Πλήρες Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα - Curriculm Vitae

Personal Data

Family Name: Kostas
First Name: Ioannis
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 1964 (Karystos, Greece)
Marital status: Married, 2 children
Sports: Taekwon Do (black belt, 3rd DAN)

Education

1986: Degree in Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1991: PhD in Organometallic Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Employment

Training

1. Post-graduate courses in organic chemistry and spectroscopic analysis
National Center for Scientific Research ''Democritos'', Institute of Physical Chemistry, Athens 1989
2. Courses in catalysis
Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany), November 1995
3. 1st International School of Organometallic Chemistry (ISOC '97), Camerino (Italy) September 9-13, 1997
4. 2nd Summer School on Green Chemistry, Venice (Italy) September 6-12, 1999

Scientific fields of interest: organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, homogeneous catalysis and applications to organic synthesis

Teaching and Supervision Experience

• Coordinator of the training seminar ''Contemporary Organic Chemistry and Applications'' for high school teachers, consisting of lectures and practical exercises, funded by the Mobility Program of the Greek National Youth Foundation. National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Athens, May 1998.
• Supervisor of MSc, PhD students and Post-docs within National and EU programs

Grants and Fellowships

1. Grant for the excellent University students, National Hellenic Fellowship Foundation, 1985
2. Doctoral Fellowship, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 1987-1991
3. Post-doctoral Fellowships, Human Capital and Mobility Programme (E.U.), Contr. No. ERB CHRXCT930821 1/10/1994 - 30/9/1995 and 1/10/1995 - 15/8/1996
4. Fellowship from TMR programme (E.U.) for participation on the ''2nd Summer School on Green Chemistry'', Venice (Italy), September 6-12, 1999

Membership of Scientific Societies

Member of the Association of Greek Chemists
Member of the Association of Greek Researchers
Member of the American Chemical Society

Lectures/Talks in Universities, Research Institutes, Conferences (including those as invited lecturer)

• National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 21st November 2006
• 9th Hellenic Symposium Catalysis, Leukada, 6-7 October 2006
• Universitat Leipzig, Fakultat fur Chemie und Mineralogie, Leipzig 5th April 2006
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Thessaloniki 14th March 2006
• 8th FIGIPAS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry, Athens , Greece, 6-9 July 2005
• 1st Hellenic Symposium Organic Synthesis. From Chemistry to Biology, Medicine and Materials Science, Athens, November 4-6, 2004
• Concordia University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montréal 22nd July 2004
• Université de Montréal, Département de Chimie, Montréal 21st July 2004
• Leibniz-Institut fur Organische Katalyse an der Universitat Rostock e.V., Rostock 2nd June 2003
• XVth Fechem Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Zürich, Switzerland, August 10 - 15, 2003
• University of Athens - Department of Chemistry, Athens 14th April 2003
• 19th Greek Chemistry Conference, Heraklion-Crete November 6-10, 2002
• National Center for Scientific Research ''Democritos'', Institute of Physical Chemistry, Athens 9th November 2001
• University of Crete - Department of Chemistry, Heraklion 16th October 2001
• Russian Academy of Sciences - Siberian Branch, Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Irkutsk 26th June 2001
• 6th Chemistry Conference of Greece-Cyprus, Rhodes, September 2-5, 1999
• 1st International Conference of the Chemical Societies of the South-East European Countries on Chemical Sciences and Industry, Halkidiki, Greece, June 1-4, 1998
• 2nd Symposium of the Institute of Physical Chemistry ''Chemical Research and Industry'', National Center for Scientific Research ''Democritos'', Athens December 3-5, 1997
• National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 6th February 1997
• 17th Greek Chemistry Conference, Athens December 1-5, 1996
• Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr 30 October 1995
• Vrije Universiteit, Department of Chemistry, Amsterdam 26th January 1995
• University of Athens - Department of Chemistry, Athens 21st October 1991
• Symposium of PhD students in Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research ''Democritos'', Institute of Physical Chemistry, Athens October 16-18, 1989

Further Information

• Development of the research in the field of transition metal homogeneous catalysis at the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
• Referee of papers submitted to chemical journals, referee of proposals submitted for funding by European organizations.
• Member of the organizing committee in the ''XXth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry'', Corfu - Greece, July 7-12, 2002.