Dr. Petros Petrounias was born in Piraeus in 1989. He earned his BSc in Geology in 2011 and his MSc in Mineral Raw Materials in 2013. He received his PhD in Applied Petrography, with a focus on Circular Economy principles, from the University of Patras, Greece, in 2019.

From 2016 to 2021, he worked as a geologist, conducting numerous Geological and Environmental impact studies. Between 2020 and 2022, he was a researcher at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), where his primary research focused on the sustainable use of Mineral Raw Materials. Following a tenure as a permanent secondary education teacher (2021-2022), he was elected as a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP) at the Department of Geology, University of Patras, a position he holds to this day.

Dr. Petrounias has published over 53 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and more than 40 articles in international conference proceedings. He is an expert in the study and application of mineral raw materials in various environmental contexts, as well as in the microscopic analysis of mortars and concretes produced from both natural and alternative raw materials.

PETROUNIAS  P., GIANNAKOPOULOU P.P., ROGKALA A., STAMATIS P.M., TSIKOURAS  B., PAPOULIS D., LAMPROPOULOU P.,  HATZIPANAGIOTOU K. (2018). The Influence of Alteration of Aggregates on the Quality of the Concrete: A Case Study from Serpentinites and Andesites from Central Macedonia (North Greece). Geosciences. 8 (115), 2- 17.

PETROUNIAS  P., GIANNAKOPOULOU P.P., ROGKALA A., LAMPROPOULOU P.,  KOUTSOPOULOU E., PAPOULIS D., TSIKOURAS  B., HATZIPANAGIOTOU K. (2018). The impact of secondary phyllosilicate minerals on the engineering properties of various igneous aggregates from Greece. Minerals. 8(329).

PETROUNIAS, P., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., ROGKALA, A., STAMATIS, P.M., LAMPROPOULOU, P., TSIKOURAS, B., HATZIPANAGIOTOU, K., (2018). The Effect of Petrographic Characteristics and Physico-Mechanical Properties of Aggregates on the Quality of Concrete. Minerals 8 (12), 577.

PETROUNIAS, P., ROGKALA, A., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., TSIKOURAS, B., LAMPROPOULOU, P., KALAITZIDIS, S., HATZIPANAGIOTOU, K., LAMBRAKIS, N., CHRISTOPOULOU, M.A., (2019). An Experimental Study for the Remediation of Industrial Waste Water Using a Combination of Low Cost Mineral Raw Materials. Minerals 9 (4), 207.

PETROUNIAS, P., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., ROGKALA, A., MARIA KALPOGIANNAKI , PETROS KOUTSOVITIS ,  MARIA-ELLI DAMOULIANOU, NIKOLAOS KOUKOUZAS., (2020). Petrographic Characteristics of Sandstones as a Basis to Evaluate their Suitability in Construction and Energy Storage Applications. A Case Study from Klepa Nafpaktias (Central Western Greece). Energies, 13, 1119.

ZAYED, A.M., EL-KHAYATT, A.M., PETROUNIAS, P., SHAHIEN, M.G., MAHMOUD, K.A., RASHAD, A.M., RAGAB, A.H., HASSAN, A.A., BAKHIT, R.B., MASOUD, M.A., (2024). From discarded waste to valuable products: Barite combination with chrysotile mine waste to produce radiation-shielding concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 417, 135334, ISSN 0950-0618,

SHAHNEWAZ, MD. S., MASRI, A. K., ABDUL GHANI, A. A. N., PUTRA JAYA, R., CHOO, S. C., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., ROGKALA, A., LAMPROPOULOU, P., PETROUNIAS, P., (2023), Porous asphalt mixtures enriched with bamboo fibers as a new approach for future sustainable construction. Construction and Building Materials, 407, 133456, ISSN 0950-0618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133456.

PETROUNIAS, P., ROGKALA, A., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., PYRGAKI, K., LAMPROPOULOU, P., KOUTSOVITIS, P., TSIKOS, H.,POMONIS, P., KOUKOUZAS, N., (2023). Sustainable removal of uranium from acidic wastewater using various mineral raw materials. Journal of Environmental Management., Volume 330, 117159.

PETROUNIAS, P., ROGKALA, A., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P. P, KALPOGIANNAKI, M., LASKARIS, N., LAMPROPOULOU, P., (2022). The role of the aggregate shape on the compressive strength of concrete using a new micro geo-informatics methodology, MICRON, ISSN 0968-4328, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103333.

PETROUNIAS, P., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., ROGKALA, A., KALPOGIANNAKI, M., LASKARIS, N., LAMPROPOULOU, P., MOUZAKIS, P., PANAGIOTARAS, D., KOUKOUZAS, N. (2022). Sustainable use of by-products and wastes from Greece to produce innovative eco-friendly pervious concrete. SCI. 2022, 12, 5861. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3390/APP12125861.

PETROUNIAS, P., GIANNAKOPOULOU, P.P., ROGKALA, A., SIDERIDIS, A., KOUTSOVITIS, P., LAMPROPOULOU, P., KOUKOUZAS, N., POMONIS, P., HATZIPANAGIOTOU, K. (2022). Influence of petrogenesis on the engineering properties of ultramafic aggregates and on their suitability in concrete. SCI. 2022, 12, 3990. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3390/APP12083990.

 (GEO300)

 (GEO311)

(GEO309)

 (GEO_609E)

 (GEO_OME02)

 (GEO513)

Sustainability of Mineral Resources

Circular Economy

Microstructural study of Concretes and Mortars

Critical and Strategic Raw Materials (CRMs)

Solid and Liquid Waste Management

– Sustainable Use of Mining Waste Dumps με ακρωνύμιο SUMAD, funded by the EU

– CRM GEOTHERMAL – Raw materials from geothermal fluids, funded by the EU