Papoulis Dimitrios
Professor of Clay Minerals
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Sector: Earth Materials
Office: 210 (Geology Building, 2nd Floor)
| Positions • Director of the Section of Earth Materials of the Department of Geology, University of Patras • Director of the Laboratory of Applied Mineralogy of the Section of Earth Materials of the Department of Geology, University of Patras • Member of the Editorial board of Journal of SCI “Materials” (I.F. 3.748) Experience The early specialization of Dr. Papoulis was on the Genesis of Clay Minerals of the Kaolinite group. He focused on the mineralogy and geochemistry of clays as well as the stages of clay minerals formations. In the recent years focus has given on the applications of clays and clay minerals including photocatalysis, cosmetics, pollutant adsorbents as well as their impact on the quality of concrete. Dimitrios Papoulis is according to classification provided by Bass et al., 2021 from Stanford University in the world’s Top 2% Scientists in the field “Mining and Metallurgy” (both for career and for year 2020). Research areas • Mineralogy • Clay Mineralogy • Clay based nanocomposites and photocatalysis • Clay minerals in cosmetics • Clays and clay minerals as pollutant adsorbents • Impact of clay minerals on the quality of concrete Publications: more than 60 publications in SCI journals, h=25 (Google Scholar), 22 (Scopus) Total Citations=1795 (Google Scholar), 1366 (Scopus) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NnhmnlwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao (accessed on 23/05/2023) , https://www.scopus.com/cto2/main.uri?origin=resultslist&stateKey=CTOF_1516068665 (accessed on 23/05/2023) Mineralogical Mobile Phone Applications • Co-creator of Mineralogical mobile phone application MineralMicr. • Co-creator of Mineralogical mobile phone application Mins Representative Research Projects • “XRD qualitative and quantitative determination of mineral phases”. Funded by: Kozani Mining. (2018) • 914-ΒΕΤ-2013 (ΠΑΒΕΤ): Development of a new stone wool product with special requirements and low iron and Nickel content using Aluminum byproducts (ALUFLUX), Subcontractor. • Scientific supervisor of: Qualitative and semi-quantitative mineralogical characterization of dust samples of ELKEME (ΕΛΚΕΜΕ) (2014). • INDOOR ECOPAVING: Development and manufacturing of a new innovative nanotechnology-based decontaminant construction material for indoor building. FP7 LEAD ERA Action. (2012), Subcontractor. Funded by: European Union. For the last two years he is included in the top 2 percent of the most cited scientists in the world https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw |
| Mavrikos, A., Papoulis, D., Todorova, N., Papailias, I., Trapalis, C., Panagiotaras, D., Chalkias, D.A., Stathatos, E., Gianni, E., Somalakidi, K., Sygkridou, D., Komarneni, S. 2022. Synthesis of Zn/Cu metal ion modified natural palygorskite clay – TiO2 nanocomposites for the photocatalytic outdoor and indoor air purification. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. Lazaratou, C.V., Triantaphyllidou, I.-E., Pantelidis, I., …Vayenas, D.V., Papoulis, D. 2022. Using raw and thermally modified fibrous clay minerals as low concentration NH4+–N adsorbents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29(12), pp. 17737–17756. Martsouka, F., Papagiannopoulos, K., Hatziantoniou, S., …Lampropoulou, P., Papoulis, D. 2021. The antimicrobial properties of modified pharmaceutical bentonite with zinc and copper. Pharmaceutics, 2021, 13(8), 1190. Gkouma, E., Gianni, E., Avgoustakis, K., Papoulis, D. 2021. Applications of halloysite in tissue engineering. Applied Clay Science, 2021, 214, 106291. Lazaratou, C.V., Triantaphyllidou, I.E., Spyridonos, I., …Vayenas, D.V., Papoulis, D. 2021. NO3−-N removal from water using raw and modified fibrous clay minerals and their potential application as nitrogen fertilizers in hydroponic lettuce cultivations. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 2021, 24, 102021. |
Undergraduate Courses
| 1.Mineralogy II (Crystal chemistry and Mineral Classification) 2. Clay Minerals and Environmental Applications 3. Nanogeoscience 4. Geology for Civil Engineers |
MSc Courses
| Modules taught at the postgraduate course (Dept. of Geology, University of Patras, Greece): • Uses of earth materials in environmental problems (2011-to date) • Advanced topics in Mineralogy (2011-to date) • Clays and Environment (2011 to date) Modules taught at the postgraduate course (Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece): • Components of Cosmetic Products (2018-to date) |
Mineralogy
Nanogeosciences
Clay Minerals
Photocatalysis
Mineral applications in cosmetology and pharmaceutics
Scientific supervisor of “Karatheodori 2007-2010”. «Interactions of inorganic and organic pollutants with clay liners in Sanitary Landfills».
INDOOR ECOPAVING: Development and manufacturing of a new innovative nanotechnology-based decontaminant construction material for indoor building. FP7 LEAD ERA Action. (2012), Subcontractor.
914-ΒΕΤ-2013 (ΠΑΒΕΤ): Development of a new stone wool product with special requirements and low iron and Nickel content using Aluminum byproducts (ALUFLUX), Subcontractor