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ARIADNE ARGYRAKI

Ariadne Argyraki

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Professor
Section of: Economic Geology and Geochemistry
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο: Geochemistry

Tel: +30 2107274314
e-mail: argyraki@geol.uoa.gr
Personal Webpage: http://users.uoa.gr/~argyraki

Research Interests

Geochemical processes in land and marine environment. Soil and water contamination- risk assessment. Environmental mobility of trace elements. Techniques for spatial analysis of geochemical data.

Indicative Teaching Topics

Undegraguate Program

  • Geochemistry
  • Environmental Geochemistry
  • Hydrogeochemistry
  • Analytical and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Mineral Resources and the Environment

Postgraguate Program "Earth Sciences and the Environment"

  • Instrumental analytical methods
  • Methods for geochemical exploration
  • Sustainable remediation of contaminated land and water

Postgraguate Program " Natural Resources Geoenvironment, Geoinformatics and Agricultural Engineering" (A.U.A.)

  • Environmental Geology-Geochemistry

Awards & Distinctions

  • Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) – Elected President (2024-2026).
  • International Union of Geological Sciences- Commission of Global Geochemical Baselines (IUGS-CGGB) – Appointed Steering Committee Member, Chair of Public Relations and Finance (2024-2028).
  • Scientific Committee for Control of Compliance with Environmental Terms and Conditions of Hellas Gold S.A. Mining Operations - Appointed Committee Member (2019-2021).

Indicative Publications

Bettencourt da Silva, R.J.N., Argyraki, A., Borges, C., Palma, C., Ramsey, M.H. (2022) Spatial Modelling of Concentration in Topsoil Using Random and Systematic Uncertainty Components: Comparison against Established Techniques. Analytical Letters, 55(14), 2199-2219. doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2022.2050383

Demetriades, A., Johnson, C.C., Smith, D.B., Ladenberger, A., Adánez Sanjuan, P., Argyraki, A., Stouraiti, C., Caritat, P. de, Knights, K.V., Prieto Rincón, G. & Simubali, G.N. (Editors), 2022. International Union of Geological Sciences Manual of Standard Methods for Establishing the Global Geochemical Reference Network. IUGS Commission on Global Geochemical Baselines, Athens, Hellenic Republic, Special Publication, 2, xliv, 515 pages, 375 figures, 35 Tables, 5 Annexes and 1 Appendix, ISBN: 978-618-85049-1-2; doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7307696.

Pyrgaki, K., Kelepertzis, E., Argyraki, A. et al.(2022) Identification of sources and transformations of nitrate in Cr(VI)-impacted alluvial aquifers by a hydrogeochemical and δ15N-NO3− and δ18O-NO3 – isotopes approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 29, 57703–57719 doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19837-0

Isley, C. F., Fry, K. L., Liu, X., Filippelli, G. M., Entwistle, J. A., Martin, A. P., . . . Taylor, M. P. (2022). International analysis of sources and human health risk associated with trace metal contaminants in residential indoor dust. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(2), 1053-1068.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04494

Kypritidou, Z., Argyraki, A. (2021) Geochemical interactions in the trace element–soil–clay system of treated contaminated soils by Fe-rich clays. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 43 (7), 2483-2503. doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00542-1

Thompson J. R., Argyraki A., Bashton M., Bramwell L., Crown M., Hursthouse A. S., Jabeen K., Marinho Reis P., Namdeo A., Nelson A., Pearce D. A., Potgieter-Vermaak S., Rasmussen P. E., Wragg J., Entwistle J. A. (2021) Bacterial Diversity in House Dust: Characterization of a Core Indoor Microbiome. Front. Environ. Sci. 9:754657. doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.754657

Pyrgaki, K., Argyraki, A., Botsou, F., Kelepertzis, E., Paraskevopoulou, V., Karavoltsos, S., Mitsis, I., Dassenakis, E. (2021) Hydrogeochemical investigation of Cr in the ultramafic rock-related water bodies of Loutraki basin, Northeast Peloponnese, Greece. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(2), 62. doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09342-3

Kelepertzis, E., Argyraki, A., Botsou, F., Aidona, E., Szabo, A., Szabo, C. (2019) Tracking the occurrence of anthropogenic magnetic particles and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in house dust using magnetic and geochemical analyses. Environmental Pollution, 245, 909-920. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.11.072

Argyraki, A., Kelepertzis, E., Botsou, F., Paraskevopoulou, V., Katsikis, I., Trigoni, M. (2018) Environmental availability of trace elements (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu) in soil from urban, suburban, rural and mining areas of Attica, Hellas. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 187, 201-213. doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.09.004

Argyraki, A., Kelepertzis, E. (2014) Urban soil geochemistry in Athens, Greece: The importance of local geology in controlling the distribution of potentially harmful trace elements. Science of The Total Environment, 482–483, 366–377. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.133

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