Professor in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (Click to view university profile)
Director in the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
President of Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society (HPS)
Costas Demetzos is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He also serves as Director of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and since 2008 as President of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society (HSP). His research interest is primarily on Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (lipidic, polymeric and mixed drug delivery nanosystems), Physical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Compounding and Regulatory Aspects. He has published more than 250 research papers, two monographs, co-authored one book and edited five books. He has also been awarded in Pharmaceutical congresses and from the Hellenic Society of Biomaterials for his contribution on the application of bionanomaterials. The innovation of his research, apart from being in numerous publications and announcements in international scientific journals and conferences, has led to awards of international and national patents in Greece and in many European countries, USA, Australia, having as main objects the nanotechnological drug delivery systems and nanodevices. His research work has international recognition, (h-index 47; i10-index=140, google scholar). He teaches in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 1991, initially Chemistry of Natural products and following in 2002 he teaches his main subject, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Pharmaceutical Physics in undergraduate and postgraduate level. He also teaches as visiting professor in School of Medicines in Greek Universities. He was responsible for dozens of PhD students and their theses, Master's Diplomas and Undergraduate Dissertations. Also, he has been invited to teach Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology in Greek Universities and in the European summer schools. It must be mentioned that he participates as a member of Organizing Committees but also as a president of International and European scientific Conferences, while being an evaluator in many committees like the Greek Ministry of Health, the Qualification Recognition Board in Cyprus, the Greek National Scholarships Foundation, the Greek Drug Administration Office, etc. He was also an elected member of the ExCo of EUFEPS (Network Coordinator) (2014-2016). He acts as a member of the editorial board of scientific journals. In 2018 Professor Costas N. Demetzos, was honored with an award by the Order of Sciences of the Academy of Athens for his scientific achievements in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Assistant Professor Natassa Pippa
Natassa Pippa is post-doctoral researcher in Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Athens. Her research is focused on the design and development of nanoparticles (i.e. liposomes, micelles etc.) as nanopharmaceuticals. She has completed her PhD in 2015 from Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, under the guidance of the expert of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Prof. Costas Demetzos. During her PhD, she participated in the Research Programme “NANOMACRO: Functional Self-assembled Nanostructures from Block Copolymers and Proteins” (under the guidance of Dr. Stergios Pispas) in Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation. She has published more than 60 peer –review papers and 6 chapters in Books. She has been selected as speaker in National and International Conferences and presented more than 50 posters. She has been awarded in Congresses for her oral and poster presentations. She received the prestigious “International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal (IAAM Scientist medal) for the year 2016” due to her notable and outstanding contribution in the field of "Advanced Materials Science and Technology".
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Poland
Nikolaos Naziris is a graduate of Pharmacy, MSc in "Industrial Pharmacy", PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology and post-doctoral researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens from 2019 to 2021. Since 2020, he has been manager of research and development and quality control at the company In Touch Health, Doctor’s Formulas, with which he is still a partner. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Lodz in Poland. His PhD thesis, entitled “Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. Design and Evaluation of Stimuli-responsive Chimeric Nanocarriers”, was funded by the 1st scholarship of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) for PhD students. His research interests include the design, development, and study of stimuli-responsive chimeric drug nanocarriers, aiming to cure various types of cancer and other complex diseases. Additionally, he is a regular member of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society (HPS). He has 29 published papers in peer-reviewed journals, including 4 review papers, 5 book chapters, as well as 12 oral and around 20 poster presentations in international and national conferences. His research interests are oriented in the design, development and study of stimuli-responsive chimeric/mixed nanocarriers, primarily liposomes, with the purpose of curing various types of cancer and other types of difficult diseases.
Maria Chountoulesi (Pharmacist, MSc., PhD) graduated in 2015 from the Department of Pharmacy, of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) with grade Excellent 8.69/10. Subsequently in 2017, she received her master degree (M.Sc.) in “Industrial Pharmacy”, from the Department of Pharmacy, of NKUA, with grade Excellent 9.63/10. In 2020, she completed her PhD studies in the Department of Pharmacy, of NKUA, with grade Excellent, under the supervision of the expert of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Prof. Costas Demetzos. Her PhD Thesis entitled “Development and evaluation of lyotropic liquid crystalline nanosystems intended for the delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients to subcellular organelles” was awarded by PhD Scholarship, implemented by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) (MIS-5000432). In 2019, she also received an Erasmus+ Traineeship Fellowship. She has already published 14 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and 4 chapters in scientific books and has also presented 22 presentations (posters and oral) in international and national conferences. Her research interests focus on pharmaceutical nanotechnology, namely design, development, as well as evaluation of drug delivery nanosystems.
Varvara Chrysostomou, PhD Student
Chrysostomou Varvara is a PhD student in Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She received a bachelor’s degree in Material Science in 2015 from the Department of Materials Science of the University of Patras and a master’s degree in “Polymer Science and Applications” in 2017 from the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Since 2017 to date, she continues her PhD studies under the guidance of the expert of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Professor Costas Demetzos. Her research interest is focused on Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and the development of advanced nanosystems (e.g. liposomes, polymeric micelles, magnetic nanoparticles) for drug and gene delivery in order to generate new perspectives on disease treatment. To date she has published 3 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and presented 9 posters and oral communications in international and national conferences.
Maria Tsakiri completed her degree in Pharmacy, with specialisation in Pharmaceutical Technology, at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece, in 2019. Following this, in 2020 she received her Master degree (M.Sc.) in Nanomedicine from the School of Medicine at NKUA. During her Master studies, she focused on the evaluation of nanoscale antigen delivery systems for the development of safe and effective vaccines against infectious diseases. Since April, 2021, she has been a PhD candidate at the Department of Pharmacy, NKUA, under the supervision of Prof. Costas Demetzos. Her current interests lie in the development of biomimetic drug and/or biomolecule delivery nanosystems that target human brain cells.
Ioannis Tsichlis, PhD Student
Ioannis Tsichlis holds a Diploma in Pharmacy from the University of Patras (UOP) and an MSc in Nanomedicine from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). During his undergraduate studies, he focused on designing and studying liposomal lidocaine for topical delivery. Continuing his academic endeavors, he completed his master’s thesis in the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, under the guidance of the expert in the field Professor Costas Demetzos. His master’s thesis was focused on the development of liposomes modified with non-ionic surfactants for quercetin delivery. Since January, 2023, he has been a PhD student in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. His research lies in the development, physicochemical characterization, and biological evaluation of hybrid nanosystems for gene therapy. His ultimate goal is to develop safe and effective gene delivery vehicles for the treatment of serious disorders.
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