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ioannis liritzis delphi , greece prize of academy of athens 170px greek physicist university of the aegean 02 november 1953 natural science , archaeometry greece ioannis liritzis
 ioannis liritzis university of patras university of edinburgh
ioannis liritzis

ioannis liritzis -lrb- greek : Ιωάννης Λυριντζής ; born 2 november 1953 in delphi -rrb- is professor of physics in archaeology -lrb- archaeometry -rrb- and his field of specialization is the application of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage .
he studied physics at the university of patras and continued at the university of edinburgh , where he obtained his ph.d. in 1980 .
since then , he undertook postgraduate work at the university of oxford , université bordeaux iii , university of edinburgh and the academy of athens .
currently he is professor of archaeometry at the university of the aegean and he directs the laboratory of archaeometry -lrb- founded by him at 1999 -rrb- .
in the past he served as head of the department of mediterranean studies at the university of the aegean , member of the senate of university of the aegean and member of the executive committee of national recognition of foreign academic diplomas .
his prior career includes the greek ministry of culture for 5 years -lrb- 1984 -- 1989 -rrb- and the academy of athens for 10 years -lrb- 1989 -- 1999 -rrb- .
he has made major contributions to several interdisciplinary research fields -lrb- geophysics , astronomy , planetology , paleomagnetism , paleoclimatology -rrb- and his work has been published in scientific journals such as nature journal .
he is best known for the invention of two novel dating methods .
Τhe method for surface luminescence dating -lrb- introduced at 1994 -rrb- where liritzis extended the principles behind optical dating and thermoluminescence dating to include surfaces last seen by the sun before buried , of carved rock types from ancient monuments and artifacts , made of granite , basalt and sandstone and the obsidian hydration dating -lrb- introduced at 2002 -rrb- .
obsidian hydration dating established a new approach based on the surface saturation layer and the sims profile of hydrogen -lrb- sims-ss method -rrb- .
significant contributions in archaeoastronomy are also worth mentioning .
he has written over 250 original papers in internationally cited journals and 9 books -lrb- 4 in english -rrb- .
many greek and international magazines and newspapers have referred to his work , as has the discovery channel .
liritzis has been elected as membre correspondant de l' académie des sciences , arts et belles-lettres de dijon and member of the european academy of sciences and arts he was awarded the prize of academy of athens for his book `` archaeometry : dating methods in archaeology '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- .
recently he was awarded the `` the costa navarino international archeometry award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- issued by the university of peloponesse .
liritzis is an editorial member in twenty international ici journals and is editor-in-chief of two .
