Research Profile

  • Computational (bio)inorganic chemistry, modeling metalloproteins and artificial analogs

  • Spectroscopy and reactivity of (mono- and multinuclear) transition-metal complexes

  • Catalysis, small molecule activation, solar to chemical energy conversion

  • Electronic structure and magnetic properties of open-shell systems

Employment

  • 04/2022 – present: Postdoctoral Researcher; Department of Molecular Theory and Spectroscopy, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany

Education

  • 02/2022: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

  • 02/2018: M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

  • 07/2016: B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

Prizes and Awards

  • 2023: Ernst Haage Prize for Doctoral Students/Postdocs 2023

  • 2022: Quantum Bio·Inorganic Chemistry Society award for oral presentation in GDR Solar Fuels Réunion Annuelle

  • 2019 - 2022: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation Scholarship for Ph.D.

  • 2018 - 2022: Onassis Foundation Scholarship for Ph.D.

  • 2017: University of Athens, M.Sc. honours with distinction

  • 2016: University of Athens, B.Sc. with honours (8.6/10, top 3%)

  • 2012: Eurobank Scholarship for excellence in Greek National Exams

Funding

  • 2023 - 2025: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Scholarship for Postdocs

  • 2023: Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Programme for Project-Related Personal Exchange (PPP) with France

Teaching

  • 09/2023: Tutor at the Summer School “Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Complexes”, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

  • 2016 – 2017 and 2017 – 2018: Laboratory Instructor at the Chemistry Department, University of Athens

Member of Scientific Communities

  • International Society of Photosynthesis Research (ISPR)

  • Quantum Bio·Inorganic Chemistry Society (QBIC)