Dr. Nikos Katsaros

Name: NIKOS
Surname: KATSAROS
Date of birth: 1938
Place of birth: Athens
Nationality: Greek
Business address: NCSR "Demokritos", Institute of Physical
Chemistry, 153 1 0 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis
Phone: +30 210 650 3645, 3624
Fax: +30 210 651 1766
e-mail: katsaros@chem.demokritos.gr

Short CV of Nikos Katsaros
 Positions Held
ASSIGNMENTS and other ACTIVITIES over the last 10 years
Recent Publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short CV of N.Katsaros

Institution and Location Degree Year 9; Field of Study

1. University of Athens, Greece B.S. 1961 Chemistry

2. University of Massaschusetts, USA M.S. 1967 Chemistry

3. University of Massaschusetts, USA Ph.D. 1968 Chemistry

Positions Held

1968 Visiting Research Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

1969 Assistant Professor in Chemistry, University. System of Georgia, Georgia USA

1972 Visiting Research Fellow, Imperial College, U.K.

1983-88 Visiting Professor in Chemistry, University of Maryland.

1970 Research Scientist at Nuclear Research Center "Demokritos"

1976-2004 Senior Research Scientist at the National Center of Physical Sciences "Demokritos".

1984- Director of Graduate studies at the Institute of Physical Chemistry "Demokritos". Director of Research at the Institute of Physical Chemistry.

1989-93 Secretary of Science and Technology at the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology.

2004-2005 President of National Organization for Food Safety (EFET)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS and other ACTIVITIES over the last 10 years

National Representative to Science and Technology Policy Panel of NATO Scientific Affairs Division.

National Representative of FECS (Federation of European Chemical Societies)

National Representative to CREST (Executive Com. Of EU on Science and Research Policy).

National Representative to NATO Science Committee.

National Representative to IUPAC (Int. Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).

Member of the National Advisory Board on Research and Graduate Studies of Ministry of Education.

President of Greek Chemical Society.

Member of Management and Technical Committee of COST Chemistry.

Evaluator as a expert in EU programmes (Brite, Euram, TMR, COST, Nid-Term Review TMR, etc).

President of Research and Technology Centre of Metallurgy (EVETAM).

Member of the Board of the National Agricultural Research Centre.

Member of the Board of the National Centre of Pharmaceutical products.

Director of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at NCSR

"Demokritos".

Leading member of the Greek Mission to sign up extension and continuation of bilateral technological agreements with Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, France, USSR, Hungary and Italy.

Member of the National Committee of the Environment.

Advisor to the Gen. Secretary of the National Tourism Organization on environmental aspects.

Member of the National Committee on Space Research and Technology.

President of the Committee on dissemination of research results with added value to small and medium enterprises (Project HERA).

Evaluator of the programs in IMP (Integrated Mediterranean Projects), STAR, THERMIE, STRIDE, proposals on chemistry and environmental chemistry in bilateral technological greements with France, Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain Czechoslovakia and scientific journals of chemistry.

Published more than 150 papers in scientific journals and international conferences on chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, enviroment, toxic waste, etc.

Organized more than 50 Scientific National and International conferences as President member of the organizing committee or the scientific committee.

Member of Advisory Board of Eur. J. of Inorg. Chem.

Published more than 300 articles in Greek newspapers and magazines on research and technology, environmental aspects and general science articles.

President of the Committee for the Structural Fund Programme on Research and Technology 1993-1998.

Presided on many committees on science and technology policy in Greece.

Advisory Editor Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.

 

 

 

 

Recent Publications
  • ANGELIKI ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, ERLEND MOLDRHEIM, NIKOS KATSAROS AND EINAR SLETTEN. “Interaction of cis- and trans-RuCl2(DMSO)4 with nucleotides: ApG, GpA, d(ApG), d(GpA) and d(CCTGGTCC). High field NMR characterisation of the reaction products. J.B.I.C , 4, 199-208 (1999).,
  • Trynda-Lemiesz, L., Kozlowski, H., Katsaros, N., et. al. Interaction of Ru-Dmso complexes with Human Serum Albumin. Metal Based Drugs, 7, 293-300, (2000).

  • Mouzopoulou B., Katsaros N., Garnier-Suillerot A., Structural Characterisation of Ru-Bleomycin Complexes by Resonance Raman, Circular Dichroism and NMR spectroscopy. Inorg. Chem. 40(27), 6923-6929 (2001)
  • Panagiotopoulou, A., Di MASI N., Katsaros, N., Natile, G., Synthesis and Characterization of of Pt (II) complexes with the antiviral agents Ftorafur and Furavir. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 325, 73-78 (2001)
  • PAPAKYRIAKOU ATHANASIOS, MOUZOPOULOU BARBARA, KATSAROS NIKOS“The detailed structural characterization of the Ga(III)-bleomycin A2 complex by NMR and molecular modeling” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 86, 371 (2001)
  • Í. Êatsaros, A. Anagnostopoulou, “Rhodium compounds as potential agents in cancer treatment”Critical Reviews in Ïncolgy/Hematology, 42(3), 297-308 (2002)

  • Scorilas, A.; Plebani, M.; Mazza, S.; Brasso, D.; Soosaipillai, A.R.; Katsaros, N.; Pagano, F.; Diamandis, E.P. “Serum human glandular kallikrein (hK2) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) improve the discrimination between prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia in combination WithTotal and %free PSA”, Prostate, (2003), 54, 220-229.

  • Gelis, I.; Katsaros, N.; Luchinat, C.; Piccioli, M.; Poggi, L.; “A simple protocol to study blue copper proteins by NMR”, Eur. J. Biochem, (2003), 270, 600-609.

  • Papakyriakou, A.; Mouzopoulou, B.; Katsaros, N. “The solution structure of the Ga(III)-bleomycin A2 complex resolved by NMR and molecular modeling; interaction with d(CCAGGCCTGG)”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., (2003), 8, 549-559.

  • Papakyriakou, A.; Bratsos, I.; Katsaros, N. “Structural studies on metallobleomycins: The interaction of Pt(II) and Pd(II) with bleomycin”, J. Serb. Chem. Soc., (2003), 68, 339-348.

  • Bertini, I.; Gelis, I.; Katsaros, N.; Luchinat, C.; Provenzani, A. “Tuning the affinity for lanthanides of calcium binding proteins”, Biochem., (2003), 42, 8011-8021.

  • Talieri, M.; Diamandis, E.P.; Katsaros, N.; Gourgiotis, D.; Scorilas, A. “Expression of BCL2L12, a new member of apoptosis-related genes, in breast tumors, Thrombosis And Haemostasis, (2003), 89, 1081-1088.

  • Papakyriakou, A.; Katsaros, N. “NMR and molecular modelling studies on the solution structure of the In-III-bleomycin A2 complex”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., (2003), 3001-3006.

  • Floros, K.V.; Thomadaki, H.; Lallas, G.; Katsaros, N.; Talieri, M.; Scorilas, A. “Cisplatin-induced apoptosis in HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells - Differential expression of BCL2 and novel apoptosis-related gene BCL2L12”, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., (2003), 1010, 153-158.

  • Katsaros N., Katsarou M., Sovilj S.P., Babic-Samardzija K and Mitic D. M. “Biological Activity of Some Cobalt (II) and Molybdenum (VI) Complexes: in vitro Cytotoxicity”Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications (BCA) 193-207 (2004)

  • Bertini, I.; Del Bianco, C.; Gelis, I.; Katsaros, N.; Luchinat, C.; Parigi, G.; Peana, M.; Provenzani, A.; Zoroddu, M.A. “Experimentally exploring the conformational space sampled by domain reorientation in calmodulin”, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2004), 101, 6841-6846.

  • Babic-Samardzija, K.; Sovilj, S.P.; Katsaros, N. “Spectral assignments and molecular modeling of dinuclear cobalt(II) complexes with a bridged bidentate beta-diketone and a cyclic octaamine ligand”, J. Mol. Struct., (2004), 694, 165-171.

  • Papakyriakou, A.; Bratsos, I.; Katsarou, M.; Katsaros, N. “Preparation, structure determination and cytotoxicity of the Pd-II center dot bleomycin A2 complex”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., (2004), 3118-3126.

  • Anastassopoulou, I.; Banci, L.; Bertini, I.; Cantini, F.; Katsari, E.; Rosato, A. “Solution Structure of the Apo and Copper(I)-Loaded Human Metallochaperone HAH1.”, Biochemistry, (2004), ASAP Article.

  • Floros KV, Thomadaki H, Katsaros N, Talieri M, Scorilas A. mRNA expression analysis of a variety of apoptosis-related genes, including the novel gene of the BCL2-family, BCL2L12, in HL-60 leukemia cells after treatment with carboplatin and doxorubicin. Biol Chem. (2004) Nov; 385(11):1099-103.

  • Banci L, Bertini I, Ciofi-Baffoni S, Katsari E, Katsaros N, Kubicek K, Mangani S. A copper(I) protein possibly involved in the assembly of CuA center of bacterial cytochrome c oxidase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 15; 102(11):3994-9. Epub (2005) Mar 7.