earth Sciences, Special Issue on Eastern Mediterranean Tectonics.

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Dr. George Iliopoulos

Associate Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens, GR), PhD (Leicestershire, UK)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-128X
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=YcIRQkwAAAAJ&hl=el&oi=ao

Research Interests

• Palaeontology with special interest in Vertebrate Palaeontolog
• Fossil bone geochemistry and histology
• Stratigraphy-biostratigraphy
• Palaeoecology

Teaching

• Geol_ 

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Dr. Pavlos Avramidis

Associate Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 11:00-13:00
• Thursday: 11:00-12:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc Geology (Patras), PhD Sedimentology (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-970X
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=1lh2-PIAAAAJ

Research Interests

• Sedimentology, Coastal and Environmental Sedimentology
• Palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimatic changes
• Sediments geochemistry
• Geochemical indices for palaeoenvironmtal and palaeoclimatic interpretations
• Submarine fans - turbidites facies and facies association
• Organic geochemistry

Teaching

• Geol_103 Planet Earth – Surface Processes
• Geol_203 Planet Earth – Internal Processes
• Geol_030 Geological Excursion – Field Trip III
• Geol_408 Sedimentology
• Geol_501 Environmental Sedimentology
• Geol_034 Geological mapping – Sedimentary Rocks
• Bio _ EA5 Soil Sciences
• Geol_CAD02 Sedimentary Environments and Geochemical Processes

Representative Research Projects

• Holocene Sedimentological Research of Zakynthos island. Funded by University of Amsterdam.
• Holocene Sedimentological Processes and Palaeoenvironmental Changes in Coastal Lagoon Systems of Western Greece (HolSedPro). Funded by Research Committee of the University of Patras ‘Karatheodoris Program’.
• Investigating the palaeo-environment of Northern Peloponnese valleys. Funded by the German Research Council (DFG)
• Zakynthos Archaeological Research Project. Funded by University of Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology
• Environmental Health Project: Understanding the role of the lung microbiome for human health and diseases. Funded by Helmholtz Zentrum München - Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analyses
• Environmental – Sedimentological and Geochemical study of bottom marine sediments. Funded by Private Sector - Enterprises.
• Environmental monitoring – Marine Sediments Geochemistry and biological analyses. Funded by Private Sector - Enterprises
• Study of aquatic sediments. Field works and laboratory analyses. Funded by Stockholm Universitet.
• Environmental history of the Byzantine and Ottoman Peloponnese. Funded by Max Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History.

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Avramidis, P., Iliopoulos, G., Kontopoulos, N., Panagiotaras, D., Barouchas, P., Nikolaou, K., Papadopoulou, P. 2015. Depositional environments, sediment characteristics, palaeoecological analysis and environmental assessment of an internationally protected shallow Mediterranean lagoon, Gialova Lagoon - Navarino Bay, Greece. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 105 (3), pp. 189-206.
• Avramidis, P., Bekiari, V., Christodoulou, D., Papatheodorou, G. 2015. Sedimentology and water column stratification in a permanent anoxic Mediterranean lagoon environment, Aetoliko Lagoon, western Greece. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73 (9), 5687-5701.
• Weiberg, E., Unkel, I., Kouli, K., Holmgren, K., Avramidis, P., Bonnier, A., Dibble, F., Finné, M., Izdebski, A., Katrantsiotis, C., Stocker, S.R., Andwinge, M., Baika, K., Boyd, M., Heymann, C. 2016. The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past. Quaternary Science Reviews, 136, 40-65.
• Avramidis, P., Nikolaou, K., Poulos, K., Bekiari, V., Vantarakis, A. 2017. Environmental characterization of a Mediterranean protected shallow brackish coastal aquatic system, Klisova Lagoon, Western Greece: a case study. Journal of Coastal Conservation 21,115-125,. doi: 10.1007/s11852-016-0476-2.
• Avramidis, P., Kalaitzidis, S., Iliopoulos, G., Papadopoulou, P., Nikolaou, K., Papazisimou, S., Christanis, K., van Wijngaarden, G.J., 2017. The so called 'Herodotus Springs' at 'Keri Lake' in Zakynthos Island western Greece: A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological approach. Quaternary International 439, 37-51.
• Katsaros, D., Panagiotaras, D., Kontopoulos, N., Avramidis, P.Sediments characteristics and heavy metals distribution of a very shallow protected coastal lagoon, Prokopos Lagoon Mediterranean Sea western Greece. Fresenius Enviromental Bulletin 26 (10) 6093-6103.
• Avramidis, P., Iliopoulos, G., Nikolaou, K., Kontopoulos, N., Koutsodendris, A., van Wijngaarden, G.J., 2017. Holocene sedimentology and coastal geomorphology of Zakynthos Island, Ionian Sea: A history of a divided Mediterranean island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 487, 340-354.
• Michas, A. Vestergaard, G., Trautwein, K., Avramidis, P., Hatzinikolaou, D.G., Vorgias, C.E., Wilkes, H., Rabus, R., Schloter M., and Schöler A., 2017. More than 2500 years of oil exposure shape sediment microbiomes with the potential for syntrophic degradation of hydrocarbons linked to methanogenesis. Microbione 5:118, DOI 10.1186/s40168-017-0337-8.
• Zizicki, Z.S., Tamez, V., Galanopoulou, A.P., Avramidis, P., Foufopoulos, J.2017. Long-term effects of feral goats (Capra hircus) on Mediterranean island communities: results from whole island manipulations. Biological Invasions, pp. 1-16.
• Emmanouilidis, A., Katrantsiotis, C., Norström, E., Risberg, J., Kylander, M., Sheik, T.A., Iliopoulos, G., Avramidis, P. Middle to late Holocene palaeoenvironmental study of Gialova Lagoon, SW Peloponnese, Greece Quaternary International DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.005.
• Papoulis, D., Tzortzakaki, O., Avramidis, P., Mentis, P., Lampropoulou, P., Iliopoulos, G., 2018. Mineralogical and textural characteristics of nest building geomaterials used by three sympatric mud-nesting hirundine species, Scientific Reports, 8 (1), art. no. 11050.
• Katrantsiotis, C., Kylander, M.E., Smittenberg, R., Yamoah, K.K.A., Hättestrand, M., Avramidis, P., Strandberg, N.A., Norström, E., 2018. Eastern Mediterranean hydroclimate reconstruction over the last 3600 years based on sedimentary n-alkanes, their carbon and hydrogen isotope composition and XRF data from the Gialova Lagoon, SW Greece Quaternary Science Reviews, 194, pp. 77-93.
• Katrantsiotis C., Norström E., Smittenberg R.H., Finnee M., Weiberge E., Hättestranda M., Avramidis P., Wastegårda S., 2019. Climate changes in the Eastern Mediterranean over the last 5000 years and their links to the high-latitude atmospheric patterns and Asian monsoons. Global and Planetary Change 175 36–51.
• Bassukas, D., Emmanouilidis, A., Panagiotaras, D., Avramidis, P. 2019. Sedimentological and geochemical evaluation of vouliagmeni lake sediments, Perachora, Peninsula, Corinth, Greece. International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM, 19 (1.1), pp. 505-512.
• Emmanouilidis, A., Messaris, G., Ntzanis, E., Zampakis, P., Avramidis, P. 2019. Microstructural and facies identification through x-ray computed tomography (Ct) on anually laminated sediments. International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM, 19 (1.1), pp. 319-326.
• Vött, A., Bruins, H.J., Gawehn, M., Goodman-Tchernov, B.N., De Martini, P.M., Kelletat, D., Mastronuzzi, G., Reicherter, K., Röbke, B.R., Scheffers, A., Willershäuser, T., Avramidis, P., Bellanova, P., Costa, P.J.M., Finkler, C., Hadler, H., Koster, B., Lario, J., Reinhardt, E., Mathes-Schmidt, M., Ntageretzis, K., Pantosti, D., Papanikolaou, I., Sansò, P., Scicchitano, G., Smedile, A., Szczuciński, W. 2019. Publicity waves based on manipulated geoscientific data suggesting climatic trigger for majority of tsunami findings in the mediterranean – response to ‘tsunamis in the geological record: Making waves with a cautionary tale from the mediterranean’ by marriner et al. (2017). Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 62, pp. 7-45.
• Avramidis, P., Barouchas, P., Dünwald, T., Unkel, I., Panagiotaras, D.2019. The Influence of Olive Orchards Copper-Based Fungicide Use, in Soils and Sediments—The Case of Aetoliko (Etoliko) Lagoon Western Greece. Geosciences (Switzerland), 9 (6), art. no. 267
• Katrantsiotis, C., Norström, E., Smittenberg, R.H., Finne, M., Weiberg, E., Hättestrand, M., Avramidis, P., Wastegård, S. 2019. Climate changes in the Eastern Mediterranean over the last 5000 years and their links to the high-latitude atmospheric patterns and Asian monsoons. Global and Planetary Change, 175, pp. 36-51.
• Emmanouilidis, A., Unkel, I., Triantaphyllou, M., Avramidis, P., 2020. Late-Holocene coastal depositional environments and climate changes in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece. The Holocene, 30 (1), 77-89.
• Emmanouilidis, A., Messaris, G., Ntzanis, E., Zampakis, P., Prevedouros, I., Bassukas D., Avramidis, P., 2020. CT scanning, X-ray fluorescence: Non-destructive techniques for the identification of sedimentary facies and structures. Revue de Micropaléontologie (in press).

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Dr. Kimon Christanis

Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 10:00-11:00
• Wednesday 10:00-11:00
• Friday 12:00-13:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: Diploma (NTU Athens), PhD (Braunschweig, Germany)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4625-2783
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=HPLxpB8AAAAJ

Research Interests

• Peat/Coal Geology
• Organic Petrology
• Environmental impacts from peat/coal utilization
• Non-energy applications of peat and coal

Teaching

• GEO_045  Energy Sources
• GEO_061Ε Coal Geology
• GEO_075  Geothermal Energy
• GEO_611  Seminar on scientific and CV writing
• GE_EM02  Environmental impacts from exploitation of earth materials – Rehabilitation of landscape and the environment

Publications

• Ogala, J.E., Kalaitzidis, S., Rizos, A.M., Christanis, K., Omo-irabor, O.O., Adaikpoh, E.O., Ejeh, O.I., Papaefthymiou, H. (in press). Petrographic and mineralogical study of extended outcrops of lignite layers in Agbor area, southern Nigeria. J. Afr. Earth Sci.
• Kern, O.A., Koutsodendris, A., Machtle, B., Christanis, K., Scholz, C., Kotthoff, U., Pross, J., Schukraft, G. (in press). XRF core scanning yields reliable semiquantitative data on the elemental composition of highly organic-rich sediments: Evidence from the Furamoos peat bog (Southern Germany). Sci. Tot. Environ.
• Oskay, R.G., Christanis, K., Salman, M. (2019). Coal features and depositional environment of the Northern Karapınar–Ayrancı coal deposit (Konya, Central Turkey). Turkish J. Earth Sci. 28, 260-274.
• Ogala, J.E., Kalaitzidis, S., Christanis, K., Omo-Irabor, O.O., Akinmosin, A., Yusuf, C.U., Constantinopoulos, M., Papaefthymiou, H., Pasadakis, N. (2019). Geochemical and organic petrological study of bituminous sediments from Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 99, 577–595.
• Christanis, K. (2017). Greece. In: Mires and peatlands of Europe. Status, distribution and conservation (Joosten, H., Tanneberger, F. and Moen, A., eds), 425-43, Schweizerbart Sci. Publ. [ISBN 978-3-510-65383-6].Pickel, W., Kus, J., Flores, D., Kalaitzidis, S., Christanis, K., Cardott, B.J., Misz-Kennan, M., Rodrigues, S., Hentschel, A., Hamor-Vido, M., Crosdale, P., Wagner, N. (2017). Classification of liptinite – ICCP System 1994. Int. J. Coal Geol. 169, 40-61.
• Oskay, R.G., Christanis, K., Inaner, H., Salman, M., Taka, M. (2016). Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the eastern part of the Karapınar-Ayrancı coal deposit (Central Turkey). Int. J. Coal Geol. 163, 100-111.
• Alnawafleh, H., Tarawneh, K., Siavalas, G., Christanis, K., Iordanidis, A. (2016). Geochemistry and Organic Petrography of Jordanian Sultani Oil Shale. Open J. Geol. 6, 1209-1220.
• Christanis, K. (2016). The Philippi Peatland (Greece). In: C.M. Finlayson et al. (eds.), The Wetland Book, 6 pp., Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

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Dr. Nikolaos Depountis

Assistant Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), MSc (Cardiff, Uk), PhD (Cardiff, UK)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3474-5468
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=5gTtPcoAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Geotechnical investigations and studies for the construction of technical works
• Physical and mechanical properties of soils and rocks
• Erosion modelling on land and coastal formations
• Landslides: monitoring, hazard and risk assessment, design of remedial measures and early-warning systems
• Geological suitability for urban development and land use planning

Teaching

• Geol_047 Engineering Geology
• Geol_054, CIV_8357A Geology of Technical Works and Rock Mechanics
• Geol_066 Elements of Geotechnical Engineering
• Geol_080 Landslide phenomena in the terrestrial and marine environment
• CIV_2138A Geology for Civil Engineers
• GEO_AGG02 Applications of Engineering Geology in infrastructure projects
• GEO_AGG03 Natural hazards and the environment
• GEO_AGG07 Geotechnical surveys and studies - Instrument and Monitoring
• OC_001 Marine Engineering Geology

Publications

• Depountis N, Michalopoulou M, Kavoura k, Nikolakopoulos K, Sabatakakis N (2020). Estimating Soil Erosion Rate Changes in Areas Affected by Wildfires. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(10), 562, doi: 3390/ijgi9100562.
• Apostolopoulos D, Nikolakopoulos K, Boumpoulis V, Depountis N (2020). GIS based analysis and accuracy assessment of low-resolution satellite imagery for coastline monitoring. SPIE 11534, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XI, 115340B, 12, doi: 10.1117/12.2573440.
• Depountis N, Nikolakopoulos K, Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N (2020). Description of a GIS-based rockfall hazard assessment methodology and its application in mountainous sites. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 79: 645-658, doi: 1007/s10064-019-01590-3.
• Kavoura K, Konstantopoulou M, Depountis N Sabatakakis N (2020). Slow-moving landslides: kinematic analysis and movement evolution modeling. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79:130, 11, doi: 1007/s12665-020-8879-7.
• Nikolakopoulos K, Konstantinopoulos D, Depountis N, Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N, Fakiris E, Christodoulou D, Papatheodorou G (2019). Coastal monitoring activities in the frame of TRITON project. SPIE 11156, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications X, 111560Z, 8, doi: 10.1117/12.2532766.
• Depountis N, Vidali M, Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N (2018). Soil erosion prediction at the water reservoir’s basin of Pineios dam, Western Greece, using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and GIS. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 14: 457-463. E-ISSN: 2224-3496.
• Anagnostopolou S, Boumpoulis V, Lampropoulou P, Servou A, Depountis N, Sabatakakis N (2018). The Behavior of the Highly Weathered and Partially Decomposed Flysch in the Reactivation of Landslide Phenomena in Greece. A Shakoor et al. (eds.), Springer, Slope Stability: Case Histories, Landslide Mapping, Emerging Technologies - Volume 1, 119-124, doi: 1007/978-3-319-93124-1_15.
• Nikolakopoulos K, Kavoura K, Depountis N, Kyriou A, Argyropoulos N, Koukouvelas I, Sabatakakis N (2017). Preliminary results from active landslide monitoring using multidisciplinary surveys. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 50:1, 280-299. doi: 1080/22797254.2017.1324741.
• Tsiambaos G, Sabatakakis N, Rrondoyanni Th, Depountis N, Kavoura K (2015). Composite landslides affecting Flysch and Neogene weak rock formations induced by heavy rainfalls. In: Innovations in Applied and Theoretical Rock Mechanics, 13th International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, p. 10. ISBN 978-1-926872-25-4.

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Dr. Stavros Kalaitzidis

Associate Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 11:00-14:00
• Tuesday 12:00 – 14:00
• Wednesday 11:00-14:00
• Thursday 11:00-14:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1134-201X
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=BrujYW0AAAAJ&hl=el&oi=ao

Research Interests

• Economic Geology
• Peat & Coal Geology
• Ore Geology
• Organic Petrology
• Environmental Applications of Coals
• Environmental Impacts of coal utilization

Teaching

• Geol_01
• GEO_082   Seminar: Studying in the Department of Geology
• GEO_607   Ore Geology
• GEO_711E Insights in Ore Geology
• GEO_825E Introduction to Exploration and Mining Geology
• 4^th Year Geology Field Trip
• GE_EM02   Environmental impacts from exploitation of earth materials – Rehabilitation of landscape and the environment
• GE_EM04   Instrumental Methods of the analysis of Earth Materials

Publications

• Pirouei, M., Kolo, K., Kalaitzidis S.P., 2019. Listvenitization in Iraqi Kurdistan: a new insight in the geological evolution of the Zagros Ophiolites and implications for mineral exploration. Geochem. Exploration, (in press Oct 2019).
• Ogala, J.E., Kalaitzidis, S., Rizos, A-M., Christanis, K., Omo-Irabor, O.O., Adaikpoh, E.Z., Ejeh, O.I., Papaefthymiou, H., 2019. Petrographic and mineralogical study of extended outcrops of lignite layers in Agbor area, southern Nigeria. J. of African Earth Sciences (in press Oct 2019).
• Shalaby, M.R., Osli, L.N., Kalaitzidis, S, Islam, Md.A., 2019. Thermal maturity and depositional palaeoenvironments of the Cretaceous-Palaeocene Source Rock Taratu Formation, Great South Basin, New Zealand. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 181.
• Petrounias, P., Rogkala, A., Giannakopoulou, P.P., Tsikouras, B., Lampropoulou, P., Kalaitzidis, S., Hatzipanagiotou, K., Lambrakis, N., Christopoulou, M.A., 2019. An experimental study for the remediation of industrial waste water using combination of low cost mineral raw materials. Minerals, 9, 207; doi:10.3390/min9040207.
• Ogala, J.A., Kalaitzidis, S., Christanis, K, Omo-Irabor, O.O., Akinmosin, A., Yusuf, C.U., Pasadakis, N., Constantinopoulos, M., Papaefthymiou, H., 2019. Geochemical and organic petrological study of bituminous sediments from Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria. J. Mar. Petrol. Geol., 99: 577-595.
• Giannakopoulou, P.P., Petrounias, P., Tsikouras, B., Kalaitzidis, S., Rogkala, A., Hatzipanagiotou, K., Tombros, S.F., 2018. Using factor analysis to determine the interrelationships between the engineering properties of aggregate from igneous rocks in Greece. Minerals, 8, 580; doi:10.3390/min8120580.
• Wulf, S, Hardiman, M, Staff, R.A, Koutsodendris, A, Appelt, O, Manning, C.J., Ottolini, L, Schmitt, A., Smith, V.C., Tomlinson, E.L., Blockley, S.P.E., Lowe, J.J., Knipping, M., Kotthoff, U., Milner, A.M., Müller, U.C., Christanis, K., Kalaitzidis, S, Tzedakis, C., Schmiedl, G., Pross, J., 2018. The MIS 1 – MIS 5 cryptotephra record of Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: independent dating of a high-resolution climate archive in the Eastern Mediterranean region Quat. Sci. Rev., 186: 236-262.
• Mirza, T.A., Kalaitzidis, S.P., Sarkhel, H.M., Saman, Gh.R., Petrou, X., 2017. Geochemistry and genesis of sulfide ore deposits in Sharosh village, Qandil Series Kurdistan Region-NE Iraq. Arab. J. Geosci., 10: 428 (DOI 10.1007/s12517-017-3210-y).
• Suárez-Ruiz, I., Valentim, B., Borrego, A.G., Bouzinos, A., Flores, D., Kalaitzidis, S., Malinconico, M.L., Marques, M., Misz-Kenan, M., Predeanu, G., Montes, J.R., Rodrigues, S., Siavalas, G., Wagner, N., 2017. Development of a petrographic classification of fly ash components from coal combustion and co-combustion. (An ICCP Classification System, Fly Ash Working Group – Commission III). Int. J. Coal Geol., 183: 188-203.
• Kus, J., Araujo, C.V., Borrego, A.G., Flore, D., Mendonça Filho, J.G., Hackley, P.C., Hámor-Vidó, M., Kalaitzidis, S., Kommeren, C.J., Kwiecińska, B., Mastalerz, M., Menezes, T.R., Misz-Kennan, M., Nowak, G., Petersen, H.I., Rallakis, D., Suarez-Ruiz, I., Sýkorová, I., Životic, D., (2017). Identification of alginite and bituminite in rocks other than coals: results of Round Robin Exercises of the Identification of Dispersed Organic Matter Working Group of the ICCP. Int. J. Coal Geol., 178: 26-38.
• Pickel, W., Kus, J., Flores, D., Kalaitzidis, S., Christanis, K., Cardott, B., Misz-Kennan, M., Rodrigues, S., Hentschel, A., Hamor-Vido, M., Crosdale, P., Wagner, N., 2017. Classification of Liptinite - ICCP System 1994. Int. J. Coal Geol., 169: 40-61.
• Avramidis, P., Kalaitzidis, S., Iliopoulos, G., Papadopoulou, P., Nikolaou, K., Papazisimou, S., Christanis, K. and Wijngaarden, G.J. van., 2017. The so called ‘Herodotus Springs’ at Keri Lake in Zakynthos Island western Greece: a sedimentological and palaeoecological approach. Quat. Int., 439: 37-51.
• Pross, J., Koutsodendris, A., Christanis, K., Fischer, T., Fletcher, W.J., Hardiman, M., Kalaitzidis, S., Knipping, M., Kotthoff, U., Milner, A.M., Müller, U.C., Schmiedl, G., Siavalas, G., Tzedakis, P.C., Wulf, S., 2015. The 1.3-Ma-long terrestrial climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon, northeastern Greece: Evolution, exploration, and perspectives for future research. Newsl. Stratigr, 48/3: 253-276.
• Iordanidis, A., Georgakopoulos, A. and Kalaitzidis, S., 2014. Petrographic composition and palaeoenvironment of the Amynteo lignite deposit, northern Greece. Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 36/24: 2715-2724.

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Dr. Sotiris Kokkalas

Associate Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 10:00-12:00
• Wednesday 13:00-12:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5604-0445
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=V1dxA0oAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Fault geometry, fault interaction and linkage
• Fracture networks analysis and stress analysis from fracture/fault data
• Fractured reservoirs and fluid flow
• Orogenic evolution of fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basins
• Strike-slip tectonics
• Relation of magmatism-volcanism with faulting
• Active faulting, seismotectonicsPetrotectonics

Teaching

• Geol_017 Basic Computer Applications in Geology
• Geol_034 Geological Mapping of Sedimentary rocks
• Geol_038 Field work IV
• Geol_044 Geological Mapping of Crystalline rocks
• Geol_046 Geodynamics
• Geol_048 Field work VI
• Geol_810E Interpretation and Analysis of Geological maps
• GEO_CAD01 Tectonics and Mechanics of Lithosphere
• GEO_CAD08 Processing and analysis of Structural geology data

Publications

• KOKKALAS, S. NIZAMUDDIN, S. VEGA, S. 2019. Multi-scale Fracture Network Characteristics in a Carbonate Reservoir Outcrop Analogue: Insights from μCT data in Core Plugs and Thin Sections. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Athens, Sp. Publ 7.
• KIM, S. KWON, S., JANG, Y., KOKKALAS, S. 2019. New Insights into the Tectonic Evolution of the UAE-Oman Ophiolite Suite. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Athens, Sp. Publ 7.
• JOUN, H., KOKKALAS, S., TOMBROS, S. 2019 Recycled oceanic crust as a source for tonalite intrusions in the mantle section of the Khor Fakkan block, Semail ophiolite (UAE). Geoscience Frontiers, 10, 1187-1210.
• JONES, R.R., KOKKALAS, S., LONG, J.J., DANIELS, S.E., GILMENT, S.R., WILKINSON, M.W., OXLADE, D.M. 2018. Calibration of fracture models using multi-scale outcrop analogues-The importance of mechanical stratigraphy, In 3rd EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, 2018-February.
• BRUNO, P.P.G., DUROSS, C.B., KOKKALAS, S. 2017. High-resolution seismic profiling reveals faulting associated with the 1934 Ms 6.6 Hansel Valley earthquake (Utah, USA). Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 129 (9-10), pp. 1227-1240.
• WILKINSON, M.W., JONES, R.R., WOODS, C.E., GILMENT, S.R., MCCAFFREY, K.J.W., KOKKALAS, S., LONG, J.J. 2016. A comparison of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from motion photogrammetry as methods for digital outcrop acquisition. Geosphere, 12 (6), pp. 1865-1880.
• ZYGOURI, V., KOUKOUVELAS, I., KOKKALAS, S., XYPOLIAS, P., PAPADOPOULOS, G., 2015. The Nisi fault as a key structure for understanding the active deformation of the NW-Peloponnese, Greece. Geomorphology, 237, 142-156.
• KOKKALAS, S., AYDIN, A., 2013. Is there a link between faulting and magmatism in south-central Aegean Sea? Geological Magazine 150 (2) 193-224.
• KOKKALAS, S., KAMBERIS, E., XYPOLIAS, P., SOTIROPOULOS, S., KOUKOUVELAS, I., 2013. Coexistence of thin- and thick-skinned tectonics in Zakynthos area (Western Greece): insights from seismic sections and regional seismicity. Tectonophysics, vol. 597-598, 73-84.(in press-02/09/2012).

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• Short CV

Dr. Ioannis Koukouvelas

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4363-0390
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=grD_-RoAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Structural Geology
• Paleoseismology
• Active Tectonics
• Magma emplacement

Teaching

• Geol_01

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Dr. Petros Koutsovitis

Assistant Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 11:00-12:00
• Wednesday 12:00-13:00
• Friday 11:00-12:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens), PhD (Athens)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-2196
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=fKBZt60AAAAJ

Research Interests

• Magmatic Rocks
• Petrogenesis of Ophiolites
• Metasomatic processes
• Sustainable use of raw materials

Teaching

• Geol_018 Petrography of Magmatic Rocks
• Geol_026 Petrography of Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks
• Geol_022 Geological Excursion ΙΙ
• Geol_804 Petrogenesis of Ophiolite Complexes
• Geol_049 Marbles and Aggregate Materials
• GEO_OME07 Preservation and designation of geological and cultural heritage

Publications

• Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., Koukouzas, N., Rassios, A.E., Soukis, K., 2020. Petrogenetic constraints on the origin and formation of the Hellenic Triassic rift-related lavas. Lithos 368-369, 105604.
• Tzevelekou, T.; Lampropoulou, P.; Giannakopoulou, P.P.; Rogkala, A.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Petrounias, P. Valorization of Slags Produced by Smelting of Metallurgical Dusts and Lateritic Ore Fines in Manufacturing of Slag Cements. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4670.
• Arvanitis, A.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Tyrologou, P.; Karapanos, D.; Karkalis, C.; Pomonis, P. Potential Sites for Underground Energy and CO2 Storage in Greece: A Geological and Petrological Approach. Energies 2020, 13, 2707.
• Badouna, I.; Koutsovitis, P.; Karkalis, C.; Laskaridis, K.; Koukouzas, N.; Tyrologou, P.; Patronis, M.; Papatrechas, C.; Petrounias, P. Petrological and Geochemical Properties of Greek Carbonate Stones, Associated with Their Physico-Mechanical and Aesthetic Characteristics. Minerals 2020, 10, 507.
• Petrounias, P. Giannakopoulou, P., Rogkala, A., Kalpogiannaki, M., Koutsovitis, P., Damoulianou, M.E., Koukouzas, N., 2020. Petrographic Characteristics of Sandstones as a Basis to Evaluate Their Suitability in Construction and Energy Storage Applications. A Case Study from Klepa Nafpaktias (Central Western Greece). Energies, 13(5), 1119.
• Petrounias, P.; Rogkala, A.; Giannakopoulou, P.P.; Lampropoulou, P.; Koutsovitis, P.; Koukouzas, N.; Laskaris, N.; Pomonis, P.; Hatzipanagiotou, K. Removal of Cu (II) from Industrial Wastewater Using Mechanically Activated Serpentinite. Energies 2020, 13, 2228.
• Koukouzas, N., Koutsovitis, P., Tyrologou, P., Karkalis, C., Arvanitis, A., 2019. Potential for Mineral Carbonation of CO2 in Pleistocene Basaltic Rocks in Volos Region (Central Greece). Minerals, 9 (10), 627.
• Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., Koukouzas N. 2018. Rodingitization and carbonation, associated with serpentinization of Triassic ultramafic cumulates and lavas in Othris, Greece. Lithos 320-321, 35-48.
• Liard, F., Pomonis, P. Koutsovitis, P., Gait, J., Stamatakis, M. 2017. Ophiolites associated with pottery production in Bronze Age Crete. Archaeometry.
• Koutsovitis, P. 2017. High-pressure subduction-related serpentinites from East Thessaly (Greece): Implications for their metamorphic, geochemical and geodynamic evolution in the Hellenic-Dinaric ophiolite context. Lithos 276, 122-145, Special Issue: European Lithospheric Mantle; geochemical, petrological and geophysical processes.
• Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., 2016. Boninitic and Basaltic Dykes and Lavas from Dispersed Jurassic Ophiolitic Units in East Othris, Greece: Petrogenesis and Geotectonic Setting of Formation and Evolution. International Geology Review, 58, 1983-2006.
• Markou, G., Inglezakis, V.J., Mitrogiannis, D., Efthimiopoulos, I., Psychoyou, M., Koutsovitis, P., Muylaert, K., Baziotis, I. 2016. Sorption mechanism(s) of orthophosphate onto Ca(OH)2 pretreated bentonite. RSC Advances 6, 22295-22305.
• Magganas, A., Koutsovitis, P. 2015. Composition, Melting and Evolution of the Upper Mantle beneath the Jurassic Pindos Ocean Inferred by Ophiolitic Ultramafic Rocks in East Othris, Greece. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104, 1185-1207.
• Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Pomonis, P., Ntaflos, T., 2013. Subduction-related rodingites from East Othris, Greece: Mineral reactions and physicochemical conditions of formation. Lithos, 172-173, 139-157 (5-year impact factor 4.973).
• Koutsovitis, P., Magganas, A., Ntaflos, T., 2012. Rift and intra-oceanic subduction signatures in the Western Tethys during the Triassic: The case of ultramafic lavas as part of an unusual ultramafic-mafic-felsic suite in Othris, Greece. Lithos, 144-145, 177-193.

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Dr. Nikolaos Lambrakis

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-5765
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=12UCVhsAAAAJ

Research Interests

• Hydrogeology
• Hydrochemistry

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens), PhD (Athens)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-5765
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=12UCVhsAAAAJ

Research Interests

• GIS
• Remote Sensing
• Photogrammetry
• Hydrology
• Geological Mapping 

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. George Papatheodorou

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8652-2824
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=N9doCiMAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Environmental Oceanography
• Marine Geology

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Dimitrios Papoulis

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-4726
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=NnhmnlwAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Earth Materials,
• Clays and Clay minerals

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Nikolaos Sabatakakis

Professor
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Office hours

• Tuesday 10:00-11:00
• Wednesday 10:00-11:00
• Thursday 12:00-13:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-5512
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=el&user=fLNtrSYAAAAJ

Research Interests

• Engineering Geology – Geotechnical Engineering
• Landslide monitoring, hazard and risk assessment
• Land use ground suitability and environmental consequences
• Monuments restoration and preservation

Teaching

• Geol_047 Engineering Geology
• Geol_054 Geology of technical works and the environment
• Geol_055 Geological Excursion VII
• Geol_065 Elements of Geotechnical Engineering
• Geol_079 Landslide phenomena in terrestrial and marine environment
• CIV_8357A Geology of technical works and the environment
• GEO_AGG02 Applications of Engineering Geology in infrastructures
• GEO_AGG03 Natural hazards and the environment
• GEO_AGG07 Geotechnical investigations and measurements – monitoring
• OC-01 Marine Engineering Geology

Publications

• Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N (2019). “Investigating landslide susceptibility procedures in Greece”. Landslides. doi: 10.1007/s10346-019-01271-y
• Depountis N, Nikolakopoulos K, Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N (2019). “Description of a GIS-based rockfall hazard assessment methodology and its application in mountainous sites”. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. doi: 10.1007/s10064-019-01590-3
• Sabatakakis N, Tsiambaos G, Ktena S, Bouboukas S (2018). “The effect of microstructure on mi strength parameter of common rock types”. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 77: 1673-1688. doi: 10.1007/s10064-017-1059-7
• Nikolakopoulos K, Kavoura K, Depountis N, Kyriou A, Argyropoulos N, Koukouvelas I, Sabatakakis N (2017): “Preliminary results from active landslide monitoring using multidisciplinary surveys” European Journal of Remote Sensing, 50:1, 280-299. doi: 10.1080/22797254.2017.1324741
• Chousianitis K, Del Gaudio V, Sabatakakis N, Kavoura K, Drakatos G, Bathrelos G, Skilodimou H (2016). “Assessment of earthquake - induced landslide hazard in Greece: From Arias intensity to spatial distribution of slope resistance demand”. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106(1): 174 - 188. doi: 10.1785/0120150172
• Lainas S, Sabatakakis N, Koukis G (2016): “Rainfall thresholds for possible landslide initiation in wildfire-affected areas of western Greece” Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 75:883-896, doi: 10.1007/s10064-015-0762-5
• Sabatakakis N, Nikolakopoulos K, Papatheodorou G, Kelasidis G (2016). “A multisource approach for coastal mapping purposes: Limeni bay, Mani and surrounding area, southern Greece” Earth Sciences Informatics, 9(2):183-196, doi: 10.1007/s12145-016-0250-x
• Kavoura K, Sabatakakis N, Tsiambaos G (2016) “Long term ground displacements due to a large landslide in western Greece”. Landslides and Engineered Slopes. Experience, Theory and Practice – Aversa et al. (Eds) CRC Press 2016, Pages 1177–1181. doi: 10.1201/b21520-142
• Sabatakakis N, Tsiambaos G, Rondoyianni R, Papanakli St, Kavoura Kat (2015). “Deep - seated structurally controlled landslides of Corinth Gulf rift zone, Greece: The case of Panagopoula landslide” Proc. of 13th ISRM Congress Innovations of Applied and Theoretical Rock Mechanics - ISBN: 978-1-926872-25-4, paper 651.

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• Short CV
• Extended CV

Dr. Efthimios Sokos

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7742-7251
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/

Research Interests

• Seismology
• Seismic Sources
• Engineering Seismology
• Seismic hazard

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Leonidas Stamatopoulos

Assistant Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3231-8975
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/

Research Interests

• Geomorphology
• Quaternary Geology

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Paris Xypolias

Professor
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Office hours

• Monday 10:00-11:00
• Tuesday 12:00-13:00
• Friday 10:00-11:00

Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-6828
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=aZ8bEDwAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Structural Geology
• Hard Rock Geology
• Microtectonics
• Tectonics/Geodynamics

Teaching

• Geol_028 Structural Geology
• Geol_030 Geological Fieldtrip III
• Geol_034 Geological Mapping (Sedimentary rocks)
• Geol_038 Geological Fieldtrip IV
• Geol_042 Photogeology
• Geol_044 Geological Mapping (Crystalline rocks)
• Geol_048 Geological Fieldtrip VI
• GEO_CAD01 Structure and Mechanics of Lithosphere
• GEO_CAD05 Processing and Analysis of Structural Data

Publications

• Gerogiannis, N., Xypolias, P., Chatzaras, V., Aravadinou, E., Papapavlou, K. 2019. Deformation within the Cycladic subduction-exhumation channel: new insights from the enigmatic Makrotantalo nappe (Andros, Aegean). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 108, 817–843.
• Zulauf, G., Dörr, W., Xypolias, P., Gerdes, A., Kowalczyk, G., Linckens, L. 2019. Triassic evolution of the western Neotethys: Constraints from microfabrics and U–Pb detrital zircon ages of the Plattenkalk Unit (External Hellenides, Greece). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 108, 2493-2529.
• Martha, S.O., Zulauf, G., Dörr, W., Binck, J. J., Nowara, P.M., Xypolias, P. 2019. The Uppermost Unit south of the Dikti Mountains, eastern Crete: Constraints on the Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Internal Hellenides. Geological Magazine, 156, 1003-1026.
• Xypolias, P., Gerogiannis, N., Chatzaras, V., Papapavlou, K., Kruckenberg, S.C., Aravadinou, E., Michels, Z. 2018. Using incremental elongation and shearing to unravel the deformation path in a complex transpressional zone. Journal of Structural Geology, 115, 64-81.
• Gerogiannis, N., Xypolias, P. 2017. Retroward extrusion of high-pressure rocks: an example from the Hellenides (Pelion Blueschist Nappe, NW Aegean). Terra Nova, 29, 372-381.
• Aravadinou, E., Xypolias, P. 2017. Evolution of a passive crustal-scale detachment (Syros, Aegean region): insights from structural and petrofabric analyses in the hanging-wall. Journal of Structural Geology, 103, 57-74.
• Chatzaras, V., Dörr, W., Xypolias, P., Zulauf, G. 2016. Tracking the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic margin of northern Gondwana in the Hellenides: paleotectonic constraints from U–Pb detrital zircon ages. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 1881-1899.
• Aravadinou, E., Xypolias, P., Chatzaras, V., Iliopoulos, I., Gerogiannis, N. 2016. Ductile nappe stacking and refolding in the Cycladic Blueschist unit: insights from Sifnos Island (south Aegean Sea). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2075-2096.
• Martha, S.O., Dörr, W., Gerdes, A., Petschick, R., Schastok, J., Xypolias, P., Zulauf, G. 2016. New structural and U–Pb zircon data from Anafi crystalline basement (Cyclades, Greece): constraints on the evolution of a Late Cretaceous magmatic arc in the Internal Hellenides. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2031-2060.
• Zulauf, G., Dörr, W., Krahl, J., Lahye, L., Chatzaras, V., Xypolias, P. 2016. U-Pb zircon and biostratigraphic data of high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphic rocks of the Talea Ori: Tracking the Paleotethys suture in central Crete, Greece. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 1901-1922.

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Dr. Eleni Zaggana

Assistant Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Athens), PhD (Athens)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-6491
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=E44hoAEAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Applied Hydrogeology
• Hydrochemistry

Teaching

• Geol_01 

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Dr. Avraam Zelilidis

Professor
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Portfolio

Educational Qualifications: BSc (Patras), PhD (Patras)

Researcher Profile 

• ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-129X
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=Pky157wAAAAJ&hl=el

Research Interests

• Sedimentary basin analysis
• Petroleum Geology
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Geochemistry
• Deep Sea fans
• Diagenesis of Carbonates

Teaching

• Geol_002 Planet Earth
• Geol_014 Field trip 1
• GEO_603E Sedimentary Basins Analysis
• GEO_702E Petroleum Geology
• GEO_CAD06 Sedimentary Basins analysis – Sequence Stratigraphy

Publications

• Bourli, N., Pantopoulos, G., Maravelis, A.G., Zoumpoulis, E., Iliopoulos, G., Pomoni-Papaioannou, F., Kostopoulou, S., Zelilidis, A., 2019: Late Cretaceous to early Eocene geological history of the eastern Ionian Basin, southwestern Greece: a sedimentological approach. Cretaceous Journal 98, 47-71.
• Bourli, N., Kokkaliari, M., Iliopoulos, I., Pe-Piper, G., Piper, D.J.W., Maravelis, A.G., Zelilidis, A., 2019: Mineralogy of siliceous concretions, Cretaceous of Ionian zone, western Greece: implication for diagenesis and porosity. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 105, 45-63.
• Tserolas, P., Maravelis, A.G., Tcochadaris, N., Pasadakis N., Zelilidis, A., 2019. Organic geochemistry of the Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene sedimentary rocks in the Hellenic Fold and Thrust Belt, NW Corfu Island, Ionian Sea, NW Greece. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 106, 17-29.
• Palozzi, J., Pantopoulos G., Maravelis A., Nordsvan, A., Zelilidis, A. 2018. Sedimentological analysis and bed thickness statistics from a Carboniferous deep-water channel-levee complex: Myall Trough, SE Australia. Sedimentary Geology, 364, 160-179.
• Maravelis, A.G., Catuneanu, O., Nordsvan, A., Landenberger, B. & Zelilidis, A. 2018: Interplay of tectonism and eustasy during the Early Permian icehouse: Southern Sydney Basin, southeast Australia. Geological Journal, 53(4), 1372-1403.
• Kostopoulou, S., Maravelis, A. & Zelilidis, A. 2018: Biostratigraphic analysis in the southern Hellenic Thrace basin, (Lemnos island, north Aegean Sea). Turkish Journal of Earth Science. DOI: 10.3906/yer-1703-19.
• Tserolas, P., Maravelis, A., Pasadakis, N. & Zelilidis, A. 2018. Organic geochemical features of the Upper Miocene successions of Lefkas and Cephalonia islands, Ionian Sea, Greece: An integrated geochemical and statistical approach.  Arabian Journal of Geosciences. doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-3431-8.
• Maravelis, A.G., Pantopoulos, G., Tserolas, P. & Zelilidis, A., 2017: Reply to comment by Caracciolo et al. on: Maravelis et al. 2015. “Accretionary prism-forearc interactions as reflected in the sedimentary fill of southern Thrace Basin (Lemnos Island, NE Greece)”. Intr.Journ.Earth Sciences. 106: 389-394.
• Maravelis, A., Chamilaki E., Pasadakis, N., Vassiliou A. & Zelilidis, A. 2017. Organic geochemical characteristics and paleodepositional conditions of an Upper Carboniferous mud-rich succession (Yagon Siltstone): Myall Trough, southeast Australia. J.Petrol.Scince and engineering. 158: 322-335.
• Maravelis A.G., Chamilaki E., Pasadakis, N., Zelilidis, A. & Collins, W.  2017. Hydrocarbon generation potential of a Lower Permian sedimentary succession (Mount Agony Formation): Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Southeast Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 184, 52-64.

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