Curriculum Vitae

Constantinos Potamitis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Organic & Pharmaceutical Chemistry

FULL CV

Τηλ: +30 210 72 73 869
Fax: +30 210 72 73 872
E-mail: potamitis

Areas of Expertise

NMR Spectroscopy in liquid and solid state
Molecular Modeling

MajorScientificFields

(a) Conformational analysis of compounds with pharmaceutical interest (e.g. AT1 antagonists) and in silico studies at their receptor's binding site
(b) Study of biophysical systems, such as peptide analogs against Multiple Sclerosis, in lipid bilayers using:

1. Solid state NMR spectroscopy
2. Raman spectroscopy and
3. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Research Programs

Participation in 4 European competitive programs and 1 National competitive program.

Publications

1.   Potamitis, C., Zervou, M., Katsiaras, V., Zoumpoulakis, P., Durdagi, S., Papadopoulos, M.G., Hayes, J.M., Grdadolnik, S.G., Kyrikou, I., Argyropoulos, D., Vatougia, G. & Mavromoustakos, T. Antihypertensive Drug Valsartan in Solution and at the AT(1) Receptor: Conformational Analysis, Dynamic NMR Spectroscopy, in Silico Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling  49 (3), 726-739 (2009).
2.    Kotzabasakis, V., Kostakis, K., Pitsikalis, M., Hadjichristidis, N., Lohse, D.J., Mavromoustakos, T., Potamitis, C.  Polymerization of Higher alpha-Olefins Using a C-s-Symmetry Hafnium Metallocene Catalyst. Kinetics of the Polymerization and Microstructural Analysis. Journal Of Polymer Science Part A-Polymer Chemistry  47 (17) 4314-4325 (2009).
3.    Gabriel, C., Venetis, J., Kaliva, M., Raptopoulou, C.P., Terzis, A., Drouza, C., Meier, B., Voyiatzis, G., Potamitis, C., Salifoglou, A. Probing for missing links in the binary and ternary V(V)-citrate-(H2O2) systems: synthetic efforts and in vitro insulin mimetic activity studies. Journal of inorganic biochemistry 103 (4), 503-516 (2009).
4. Fotakis, C., Gega, S., Siapi, E., Potamitis, C., Viras, K., Moutevelis-Minakakis, P., Kokotos, C.G., Durdagi, S., Golic Grdadolnik, S., Sartori, B., Rappolt, M., Mavromoustakos, T. Interactions at the bilayer interface and receptor site induced by the novel synthetic pyrrolidinone analog MMK3. BBA-Biomembranes 1798 (3), 422 - 432 (2010).