{"id":3481,"date":"2024-04-18T00:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T22:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/announcements\/iliopoulos-georgios\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:50:03","slug":"iliopoulos-georgios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/personnel\/dep\/iliopoulos-georgios\/","title":{"rendered":"Iliopoulos George"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e7cd5d4e alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-fe3d46f7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignleft uagb-block-469f8f66 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-left\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png ,https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png 780w, https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-5724\" width=\"357\" height=\"380\" title=\"Iliopoulos\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-52221902\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-96ec8685\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Iliopoulos George<\/h2><div class=\"uagb-separator\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Palaeontology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4875-128X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orcid<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/George-Iliopoulos-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Gate<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.gr\/citations?user=YcIRQkwAAAAJ&amp;hl=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=26025478300\">Scopus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sector:<\/strong> General, Marine Geology &amp; Geodynamics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list uagb-block-88891fd1\"><div class=\"uagb-icon-list__wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child uagb-block-32cbf6f1\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"iliopoulosg@upatras.gr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"mailto:iliopoulosg@upatras.gr\"> <\/a><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__source-wrap\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M464 64C490.5 64 512 85.49 512 112C512 127.1 504.9 141.3 492.8 150.4L275.2 313.6C263.8 322.1 248.2 322.1 236.8 313.6L19.2 150.4C7.113 141.3 0 127.1 0 112C0 85.49 21.49 64 48 64H464zM217.6 339.2C240.4 356.3 271.6 356.3 294.4 339.2L512 176V384C512 419.3 483.3 448 448 448H64C28.65 448 0 419.3 0 384V176L217.6 339.2z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__label\">iliopoulosg@upatras.gr<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child uagb-block-40102787\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"+30 2610 996 160\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"tel:00302610992272\"> <\/a><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__source-wrap\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M511.2 387l-23.25 100.8c-3.266 14.25-15.79 24.22-30.46 24.22C205.2 512 0 306.8 0 54.5c0-14.66 9.969-27.2 24.22-30.45l100.8-23.25C139.7-2.602 154.7 5.018 160.8 18.92l46.52 108.5c5.438 12.78 1.77 27.67-8.98 36.45L144.5 207.1c33.98 69.22 90.26 125.5 159.5 159.5l44.08-53.8c8.688-10.78 23.69-14.51 36.47-8.975l108.5 46.51C506.1 357.2 514.6 372.4 511.2 387z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__label\">+30 2610 996 160<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office:<\/strong> 217 (Geology Building, 2nd Floor)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-19d0e8e1 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs uagb-block-2356ca1b uagb-tabs__wrap uagb-tabs__hstyle3-desktop uagb-tabs__vstyle6-tablet uagb-tabs__stack1-mobile\" data-tab-active=\"0\"><ul class=\"uagb-tabs__panel uagb-tabs__align-left\" role=\"tablist\"><li class=\"uagb-tab uagb-tabs__active\" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab0\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"0\" role=\"tab\"><div>Short CV<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab1\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\"><div>Representative Publications<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab2\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\"><div>Teaching<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab3\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\"><div>Research Interests<\/div><\/a><\/li><li class=\"uagb-tab \" role=\"none\"><a href=\"#uagb-tabs__tab4\" class=\"uagb-tabs-list uagb-tabs__icon-position-left\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\"><div>Research projects<\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"uagb-tabs__body-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-0\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab0\">\n<p>George Iliopoulos is Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy at the Department of Geology of the University of Patras and head of the Laboratory of Paleontology and Stratigraphy. For the last 10 years he has also been the Scientific Coordinator of the UNESCO Global Geopark of Chelmos &#8211; Vouraikos and a member of the Coordinating Committees of the European and Global Geoparks of UNESCO. At the same time, he has recently been an evaluator for UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) on issues of UNESCO Global Geoparks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing his undergraduate studies at the Department of Geology of the University of Athens, he did his PhD studies at the Department of Geology of the University of Leicester, United Kingdomin vertebrate palaeontology. His main research interests are the study of fossils and their paleoenvironment, the stratigraphic study of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequences, as well as the studyand promotion &nbsp;of geodiversity, the protection of geological heritage and geotourism.He actively collaborates with several academic institutions and organizations in Greece and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has published more than 86 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and in collective volumes, and has presented more than 270 oral or poster presentations at scientific conferences. He has participated in more than 37 research projects, being a scientific coordinator in 14 of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-1\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab1\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>\u2022 Tsoni, M., Iliopoulos, G., Valavani, D., Liapi, E., Papadopoulou, P., Stamoulis, K. Koukouvelas, I., Kontopoulos, N., 2021: Palaeoecological inferences on the Pleistocene deposits of the Charadros River (Rio graben, Western Corinth Gulf, Greece). Quaternary International, vol. 589, pp. 39-54. <br><br>\u2022 Bourli, \u039d., Iliopoulos, G., Papadopoulou, P., Zelilidis, A., 2021: Facies analysis and depositional conditions of Mesozoic carbonates: Implication on Ionian basin evolution. Geosciences, vol. 11 (7), 288. <br><br>\u2022 Psonis, N., Vassou, D., Nicolaou, L., Roussiakis, S., Iliopoulos, G., Poulakakis, N., Sfenthourakis, S., 2022: Ancient mitochondrial sequencesof the extinct Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 196(3), pp. 979-989. <br><br>\u2022 Iliopoulos, G., Roussiakis, S., 2022: The fossil record of giraffes (Mammalia: Giraffidae) in Greece. In: Vlachos, E. (Ed.), The fossil vertebrates of Greece, vol. 2, Springer Verlag, pp. 301-333. <br><br>\u2022 Sianis, P.D., Kostopoulos, D.S., Roussiakis, S., Athanassiou, A., Iliopoulos, G., 2023: The bovids (Artiodactyla) from the Lower Pleistocene locality of Karnezeika (Southern Greece). Historical Biology, vol. 35 (5), pp. 661-667.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-2\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab2\">\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Geol_010 Evolution of the living world &#8211; Palaeontology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Geol_020 Stratigraphy &#8211; Historical Geology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Geol_014 Field Course I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Geol_038 Field Course IV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Geol_069 Field Course VIII&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Geol_077 Applied Micropalaeontology &#8211; Palaeoenvironment<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MSc Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>GEO_CAD 04 Natural Hazards&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>GEO_CAD 08 Collection and processing of Palaeontological and Stratigraphic Data&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>CO1 Geological principles in Palaeobiology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>PO1 Comparative anatomy \/ Morphology &#8211; Vertebrate Biometry&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>PS3 Modern research methods in Macropalaeontology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>PS6 Palaeoecology &#8211; Biomechanics &#8211; morphofunctional ecology<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-3\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab3\">\n<p>Paleontology, Micropaleontology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stratigraphy \u2013 Biostratigraphy, microfacies analysis of carbonate rocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taphonomy, fossilization processes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimate, Palaeoenvironment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geodiversity Conservation, protection and promotion of Geological Heritage,relation of Geodiversity with Biodiversity, Geoparks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-tabs-child uagb-tabs__body-container uagb-inner-tab-4\" aria-labelledby=\"uagb-tabs__tab4\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   2026-2031: \u201c<strong>Attica Regional in Integrated Environmental and Material Survey (ARTEMIS)\u201d. \u201cAttica Regional in Integrated Environmental and Material Survey (ARTEMIS)<\/strong>\u201d. University of Birmingham. Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">2026-2029: \u201c<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Dione: Empowering Women Through Environmental Education and Green Opportunities in UNESCO Global Geoparks<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">\u201d. ERASMUS+ 2025 with Form ID: KA220-ADU-28E253D1. Funded by ERASMUS+. Scientific Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">2024-2026: \u201c<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Digitization of natural history collections of the University of Patras (DiSSCo)\u201d of the project \u201cSUB4 Digitization of Greek Natural History Collections<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">\u201d of the Action \u201c16851 \u2013 The protection of biodiversity as a driver of sustainable development of Axis 1.4 &#8211; Sustainable use of resources, resilience to climate change and conservation of biodiversity of the Green Transition Pillar\u201d with code MIS 5203056\u201d. Funding Agency: Ministry of Environment and Energy through Greece 2.0 of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGeneration EU). Scientific Coordinator, University of Patras <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">2022 &#8211; 2023: \u201c<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Ostracods from caves in Greece and Germany: a pilot study for paleo(ecological) and biogeographical cooperation<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">\u201d. Funding PROGRAM: IKYDA 2022, Greece \u2013 Germany. Scientific Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020- 2023: \u201c<strong>Record and study the Geodiversity &amp; Biodiversity of the Kefalonia \u2013 Ithaca Geopark<\/strong>\u201d. Funded from the National Strategic Reference Framework, Region of the Ionian Islands. Scientific Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iliopoulos George Professor of Palaeontology Orcid | Research Gate | Google Scholar\u00a0I\u00a0Scopus Sector: General, Marine Geology &amp; Geodynamics Office: 217 (Geology Building, 2nd Floor)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/personnel.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dep"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png",756,659,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos-300x262.png",300,262,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png",756,659,false],"large":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png",756,659,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png",756,659,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos.png",756,659,false],"featured-large":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos-640x294.png",640,294,true],"featured-small":["https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iliopoulos-300x300.png",300,300,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"sotirisroot","author_link":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/author\/sotirisroot\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Iliopoulos George Professor of Palaeontology Orcid | Research Gate | Google Scholar\u00a0I\u00a0Scopus Sector: General, Marine Geology &amp; Geodynamics Office: 217 (Geology Building, 2nd Floor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3481"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6374,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3481\/revisions\/6374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geology.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}