Prof. Georgios Kolliopoulos
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Dr. Georgios Kolliopoulos is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Sustainable Process Engineering Research in Metallurgy (SuperMET) Group in the Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering at Université Laval. Currently, he is also the Chair of the Hydrometallurgy Section of MetSoc in Canada. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, in 2018, after completing his undergraduate studies in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2013. His research focuses on the development of sustainable circular extractive metallurgy processes that aim to minimize the use of water in process circuits and the overall environmental impact of mineral and metal processing during the recovery and recycling of metals from primary and secondary resources. His achievements so far have resulted in several scholarships and awards including the Young Scientist Award (ISPTS-2024), the Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM Doctoral Scholarship (2018), the Connaught Scholarship for International Doctoral Studies (2013-2018), and the Technical Chamber of Greece (2017) and the Limmat Foundation (2014) awards of academic excellence.