Dr. Kalliopi Ladomenou
Assistant Professor
School of Chemistry
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
Dr. Kalliopi Ladomenou was elected as an Assistant Professor in 2022 at the School of Chemistry of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH). She completed her BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry at the University of Crete (UOC). She obtained her PhD from the University of Liverpool, UK, where she focused on the synthesis and study of porphyrin-based complexes for carbohydrate recognition. Following her PhD, Dr. Ladomenou held a postdoctoral position at the University of Edinburgh, working on the synthesis of molecules for catalytic applications. She later joined the University of Crete as a Researcher. She has over 12 years of teaching and supervisory experience at various universities. Throughout her career, she has contributed to numerous national and European research projects and has secured several grants to advance her research. Her primary research interests lie in the synthesis of chromophores and catalysts for applications such as solar cells, hydrogen (Hâ‚‚) production, COâ‚‚ reduction, artificial photosynthesis, and biomimetic catalysis and environmental related applications. Dr. Ladomenou has an extensive publication record in high-impact international journals, has authored a chapter in an international book, and holds one patent. Additionally, she serves as a reviewer for scientific journals and an evaluator for national research proposals.
Colleagues
Dr Georgios Charalambidis, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Greece. His research interests include: photocatalytic H2 production and CO2 reduction, self-organization of porphyrin derivatives, synthesis of chromophores for photovoltaic cells, artificial photosynthetic models, development of DSPECs.
Professor Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete. His research is focused on the synthesis of hybrid architectures based on metalloporphyrin compounds in a huge range of applications such as Bioinspired Solar Energy Utilization and Photochemical hydrogen generation.
Dr Vasilis Nikolaou is a Post-Doctoral researcher at Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain), his current research is on new type of photo electrochemical cells will be developed targeting to drive both water oxidation and CO2 reduction reactions in order to convert sunlight to stored chemical energy.
Emmanuel Orfanos is a postgraduate student at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and his research interests include heterogeneous catalysis using chromophores for hydrogen production.
Landrou Georgios PhD Student, Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Greece. His PhD research focuses mainly on the synthesis of water-soluble Porphyrin complexes and Carbon Dots materials for medical and photocatalytic applications, such as Hydrogels and Photochemical hydrogen evolution.
Magdalini Topouza is a postgraduate student at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and is currently working on the synthesis of chromophores and catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
