ANDREAS TZAKOS

Department of Chemistry

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08387
e-mail: Personal/Dept/Lab URL/: https://chem.uoi.gr/meli-dep/tzakos-andreas/

Research topics (related to the Institute)

Biomaterials, Nanomaterials as cancer therapeutics, diagnostics and theranostics.

Research summary

Prof. Tzakos’ research interests include:
Development of tumor homing and tumor responsive Drug Delivery Vehicles for theranostics
Drug Formulations and prodrugs: supramolecular (cyclodextrins, calixarenes), nanoparticles, peptide based hydrogels
Development of imaging agents to visualize and chart cellular compartments (Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi, Mitochondria, Lysosomes) as also signaling events and molecules (cellular enzymes, intracellular reactive oxygen species, intracellular pH, intracellular temperature, etc.)
Pharmacokinetics (LC-MS, HPLC based) and bioactivity evaluation
Design and development of cancer diagnostics and theranostics: Development of tumor homing probes equipped with multimodal imaging agents (for MRI, in vivo Near Infrared I & II optical imaging, SPECT/PET probes).

Professional background

2018 - today	Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI.
2017 - 2018	Assistant Professor (tenured), Dept. of Chemistry, UoI.
2013 - 2017	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI.
2009 - 2013	Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI.
2007 - 2008	Senior research associate at MRC, LMB, , Cambridge, UK
2005 - 2007	EMBO Fellow at Medical Research Council (MRC), Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge, UK