Contact address:
Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rio, Patra GR26504, Greece. Phone: 0030 2610 997924.
Email: iliopoulosg@upatras.gr
Education
· Ph. D. in Palaeontology (2004), Thesis title: “The Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and the Study of the Histology and Chemistry of Fossil Mammal Bone from the Late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea Island, Greece)”, University of Leicester, UK.
· BSc Diploma Geology (1996), University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
· Adult education tutor (2007). Greek National Accreditation Centre for Continuing Vocational Training (EKEPIS), Code Number: ??16620.
Positions
· May 2010 - : Lecturer of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy (elected and waiting appointment), Geology Department, University of Patras.
· 2010 - today: Lecturer (P.D. 407/1980), Geology Department, University of Patras. Teaching Palaeontology, Stratigraphy.
· 2005 - 2010: Assistant Curator, responsible for Geological – palaeontological collections of the Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete.
· 2005 - 2010: Lecturer (P.D. 407/1980), Biology Department, University of Crete. Teaching Palaeontology.
· 2009 - today: Assistant editor (Palaeontology) for the Pakistan Journal of Zoology.
· 2003 - 2004: Part time lecturer, School of Environmental Science, University College Northampton, UK. Teaching Vertebrate Palaeontology, Invertebrate Palaeontology, Evolution of life.
February 1995 – April 1995, June 1998 – May 2001: Research Assistant.
Participation in research projects, Geology Department, University of Athens.
Research interests
· Vertebrate Palaeontology (Cenozoic)
· Taphonomy
· Fossil bone geochemistry
· Fossil bone histology
· Stratigraphy – biostratigraphy
· Palaeopathology
· Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology
· Geodiversity
Current research projects
· Surface archaeological survey in Meganisi municipality. Archaeology Department, University of Crete. Project leader Ac. Prof. N. Galanidou
· «Quaternary island faunas of the Mediterranean». Natural History Museum, London, (NERC grand). Project leader Prof. Andrian Lister
· Palaeontological surveys in Chania Prefecture. Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete. Project leader Dr C. Fassoulas
Professional affiliations
Member of the Hellenic Speleological Society (E.S.E.) since 1993, of the Palaeontological Association since 2000 (UK), of the Systematics Association since 2000 (UK), of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology since 2002 (USA), of the Greek Geotechnical council since 2004, of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists since 2008. Board Member of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists since 2009.
Selected Publications
1. Lyberakis, P. Iliopoulos, G. (in press): Snakes, frogs, mice and the Sacred. The microfaunal remains in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia (Poros). In B. Wells, A. Penttinen and D. Mylona (eds), in collaboration with Y. Basiakos, G. IIiopoulos, S. Isakson, P. Lyberakis, Maria Ntinou, J. Pakannen, Anagia Sarpaki, D. Serjeantson and G. Syrides, Physical Environment and Daily Life in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia. The Excavations of 2003-2005. Stockholm, Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4?. LII, Swedish Institute in Athens.
2. Iliopoulos G., Eikamp, H. and Fassoulas C., 2010: A new Late Pleistocene mammal locality from Western Crete. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Patra, 19-21 May, 2010. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, vol. XLIII, No 2, p. 918-925.
3. Zidianakis, G., Iliopoulos G. and Fassoulas C., 2010: Preliminary report on a new late Miocene plant assemblage, Messara basin, Crete, Greece. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Patra, 19-21 May, 2010. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, vol. XLIII, No 2, p. 781-792.
4. Svana, K., Iliopoulos G. and Fassoulas C., 2010: New Sirenian findings from Crete Island. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Patra, 19-21 May, 2010. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, vol. XLIII, No 2, p. 746-753.
8. Fassoulas C., Paragamian K. and Iliopoulos G., 2007: Identification and assessment of Cretan geotopes. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress, Athens, May, 2007. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece vol. XXXVII, p. 1780-1795.
9. Khan, M. A., Khan, A. M., Farooq, U., Iliopoulos, G., & Akhtar, M., 2006: Selenoportax vexillarius (Mammalia, boselaphini, bovidae) from the Siwaliks. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 38(4), p. 321-326.
12. Iliopoulos, G. 2004: Microscopical focal destruction in Late Miocene mammal bone from Kerassia (N. Euboea Island, Greece). Proceedings of the 5th ISEMG, Thessaloniki 14-17/4/2004, p. 318-321.
13. Roussiakis, S., Iliopoulos, G. 2004: Preliminary observations on the metrical variation of Helladotherium duvernoyi and Bohlinia attica. Proceedings of the 5th ISEMG, Thessaloniki 14-17/4/2004, p. 343-346.
14. Iliopoulos, G. 2003: The Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and the Study of the Histology and Chemistry of Fossil Mammal Bone from the Late Miocene of Kerassia (Euboea Island, Greece) Thesis, Geology Department, University of Leicester, UK, p. 1-144.
15. Theodorou, G., Athanassiou, A., Roussiakis, S. and Iliopoulos, G. (2003). Remarks on the Late Miocene vertebrates of Kerassia (Northern Euboea, Greece). In: Reumer J.W.F. & Wessels W. (eds.) – "Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. A volume in honour of Hans de Bruijn", Deinsea 10, p. 519-530.
16. Iliopoulos, G. 2003: Invading the bone: Microbial focal destruction in Late Miocene mammal bone: Scanning, v. 25, p. 94-95.