Ioannis Liritzis - Biography#

Ioannis Liritzis, PhD, is currently Distinguished Professor and Head of the Advanced Digital Archaeological-Historical Network at Alma Mater Europaea University, Slovenia; Distinguished Professor at Henan University, China on Archaeometry, and Dean of Class IV Natural Sciences (2020 - 2025) and Vice President (2025 - 2030) of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg. Holds a BSc in Physics from Patras University, and in 1980 his PhD from Physics Dept, Edinburgh University, in Nuclear instrumentation and U-TH and Thermoluminescence dating techniques of Greek archaeological materials.

Previous employment posts held include University of the Aegean (1999-2021), Academy of Athens (1989 - 1999) and Ministry of Culture, Dept of Underwater Archaeology (1984-1989).

Post doc performed in several Institutions e.g. McMaster University on U-Th dating, Edinburgh University, on aurora in relation to geomagnetic field, Oxford University on archaeomagnetic studies of Greek Byzantine monasteries; and others.

He is a pioneer in introducing new dating methods for ancient monuments and metals and obsidian tools. Additional novel research output includes palaeoenvironment, geosciences, solar-terrestrial relationships.

Scientific Society Membership – Awards: Membre de Correspondence de l’ Académie de Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Dijon (2008), Member of the European Academy of Sciences & Arts (2008), Honorary & Guest Professor at Samara State Institute of Culture Russia (2014), Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University (2018-2021); Honorary Professor Rhodes University South Africa (2019), Honorary Professor at the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China (2024).

Currently he is investigating the novel development of algorithms and use of fractals and complexity measures in archaeological materials for characterization, provenance, scribe identification, new methods of obsidian hydration dating and policy work on STEM in Arts and Culture, and past climatic changes impact to cultures.