Dr. Ioannis D. Kostas, Research Director
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Vas. Constantinou 48, 116 35 Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30 210 7273878; Fax: +30 210 7273831
E-mail: ikostas
Short CV
Education
1986 Degree in Chemistry, University of Thessaloniki
1991 PhD in Organometallic Chemistry, University of Athens
Employment
1987-1991
Doctoral Fellow with Dr. C.G. Screttas, National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens)
1994-1995
Post-doctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. F. Bickelhaupt, Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam)
1995-1996
Post-doctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. M.T. Reetz/Director, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung (Mulheim an der Ruhr)
1996-present
Researcher, National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens)
Research Director since 2007
5/2007-8/2007
Guest Researcher, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung (Reetz's group) (Mulheim an der Ruhr)
Recent research activities:
1. Transition metal homogeneous catalysis
Catalysis by hybrid and hemilabile phosphorus ligands
Catalysis in air by phosphine-free ligands
Catalysis by dinuclear aryloxide- and carboxylate-bridged complexes
Asymmetric catalysis
Catalysis by high energy techniques
Catalysis by dendrimers
Aqueous catalysis
2. Catalysis by metal nanoparticles
3. Supramolecular dendrimer chemistry and gene transfer by dendrimers
4. â-D-Glucopyranosyl-thiosemicarbazone derivatives as inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase