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Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou was born in London and grew up in Nicosia. She studied Chemistry and Classical Archaeology (double major) at Bryn Mawr College, USA. She received her BA Cum Laude in 1989. She continued her studies at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL) where she received her PhD in 1993. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, (1993) and in 1994 she joined the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, where she taught Environmental Archaeology and Archaeometry until 2023. In 2013 she was promoted to the rank of Professor.
Among other positions, she was Director of the Archaeology Research Unit (2015-2019) and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy (2023) at the University of Cyprus. From 2014 to 2016, she served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. In 2018, by decision of the Council of Ministers, he was appointed a member of the National Council for Innovation and Research of the Republic of Cyprus. He was also a member of the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO (2014-2023). In 2022 he was elected Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America. The only other Cypriot archaeologist to have been honoured with the same distinction was the Professor Emeritus of the University of Cyprus and former Director of the Department of Antiquities, Dr. Vassos Karagiorgis.
Her research focuses on ancient technology, specifically on the production and trade of Cypriot copper in antiquity, but also on the impact of this ancient industry on the landscape and environment. She has a large number of publications, including over a hundred articles in scientific journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings, the editing of five edited volumes and many others. She has participated and coordinated a number of field and interdisciplinary research projects related to her areas of expertise, with funding from the European Union, the Research and Innovation Foundation, the A. G. Leventis, and the University of Cyprus.
Dr. Kassianidou is married to Dr. George Papasavvas, Rev. Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cyprus and has two sons, Giannis and Christoforos.
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