Associate Professor

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Web Page: http://www.chem.upatras.gr/faculty/papaefthymiou

Curriculum Vitae

STUDIES
December 1975 : Diploma in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
October 1984 : Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

ACADEMIC CAREER
6/77-1/85 : Teaching Assistant in the Radiochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras
2/85-1/90 : Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras
2/90- 3/13 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras
4/13 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras

EXPERIENCE IN OTHER RESEARCH LABORATORIES
6/85-9/85 : Visiting scientist in the JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (European Communities), Ispra Establishment, Italy
2/90-7/90 : Visiting scientist in the UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Department of Chemistry, Section of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Belgium

Courses

UNDER-GRADUATE COURCES
- "Principles and Applications of Nuclear Chemistry", Department of Chemistry, 7^th semester (co-teaching)
- "Physical Chemistry", Department of Biology, ^5th semester (co-teaching)
- "Radiobiology", Department of Biology, 1^st semester (co-teaching)
- “Chemistry of the Environment: Atmospheric Chemistry” Department of Chemistry, 7^th semester (co-teaching)
- "Practical courses in Physical Chemistry", Department of Chemistry, 5^th semester
- "Practical courses in Nuclear Chemistry" Department of Chemistry, 7^th semester

POST-GRADUATE COURCES
- "Special issues on Environmental Pollution", Inter-Department Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Sciences (co-teaching)
-”Atmospheric Chemistry” Inter-Department Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Sciences (co-teaching)
-"Trace elements in the environment", Post-graduate Programme, Department of Chemistry (co-teaching)
-"Methods for trace element determination", Post-graduate Programme, Department of Chemistry (co-teaching)
-“Analytical techniques for gas pollutants in the Atmosphere”, Post-graduate Programme, Department of Chemistry.

Research Activities

I Environmental Radioactivity:

-Indoor radon measurements
-Radon measurements in soils and active fault zones; possible relation to earthquake
-Natural and man-made radionuclides in environmental samples (e.g. marine sediments, building materials, minerals, water, soils)

II. Analytical Applications of Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Techniques
- Qualitative and quantitative determination of major, minor and trace elements in environmental samples using INAA, PIXE, XRF and ICP-MS.
III. Biomonitoring of sea pollution; emphasis on natural and anthropogenic radioactivity and trace elements.

IV.Sampling and Analysis of Particulate Matter (PM10-PM2.5)

Representative Publications

• B.D. Symeopoulos, H. Papaefthymiou and M. Soupioni, “Oscillatory Annealing Behaviour of the Three Neutron Irradiated Inorganic Crystalline Compounds”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 44, 399 (1994).
  
• Papageorgakopoulou, E. Papaefthymiou, D. Topalidou, N. Karapanagiotis and C.P. Tsiganos, “Tritiated water (³H₂O) induced changes in enzymes of cereals during germination”. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 39, 49 (1998).
• Η. Papefthymiou, A. Mavroudis, P. Kritidis, “Indoor Radon Levels and Influencing Factors in Houses of Patras, Greece”, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 66, 247 (2003).
• Η. Papaefthymiou, Kritidis, J. Anousis, J. Sarafidou, “Comparative assessment of natural radioactivity in fallout samples from Patras and Megalopolis, Greece”. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 78, 249 (2005)
• Papaefthymiou^*, C.D. Georgiou. Indoor radon levels in primary schools of Patras, Greece.Radiation Protection Dosimetry 124, 172-176 (2007).
• Η. Papaefthymiou^*, G. Papatheodorou, D. Christodoulou, M. Geraga,A. Moustakli, J. Kapolos.Elemental concentrations in sediments of the Patras Hourbour, Greece, using INAA, ICP-MS and AAS.Microchemical Journal 96, 269 -276(2010).
• Papaefthymiou*, D. Athanasopoulos, G. Papatheodorou, M. Iatrou, M. Geraga, D. Christodoulou, E. Fakiris, B. Tsikouras. Uraniuum and other natural radionuclides in the sediments of a Mediterranean fjiord-like embayment, Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionean Sea), Greece.Journal of Environmental Radioactivity122, 43-54 (2013).
• Μ.Ι. Manousakas, E. Diapouli, H. Papaefthymiou, A. Migliori, A.G. Karydas, R. Padilla-Alvarez, M. Bogovac, R. B. Kaiser, M. Jaksic, I. Bogdanovic-Radovic and K. Eleftheriadis. Source apportionment by PMF on elemental concnetrations obtained by PIXE analysis of PM10 samples collected at the vicinity of lignite power plants and mines in Megalopolis, Greece. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B., 349, 114-124 (2015).
• Manousakas, H. Papaefthymiou, E. Diapouli, A. Migliori, A.G. Karydas, I. Bogdanovic-Radovic, K. Eleftheriadiς, “Assessment of PM2.5 sources and their corresponding level of uncertainty in a coastal uban area using EPA PMF 5.0 enhanced diagnostics.” Science of the Total Environment, 574, 155-164 (2017)
• E, Ogala, S. Kalaitzidis, K. Christanis, O.O. Omo-Irabor, A. Akinmosin, C.U. Yusuf, N. Pasadakis, M. Constantinopoulos, H. Papaefthymiou, “Geochemical and organic petrological study of bituminous sediments from Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria”,Marine and Petroleum Geology, 99, 577-595 (2019).