Senior Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science
About
Born in Athens, Greece, Studies in the University of Patras, Greece, Work in the UBD since April 2013
Teaching Area
Mineralogy – Petrology
Current Research
- Soil and Environmental Geochemistry
- Ophiolites, Platinum-Group Minerals and Chromites
- Natural Formation of Abiotic Methane
- Asbestos Fibres
- Quality Assessment of Aggregates and Industrial Minerals
- Archaeometry
Publications
- Etiope, G., Ifandi, E., Nazzari, M., Procesi, M., Tsikouras, B., Ventura, G., Steele, A., Tardini, R., & Szatmari, P. (2018): Widespread abiotic methane in chromitites.-Scientific Reports, 8, 8728.
- Giannakopoulou, P.P., Petrounias, P., Tsikouras, B., Kalaitzidis, S., Rogkala, A., Hatzipanagiotou, K. & Tombros, S.F. (2018): Using factor analysis to determine the interrelationships between the engineering properties of aggregates from igneous rocks in Greece.-Minerals, 8(12), 580.
- Ifandi, E., Zaccarini, F., Tsikouras, B., Grammatikopoulos, T., Garuti, G., Karipi, S. & Hatzipanagiotou, K. (2018): First occurrences of Ni-V-Co phosphides in chromitite from the Agios Stefanos mine, ophiolitic complex of Othrys, Greece.-Ofioliti, 43, 131-145.
- Petrounias, P., Giannakopoulou, 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(8), 329.
- Petrounias, P., Giannakopoulou, P., Rogkala, A., Stamatis, P., 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.
- Fitros, M., Tombros, S.F., Williams-Jones, A.E., Tsikouras, B., Koutsopoulou, E. & Hatzipanagiotou, K. (2017): Physicochemical controls on bismuth mineralization: An example from Moutoulas, Serifos Island, Cyclades, Greece.-American Mineralogist, 102, 1622-1631.
- Tsikouras, B., Ifandi, E., Karipi, S., Grammatikopoulos, T.A. & Hatzipanagiotou, K. (2016): Investigation of platinum-group minerals (PGM) from Othrys chromitites (Greece) using superpanning concentrates.-Minerals, 6(3), 94.
- Tsikouras, B., Passa, K.-S., Iliopoulos, I. & Katagas, C. (2016): Microstructural control on Perlite expansibility and geochemical balance with a novel application of Isocon analysis: An example from Milos Island Perlite (Greece).-Minerals, 6(3), 80.