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Curriculum Vitae

CURRENT POSITIONS

Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

Director of the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Athens, Greece

Director of the Graduate course “Organic Synthesis and Applications in Chemical Industry”

Member of the European Commitee, Division of Organic Chemistry (European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences, EuCheMS)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of AVEXXIN (Trondheim, Norway).

EDUCATION

1984   Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Organic Chemistry
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

1979   Bachelor's of Science Degree in Chemistry
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 2011 - March 2012   Director of the Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.

2003 -   Professor, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Summer 2014, 2013, 2003   Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, USA.

1998 - 2002   Associate Professor, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Summer 2000   Guest Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, USA.

1993 - 1997   Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1988 - 1992   Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

Member of the Organizing Committee of “LIPIDS 2016” (Orlando, October 3-5, 2016).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the symposium “Athens International Catalysis Symposium” (Athens, November 4-5, 2016).

Member of the Honorable Committee of “2nd International Congress of Greek Local Chapter of CRS” (June 22-24, Athens, Greece, 2016).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 16th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Patra, January, 2015).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the “33rd European Peptide Symposium” (Sofia, August 31 - September 5, 2014).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the Symposium “Mass Spectrometry and Health” (Athens, November 18-19, 2014).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the “32nd European Peptide Symposium” (Athens, September 2-7, 2012).

Chairman of the 3rd ORCA (Organocatalysis) Meeting, COST Action, (Athens, November, 2012.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 15th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Athens, May, 2012).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th Greek Forum on Bioactive Peptides (Patra, May, 2010).

Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the 14th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Thessaloniki, April, 2010).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the 3nd conference “Organic Synthesis:  From Chemistry to Biology, Medicine and Materials Science” (Athens, October 15-17, 2009).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th Greek Forum on Bioactive Peptides (Patra, May, 2008).

Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the 13rd Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Athens, March 14-15, 2008).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the 2nd conference “Organic Synthesis:  From Chemistry to Biology, Medicine and Materials Science” (Athens, April 19-21, 2007).

Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the 12th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Patra, January 27-28, 2005).

Chairman of the Organizing and Scientific Committees of the 1st conference “Organic Synthesis:  From Chemistry to Biology, Medicine and Materials Science” (Athens, November 4-6, 2004).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 4th Greek Forum on Bioactive Peptides (Patra, April, 2004)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Patra, January, 2004).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd Greek Forum on Bioactive Peptides (Patra, April, 2002)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference “Lipid-Lipase  Interactions” (Lund, Sweden September 27-30, 2000)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 9th Greek Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Athens, January, 2000).

Chairman of the Organizing Committee and member of the Scientific Committee of the international conference “Lipases and Lipids:  Structure, Function and Biotechnological Applications” (Santorini, May 6-8, 1999).

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

“Current Organic Chemistry” Member of the Editorial Board (October 2014-).

“Molecules” Member of the Editorial Board.

“Frontiers in Chemical Biology” Member of the Editorial Board (2013-  ).

“European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology” Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (2007-2008).