Curriculum Vitae

DEMETER TZELI

Research Associate, TPCI/NHRF

Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute,
National Hellenic Research Foundation,
48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave.,
Athens 11635, Greece

Tel.: +30 210 7273813
FAX: +30 210 7273794
Email: dtzeli

EDUCATION
B.Sc. 1995, M.Sc. 1997, Ph.D. 2000, all at the Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
Research Associate at TPCI/NHRF since 9/2006; Research Associate at Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, NKUA 12/2000-8/2006; HPC- Europa Transnational Access programme (Research Associate Visitor, Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Science Center, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands (10-11/2004); AWU fellow, PNNL, Richland, U.S.A. (7-9/1998); Summer School, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 7/1998.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Laboratory Instructor, Physical Chemistry, at the Chemistry Department, University of Athens, 9/1996 - 6/1998. Teaching-Seminars of pc usage at Chemistry Department, University of Athens 5-12/1999 and KORELplus, Athens 11/2001-9/2002.

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Accurate ab initio calculations via MRCI and CCSD(T) methods on small molecules. Calculations of excited molecular states and their potential energy curves or surfaces, prediction of the spectra, calculation of the relativistic effects, etc.; i.e., diatomic and triatomic molecules including transition metals. Study of van der Waals systems, interactions of water with ''hydrophobic'' organic molecules via MP and CC methods. Study of large systems such as solid state and interactions of small molecules with surfaces mostly via DFT methods. Theoretical studies on supramolecular systems, fullerene crown ethers and complexes of porphyrins. Theoretical study of organic reactions.

EXTERNAL FUNDING PROJECTS
NANOHOST project, FP7 (5/2008-); Greek-Slovakian collaboration (9/2006-4/2008); HPC- Europa Transnational Access programme (10-11/2004); Pythagoras, EPEAEK II (7/2004-8/2006); SSATES, EPEAEK (5/1999-12/1999); AWU program (7-9/1998).

CONFERENCES AND INVITED TALKS
Participation in 13 international conferences (2 invited talks). Have given 4 invited talks at Universities.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Greek Award 2009 L'OREAL-UNESCO for the Women in Science, Fellowship of Academy of Athens (9/2002-6/2000), Associated Western Universities (AWU), USA, Laboratory Graduate Fellowship (7-9/1998), National Scholarship Foundation of Greece (11/1996-4/2000), National Scholarship Foundation of Greece (for academic achievement, 1991-1995), Scholarship of Women Association of Trikala (for achieving the highest score at the entrance examinations for the Chemistry Department, 1991-1992).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
AWU Fellow, HPC- Europa Transnational Access programme. Member of the Greek Chemical Society.

PUBLICATIONS
34 publications in refereed international scientific journals with 270 citations to the published work.

Full list of publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. ''Theoretical study of adsorption of group IIIA nitrides on Si(111)'', D. Tzeli, I.D. Petsalakis, and G. Theodorakopoulos, J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 5563 (2009).
2. ''First principles study of the electronic structure and bonding of Mn2'', D. Tzeli, U. Miranda, I.G. Kaplan, and A. Mavridis J. Chem. Phys. 129, 154310 (2008).
3. ''Structure and energetics of InN and GaN dimmers'', L. Simova, D. Tzeli, M. Urban, I. Cernusak, G. Theodorakopoulos, and I.D. Petsalakis, Chem. Phys. 349, 98 (2008).
4. ''The electron affinity of gallium nitride (GaN) and digallium nitride (GaNGa): The importance of the basis set superposition error in strongly bound systems'', D. Tzeli and A.A. Tsekouras, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 144103 (2008).
5. ''Theoretical investigation of the complexation of crown ethers and crown ethers of fulleropyrrolidine with (CH3)NH4-x+, x = 0-4'', D. Tzeli, G. Theodorakopoulos, and I.D. Petsalakis, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 954, (2011).