Professor Kostas Komnitsas

1. will be Keynote speaker, στο Intenational Process Metallurfy Symposium (IPMS23), 31^st October – 1^st November 2023, Finland, ipms2023.aalto.fi/Wednesday%20A.html
2. in Apr. 2023 was invited by the National Research Foundation (NRF), S. Africa, to assist in evaluating whether an application for extension submitted by a University Professor is eligible for continuation.
3. in Feb. 2023 the paper Komnitsas, K., Zaharaki D. (2007). Geopolymerisation. A review, Minerals Engineering, 20, 1261-1277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2007.07.011, was indicated as 11th leading paper in Geopolymer Concrete (GPC) literatuire (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.130502)
4. in 01 Feb. 2023, the paper Near-zero-waste processing of low-grade, complex primary and secondary ores: challenges and opportunities, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 160:104919, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104919, was indicated as the most cited paper published by the journal Resour Conserv Recy 3 years after its publication, and received the most cited paper award by the journal.
5. In 2021 and 2022 he is in the list of the top 2% scientists worldwide, https://www.tuc.gr/index.php?id=3338&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=22351&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=dd6ec5ec34d28bfc120a700474833f31
6. he was keynote speaker, 10th Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry (SDIMI) 2021 conference, Namibia, www.saimm.co.za/saimm-events/upcoming-events/sdimi-2022-10th-international-conference
7. in 2020 he contributed as external expert on the study on the EU's list of Critical Raw Materials, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/11619