Dr. Christos Kanellopoulos obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in the field of geology, with a specific research emphasis on environmental geochemistry/geology, mineral deposits, and geothermal systems, from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Part of his study was undertaken at the National History Museum in London, U.K., as well as at the University of Sussex, U.K.
During his first Post-Doc at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, he focused on investigating tectonically controlled hydrothermal ore deposits of critical, precious, and base metals. Subsequently, during his second Post-Doc at the NKUA, he examined geothermal systems and assessed their potential for exploitation. He collaborated with both the Geological Survey of Greece (IGME) and the Centre for Research and Technology, Hellas (CERTH), as a consultant geologist at several EU-co-funded projects.
Furthermore, he was teaching for several years as a University Scholar at the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, NKUA, as well as at the Department of Geology, University of Patras.
Subsequently, he assumed the role of Special Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Environment and Energy, focusing on matters pertaining to Mineral Resources, Energy, and Environment.
Currently, he is employed as an independent geology consultant, collaborating with the Hellenic Survey for Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME).
Panagiotis Voudouris is a Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He graduated in 1986 from this University and received his Doctorate (1993) in Mineralogy and Economic Geology from the University of Hamburg (Germany), where he also served as a Visiting Professor. His main research interests are in the fields of ore mineralogy, the genesis of magmatic–hydrothermal ore deposits, the mineralogy and genesis of gemstones, and the mineralogy of oxidation zones of ore deposits. Panagiotis Voudouris has extensive experience in several industry and research projects including exploration activities for various magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization, and the mineralogical, mineral-chemical studies of precious, rare and critical metals and gemstones in Greece, China, Russia and Turkey. PV’s specialities also cover Geopark Development consultancy and the development of Mineralogy-Petrology museums. He is the Director of the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and a member of the Editorial Board of Journal Minerals (since 2010). He has published 113 scientific papers in international refereed journals, is the co-author of six IMA-approved new mineral species, and has co-authored seven books.
Robert Moritz received his Master of Science degree in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences from Université de Genève in 1983 and received a Ph.D. in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences from McMaster University in 1988. Since 2011, he has been a professor at the University of Geneva. His research keywords include geochemistry, geology, mineralogy; Ore Deposits; fluids in the Earth's crust; and Geodynamics. He has 98 publications with 2537 citations and an h-index of 31 (Scopus, 20 December 2023).
