Dr. George Kokotos is a professor of organic and medicinal chemistry at the University of Athens, Greece. He obtained his PhD in chemistry from the University of Athens in 1984. He then conducted postdoctoral work in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry at the University of London. He has spent a sabbatical leave as a visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He is also a co-inventor in more than 15 international patents. He has served as chairman of the Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry (The Association of Greek Chemists) and a member of the European Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry (European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences). His research interests include the design and synthesis of bioactive compounds, particularly enzyme inhibitors, amino acid and peptide chemistry, organocatalysis, applications of enzymes in organic chemistry, development of green synthetic methods, lipidomics, and high-resolution mass spectrometry.