Dr. Konstantinos N. Kontogiannopoulos

Dr. Konstantinos Kontogiannopoulos graduated from School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTh, Greece and holds a PhD (2011) in Chemistry and Technology of Natural Products and Pharmaceutical Technology, with emphasis on the utilization of bioactive natural products through innovative drug-delivery systems (DDS). He has worked in the Greek pharmaceutical industry, as well as in the National Centre for Research & Technological Development (CERTH), and since 2018 has been a Research assistant (Post-Doc researcher) in the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry / School of Chemical Engineering/AUTh. His research interests focus on innovative drug-delivery systems (liposomes, hyperbranched polymers and chimeric advanced DDS, cyclodextrines, and biodegradable polymeric patches) for bioactive compounds derived from natural products. Furthermore, his research expands on the utilization of natural products, as well as on advanced methods of management/processing and reuse of industrial water and wastewater streams, as well as the utilization/valorization of by- and co-products from agri-food industries. He has published 21 research articles in international peer-reviewed journals (seven as the first writer), and has participated in over 30 papers at international and Greek conferences (348 citations, h-index: 8). In addition, he has worked on 11 relevant research projects co-funded by the EU and Greece.