28–29 May 2025
Τμήμα Χημείας, Παν/πολη Ζωγράφου
Europe/Athens timezone

Full Program

 

4TH SYMPOSIUM OF GRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, NKUA

 

Scientific Program

 

 

 

 

Wednesday May 28th, 2025

10:00-10:20

Welcome

 Opening remarks    

Evi Lianidou, Professor, Chair of Chemistry Department

   

 

Session 1

Chair: Christina Varfi  &  Efthymios Alexandros Routsi

10:20-10:40

Nikolaos Thomaidis , Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

10:40-11:25

Group PRESENTATIONS

10:40-10:55

1st prize Greece – Tόrkiye Hackathon 2025

Panos Oikonomopoulos, laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

10:55-11:10

iGEM Athens 2024: e-PHAESTUS

Charikleia Karaousta, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

11:10-11:25

Leguminutty-Ecotrophelia 2024

Aikaterini Andreou, Eirini Foti, Styliani-Polytimi Fragkou, Konstantina Gatou, Elpida Mantzakopoulou, laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

 

 

 

Session 2

Chair:  Iren Georgia Stavrakaki  &  Evangelia Tsagkaraki

11:30-11:50

Antigoni Cheilari, NKUA

11:50-12:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

11:50-12:00

Ni-Catalysed Radical decarboxylation as a Late-stage Diversification Strategy for Stereoselective Synthesis of Phosphinic Inhibitors of M1 Aminopeptidases

Styliani Timotheatou, laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

12:00-12:10

Leaching Potential of Fire-Derived Ash and Its Impact on the Surface Microlayer in a Mediterranean Reservoir (Lake Marathon, Greece)

Nikolaos Katsikatsos, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, NKUA

12:10-12:20

Block copolymers of N-Vinylpyrrolidone and Vinyl Esters: Self- assembly behavior in aqueous solvents and drug encapsulation within the formed structures

Aikaterini Maria Gkolemi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

12:20-12:30

A New, Convenient Way of Accessing Ni(II) and Ni(I) Complexes via C-N Oxidative Cleavage

Dimitrios Fragkis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

12:30-13:30

                        POSTER SESSION & COFFEE BREAK

 

 

 

Session 3

 Chair: Nikolaos Katsikatsos &  Aliki Soufla

13:30-13:50

Georgios Katsouras, E.Y.D.A.P. S.A.

13:50-14:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

13:50-14:00

Decoding Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia (WM): High-Precision Mutation Profiling with Multiplex Digital PCR

Eleni Thanou, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

14:00-14:10

Accurate non-covalent interactions from first-principles methods

Emmanouil Semidalas,  NKUA

14:10-14:20

Antitumoral effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Breast Cancer cells and their role in Cell Signaling Pathway

Posoula (Celia) Korakianiti, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

14:20-14:30

Cross-Linking of PVA Coatings with Enhanced Antifouling Properties

Alexandra Gkolosi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

 

 

 

Session 4

 Chair: Efthymios Alexandros Routsi & Maria Alysandraki

14:40-15:40

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

14:40-14:50

Polyurea-Crosslinked Alginate Aerogels for Metal Adsorption in Aqueous Solutions Aqueous Solutions

Angeliki Piterou, Laboratory of Inorganic/Environmental Chemistry, NKUA

14:50-15:00

Systems-Level Assessment of Biomaterial Biocompatibility for Neural Interface Applications Using the IN3-BIO Workflow

Nafsika Rossopoulou, National Hellenic Research Foundation

15:00-15:10

Using modified MOFs for Pb2+ removal in aqueous environment

Panteleimon Kotidis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

15:10-15:20

One Assay, Nine Targets: Advancing Viral Surveillance with Multiplex RT-ddPCR

Anastasia Zafeiriadou, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

15:20-15:30

An Ultra-High Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope Facility for Surface Chemistry & Molecular Nanosystems

Aliki Soufla, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

15:30-15:40

Synthesis and characterization of hybrid organic/inorganic halide perovskites for optoelectronic applications 

John Koutsoubogeras, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

 

 

Thursday May 28th,2025

 

Session 5

Chair:  Maria Alysandraki &  Nikolaos Katsikatsos 

10:00-10:20

Semina Aggeli, TPCI, NHRF

10:20-11:10

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:20-10:30

Polyurea-Crosslinked Carboxymethylcellulose Aerogels

Varvara Vlachopoulou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

10:30-10:40

Study of degradation of aflatoxins after sonication and determination by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Christianna-Konstantina Kontoliou Papageorgiou,                                                   Laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

10:40-10:50

Establishing Dried Matrix Spot Proteomics for Discovery in Murine Tissue

Antzela Tzanai, Department of Biology, NKUA

10:50-11:00

Facile fabrication of high-performance L-Lysine carbon dots /TiO2 hybrid nanoparticles for visible light driven photocatalytic applications

Maria Kourmousi, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

11:00-11:10

Synthesis of phosphinic pseudopeptides as selective inhibitors of IRAP aminopeptidase.

Evangelia Maria Baltzi, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

 

 

 

Session 6

Chair: Varvara Vlachopoulou & Celia Korakianiti

11:15-11:30

AKRO_POl

11:30-12:20

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

11:30-11:40

Effect of the drying method on selected material properties of polyurea-crosslinked biopolymer aerogels

Argiris Gomatos, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

11:40-11:50

TPU-based Cuff Electrodes for Neural Interfaces: Biocompatibility under the IN3-Bio Framework

Aikaterini Skiada, National Hellenic Research Foundation

11:50-12:00

Methylation-Based Liquid Biopsy Using BALF and Plasma for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Detection.

Stefania Dimitrakopoulou, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

12:00-12:10

Ti(III) Organometallics with a Rigid Bis-Phenoxy NHC Pincer Ligand – Structures and Reactivity

Irene Ligielli, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

12:10:12:20

Copper-chelated Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimines as antifungal agents against Aspergillus nidulans fungal cells with low human cytotoxicity

Spiros Gerostathis, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, NCSR  “Demokritos”

12:20-13:30

                        POSTER SESSION & COFFEE BREAK

 

 

 

Session 7

Chair:  Iren Georgia Stavrakaki & Christina Varfi

13:30-14:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

 

13:30-13:40

Integrating Arduino in Science and Environmental Education: A Multidisciplinary Hydrogen Car Project for Chemistry Education

Alexandros Andrias, National Technical University of Athens

13:40-13:50

Late-stage diversification of phosphinic pseudopeptidic inhibitors of M1 Zinc aminopeptidases using an oxidative Heck reaction

Konstantinos Patiniotis, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

13:50-14:00

Application of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Viral Pathogen Surveillance on Cruise Ships: A Comparative Study of Sampling Methods

Georgia Georgakopoulou, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

14:00-14:10

Engineering Cu Active-Sites on TiO2 for highly efficient solar-driven hydrogen evolution

Panagiotis Tzevelekidis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

14:10-14:20

IN3-BIO Framework: Biocompatible Plug Electrodes for Targeted Neural Interfacing in Exoprosthetic Systems

Lydia Galouni, National Hellenic Research Foundation

14:20-14:30

Bimetallic hybrid Fe@Eu nanoparticles for dual function imaging and therapeutic applications

Evangelia Tsitsou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

 

 

 

Session 8

Chair: Varvara Vlachopoulou & Aliki Soufla

14:35-14:50

Panagiotis Kaloudis, R&D Senior Manager, Pre Approval, DEMO

14:50-15:40

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

14:50-15:00

A Computational Approach to the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Advanced Materials Using DFT

Christina Kolokytha, Physical Chemistry, NKUA

15:00-15:10

Low valent iron pincer dinitrogen complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity

Evangelos Papangelis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

15:10-15:20

Study of projectile-like fragments from the 86Kr (25 MeV/nucleon) on 208Pb peripheral nuclear collision

Eleftheria Travlou, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

15:20-15:30

Multinucleon transfer in peripheral collisions of 64Ni on 64Ni at 25Mev/nucleon

Eirini Kontogianni, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

15:30-15:40

Detailed Studies of Multinucleon Transfer in 40Ar + 64Ni Collisions at 15 MeV/nucleon 15 MeV/nucleon

Konstantinos Gkatzogias, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

16:15-16:45

BEST ORAL AND BEST POSTER AWARD

CLOSING CONFERENCE

 

 

 

 

                               Poster session

 

1

DFT and Time-Dependent DFT studies on 7-hydroxy-4-substitutedcoumarins: Efficient photoacids for acetalization reactions

Efthymios Alexandros Routsi, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

2

Exploring Polynuclear SBUs in Dicarboxylate-BasedRare Earth MOFs

Maria Ladaki, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

3

Fortifying yoghurt with orange peel bioactive compounds: A steptowards sustainable functional food development

Georgios Nikolaos Vlachos, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

4

Chalcones derivatives (a and b) as promising anti-inflammatory compounds

Nikitas Georgiou, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

5

Gold nanoparticles conjugated with folic acid for cervical cancertreatment

Eleni Lygnou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

6

On the Reactivity of a Novel Iron Pincer Dinitrogen Complex with
Six-Membered Ring NHCs towards Si-H Activation.

Ippokratis Galanakis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

7

Synthesis and biological evaluation of nanoparticles Fe@Te and Fe@Sm

Evangelia Katsoti, Katerina Dazea Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

8

In Silico evaluation of therapeutic compounds for targeted treatment
of Myasthenia Gravis

Errikos Petsas, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

9

Assessing the antifungal resistance of silver nanoparticles against Aspergillus niger isogenic mutants

Konstantina Avdala, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

10

MoS2 and NHC metal complexes as catalysts for the A3 coupling reaction

Florentia Stamovlasi Spyropoulou, Laboratory of Organic/Physical Chemistry, NKUA

11

Introduction of the "Atom Economy" principle of Green Chemistry in Secondary Education

Evangelia Gkogia, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

12

Stereoselective synthesis of chiral cyclopentanols towards natural products of the Jasminun species

Rafailia Papandreou, Charitini Papandreou, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

13

Synthesis and Characterization of N,P-doped Carbon Quantum Dots as potential candidates for Anticancer and Antibacterial Applications

Anastasia Chatzivasiloglou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

14

Bipyridine-modified highly dispersed Cu sites on TiO2 for enhanced visible-light absorption and photocatalytic activity.

Georgia Pantela, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

15

Molecular Characterization Of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) In Sporadic
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (spMTC) Patients

Konstantina Tekou, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

16

MOFs synthesis with sulfonamide ligands

Maria Alysandraki, Danai Veli Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

17

A comparative study of Ni(II) and Co(II) diselenolene complexes in light-driven hydrogen evolution reaction driven hydrogen evolution reaction

Asimina Andreana Papadopoulou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

18

Hydrothermal growth of copper oxide nanoparticles in defined areas on a silicon substrate by optical lithography

Athanasia Fouka, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

19

Water-soluble quaternized amino phosphine ligands for transition metal catalyzed aqueous catalysis

Perikleia Diamantopoulou, NHRF

20

Synthesis and Characterization of Star-Shaped Poly(n-hexyl isocyanate) Homopolymers via Coordination Polymerization and Core-First Methodology Using Multi-Functional (Half-)titanocene Alkoxy Complexes

Evangelos Apostolakis, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

21

Producing Electric Voltage with Benzyl Alcohol

Liveria Tsagri, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

22

Evaluation of Polyurea-Crosslinked Alginate Aerogels for Drug Delivery Applications

Georgia Prapa, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

23

"Green" synthesis of nitrogen-carbon quantum dots, characterization, antibacterial properties

Michail Alexopoulos, Theodoros-Anargyros Dounias, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

24

Synthetic Studies towards Jaspofoliamoside D, a Macrocyclic Secoiridoid Natural Product

Maria Mavridou, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

25

Colloidal Chemistry and Nanostructure Engineering of Gold Nanorods for Glioblastoma Applications.

Sofia-Maria Gratsia, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

26

Synthesis Of pH-Responsive Hybrid Copolymers and the Encapsulation Of Proteins to Combatautoimmune Diseases

Christina Varfi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

27

Reference intervals for hair cortisol in healthy adults based on
electrochemiluminescence method

Anna Vergi, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

28

Photophysical Properties of Donor–Acceptor (D-A) BODIPY Fluorescent Dyes

Georgios Ampeliatis, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

29

Experimental Study of α-cluster Transfer Channels in Peripheral Collisions at Fermi Energies using the MARS Spectrometer

Chrysi Giannitsa, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, NKUA

30

Mixed ligands complexes of Cu(II) and Pt(II) with 1-10-phenanthroline and a curcumin derivative.  Synthesis, characterization and Studies of their interaction with CT-DNA.

Ioannis Korovesis, Aristotelis Mazarakis, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

31

Development of an optical aptasensor targeting troponin I bybiofunctionalizing europium-containing polymers

Evangelia Tsitsou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

32

The Complexation Mechanism Of An Anticancer Pt-Drugs With Polymers Containing Poly(L-Histidine)

Iren Georgia Stavrakaki, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

33

Development of educational materials focusing on chemistry of the social scientific issue climate change

Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Laboratory of Educational Chemistry, NKUA

34

Synthesis of Poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) Homopolymers of Defined Molecular Weights

Evangelia Tsagkaraki, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

35

Electrochemical Determination of Iodide Ions

Maria Kandia, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, NKUA

36

Encapsulation Of Platinum-Based Drugs In Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Block-Poly(L-Histidine) Copolymers And Study Of Their Self-Assembly

Eleni Kalantzi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

37

UV-Induced Cross-Linked PVA Films with Ammonium Metatungstate for Underwater Application

Sofia Minadaki, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, NKUA

38

Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Au@Ru Nanoparticles for Targeted Anticancer Applications

Nikoletta Andriopoulou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

39

Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel–Bis(dithiolene) Complexes Bearing Proximal Proton Relays

Konstantinos Anagnostou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

40

Activation of TiO2 nanoparticles with N-doped CQDs for water purification

Markella Ioanna Vogia Rompazani, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

41

Orange peels waste valorization: Production of a functional cheese in brine enriched with bioactive compounds

Klea-Eleni Foka, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

42

Synthesis of Cu-Doped SnO₂ nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Aplications

Maria Georgia Ploumpi, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

43

Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of Cu(ΙΙ) complexes as metallotherapeutic agents

Alkistis Eleni Liatsou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

44

Patulin detoxification by application of cold atmospheric plasma technology

Katerina Lamprou, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, NKUA

45

Green Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots for Geoenvironmental  Applications

Alexandra Efthymiadou, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

46

Enhancing Chemistry Lab Learning with QR Codes: A Study on Student Performance and Autonomy

Georgios Mourtioglou, Department of Chemistry, NKUA

47

Development of an Amino Acid-Based Organic Linker for MOFs: Synthetic attempts with copper.

Eleni Palli,  Kalliopi Anastasia Mylonaki, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

48

Synthesis of Bio-MOFs and drug delivery system evaluation

Bintas Christos, INN, NCSR “Demokritos”

49

Synthesis of M(II) (M= Fe, Co) Complexes featuring Hemilabile Bidentate CAAC ligands Bidentate CAAC ligands

Christina Sioutka, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA

50

Synthesis of Methyl Ester Derivatives of Cannabinoid Acids with Extended Alkyl Side Chains

Anna Magiati, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, NKUA

51

Hybrid TiO₂@Cu@Ce Nanoparticles: A Multifunctional Platform for Water Purification Applications  

Stelios Liagos, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, NKUA