Vasilike Argyropoulos is a Professor of Conservation of Metals Cultural Heritage, the Director of the Laboratory for the Study & Conservation of Ancient and Modern Cultural Properties—CULTLAB, as well as the Director of the Master's in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at her department. She carried out post-doc research in conservation at Parks Canada and the Canadian Conservation Institute (1993–1997), on in situ conservation of shipwrecks, and corrosion of iron, including the use of corrosion inhibitors for its treatment. She has coordinated many European projects, notably, PROMET, EC 6th FP project No. 509126, entitled "Developing New Analytical Techniques and Material for Monitoring and Protecting Metal Artefacts from the Mediterranean Region", with 21 partners (2004-2008), and the culture program, with a project entitled "Education for Cultural Heritage Professionals and the Public on Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities" (2010-2012). She was the Convenor of the European standards’ technical committee for the conservation of cultural property, CEN/TC 346 WG2, Materials constituting cultural property (2012-2016), and has been a board member for ENCoRE (European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education) since 2003.