CURRICULUM VITAE



Academic Status:

  • Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), 2009.
  • Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, AUTh, 2006.

 

Education:

  • Initially he studied Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, AUTh, 1966 and he continued his studies at the School of Pharmacy, AUTh.
  • PhD Thesis "Study of structure of 1-cyano-2-nitroso-compounds", Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, AUTh, 1970.
  • Readership, "Study of the components of Alkanna tinctoria Tausch and the industrial preparation of the pharmaceutical wound healing ointment Histoplastin Red®", Chemical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, AUTh, 1976.

 

  
Academic Development:
  • Director of Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (2006-2009).
  • Dean of School of Engineering, AUTh (1997-2003).
  • Head of Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (1991-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2007).
  • Director of Chemistry Division, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (1996-1997).
  • Professor of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (19/2/1987).
  • Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (3/8/1983).
  • Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (19/10/1982).
  • Reader of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (24/3/1978).
  • Lecturer of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Dept., AUTh (7/2/1977).
  • Research Associate of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Kentucky University, USA (1976).
  • Research Assistant of Experimental Pharmaceutical Laboratory, School of Medicine, AUTh (1973).




with philosopher Cornelius Kastoriadis with President Sp. Kyprianou with President Mich. Gorbatzof

 

Member of Scientific Committees and Boards:

  • Scientific and Executive Board of National Organisation for Medicines,
  • Scientific Board of the Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of the Greek Economy,
  • Organising Committee of Ministry of National Economy for the Coordination of the Greek Participation
    in the EXPO2000 Exhibition in Hannover,
  • Counceling Board for the Technological Cooperation in the Balkan Countries (ITCB), and many others.


Professional Associations:

  • American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Society (Great Britain)
  • Society for Medicinal Plant Research
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Greek Chemists Association
  • SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society (U.S.A.)

 

He has been a member of the editorial board of several journals.

 

International Collaboration with Universities, Research Institutes and Companies:

  • Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA.
  • Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Tucson, Arizona, USA.  
  • CENTRE DE DEVELOPPEMENT PASTEUR, Garches, France.
  • Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark & Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
  • Institut fur Pharmazie, Abteilung Pharmakognosie, Leopold-Franzens-Universitat Innsbruck.
  • Klinik und Poliklinik fur Dermatologie, Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin,  Berlin, Germany.
  • National Cancer Institute, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public health service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
  • Institute fur Systematische Botanik, Universitat Graz, Austria.
  • Kentucky Tobacco Research & Development Center, University of Kentucky, USA.
  • Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Institut fur Pharmazie, Pharmazeutische Biologie, University of Berlin, Germany.
  • NATEC Institut fur naturwissenschaftlich-technische Dienste GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Herbal Analysis and Pharmacological Laboratories, University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia.
  • Dermatologischen Abteilung am Allgemeinen Krankenhaus Heidberg, Hamburg, Germany.  
  • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA.
  • Department of Comparative Biology, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, University of London, UK.
  • Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
  • IRORI Quantum Microchemistry, San Diego, California, USA.
  • ALKALOID AD SKOPJE, Chemical Pharmaceutical Industry, Skopje, FYROM.
  • EXIMAC Export-Import Agencies + Consulting, Switzerland.
  • Institute Dr. Ziegler, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Pierre Fabre S.A., France.
  • AgResearch, Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute, Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens, USA
  • Bioengineering and Bioelectrochemistry Group, Department d’ Enginyeria Quimica, Escola Tecnica Superior d’ Enginyeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
  • Pharmazeut. Biologie, Pharmazeutisches Institut, Universitat Tubingen, Germany.
  • Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.
  • SOLUTIOO Group, Milano, Italy.
  • Innocoll Inc., Ashburn, VA, USA.
  • Shell Research Limited.
  • Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria.

 

Collaboration with Greek Pharmaceutical and Chemical Companies:

  • ALAPIS Group
  • PNG Gerolymatos S.A.
  • IATRON HELLAS LTD
  • MEDEXIS Biotech S.A.
  • SPACE CONSULTING
  • BioHellas S.A.
  • FARMALEX S.A.
  • CHROPI S.A.
  • ELVIPY S.A.