ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

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CATHERINE DENDRINOU-SAMARA

 

AFFILIATION

Professor, Lab. of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry,

Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE.

- Director of Inorganic Chemistry Lab.

- Director of Master degree program «Synthetic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Applications»

Scopus ID: 6602808703   

 Tel.:off.+302310997876; Lab. +302310997848

E-mail: samkat@chem.auth.gr

MARITAL STATUS:  Married, mother of two children

EDUCATION

Dipl. Food Technology, 1981, Tech. Educ. Inst. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dipl. Chemistry, 1985, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Ph.D.  Inorganic Chemistry, 1992, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Visiting Researcher, 1987, Freie Universitaet Berlin,  Prof. Dr-W.P. Fehlhammer

Visiting Researcher, 2007, The  Manchester University, UK,   Prof.  R. Winpenny

·  Copper, Cobalt, Manganese Complexes with tripodals and/or with thiophen-2-yl saturated and α, β unsaturated substituted carboxylic acids: Structure, Magnetic properties, Bioactivity

 

·  Single-Molecule Magnets of Manganese and  Cobalt complexes

 

· Synthesis, structural investigation and magnetic properties of Ferrite nanoparticles candidates for Biomedical applications: Imaging Diagnostics (MRI) and Therapeutics ( Hyperthermia)

 

· Synthesis, characterization and Bioactivity of Cu-based nanoparticles

 

 

Reviewer in International scientific journals: Dalton Transactions, New J. of Chemistry, Nanoscale, J. of Materials Chemistry, Chem. Commun., J. ofNanoparticle Research, Polyhedron, Am. Chem. Soc. Crystal Growth & Design, J. Inorganic Biochemistry, PCCP, Bioinorganic Chem. and Applications

 

International collaborations: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Paris East Créteil, France ; Celal Bayar Universitesi, Manisa, Turkey ; The  Manchester University, UK,

 

Education duties:

Under-graduate level:  General Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Inorganic Elements and their Compounds ;  Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms; Nanochemistry

Post-graduate level: Nanosynthesis & Nanoprocesses;  Bioinorganic Chemistry; Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

PhD Students: 4

 

Publications: 98  h index : 34  Citations : > 3000  Presentations in Conferences : 112 Participation in Programs: 10

Research interests:

 

Synthesis and characterization of a variety of inorganic compounds and materials ranging from mononuclear complexes to polynuclear one and farther to nanoscale particles that permits to investigate magnetic properties and biomedical applications. In specific: