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Andreas Kalogirou
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Analysis
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Academic Qualifications
Qualification Year Awarding Institution Department Thesis title (Optional Entry)
PhD in Chemistry 2013 University College London Chemistry “Development of the conjugate addition/Nitro-Mannich reaction’’
BSc in Chemistry 2009 University of Cyprus Chemistry
Employment History
Period of employment Employer Location Position
From To
September 2019 present European University Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Assistant professor
September 2015 June 2019 European University Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Scientific collaborator
January 2014 May 2015 University of Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Scientific collaborator
Publications
Year Title Other authors Journal and Publisher / Conference Vol. Pages
2018 The chemistry of non-S-oxidised 4H-1,2,6-thiadiazines P.A. Koutentis Targets in Heterocyclic systems 22 82-118
2018 Reaction of 3,4,4,5-tetrachloro-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazine with benzyltriethylammonium chloride M. Manoli and P.A. Koutentis Tetrahedron Letters 59 3589-3593
2018 1,2,6-Thiadiazinones as novel narrow spectrum Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) inhibitors C.R.M. Asquith, P.H. Godoi, R.M. Couñago, T. Laitinen, J.W. Scott, C.G. Langendorf, J.S. Oakhill, D.H. Drewry, W.J. Zuercher, P.A. Koutentis, T.M. Willson Molecules 23 1221
2018 Pd-catalyzed C-N Coupling of Primary (Het)arylamines with 5-Substituted 3-Chloro-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazin-4-ones P.A. Koutentis Tetrahedron Letters 59 2653-2656
2018 4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazine-containing donor-acceptor conjugated polymers: synthesis, optoelectronic characterization and use in organic solar cells C.L. Chochos, A.S. Kalogirou, T. Ye, E. Tatsi, A. Katsouras, G.A. Zissimou, V.G. Gregoriou, A. Avgeropoulos and P.A. Koutentis Journal of Materials Chemistry C 6 3658-3667
2016 The acid and/or thermal mediated ring contraction of 4H-1,2,6-thiadiazines to afford 1,2,5-thiadiazoles Andreas Kourtellaris and Panayiotis A. Koutentis Organic Letters 18 4056-4059
2015 Synthesis of N-aryl-3,5-dichloro-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazin-4-imines from 3,4,4,5-tetrachloro-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazine M. Manoli, P. A. Koutentis Organic Letters 17 4118-4121
2015 4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazin-4-one containing small molecules as efficient electron donors in solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells F. Hermerschmidt, J. Min, G.A. Zissimou, S.M. Tuladhar, T. Ameri, H. Faber, G. Itskos, S.A. Choulis, T.D. Anthopoulos, D.D.C. Bradley, J. Nelson, C.J. Brabec, P.A. Koutentis Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 2358-2365
2014 Conjugate addition nitro-Mannich reaction of carbon and heteroatom nucleophiles to nitroalkenes J.C. Anderson, M.J. Porter, G.J. Tizzard Tetrahedron 70 9337-9351
2012 Stereoselective Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Pyrrolidin-2-ones by a Conjugate Addition/Nitro-Mannich/Lactamization Reaction J.C. Anderson, L.R. Horsfall, M.R. Mills, G.J. Stepney, G.J. Tizzard Journal of Organic Chemistry 77 6186–6198
Exhibitions
Date Topic International / Local Location* Role in Exhibition
3-8 September 2017 New chemistry of 1,2,6-Thiadiazines International ISCH 2017 conference, Regensburg, Germany Poster presenter
9-13 March 2015 PVP-Pd and PVP-Cu2O electrospun nanocomposite membranes as effective heterogeneous supports in Heck, Suzuki and Click reactions International Fourth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Sitges, Spain Poster author
30 June - 5 July 2014 Synthesis of small molecule donors for OPVs incorporating the thiadiazine motif International ICSM 2014 conference, Turku, Finland Poster presenter
October 2, 2013 Asymmetric synthesis of amino substituted heterocycles Local Departmental seminar, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Oral presentation
May 22-26, 2013 Asymmetric synthesis of amino substituted heterocycles International 5th NAGC meeting, Limassol, Cyprus Oral presentation
Jul. 15-20, 2012 Asymmetric synthesis of amino substituted heterocycles International BOSS XII conference, Leuven, Belgium Poster presenter
Nov. 02, 2011 Asymmetric synthesis of amino substituted heterocycles International New horizons in Natural Product Chemistry Conference, University of Nottingham, UK Poster presenter
Aug. 2-7, 2009 Recent Developments on the 1,2,3-Dithiazole to Isothiazole Conversion International 22nd International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry, St Johns, Canada Poster author
Mar. 09-12, 2009 Reactions of 4,5-Dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium Chloride with Dimethylsulfuran-ylidenes, -imines and -oxide International 10th Annual Florida Heterocyclic Conference, Gainesville, Florida Poster presenter
Research Projects
Date Title Funded by Project Role*
January 2016-January 2018 Synthesis of β-amyloid aggregation inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. University of Cyprus Post-Doctorate Researcher
May 2014-October 2014 Synthesis of oligomeric organic molecules for uses in organic photovoltaics. Cyprus University of Technology through European funds Post-Doctorate Researcher
April 2013 – March 2014 Synthesis of oligomeric organic molecules for uses in organic photovoltaics. University of Cyprus through European funds Post-Doctorate Researcher
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
Period Organization Title of Position or Service Key Activities
2018- Molecules journal Assistant scientific editor for the special issue on “Non-Natural Multi-Heteroatom Heterocycles: New Chemical Space” of Molecules Editing of manuscripts
2018- Molbank journal Assistant scientific editor for the special issue on “Heteroatom Rich Organic Heterocycles” of Molbank Editing of manuscripts
2015-2016 Molecules journal Assistant scientific editor for the special issue on “S/N heteroaromatics” of Molecules Editing of manuscripts
2014-2016 European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Representative of Cyprus in the Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) Scientific evaluator
Awards/International Recognition
Date Title Awarded by:
2009 Bader prize, University College London 2009 for the best starting PhD student in Organic Chemistry University College London
2009 1st Place ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ/ΦΟΙΤΩ/1108/17, Cyprus research promotion foundation, for 4th year Diploma Project “The Reaction of Some Sulfonium Ylids, Sulfimides and Sulfoxides with 1,2,3-Dithiazoles” Cyprus research promotion foundation
2009 2nd Presidential award for best performance for 2009 graduates of the University of Cyprus University of Cyprus
2003 Bronze Medal, 35th International Chemistry Olympiad, Athens, Hellas International Chemistry Olympiad
Other Achievements
Title Key Activities:
Scientific referee for journals: Currents in Organic Chemistry, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, ARKIVOC, Combinatorial Chemistry & HighThroughput Screening, Molecules, Synlett. Paper refereeing