Prof.Athina Geronikaki

Athina Geronikaki graduated from Tashkent State University in 1971 and gained the specialty of organic chemist. Since 1971 till 1977 she was a senior researcher the Institute of Chemistry of Natural Products of Uzbek Academy of Science. In 1977 she defended her PhD thesis and received the Ph.D grade in Chemistry (Ph.D, Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry). In 1984 she graduated fro m School of Pharmacy of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. From 2006-2013 she is the head of the Head of the Department of Pharm. Chemistry. Since 2010 she is Full Professor of Medicinal Chemistry of School of Pharmacy of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During 2009-2011 she was Vice President of School of Pharmacy of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In July 2013 Prof. Geronikaki was elected as a Full member of Mediterranean Academy of Science and Arts. Her scientific interest is: Chemistry of natural products isolation, determination of structure; Chemistry of biologically active compounds and evaluation of their activity, using different computational methods.

She organized two International conferences: Computational Methods in Toxicology and Pharmacology, Integrating Internet Resources (2003) Thessaloniki; 4th Eurasian Meeting on heterocyclic Chemistry , 2006 , Thessaloniki

Prof. Geronikaki is a Member of organizing committee of more than 20 conferences.

Prof. Geronikaki published 82 papers and made 140 announcements in International conferences

in most cases as invited speaker or plenary lecturer. Published a chapter in . “Targets in Heterocyclic Systems. Chemistry and Properties”

Awarded with medal for development of International collaboration by the Scientific Partnership Foundation, Awarded with Diplom for the investment in development of science and of international collaboration by the Scientific Partnership Foundation.

2013- Awarded with gold medal for the investment in development of science and of international collaboration by the Scientific Partnership Foundation.

Invited Lectures

Selective Ligands for Actinide-Lanthanide Separations
Design, Synthesis, And Pharmacological Properties Of New Cb₂ Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands
Novel Rearrangements in Targeted Synthesis of Natural Compound Analogs
Nef-Isocyanide Adducts as key Intermediates for Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds
Multicomponent 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Stabilized Azomethine Ylides
Discovering new applications of chiral N-sulfinyl imines in heterocyclic chemistry
Aliphatic Nitrocompounds as Strategic Sources of Heterocycles
Synthetic Strategies for New Pyrazoles of Potential Biological Activities
Enaminones in the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. [2+2] Cycloadditions, ring expansion reactions and other transformations
Design, synthesis and pharmacological properties of new thiazole and thiadiazole derivatives
Cultivating over thirty years the passion to build heterocycles from 1,2-diaza-1,3-dienes
[1,4]Thiazino[3,4-c][1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-ones: an examination of their reactivity and of their biological profile
Effective Conversion of Carbohydrate Molecules to Nitrogen-containing Heterocyclic Derivatives
Recent Advances in Appel Salt Chemistry
Heterocyclic compounds in the design of biodegradable polymers
Synthesis and study of some triazolo Isoxazole heterocyclic Compounds
Three different approaches to target the T315I mutation: ATP-competitive, ATP-non-competitive and 14-3-3 inhibitors
Tetrapyrrolic macrocycles: Synthetic features and potential applications
Reactivity of alpha-halogen substituted pyridinium ylides.
Benzopyran building blocks: herald of hope for multitarget drug discovery
A new general 3CR leading to 1,4,5-trisubstituted-1,2,3-triazoless
Marine alkaloid nortopsentin analogues inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1)