Georgios N. Anastassakis is Professor at National Technical University of Athens, School Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, in the field of Mineral Processing. He graduated from NTUA and got his Doctoral degree in 1989. He started his career in 1989 as university teaching-associate by contract (1989-92), employed in LARCO GMMSA Ferronickel Co. (1992-94), and elected Lecturer in NTUA in 1994. Since then, he was successively promoted to Assistant, Associate and first-rank Professor in 2009. He served as Vice-Rector of the School (2014-2020), Head of the Division of Metallurgy and Materials Technology (2010-14) and member of several academic administrative committees. He has been involved in more than 40 research projects. The results of his research have been presented in more than 75 papers, published in referred scientific journals, Congress Proceedings volumes, and chapters of international books. He has served as reviewer of approximately 45 international journals, several Congresses Proceedings volumes, and reviewer of international research proposals.
He is member in international editorial boards, and served as Editor of the Greek journal “Mineral Wealth” (1994-2012). He has been invited to give several lectures in foreign Universities, Associations, seminars and Symposiums and participated in several congresses, scientific meetings, and seminars. He served as National Representative of Greece in EU Coal and Steel Advisory Group-Steel Subgroup (2008-2010); Country Representative as Member of the Expert Group on Risk Management in the Extractive Sector (European Commission Directorate-General for Environment Waste Management & Secondary Materials) (2020-today); Country Representative as Member of EU Technical Advisory Group on Risk Management in the Extractive Sector (2020-today). He was also the Chairman of the XII Balkan Mineral Processing Congress (Delphi-Greece, 2007) and the editor of the proceedings. He is member of various professional and scientific bodies, among which: IMPC International Advisory Committee, Balkan Mineral Processing Congress (BMPC) Scientific Committee, Balkan Academy of Science on Mineral Technology BASMT, International Organizing Committee of the International Coal Preparation Congress (ICPC) (corresponding member), Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (SME) (2000-2010), International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) (2000-2010), Scientific Advisory Board of MiMeR (Minerals and Metals Recycling) Research Center at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (2002-4), etc.
