Deputy Head of the Department
Studies
2000: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
1996: Diploma in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
Positions
2022- : Professor, Department of Pharamacy
2014-2022: Associate Professor, Department of Pharamacy
2009-2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy
2003-2009 : Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy
2001-2003: Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece and Department of Nursing, Technological Institute of Patras, Greece
2001-2003: Post Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece
1997-1998: Research Fellow, Division of Pathology, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Teaching Activity
Undergraduate Program
- Analytical Chemistry [PHA-A21-NEW]
- Biochemistry ΙΙ [PHA-B11-NEW]
- Chemistry of Natural Products [PHA-C15-NEW]
- Pharmacognosy Ι [PHA-C23-NEW]
- Pharmacognosy ΙΙ [PHA-D13-NEW]
Postgraduate Program “Drug Design and Development”
- Design and Discovery of Bioactive Compounds [DPHA_1]
- Pharmaceutical Analysis-Biospectroscopy [DPHA_3]
- Natural Products in Drug Discovery [DPHA_A01]
Postgraduate Program “Cosmetology - Preparation and Evaluation of Cosmetic Products”
- Ingredients of Cosmetic Products [PHA-COS-13]
Awards & Distinctions
2011: Hellenic L'OREAL - UNESCO award for Women in Science [Field: Life Sciences]
2009: 2nd prize [3000 euro] from the Aristides Daskalopoulos Foundation during the 2nd International Competition of Research Work on issues of Science and Technology of Foods and Nutrition
2006: 2 prizes from the Aristides Daskalopoulos Foundation for two research works during the 1st International Competition of Research Work on issues of Science and Technology of Foods and Nutrition.
Research Activity
- Development of analytical methods for the characterization of the composition [identity of secondary metabolites-metabolic approach] and recording of the chemical diversity of aromatic and medicinal plants.
- Development of validated methods for the quantification of the main ingredients of herbal drugs, which find application in quality control.
- Development of methods for the determination of natural products and their metabolites in biological samples
- Strategies for isolation of natural products and their structural characterization
- Study of the antioxidant and neuroprotective activity of extracts and natural products. Study of the structure-activity relationships of natural products and their analogues
- Ethnopharmacological studies
