2nd Symposium of Graduate Students of the Chemistry Department

Chemistry and its Applications
  • Date: 8-9 June 2023
  • Venue: University of Athens
  • Team: Panteleimon Kotidis, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Alexios Plessas
  • Info: conferences.uoa.gr/event/69/

Our participants:

  • Alexios Plessas
    "Synthesis and characterization of MOF-COOHs for water remediation:
    Pre- and post-synthetic modification approach of amide ligands"
    Invited Speaker
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    Award Winning
    "Amide based MOFs for the water purification from heavy metals ions, Synthesis and Post Modification"
    Poster presentation
  • Panteleimon Kotidis
    "Functionalization of the amine groups of Zr-UiO-66(NH2) towards the sorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions"
    Poster presentation
  • Maria Alysandraki
    "Mechanochemical Synthesis of Amides acting as ligands for water stable Metal Organic Frameworks"
    Poster presentation

This event’s goal is to constitute an established ordinance for the postgraduate students of our Department, in order to give the chance to their colleagues from all over Greece, and even the world, to present their work and meet each other. It is a fact that all mentioned before, will contribute in developing the international research tendencies as they constitute the future of our science.

1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials

MEDPore23
  • Date: 17-19 May 2023
  • Venue: Rethymno, Greece
  • Team: Panteleimon Kotidis, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Alexios Plessas
  • Info: medpore.eventsadmin.com

Our participants:

  • Alexios Plessas
    "Synthesis and characterization of MOF-COOHs for water remediation:
    Pre- and post-synthetic modification approach of amide ligands"
    Oral Presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    Award Winning
    "Amide based MOFs for the water purification from heavy metals ions, Synthesis and Post Modification"
    Poster presentation
  • Panteleimon Kotidis
    "Functionalization of the amine groups of Zr-UiO-66(NH2) towards the sorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions"
    Poster presentation

The conference aims to bring together scientists involved in porous materials research ranging from metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks and zeolites to porous chalcogenides, carbons, polymers and organic molecules.

It is an excellent opportunity for scientists from all careers stages to keep-up with cutting-edge research in the field of porous materials and their applications, present and discusses their recent results, while engage with the international community.

Athens Conference on Advances in Chemistry

ACAC 2022

Our participants:

  • Alexios Plessas
    "MOF-74 Analogues and Cu(II) compounds as electrode modifiers for the electrochemical detection of glucose in human perspiration and / or glucose sorption".
    Oral presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "Two novel porous MOFs based on 3d transition metal ions, Synthesis and Post Modification".
    Poster presentation
  • Panteleimon Kotidis
    "MOF synthesis using Schiff base Metallo-Ligands".
    Poster presentation

This conference is the third of a series of International Conferences and follows the one held on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Department of Chemistry at NKUA since its establishment in 1918.

2022 North America-Greece-Cyprus Conference

NAGC 2022

Our participants:

  • Giannis S. Papaefstathiou
    "Metal-Organic Frameworks based on bis and tris-amide organic ligands".
    Oral presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "Synthesis, characterization and potential applications of new oxalamide-based MOFs with 3d Transition Metal ions".
    Oral presentation
  • Alexios Plessas
    "MOF-74 Analogues and Cu(II) compounds as electrode modifiers for the electrochemical detection of glucose in human perspiration and / or glucose sorption".
    Oral presentation

The NAGC Workshops are held every two years, alternating between Cyprus and Greece. They were established to provide a regular forum for the faculty and students at universities in Greece and Cyprus to meet and interact with their North American counterparts, as well as a select few people from other European countries and elsewhere. The Republic of Cyprus has been very actively trying to build up its higher education institutions, particularly since it joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Its first and still main university was founded in 1989 and admitted its first students in 1992.

Following the outstanding success of the previous NAGC Workshops, the first of which was in 2005, we will again bring together a wide range of researchers working in diverse fields and applications. The program will span various areas of chemistry, physics, and materials science, and encompasses any kind of study on any kind of system involving unpaired electrons (although the latter need not be a focus of the talk): molecular or nonmolecular materials; organic, inorganic, biochemical or biological; ground state or excited state; solid, liquid, gas, or plasma

1st Symposium of Graduate Students of the Chemistry Department

Chemistry and its Applications
  • Date: 17 - 18 March 2022
  • Venue: University of Athens
  • Team: Pantelis Kotidis, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Alexios Plessas, Eleni Mavridou, Dimitra Zisimopoulou
  • Info: conferences.uoa.gr/event/45/overview

Our participants:

  • Pantelis Kotidis
    "Mechanochemically synthesized MOFs presenting superior sorption ability".
    Oral presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "Synthesis, characterization and potential applications of new oxalamide-based MOFs with 3d Transition Metal ions".
    Oral presentation
  • Alexios Plessas
    "Carboxylic Salicylaldoxime: A ligand with a double role in the synthesis of Metal Clusters and Metal-Organic Frameworks".
    Oral presentation
  • Eleni Mavridou
    "Removal of Cr (VI) from water using Metal-Organic Frameworks".
    Poster presentation
  • Dimitra Zisimopoulou
    "Ce IV-amino-acid clusters as starting materials for the synthesis of UiO-66 analogues".
    Poster presentation

This event’s goal is to constitute an established ordinance for the postgraduate students of our Department, in order to give the chance to their colleagues from all over Greece, and even the world, to present their work and meet each other. It is a fact that all mentioned before, will contribute in developing the international research tendencies as they constitute the future of our science.

Η καινοτόμος δύναμη της Χημείας στην αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων του μέλλοντος

Συναντήσεις Επιστήμης

Our participants:

  • Ιωάννης Παπαευσταθίου
    "Η Χημεία στην αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων του νερού."
    Διαδικτυακη Ομιλια

    Το νερό είναι ένας από τους τρεις πυλώνες για τη διατήρηση της ανάπτυξης του ανθρώπινου πληθυσμού. Υπάρχουν αρκετές περιοχές σε όλο τον κόσμο όπου υπάρχει έλλειμμα καθαρού νερού. Μόνο το 3% του νερού της γης είναι καθαρό νερό, αλλά ένα μεγάλο μέρος του δεν είναι διαθέσιμο. Εκτιμάται ότι, ήδη 2.2 δισεκατομμύρια άνθρωποι δεν έχουν πρόσβαση σε ασφαλείς υπηρεσίες πόσιμου νερού, ενώ έχει προβλεφθεί ότι η έλλειψη καθαρού νερού θα προκαλέσει την επόμενη μεγάλη παγκόσμια κρίση. Η μόλυνση του νερού από ιόντα βαρέων μετάλλων είναι εξαιρετικά επικίνδυνη. Ακόμη και τα απαραίτητα ιχνοστοιχεία, πάνω από ορισμένα επίπεδα συγκεντρώσεων είναι τοξικά. Στην παρουσίαση αυτή θα επικεντρωθούμε στην ανίχνευση και απομάκρυνση ιόντων βαρέων μετάλλων χρησιμοποιώντας Μεταλλο-Οργανικές Κατασκευές με ιοντοανταλλακτικές ιδιότητες, οι οποίες αποτελούν μια νέα κατηγορία υλικών/ροφητών.

Την Τρίτη 21 Δεκεμβρίου και ώρα 18:00 πραγματοποιήθηκε online η 6η Συνάντηση από τις Συναντήσεις Επιστήμης που διοργανώνει το Ίδρυμα Ευγενίδου με ένα «δυνατό» θέμα …από το μέλλον, σχετικά με την επιστήμη της Χημείας και τίτλο: «Η καινοτόμος δύναμη της Χημείας στην αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων του μέλλοντος».

Την διαδικτυακή συζήτηση συντόνισε ο Γεώργιος Δάσιος, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής των Εφαρμοσμένων Μαθηματικών στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών και αντεπιστέλλον μέλος της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών, ενώ ένας από τους ομιλητές ήταν ο κύριος Ιωάννης Παπαευσταθίου, Καθηγητής του Τμήματος Χημείας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών που έκλεισε τη Συνάντηση με μια πιο εξειδικευμένη ομιλία, με θέμα "Η Χημεία στην αντιμετώπιση των προκλήσεων του νερού".

Η διαδικτυακή συνάντηση είναι ελεύθερα προσβάσιμη σε όλες και όλους και μπορείτε να την παρακολουθήσετε από το κανάλι στου Ιδρύματος Ευγενίδου στο YouTube. 

Εδώ μπορείτε να δείτε την σχετική ανακοίνωση από το HUB του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες για τη Συνάντηση, τους ομιλητές και τις παρουσιάσεις θα βρείτε στον ισότοπο του Ιδρύματος Ευγενίδου.

Athens Conference on Advances in Chemistry

ACAC 2020
  • Date: 10 - 14 March 2021
  • Venue: University of Athens
  • Team: Athanasios Katsenis, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Alexios Plessas, Georgios Tarlas
  • Info: acac2020.chem.uoa.gr

Our participants:

  • Alexios Plessas
    Award Winning
    "MOF-74 analogues for glucose sorption and/or electrode modifiers for the electrochemical detection of glucose in human perspiration".
    Flash presentation
  • Athanasios Katsenis
    "Mechanochemical synthesis of sustainable amide functionalised MOFs for water remediation - SAFeMOFs".
    Flash presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "A new oxalamide-based 3D Fe-MOF for petential glucose sorption and electrochemical detection in human perspiration via electrode modification".
    Flash presentation
  • Geogios Tarlas
    "Post synthetic modified MOFs for water remediation".
    Flash presentation

This conference is the second of a series of International Conferences and follows the one held on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Department of Chemistry at NKUA since its establishment in 1918.

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development

6th Panhellenic Symposium with International Participation
  • Date: 18 - 20 Oct 2019
  • Venue: University of Athens
  • Team: Filippos Koliopanos, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
  • Info: green2019.chem.uoa.gr

Our participants:

  • Filippos Koliopanos
    Award Winning
    "An oxalamide Ba-MOF for the effective sorption and detection of Cr(VI) in aqueous media".
    Poster presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "Heavy metal ion MOFs as models for soption of metal ions in aqueous solutions from alkaline earth based MOF".
    Poster presentation

The series of 'Green Chemistry' conferences are held as a biannual event and traditionally bring scientists, professionals and researchers from various areas together to present and discuss topics related to Green Chemistry for a better environment, a healthier life and sustainable development.

The conference will be on general subjects in Green Chemistry including its role in education, sustainability and society. Moreover, it will give the opportunity to senior and young researchers to present their research and to interact with outstanding experts in Green Chemistry.

The Conference is guided by the Hellenic Green Chemistry Network and is organized by the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

21st Postgraduates' Conference on Chemistry

  • Date: 15 - 17 May 2019
  • Venue: University of Crete, Heraklion
  • Team: Filippos Koliopanos, Nikolaos Moutzouris, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Alexios Plessas
  • Info: chemistry.uoc.gr/chemconf/home.html

Our participants:

  • Filippos Koliopanos
    "A family of MOFs with application in white light emission through thorough investigation of the same chemical system".
    Oral presentation
  • Nikolaos Moutzouris
    "Coordination polymers based on oxalamide metallo-ligands".
    Oral presentation
  • Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos
    "Hg(II) Metal-Organic Framework: Material Model as a result of Alkaline earths ion exchange by Hg(II)".
     Oral presentation
  • Alexios Plessas
    "Carboxylic Salicylaldoxime: A ligand with double role in Metal Clusters and Metal-Organic Framworks' synthesis".
     Oral presentation

The conference is organised under the auspices of the Department of Chemistry, by its Postgraduate Students' Association. Our Association continuously strives to highlight and promote all recent developments in chemistry and associated fields of research, by organising its own annual Conference ever since its foundation.

The aim of this conference is to promote interdisciplinary scientific collaboration among scientists from all over Greece as well as abroad and to offer young scientists, such as MSc Students and PhD Candidates, the opportunity to present the latest developments of their research, discuss and exchange ideas and knowledge with their peers and future colleagues.

Athens Conference on Advances in Chemistry

  • Date: 30 Oct - 2 Nov 2018
  • Venue: University of Athens
  • Team: Antigoni Margariti, Nikolaos Moutzouris, Alexios Plessas
  • Info: acac2018.chem.uoa.gr

Our participants:

  • Antigoni Margariti
    Award Winning
    "A novel Ca-MOF for metal sortion from aqueous media".
    Oral presentation
  • Nikolaos Moutzouris
    "Coordination polymers based on oxalamide metallo-ligands".
    Poster presentation
  • Alexios Plessas
    "Metal-Organic Frameworks based on Single Molecule Magnets".
     Poster presentation

This conference is the first of a series of International Conferences and is held on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Department of Chemistry at NKUA since its establishment in 1918.

20st Postgraduates' Conference on Chemistry

  • Date: 25 -27 June 2018
  • Venue: University of Crete, Heraklion
  • Team: Nikolaos Moutzouris, Alexios Plessas
  • Info: 20chemconf.blogspot.com/

Our participants:

  • Nikolaos Moutzouris
    "Coordination polymers based on oxalamide metallo-ligands".
    Oral presentation
  • Alexios Plessas
    "Metal-Organic Frameworks based on Single Molecule Magnets".
     Oral presentation

The conference is organised under the auspices of the Department of Chemistry, by its Postgraduate Students' Association. Our Association continuously strives to highlight and promote all recent developments in chemistry and associated fields of research, by organising its own annual Conference ever since its foundation.

The aim of this conference is to promote interdisciplinary scientific collaboration among scientists from all over Greece as well as abroad and to offer young scientists, such as MSc Students and PhD Candidates, the opportunity to present the latest developments of their research, discuss and exchange ideas and knowledge with their peers and future colleagues.