Prof. Maria Economou-Eliopoulos

Prof. Dr. Maria Economou-Eliopoulos currently serves as the Professor Emeritus at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a geologist and chemist and was a Professor of Economic Geology and Geochemistry (1993–2014) and Director of the postgraduate program “Applied Environmental Geology” (2000–2014). Her scientific interests include the geochemistry of ore deposits, from the ore-forming processes to environmental problems. Her post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto, Imperial College, U.S. Geological Survey (Reston), and Universities of Europe was mainly focused on the platinum-group elements (PGEs) in mafic–ultramafic rocks and associated deposits and porphyry Cu-Au±Pd±Pt systems. Prof. Dr. Maria Economou-Eliopoulos is the author of more than 150 publications in scientific journals, thematic issues, book chapters, and monographs. She is also a fellow of the SEG (Society of Economic Geologists), an evaluator of research proposals (national and international), and a reviewer of scientific papers in more than 30 leading geological journals. Prof. Dr. Maria Economou-Eliopoulos's distinctions include five awards from the National Academy of Athens for the discovery of a new mineral (Theophrastite), palladium in a porphyry-Cu deposit in Greece, and constraints on the genesis of ore deposits. The International Mineralogical Association has adopted a new mineral name in her honor (Eliopoulosite, 2019-090).