1. Personal Details

FIRST & LAST NAME

NAME OF FATHER

DATE OF BIRTH

PLACE OF BIRTH

NATIONALITY

Vasilios Melfos

Ioannis

8th May 1964

Thessaloniki

Greek

CURRENT POSITION

Professor in Economic Geology-Geochemistry, at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, School of Geology, School of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Education

1989-1995

PhD in Economic Geology at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: “Investigations of the base and precious metals of the Circum Rhodope Belt in Thrace, Greece” 

1983-1988

B.Sc. in Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

 

3. Positions Held

2022-Today

Professor at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

2018-2022

Associate Professor at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

2014-2018

Assistant Professor at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

2010-2014

Lecturer at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

2002-2010

Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (IDAX).

2001-2005

Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, School of Agriculture, Crop and Animal Production, University of Thessaly (Volos), contract 407/80.

1997-1999

Postdoctoral Research at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

1995-2004

Participation at Research Projects of the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

 

4 .Scholarships

1997-1999

Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research in Economic Geology and Geochemistry at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology, Economic Geology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 

1989-1992

Postgraduate scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation as PhD student

 

5. Awards - Distinctions

2019

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Award of Excellence.

2018

The Award "Konstantinos Ktenas" of the Academy of Athens for 2018 was awarded to Vasilios Melfos (Department of Geology, AUTh) and Panagiotis Voudouris (Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, EKPA) for their original publication "Melfos V. and Voudouris P. (2017). Cenozoic metallogeny of Greece and potential for precious, critical and rare metals exploration. Ore Geology Reviews, 89, 1030-1057.

2016

Chairman of the Session "Tethyan Tectonics and Metallogeny" at the SEG 2016 Conference: Tethyan Tectonics and Metallogeny of the Society of Economic Geologists, Çeşme, 25-28 September. Session 3a: Tethyan Tectonics and Metallogeny. Chairs: Vasilios Melfos and Vertrees Canby

2013-2019

Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits