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Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 1992
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1987
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Athanasios Vlessidis

Department of Chemistry

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08401
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Research topics (related to the Institute)

1. Monitoring and environmental quality.

2. Environmental technologies.

Research summary

  • Chemiluminescence and applications in analytical chemistry,
  • Flow Injection Analysis (FIA).
  • Liquid chromatography.
  • Kinetic methods of analysis.
  • Applications of porous materials and surfaces in analytical chemistry.
  • Environmental monitoring.
  • Synthesis, Analysis and Characterization of catalysts (mainly zeolite materials).
  • Applications of nanotechnology in analytical chemistry.

Professional background

2015 - σήμερα Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI, Greece
2010 - 2015Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI, Greece
2005 - 2010Assist. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI, Greece
2001 - 2005Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI, Greece
1998 - 2001Dr Chemist (Director) in Laboratory of Qualitative Control-Municipal Enterprise of Water Supply and Sewage of Ioannina, Greece.
Post-doctoral research experience:

  • (1993-1998) Post-doctor (Research Chemist) at the Department of Chemistry, in the University of Ioannina, Greece

Recent relevant publications/patents

1. Spyridoula Mandyla, George Z. Tsogas, Athanasios G. Vlessidis, Dimosthenis L. Giokas “Determination of gold nanoparticles in environmental water samples by second-order optical scattering using dithiotreitol-functionalized CdS quantum dots after cloud point extraction”, Journal of Hazardous Materials (2017), Vol. 323, pp 67–74.

2. George Z. Tsogas, Foteini A. Kappi, Athanasios G. Vlessidis, Dimosthenis L. Giokas

“Recent advances in nanomaterial probes for optical biothiol sensing: A review”, Analytical Letters (2018), Vol. 51, No 4, pp 443-468.

3. Asimina Voulgari, Vasiliki A. Gatselou, Foteini A. Kappi, Tatiana G. Choleva, George Z. Tsogas, Athanasios G. Vlessidis and Dimosthenis L. Giokas

“Solid ink-printed filter paper as a green adsorbent material for the solid-phase extraction of UV filters from water samples”, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (2017), Vol. 97, No 12, pp 1163–1177.

4. Anastasia Kostara, George Z. Tsogas, Athanasios G. Vlessidis, and Dimosthenis L. Giokas

“Generic Assay of Sulfur-Containing Compounds Based on Kinetics Inhibition of Gold Nanoparticle Photochemical Growth”, ACS Omega (2018), Vol. 3, pp 16831−16838.

5. Tatiana G. Choleva, George Z. Tsogas, Athanasios G. Vlessidis and Dimosthenis L. Giokas

“Development of a sequential extraction and speciation procedure for assessing the mobility and fractionation of metal nanoparticles in soils”, Environmental Pollution (2020), Vol. 263, 2020 114407, pp 1-8.

Number of publications, 93 (Ιούλιος 2020) Number of citations: >1752 (Scopus Ιούλιος 2020)

H factor = 23 (Scopus Ιούλιος 2020)

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

1. «Study of novel chemiluminescent systems and elaboration of their applications on the development of new automated analytical methods for the determination of food constituents, environmental pollutants and active pharmaceutical compounds»-THALIS-Operational Programme Education and Lifelong Learning, Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs-Managing Authority, Co-financed by Greece and the European Union), 2012-2015, ΕΣΠΑ, coordinator A. Vlessidis.

2. «Development of novel analytical methods and signal transduction techniques for the optical analysis of biomarkers in biological fluids using common imaging devices»-Support of Researchers with emphasis on young researchers -Call B, Ministry of Development and Investments, Βελτίωση της ποιότητας και αποτελεσματικότητας του εκπαιδευτικού συστήματος, Operational Programme Human resources development, Education and Lifelong Learning, co-financed by Greece and the European Union), 2020-2021, ΕΣΠΑ, Vice academic advisor A. Vlessidis.