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Kyriakos Kachrimanis, professor in Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
tel. +02310997666 email: kgk@pharm.auth.gr
Kyriakos Kachrimanis, assoc. professor in Pharmaceutics, AUTh

	Contact details
	Department of Pharmaceutical Technology 
	School of Pharmacy, AUTh
	54124 Thessaloniki
	Tel: 2310997666, 
	Email: kgk@pharm.auth.gr

Biographical data - education
1998 doctor’s degree in Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, AUTh.
1992 bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, AUTh. 
Employment
2021 – today Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology AUTh
2015 – today Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology AUTh
2011 – 2015 permanent Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology AUTh
2007– 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology AUTh
2001 – 2007 Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology AUTh
Research interests
•	Dissolution enhancement of poorly soluble APIs via crystal and particle modification (production of nanocrystals by wet media milling, amorphous solid dispersions by hot melt extrusion, inclusion in cyclodextrins)
•	Crystal polymorphism – solid state properties of pharmaceuticals – computational simulation of molecular crystalline solids 
•	Applications of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms in pharmaceutical formulation
Teaching - research
•	Teaching undergraduate curriculum courses
•	Teaching postgraduate courses for the post graduate study program “Pharmaceeutical Technology” and “Industrial Pharmacy” 
•	Supervision of diploma and PhD theses, as well as post-doctoral research
•	Representative publications:
Medarević, D., Ibrić, S., Vardaka, E., Mitrić, M., Nikolakakis, I., Kachrimanis, K. (2020) Pharmaceutics 12 (1), art. No, 53.
Barmpalexis, P., Karagianni, A., Kachrimanis, K. (2018) Eur. J. Pharm. Sci., 119, pp. 259-267.
Medarević, D., Djuriš, J., Ibrić, S., Mitrić, M., Kachrimanis, K. (2018) Int. J. Pharm., 540 (1-2), pp. 150-161. 
Malamatari, M. Taylor, K.M.G., Malamataris, S., Douroumis, D. Kachrimanis, K. (2018) Drug Disc. Today 23 (3), pp. 534-547.
Toziopoulou, F., Malamatari, M., Nikolakakis, I., Kachrimanis, K. (2017) Int. J. Pharm., 533 (2), pp. 324-334.
Djuris, J., Nikolakakis, I., Ibric, S., Djuric, Z., Kachrimanis, K. (2013) Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm., 84 (1), pp. 228-237.
Kachrimanis, K., Griesser, U.J. (2012) Pharm. Res., 29 (4), pp. 1143-1157.
Kachrimanis, K., Fucke, K., Noisternig, M., Siebenhaar, B., Griesser, U.J. (2008) Pharm. Res., 25 (6), pp. 1440-1449.
Kiortsis, S., Kachrimanis, K., Broussali, Th., Malamataris, S. (2005) Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm., 59 (1), pp. 73-83.
Administrative duties
•	Chairman of the School of Pharmacy (2020-today)
•	Deputy Chair of the School of Pharmacy (2017-2020)
•	Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology (2015-2016 and 2016-2017)
•	Member of various committees of the School of Pharmacy