DANIEL MORAETIS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Daniel Moraetis (Male)
Nationality: Greek
Place of birth: Athens (03-09-1973)
Present Employer: Technical University of Crete
Present Work Address: Department of Mineral Resources Engineering,
Technical University of Crete, Chania, 73 100, Greece.
Email: moraetis@mred.tuc.gr
Homepage: http://www.enveng.tuc.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247:moraitisen&lang=en ; http://www.soiltrec.eu/personalPages/moraetis.html
Telephone: +30 28210 37786; Cell Phone: +30 6978259441
FAX: +30 28210 37786
Driving License: full clean
Languages: Greek (native), English (Fluent)
ACADEMIC ACHIEVMENTS
Ph. D. in Geochemistry, Technical University of Crete, Greece: 2001-2006 (4 year
program and1 ½ year suspension due to compulsory army service)
M. Sc. in Environmental Sciences with Management and Legislation, Brunel
University-London, United Kingdom: 1997-1999
Bachelor in Geology, National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Greece: 19911996 (4 years program).
Senior High School, Athens, Greece: 1988-1991
SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS/AWARDS
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In 2011 I received the prestigious Latsis Foundation Research Award (one
of 18 awardees among 921 candidates across all disciplines) to pursue the
study ‘Is the Spili Fault, Crete, responsible for the double destruction of the
Minoan Palace at Phaistos?’ (1.9% success rate in 2011).
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The article ‘Origin and mobility of hexavalent chromium in North-Eastern
Attica, Greece’ (Moraetis et al., 2012) was for 3 months on the ‘top 25’ most
downloaded articles of the Journal of Applied Geochemistry.
I occupied the first position on National exams for the PhD scholarship award
in Environmental Geology from the National Scholarship Foundation of
Greece to pursue my PhD study (a four year research fellowship: 2001-2005).
I occupied the sixth place in the National entry exams to study Geology at the
University Athens – for that reason I received an undergraduate scholarship
award from the National Scholarship Foundation of Greece for the first year of
my undergraduate studies (1991-1992).
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SCHOOLS ATTENDED / SPECIAL TRAINING
 2012: Workshop in PIHM software (Hydro-geochemical modeling)
organized by the board of the European project Soiltrec in USA.
 2012: Workshop in CAST software (Organic carbon transformation in soils)
organized by the board of the Soiltrec project in Crete-Greece.
 2011: Special skills in Rare Earth Elements (REE) identification.
 2010: Workshop in SWAT software (Hydro-geochemical modeling) organized
by the board of the Soiltrec project in U.K.
 2008: Workshop in Phreeqc software (geochemical modeling) organized by
the board of the EnviFriendly project in Crete-Greece.
 2007: Annual meeting of Bruker Analytical systems in Greece (training in the
analytical methods XRF-XRD).
 2004: School of the Greek Crystallographic Association-Rietveld Method in
Athens-Greece.
 2004: Special skills in Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy and ICP-MS
(Agilent-7500 CX).
 1999-2000: Specialization in Renewable Energy Resources (6 months training:
seminars, site visits, final project) at the Technological Educational Institute of
Heraklion Crete.
TECHNICAL SKILLS RELATED TO FIELD CAMPAIGNS
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Field experience in recognition and mapping of geomorphologic features such
as faults, thrusts, paleo-beach environment and raised beach terraces.
Installation and maintenance of standalone multi-parameter hydro-chemistry
station, with sensors from In situ co, model: Troll 9000 and 9500.
Use of Multi-parameter hydro-chemistry sensors model: AquaRead.
Suction cups installation for soil solution sampling.
Weird design and installation for hydrological measurements in low flow
ephemeral streams.
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Design and consulting in borehole excavation for sensors installation for
measuring groundwater physical and chemical parameters.
Pumps installation with the use of special set up for sampling at boreholes with
zero air head after equilibration of pumping rate with groundwater level
Design of water sampling in watershed scale for identification of aquifer
lithological differences.
Design of soil sampling in watershed scale recognizing geomorphological and
lithological differences like in-situ soil development, erosion processes etc.
Design of soil and rock sampling survey at a scale of 10 Km2 for identification
of alteration zones in a porphyry system.
Organizing several filed-trips for giving an overview to European partners
and/or students of the complex geology of Crete, an island located on the
forearc of the Hellenic Subduction margin.
Experience in Neotectonic studies.
SPECIALISED SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
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GIS data map processing with ARCVIEW.
MINEQL for titration modeling and equilibrium reactions modeling.
PIHM physically based hydrological model.
Hydrognomon database for hydrological timeseries data management.
Socabim Eva: Mineral identification from XRD data.
TOPAS for Rietveld refinement on mineral structure, quantitative analysis on
mineralogical phases.
Crystal design ATOMS using data from Rietveld refinement.
MINPET, ROCKWORK diagram for rock classification according to
geochemical data, geochemical mapping.
Formulate crystal chemical analysis PERDIKATSIS.
Statistical software tools (Minitab) for applying ANOVA, Regression
Analysis, PCA, correlation matrices.
PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Publications 4&5 derived from my PhD
1. Christidis G., Moraetis D., Keheyan E., Akhalbedashvili L., Kekelidze N.,
Gevorkyan R., Yeritsyan H., & Sargsyan H., 2003. Chemical and thermal
modification of natural HEU-type zeolitic materials from Armenia, Georgia
and Greece, Applied Clay Science 24, 79-91.
2. Keheyan Y, Khachatryan S, Christidis G, Moraetis D, Gevorkyan R,
Sarkisyan H, Yeritsyan H, Nikoghosyan S, Sahakyan A, Kekelidze N,
Akhalbedashvili L., 2005. Sorption behaviour of Armenian natural zeolites
Fusion Science And Technology, L48 (1): 230-233.
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3. Keheyan Y, Khachatryan S, Christidis G, Moraetis D, Gevorkyan R,
Sarkisyan H, Yeritsyan H, Nikoghosyan S, Hovhannisyan A, Sahakyan A,
Kekelidze N, Akhalbedashvili L., 2005. Sorption behavior of tritiated water on
Armenian natural zeolites Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear
Chemistry 264, 671-677.
4. Moraetis D, Christidis G., Perdikatsis V., 2007. Ion exchange equilibrium and
structural changes in clinoptilolite irradiated with β- and γ- radiation. Part I:
monovalent cations, American Mineralogist 92, 1714–1730.
5. Moraetis D, Christidis G., Perdikatsis V., 2008. Ion exchange equilibrium and
structural changes in clinoptilolite irradiated with β- and γ- radiation. Part II:
Divalent cations, European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 603-620.
6. Fotini E. Stamati, Nikolaos Chalkias, Daniel Moraetis and Nikolaos P.
Nikolaidis, 2010. Natural attenuation of nutrients in a Mediterranean drainage
canal, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12, 164-171.
7. Moraetis D., Tzoraki O., Stamati F., Efstathiou D.,Schnoor J., Nikolaidis
P.N., 2010. High frequency monitoring for the identification of hydrological
and biochemical processes at the river watershed. Journal of Hydrology 389,
127-136.
8. Moraetis D., Stamati F., Νikolaidis P.Ν., Κalogerakis Ν, 2011.
Environmental impacts of olive mill waste water irrigation on maize field.
Journal of Agricultural Water Management 98, 1125-1134.
9. Moraetis D., Stamati, F., Kotronakis, M., Fragia, T., Paranychnianakis, N.,
Nikolaidis, N.P., 2011. Identification of hydrologic and geochemical
pathways using high frequency sampling, REE aqueous sampling and soil
characterization at Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory, Crete. Applied
Geochemistry 26, S101-S104.
10. Mouslopoulou V., Moraetis D., Fassoulas C., 2011. REE analysis for
identification of earthquake history in Spili fault. Earth and Planetary
Science Letters 309, 45–55.
11. Moraetis D. Nikolaidis N.P., Karatzas G.P, Dokou Z, Kalogerakis N., Winkel
L. Palaiogianni-Bellou A. (2012) Origin and mobility of hexavalent chromium
in North-Eastern Attica, Greece. Applied Geochemistry 27, 1170-1178.
12. Moraetis D., Nikolaidis N.P., Paranychianakis N., Rousseva, S., Kercheva,
M., Nenov, M., (in review). Soil Genesis, Evolution, and Properties in the
Koiliaris River Watershed-Critical Zone Observatory, Journal of Soil and
Sediments.(Under review)
13. J.P. van Leeuwen, D. Moraetis, G. Lair, J. Bloem, L. Hemerik, P.C. de Ruiter
The effect of land use type on soil biological quality on semi-arid Crete. (To
be submitted in Soil Biology and Biochemistry).
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14. Moraetis Daniel, Papagiannidou Sotiria, Pratikakis Alexandros, Pentari
Despoina Komnitsas Kostantinos. Regulation of potassium leaching with the
use of zeolite in sandy soil amended with municipal compost. (To be
submitted in Journal of Environmental Management).
Manuscripts in Prep.
1. Is the Spili Fault responsible for the double destruction of Phaistos Palace
(Minoan Era)-Chronological and geochemical data.
2. REE adsorption in the limestone/soil interface. Evidence on the mobility
mechanism.
3. Hydro-chemical characterization of the Koiliaris watershed.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
(abstracts and short papers with reviewers)
1. Moraetis D. and Christidis G., (2003) Thermodynamic study of Cs  Na ion
exchange in natural and modified HEU-type zeolitic materials from Greece
and Armenia Εuroclay 2003, Rome, Italy 2003.
2. Μoraetis D. and Christidis G., (2004) Sorption of cesium and strodium in
modified clinoptilolite with β- and γ-radiation. Greece Vol XXXVI,
Proceedings of the 10th International Geological Congress Thessaloniki,
Greece, 226-233, April 2004.
3. Perdikatsis V., Manoutsoglou E., Spartali N., Moraetis D., (2004) Olive oil
mills waste water treatment with rocks of various lithologies. Greece Vol
XXXVI, 2004, Proceedings of the 10th International Geological Congress
Thessaloniki, Greece, 236-245, April 2004.
4. Lydakis-Simantiris N., Pentari D., Perdikatsis V., Manutsoglu E., Moraetis
D., and Apostolaki Ch., (2005) Mineralogical, geochemical and nutrient
analysis of soils from Omalos polje -plateau, Western Crete. Proceedings of
the International Workshop in Geoenvironment and Geotechnics, MilosGreece, 207-211, 2005.
5. Moraetis D., Pentari D., Perdikatsi V., Manutsoglu E., Apostolaki Ch.,
Lydakis – Simantiris N. A study on the correlation of the properties of parent
rock and soils of different geological origin. Amireg 2006 Chania, Greece.
6. Tzoraki O., Nikolaidis N., Efstathiou D., Moraetis D., Kouvas D., Schnoor J.,
“Water Resources CyberManagement of Temporary Rivers” 3rd Symposium of
European Water Resources Association (EWRA) Chania-Crete, Greece, 2007.
7. Alevizos G, Moraetis D, “Mineralogisch-Erzpetrographische Untersuchung
anEisenerze des Vorkommens von Renta-Arolithi, Rethymno (Kreta)”.
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Abstracts of 86th Annual Meeting of the German Mineralogical Society –
DMG (electronic form), Berlin, Germany, 14th-17th September 2008.
8. Stamati F., Peroulaki E., Moraetis D., Kordolaimi E., and Νikolaidis N.
Buffering capacity of drainage canals and phytoremediation potential for agropollutants. Eurosoil 2008 conference. Vienna, Austria, August 25-29, 2008.
9. Moraetis D., F. Stamati, O. Tzoraki, S. Navrozidis, N. Nikolaidis, 2008 Olive
mill waste application in corn fields: Case study of a cost effective solution for
small enterprises, Eurosoil 2008 conference. August 25-29, 2008, Vienna
Austria 2008.
10. K. Valta, F. Stamati, D. Moraetis, M. Andrianaki, O. A. Tzoraki, N. P.
Nikolaidis;Monitored Natural Attenuation of nutrients at river basin scale - the
case of Evrotas river basin the Eurosoil 2008 Vienna, Austria, August 25-29,
2008.
11. Stamati F., Moraetis D., Chalkias N., Kordolaimi E., Peroulaki E., and
Νikolaidis N. Buffering capacity and phytoremediation potential of drainage
canals as a low cost agri-environmental measure. 4rth Bioremediation
Conference Chania, Crete, Greece, September 3-6, 2008.
12. Katerina Valta, Fotini Stamati, Daniel Moraetis, Andrianaki Maria, Ourania
Tzorakia, Papadoulakis Vassilis, Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis. Monitored Natural
Attenuation Of Nutrients At River Basin Scale –The Case Of Evrotas River
Basin. 4rth Bioremediation Conference Chania, Crete, Greece, September 3-6,
2008.
13. Tzoraki O., Moraetis D., Stamati F., et al., Fate of olive oil mill wastes in
Evrotas River basin. Presented at the 1st international Conference on
Hazardous Waste Management., Chania, Crete, Greece, October 1-3. 2008.
14. Barbara Casentini, Daniel Moraetis, Nikolaos Nikolaidis. Irrigation practices
and topsoil as accumulation in the As-rich geothermal fields, Chalkidiki
prefecture, Northern Greece 2008 ABSTRACTS OF THE 3rd CEECHE
CONFERENCE
15. Moraetis D, Nikolaidis NP, Karatzas GP (2009) Origin, fate and transport of
Chromium(VI) in Oropos, Greece Goldschmidt Davos Austria 2009.
16. Moraetis D Stamati F Kalogerakis N Nikolaidis N Environmental and
Economic Impact of Olive Mill Wastewater Reuse, 7th International
Conference ORBIT, Heraklion-Crete, Greece, 29 June 2010.
17. Nikolaidis N, Stamati F, Schnoor J, Moraetis D, and Kotronakis M.
Hydrologic and Soil Science in a Mediterranean Critical Zone Observatory:
Koiliaris River Basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 12, EGU2010PREVIEW, 2010.
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18. Moraetis D., Voutsadaki S., Kotronakis M., Kontolaimakis G., Stamati F.E.,
Nikolaidis N.P. and Kalogerakis N. Mobility of nitrogen and heavy metals in
biosolid amended soil. Goldschmidt Prague, August 2011.
19. Voutsadaki S., Moraetis D., Nikolaidis P.N. Mobility of geogenic origin As
and Cr in soils. Bioremediation Chania- Crete, Greece, 2011.
20. Moraetis D., Nikolaidis N.P. Paranychianakis N. S. Rousseva, M. Kercheva,
and M. Nenov Institute Georg J. Lair, Pedogenic characterization of soils at
Koiliaris CZO along a climatic and lithological gradient. Eurosoil Bari-Italy
2012.
21. D. Efstathiou, D. Moraetis, and N.P. Nikolaidis, Environmental
Cyberinfrastructure at the Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory, 5th
International Conference from Scientific Computing to Computational
Engineering, Athens 4-7 July, Greece, 2012.
22. Voutsadaki Stella, Moraetis Daniel, Efstathiou Dionissis , Giannakis George
and Nikolaidis Nikolaos. High frequency water quality and heavy metal
monitoring at Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory, 1st EWaS-MED
International Conference: Improving Efficiency of Water Systems in a
changing natural and financial environment Thessaloniki Greece, April 2013.
23. Tsiknia M., Paranychianakis N., Moraetis D., Nikolaidis N., Soil Microbial
Community Structure Across Climatic and Land Use Gradients in Koiliaris
Critical Zone Observatory (CZO). 5th To be presented Congress on
Microbiology December 10-12 2012, Athens, Greece.
24. Moraetis D., Mouslopoulou V.. Investigation of the REE enrichment in the
limestone soil interface. 13th Geological Congress to be presented 5-8
Septembers 2013 Chania, Greece.
25. Viglaki Peggy, Moraetis Daniel, Pratikakis Aleksandros, Mineralogical and
geochemical results from ancient vessels and tools from the Vrysinas ancient
sanctuary. To be presented, Hellenic Society of Archaeometry, 6-8 May 2013
Greece.
26. Daniel Moraetis, George Giannakis, Dionissis Efstathiou, Nikolaos P.
Nikolaidis, Pauline van Gaans, Marc Vercheul, Maria Adrianaki, Stefano M.
Bernasconi. Hydro-chemical characterization of the Koiliaris watershed. To be
presented, at 13th International Congress on Environmental Science and
Technology CEST2013, Athens, Greece.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Brief description of research projects, responsibilities and related published work
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2013-2014: Project to be submitted in Homboldt Foundation with the support of
German institute GFZ. The aim of the project will be the identification of
landscape changes for the last 6000 years in one of the most significant
Eastern Mediterranean cultural centers, the Minoan civilization. The project
will include the use of several geochemical and mineralogical proxies in
marine sediment cores obtained by the Hellenic Institute of Marine Research
Center, in order to identify possible erosion events due to human impact.
2012-2013:
Principal researcher in the project “Is the Spili fault, Crete,
responsible for the double destruction of the Minoan palace at Phaistos?”
(http://www.latsis-foundation.org/default.asp?pid=104&la=2). The project is
focused on the application of novel geochemical (Rare earth elements
analysis) and radio-chronological (36Cl isotope analysis) data for the
identification of the quaternary earthquake history on active faults on the
island of Crete (peer review journal publication No 10).
2012-present:
Senior geologist at Koryfi Mine Exploration Soil Survey in Northern
Greece (Financial support from private sector). The mine comprised of an
epithermal gold system which has been developed from the intrusion of a
porphyry magmatic rock (monzonite) within gneiss rocks at the SerboMacedonian Massif. Hydrothermal alteration zones like pottasic, phyllitic, etc,
were detected. I am responsible for the sampling and mineralogical analysis
and I manage budget of 50,000 Euros (samples are measured in the ACMELABS in Canada).
2010-present:
Responsible Scientist for the operation of the XRF-EDS (S2-Ranger
BRUKER) at the Geochemistry Laboratory in the Department of Mineral
Resources Engineering-Technical University Crete. Specifically, I am fully
responsible for setting up measurement programs for major and trace elements
in fusion beads and powder pellets. I have also working knowledge in Atomic
Adsorption (Perkin elmer Analyst-100) and ICP-MS (Agilent-7500 CX).
2010-2014:
Senior Researcher at SoilTrec project (“Soil Transformation at European
Catchment”-http://www.soiltrec.eu). Contr. No 244118. The aim of the SoilTrEC
program is to address the priority research areas that are identified in the
European Union Soil Thematic Strategy and to provide leadership for a global
network of Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) committed to soil research. The
project goals are attained through the detail analysis of soil profiles in 5
different soil observatories (CZO) in Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, CreteGreece, Switcherland). It has been applied the building of a database and the
development of an integrated software on soil transformation due to various
parameters (anthropogenic, climatic, lithological). The prioritization of the
parameters affecting soil transformation is going to be identified. My duties
included: Building a strategy for soil sampling campaigns in the watershed to
capture all the processes like sediment transportation, soil evolution under
catena, different lithological characteristics etc. Hence, specialized laboratory
analysis such as REEs analysis for sediments and water are among my
responsibilities. Understanding of the soil impact on water quality and
modeling the hydrological data using modeling software like PIHM are some
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of the targets to be fulfilled. (peer review article No 9, submitted peer review
journal publication 12, Congress presentation No 26-to be presented).
2007-2009
Senior Researcher in the ‘Life’ Project, “EnviFriendly”,
LIFE05ENV/Gr/000245. The objective of this project was the demonstration
of a “toolbox” of environmental friendly technologies for the minimization of
non-point source pollution from agricultural lands and integration of their
design in the watershed management plan for the Evrotas river basin and its
coastal zone. The project goals were attained through the investigation of
contaminants (Agro-contaminants: phosphates, phenols) transport and fate in
watershed scale and the construction of pilot plants targeted on contaminant
physical attenuation. My duties included field campaigns (sediments, water),
data analysis, identification of natural processes for contaminant elimination
and application of natural attenuation based technologies such as set up pilot
plans like small forests by the river, use of olive mill liquid waste for irrigation
etc. (peer review journal publication No 6, 8).
2008-2010
Senior Researcher for the project “Sustainable Management of Oropos
Water Resources- Control of Water and Soil Quality”. The project was funded
by the local government of Oropos municipality. The objective of the project
was to identify the origin and mobility mechanism of chromium in soils and
groundwater of Oropos municipality. The main activities included the design
of the sampling strategy in order to capture possible Cr sources, the laboratory
analysis such as leaching tests, geochemical characterization of soils and
sediments. We finally developed a conceptual model for Cr(VI) transport and
we tested it against geochemical-mineralogical and hydrological modeling
(peer review journal publication No 11).
2007-2008
Senior Researcher for the program “Water Resources Cyber
Management”. The program included the continuous timeseries measurements
of geochemical parameters in the river basins with telemetric transmission. The
project was financially supported by the Greek General Secretary of Research
and Technology (GGET). The goal of the project was the application of on line
measurement of chemical and hydrological parameters in Koiliairis River in
Crete and in USA in tandem. My duties included the design of the water
sampling field campaigns, installation of hydrological station with a series of
sensors and data interpretation with the identification of hydro-geochemical
patterns with the use of statistical tools like principal component analysis (peer
review journal publication No 7).
2005-2007
Young Researcher for the project Pythagoras II-“Mineralogical,
geochemical and pedological study of soils in Crete-Greece derived from
different parent material”. Financial supported by the General Secretary of
Research and Technology (GGET). My responsibilities included the complete
study in nutrients, trace elements and heavy metals in soils which have been
developed at different bedrock lithology. Statistical analysis was used for the
identification of groups of elements behave similarly among different
lithological soils.
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2001-2006
PhD Thesis: I have completed my PhD within a period of 4 years whereas
I took a study-suspension for 1½ years to serve the Hellenic Army (compulsory
service for the Males; service cannot be pursued later than the age of 29). My
PhD was financially supported by the National Scholarship Foundation of
Greece (see award section). The aim of the study was to identify differences in
adsorption isotherms in clinoptilote affected by radiation (in electron
accelerator) and interpreting the results with the investigation of
crystallographic parameters (in clinoptilolite: channel size and cation
occupancy) through the use of crystal refinement (peer review journal
publication No 4&5).
6/2002-1/2004
Military Service (17 months), Officer in navy artillery.
2000-2004
Young Researcher for the project: “Modification and application study
of zeolites for nuclear wastewater treatment” which was funded by the
European Union (INCO-Copernicus Project), contract no. ICA-CT-200010019. The aim of the project was the investigation of zeolite (clinoptilolite)
capability to absorb radionucleus. This included the study of physical
properties for clinoptilolite like specific surface, thermal stability, sorption
capability properties after the radiation of clinoptilolite. My responsibilities
were the continuous test of Sr and Cs absorption in clinoptilolite with batch
experiments and the creation of isotherms calculations and graphs (peer
review journal publication No 1,2,3).
1999-2000
Administrative and support personnel financed by the European
programme “RITTS” for the Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer
Strategy-Technology Park of Crete (STEPC-FORTH). The aim of the project
was to find connections between research groups working in highly technology
products with private funding sector.
01-05/1999
UK national waste production survey funded by the Environment
Agency UK. The program aimed on the survey of wastes which were produced
by the private sector in U.K. Responsibilities included interview of company
representative and on site visit for identification of waste types.
TEACHING SKILLS
2009-2011
Full teaching responsibility at the postgraduate course of Environmental
Geochemistry, in the Department of Environmental Engineering-Technical
University of Crete. The course included Mineql modeling of geochemical
processes, experimental techniques for adsorption and desorption leaching tests
and metal speciation. The course was intensive (2 months) at postgraduate
level with 2 weekly courses including theoretical description on the adsorption
modeling (Double layer theory, Triple layer theory) and laboratory
demonstration on the set up of an adsorption, desorption experiment. Cr(VI),
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Cu and As were mainly tested. An essay was due from the attendees and exams
were followed.
2003-2008
Full teaching responsibility at the laboratory of Geochemistry in the
Department of Mineral Resources Engineering at the Technical University of
Crete. Taught courses on analysis of rocks and liquid samples (Duration: 1
semester, three days per week). The course included 1, ½ hour of theoretical
teaching on the principles of the analytical techniques and 1, ½ hour of
laboratory demonstration. The taught analytical geochemical methods
included:
o Ca and Mg determination in limestone with titration
o Cu determination in soils and rocks with sample fusion and use
of Atomic adsorption
o Multi metal analysis on fusion beads and pellets for soils and
rock samples with XRF-EDS analysis.
o Nutrients analysis (NO3, PO4 etc.) with spectrophotometer
Attendees follow exams where their skills on theoretical analytical
geochemistry were tested, whereas weekly reports on the lab demonstration
were due.
2003-2007
Full teaching responsibility at the laboratory of Economic Geology at
the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering at the Technical University
of Crete. The laboratory included description on the main optical properties
(microscope) on industrial minerals like talc, magnesite, sepiolite, granite, etc
(first semester) and metals (reflective microscope) like chalcopyrite, magnetite,
hematite, chromite (second semester). Mineral uses and interrelation with their
physical and chemical properties were also demonstrated. Attendees followed
exams where their skills on determination and identification of samples were
tested.
2000-2004
Teaching assistant at the laboratory of Petrology at the Department of
Mineral Resources Engineering at the Technical University of Crete. The
laboratory demonstration included optical microscopy and macroscopic
identification of rock samples. I was responsible for the description on the
principal microscopic and macroscopic optical properties on various rock
samples. Attendees followed exams where their skills on identification of
samples were tested.
Advisory board on the following Diploma, MSc and PhD Thesis
o Nitrogen and phosphorous reactions on Eurotas river sediments column
distribution: Undergraduate diploma Thesis.
o Nitrogen and phosphorous reactions on Eurotas river sediments, spatial
distribution: Undergraduate diploma Thesis.
o Assessment on soil effects after 5 years application of olive mill waste
water in maize field: Undergraduate diploma Thesis.
o Assessment and modeling on eutrification of Agia Lake, Crete Greece:
MSc Thesis.
o Mobility of Cr(VI) in soil at Asopos watershed. Undergraduate
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o Use of zeolite in lowering potassium leaching from the application of
compost in soils: Undergraduate diploma Thesis
o Cr(VI) fate in agricultural soils of Asopos, remediation and
agronomical management. PhD Thesis.
o Identification of hydrological processes at the karstic system in East
Crete, Greece: PhD Thesis.
OTHER SKILLS
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Member of Speleology Association club in Heraklion Crete -I am experienced
in expeditions. Member on the exploration team 2004 of the deepest cave in
Greece (-1209 m). I took part in the exploration and mapping of the deepest
cave in Crete and 29th in the world. The exploration involved work at extreme
environment with camping at depth of 870 m with temperature 3 degrees
Celsius and 100% humidity.
10 years climbing and mountaineering experience-climber in several terrains
in Greece and Alps (Italy). I have been climbing several routes from 100 m to
700 m long.
Scuba diving (School attended).
I am experience in camping and self-preservation for long stay at the wilds.
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