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George Demopoulos is chair of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University. His research is in the area of aqueous solution processing of inorganic materials spanning from hydrometallurgical extraction to advanced environmental and energy material applications. He is professor of Materials Engineering at McGill University since 1983.
He received his diploma in Eng.Mining and Metallurgical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 1975. He completed his M.Sc and his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University in 1978 and 1982 respectively.
The Greek researcher was among the scientists who developed the first self-charging batteries. The novel concept presented in a Nature Communications paper by Professor George Demopoulos and researchers at Hydro-Québec paves the way to these so-called light-charged batteries. The study shows that a standard cathode from a lithium-ion battery can be “sensitized” to light by incorporating photo-harvesting dye molecules.
George Demopoulos has published more than 245 papers and obtained many patents. He was President of MetSoc of CIM in 2006-2007 and past Chair of the Hydrometallurgy Section. For his contributions to MetSoc he has received the Silver Medal and a CIM Fellowship, while was selected by McGill’s Faculty of Engineering as Gerald Hatch Faculty Fellow.
Other honours include the “PYRFOROS” (Fire-Bringer) Medal as Distinguished Graduate of the School of Mining and Metallurgical Eng., Nat. Techn. University of Athens, the 2000 Sherritt Hydrometallurgy Award and the 1999 Canadian Metal Chemistry Award.
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