Education
2000: Diploma in Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece
2002: MSc in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
2005: PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
Positions
2005 – 2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Mixte de Recherche No 6519-Réactions Sélectives et Applications, “Catalyse” Group.
2006 – 2007: Teaching Assistant (Part-time Lecturer), Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece.
2007 – 2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Leipzig, Germany.
2009 – 2013: Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece.
2013 – 2020: Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece.
2020 – today: Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece.
Teaching Activity
Undergraduate Program
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry [PHA-Β12-NEW]
- Medicinal Chemistry I [PHA-C25-NEW]
Postgraduate Program “Drug Discovery and Development”
- Design and Discovery of New Bioactive Compounds [DPHA_1]
- Modern Methods in Drug Synthesis [DPHA_Α02]
- Biomolecular NMR and Protein Architecture [DPHA_Α03]
Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program "Informatics for Life Sciences"
- Basic Principles of Pathophysiology and Therapeutics [LSI 102]
Research Activities
- Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new steroidal alkylating agents
- Discovery of novel small molecules as protein kinase inhibitors
- Design and synthesis of new heterocyles as soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) modulators
- Design and synthesis of new steroids with potential anticancer activity
- Design and synthesis of new C-nor-D-homo steroids as potential inhibitors of Hedgehog signaling pathway
- Design and synthesis of new artemisinin-derived hybrid molecules with antimalarial and anticancer properties
