Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration

Post-Doc, Environmental Geochemistry, Thessaloniki Branch

Environmental Geologist/Geochemist

Thesis Title: Manganese mineralization near to Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Greece

About

Miltiadis Nimfopoulos is currently a Research Manager at IGME in the field of Environmental Geology and Geochemistry and has more than 20 years experience in Soil and Groundwater Research and pollution sources (e.g. arsenic and methylated base metal pollution of soils and groundwaters). He has also more than 15 years research experience in landfill research, restoration and monitoring and more than 5 years experience in oil-mill effluents and their environmental impact in Greece. He has graduated with a B.Sc.honours Degree from the School of Geology, Thessaloniki University Greece (1983). His 5-year Ph.D. research in the University of Manchester UK (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences), involved the in-depth study of primary base metal mineralizations followed by environmental transportation of base metals during weathering.

A total of over 125 publications in International Journals, Conferences, and Research Reports in the field of Ore Geochemistry and Genesis, Environmental Geochemistry and Soil and Water pollution. More than 70 Citations in International Book Volumes, Journals and Ph.D. theses.

National Representative of Greece in Mineralogical Society, Abstractor of Mineralogical Abstracts, Reviewer of papers in Geological Society of Greece.

Specialties

Soil and Groundwater pollution, Arsenic and methylated metal pollution, Landfill research, restoration and monitoring, Oil-mill effluents and environmental pollution, use of fly-ash from coal combustion power stations in agricultural and industrial applications, exploration for anti-slip material quarries.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

1) Ore geochemistry, lithogeochemistry (20+ years experience)
2) Arsenic and methylated metal pollution (15 years experience)
3) Environmental geochemistry and ore-processing (15 years experience)
3) Fly-ash from coal combustion power stations for use in agricultural and industrial applications (7 years experience)
4) Landfill research, restoration and monitoring (15 years experience)
5) Metallogenesis, ore-forming processes, geochemistry, mineralogy, K-Ar and Ar-Ar isotope geology (20+ years experience)
6) Oil-mill effluents and environmental pollution (5 years experience)
7) Participation in FP projects of the EU (20+ years experience)
8) Soil and Groundwater pollution (20+ years experience)
9) PC Skills MS WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, POWERPOINT (20+ years experience)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1) Geology, Geochemistry and Origin of base and precious metal ore deposits in Greece
2) Environmental studies of mining and metallurgy impact in Greece.
3) Ground and Surface Water Quality and Hydrogeological Studies for Central Macedonia and the Acheloos River basin
4) Establishment of quarries for road anti-slip rock materials for motorways.
5) Protection from landfills by composing environmental restoration studies (about 100 such studies).
6) Usage of fly ash from electricity coal stations to agriculture and industry.
7) Olive oil-mil sewage water environmental impact and protection.
8) Composing inventories for water pollution sources and evaluation parameters.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1985 - 1988: Teaching of practical cources to undergraduate earth science students of the University of Manchester
1987 – 1988: Tutor, University of Manchester, UK
1985 – 1988: Teacher of Modern Greek, Lancashire College, UK.
1992 – 1994: Trainer of unemployed graduates in the subject of quality and pollution of natural environment, both for the GEOTEE (Geotechnical Chamber of Greece) and GOETHE Institute.
1994 – 2010: Training of Thessaloniki University Undergraduates in the field of Geology through submission of progress reports.

Citations in International Journals
Science Citation Index

Citations

More than 70 Citations (60 in International Books and Papers of Science Citation Index) with 50 Citations in the field of Geochemistry, Environmental Pollution and Chemical Analysis. These include:

Books (4):
Industrial Applications of X-Ray Diffraction. CRC Press, 2000
Aqueous-Phase Organometallic Catalysis (II Edition), Wiley, 2005
Tin and Inorganic tin compounds, WHO, Geneva 2005
Plasma source mass spectrometry: applications and emerging technologies, RSC Publishing, 2010

International Papers (56):
American Chemical Society Jr, Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Jr, the Analyst, Analytical and Bio-analytical Chemistry Jr, Analytical Chemistry Jr, Analytica Chimica Acta, Applied Geochemistry, Applied Organometallic Chemistry Jr. Chemical Geology Jr, Chemistry of materials Jr, Chemosphere, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. Economic Geology, Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO), Environmental Geology Jr, Environmental Monitoring Jr, Environmental Protection and Ecology Jr, Environmental Science and Technology Jr, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Jr., Geochimica Jr, Geofluids Jr, Geological Magazine Jr. International Jr of Coal Geology, Mineralogical Magazine, Talanta. Ore Geology Reviews Jr. Water Quality Research Jr of Canada, Waste Management Jr

Other Citations (10):
Acta Geologica Sinica, Chinese Science Bulletin.
International Geological Correlation Programme Report 24, UNESCO (IUGS): Geoscience in the Service of the Society, 1996.
British Geological Survey. Manual for measurement of As compounds in water, 2007
J. G. Panther 2007. Ph.D. Canterbury Univ., Chistchurch, New Zealand
B.D. Kocar 2008. Ph.D. Stanford University USA

Research Reports

Total of 102 Reports, most of them with English Abstract, some of them in English (EU FP and other Reports). Of them, 90 concern the Environmental Geochemistry and Pollution.

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