Helen Vasileiou

Dr. Eleni Vasileiou, is Research and Teaching Staff of Environmental Hydrogeology and application in Mining, in the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering since 2014.

She also participates as teaching staff to the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA and to the Inter-Departmental Program of Post-graduate Studies in the scientific field “Water Resources Science and Technology” of NTUA. She is also a teaching collaborator with the Agricultural University of Athens, for the Postgraduate Program entitled: ”Development of Environmental Planning, Infrastructure Projects and Prevention of Natural Hazards". She is teaching 4 undergraduate and 3 postgraduate lessons. She obtained her PhD in 2011, working on Environmental hydrogeological issues concerning mining activities. During her Master thesis, she focused on heavy metals groundwater pollution and the impacts of water rock interaction on groundwater quality and groundwater interacting with anthropogenic activities. Her main research interests are Environmental Hydrogeology, Groundwater Engineering, Water Quality and Vulnerability of aquifers, Mine water management, Environmental pressures, DPSIR and SWOT analysis, Hydro-geo-chemical Modeling, Water Resources Management, Risk Assessment of Water Resources, Rehabilitation of post mining areas, Hydro-geochemistry, Water rock-soil interaction, microplastics in waters, Land Uses and Water quality, Climate changes and water resources, Modeling of groundwater pollution.

She has participated as a research team member in 42 National Research projects and European projects all involved with water resources and geoenvironment, in 30 of them as Principal Researcher. She has 87 publications in journals and Proceedings of Conferences and 6 book chapters in books (h-index =11, >500 citations).

PERRAKI, M.; SKLIROS, V.; MECAJ, P.; VASILEIOU, E.; SALMAS, C.; PAPANIKOLAOU, I.; STAMATIS, G (2024). Identification of Microplastics Using µ-Raman Spectroscopy in Surface and Groundwater Bodies of SE Attica, Greece. Water 2024, 16, 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16060843

PAPAZOTOS P, VASILEIOU E, VASILAKIS S, PERRAKI M. (2023). A novel hydrogeochemical approach to delineate the origin of potentially toxic elements in groundwater: Sophisticated molar ratios as environmental tracers. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jun;30(30):74771-74790. Doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-27721-8. Epub 2023 May 20. PMID: 37209349.

SAKELLARI, C.; ROUMPOS, C.; LOULOUDIS, G.; VASILEIOU, E. (2021):  A Review about the Sustainability of Pit Lakes as a Rehabilitation Factor after Mine Closure. Mater. Proc. 2021, 5, 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/ materproc2021005052

PERRAKI M., VASILEIOU E., BARTZAS G. 2021: Tracing the origin of chromium in groundwater. Current and new perspectives. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 22:100267.

VASILEIOU, E., PAPAZOTOS, P., DIMITRAKOPOULOS, D., PERRAKI, M. (2021). Hydrogeochemical Processes and Natural Background Levels of Chromium in an Ultramafic Environment. The Case Study of Vermio Mountain, Western Macedonia, Greece. Water, 13(20), 2809;. Special Issue “Geo-Environmental Approaches for the Analysis and Assessment of Groundwater Resources at Catchment-Scale”. Doi: 10.3390/w13202809

VASILEIOU, E., PAPAZOTOS, P., DIMITRAKOPOULOS, D., PERRAKI, M. (2019). Expounding the origin of chromium in groundwater of the Sarigkiol basin, Western Macedonia, Greece: a cohesive statistical approach and hydrochemical study. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191:409. Doi: 10.1007/s10661-019-7655-1