University of Athens
Department of Chemistry
Seminars 2015-16

11 November 2015
Wednesday 13:00
Challenges and Opportunities in the Contemporary Job Market (for Chemists)
Harry Konstantidinis, Permanent Placement & Career Transition Director, Adecco HR
25 November 2015
Wednesday 13:00
New Forms of Potential Energy Functions Describing Intermolecular Interactions: From the Very Weak to the Very Strong
S. S. Xantheas, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2 December 2015
Wednesday 13:00
Studying transition metal complexes: The teaching and research legacy of Professor Georgios Pneumatikakis
Panayotis Kyritsis, Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens
9 December 2015
Wednesday 13:00
Foodstuff design engineering: Prospects of improved food development through freeze drying
Vaios Karathanos, Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, Harokopio University
16 December 2015
Wednesday 12:00
Glycocorticoid receptor for depression
Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Athens
13 January 2016
Wednesday 13:00
Eastern Mediterranean Sea - Crossroads for cultures and air pollution: 20 years of measurements
Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and Director, Research Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens
20 January 2016
Wednesday 13:00
The importance of adjuvants in anticancer vaccination
Urania Tsitsiloni, Assoc. Professor, Department of Biology, University of Athens
27 January 2016
Wednesday 13:00
Altered surface glycosylation with expression of Siglec-7/-9 ligands protects tumors from NK cell immunosurveillance
Stephan von Gunten, Institut für Pharmakologie, Universität Bern
3 February 2016
Wednesday 13:00
Design and Synthesis of Polymer Semiconductors for High Performance Organic Photovoltaics
Christos Chochos, Research Associate, Department of Materials Science Engineering, University of Ioannina
10 February 2016
Wednesday 13:00
Composite materials based on ion exchange compounds and organic polymer for detection and absoprtion of heavy metals
Emmanouil Manos, Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina
18 February 2016
Thursday 11:00
Graphene pillaring: Towards novel multifunctional materials
Dimitris Gournis, Professor, Department of Materials Science Engineering, University of Ioannina
3 March 2016
Thursday 11:00
Novel transgenic models reveal druggable targets for skin inflammation
Georgia Sotiropoulou, Assoc. Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Patras and Research Associate, Biomedical Research Foundation, Athens Academy
10 March 2016
Thursday 11:00
Ion motion in gases with application in plasma chromatography, in ion mobility spectrometry and other uses
Andreas Koutselos, Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens
17 March 2016
Thursday 11:00
Silicon biogeochemical cycle in sea environment with emphasis on diagenesis effects
Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Senior Scientist, Hellenic Center for Marine Research
31 March 2016
Thursday 11:00
Structural stydies of enzymes with applications in health and biotechnology
Evangelia D. Chrysina, Docent (Assoc. Prof.) in Medical Science-Biomedicine, Örebro University, Sweden and Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology (IBMCB), National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)
14 April 2016
Thursday 11:00
The importance of entropy in molecular selfassembly and supramolecular selforganization
Alexandros Vanakaras, Assoc. Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras
21 April 2016
Thursday 11:00
From fullerene to graphene - Nanostructured carbon materials
Vasilis Georgakilas, Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras
12 May 2016
Thursday 11:00
From the Keplerian problem to the chemical bond; the way H and H2 have shaped our view on "chemistry"
Apostolos Kalemos, Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens
19 May 2016
Thursday 11:00
Water detection in organic solvents by means of a fluorescent metal organic complex: Photophysical study and crystal transformations
Theodoros Lazaridis, Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
26 May 2016
Thursday 11:00
The Journey of Tartaric Acid-based Chiral Synthons in the World of Supramolecular Fullerene Structures Endowed with Exceptional Chirality
Nikos Chronakis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus
2 June 2016
Thursday 11:00
Fatty acid-based membrane lipidomics
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Director, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INN), NCSR Demokritos
Room A2, Wing E, 2nd floor, Chemistry Building, Panepistimiopolis
Regular time: Fall Semester: Wednesday 13:00 and
Spring Semester: Thursday 11:00

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