Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology

Full CV

Education

• Bachelor of Sciences | Chemistry Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Master of Sciences | Analytical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Master of Sciences | Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business
• Doctor of Philosophy | Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Teaching

Undergraduate courses/labs

• Co-teaching the undergraduate course "Pharmaceutical Technology II" (7th semester), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the undergraduate course "Pharmaceutical Technology III" (8th semester), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the course "NANOMEDICINE" in the English-language Undergraduate Program of the Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the course "Pharmaceutical Formulation Design" (8th semester), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the tutorial in the Laboratory Exercises of Pharmaceutical Technology (4th year), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching in the laboratory course "Introduction to Laboratory Practice" (1st semester), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the Laboratory Exercises of Pharmaceutical Technology (4th year), Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Participation in the undergraduate elective course "Nanomedicine", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  

Graduate courses/labs

• Co-teaching the course "Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology – Design and Development of Pharmaceutical Forms" in the MSc Program in "Industrial Pharmacy", Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the course "Quality Control, Assurance, and Design" in the MSc Program in "Industrial Pharmacy", Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Assigned to coordinate and teach the course "Lesson 4: Basic Principles of Pharmacology and Biotechnology" (20 hours) in the MSc Program "Development of New Medicines: Research, Circulation, and Access", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Co-teaching the course "Clinical Pharmacology I / Pathology-Pathophysiology I" in the MSc Program in "Clinical Pharmacy", Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
• Co-teaching the course "Clinical Pharmacology II / Pathology-Pathophysiology II" in the MSc Program in "Clinical Pharmacy", Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Research topics

• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Design and development of drug delivery systems
• Physicochemical and Thermodynamic  characterization of medicines, excipients and nanomaterials

Distinctions

• International Award L’ OREAL-UNESCO for “Women in Science” 2021, Athens 15 April 2021
• International Association of Advanced Materials  (IAAM) Young Scientist Award (IAAM/AL-18/07-20) Urlika, Sweden
• Participation in 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting from 24 to 29 June 2018 in Lindau, Germany
• International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal (IAAM Scientist medal) for the year 2016” due to notable and outstanding contribution in the field of "Advanced Materials Science and Technology". Award ceremony of European Advanced Materials Congress 2016 on 24th August 2016 at Seaside Auditorium, M/S Mariella, Viking Line Cruise, Stockholm, Sweden.
• IKY Scholarships for postdoctoral research (10/2015 – 8/2016 and 1/2020 – 12/2021)

Recent publications

• A fluorophore-conjugated reagent enabling rapid detection, isolation and live tracking of senescent cells. Magkouta S., Veroutis, D., Pousias, A., Papaspyropoulos, A., Pippa N., Lougiakis, N., Kambas, K., Lagopati, N., Polyzou, A., Geogiou M., Chountoulesi, M., Pispas, S., Foutadakis, S., Pouli, N., Marakos, P., Kotsinas,A., Verginis, P., Valakos, D., Mizi, A., Papantonis, A., Vatsellas,G.,  Galanos,P.,Bartek, J., Retty, R., Manuel, S., Thanks, D., Roussos, C., Demaria, M., Evangelou, K., Georgoulis, V.G., Molecular Cell, 83(19), 2023, 3558-3573.e7.
• Fabricating hybrid DSPC:DOPC:P(OEGMA-co-LMA) structures: self-assemblt as the mile stone of their performance. E. Traintafyllopoulou, D. Selianitis, A. Valafouti, N. Lagopati, M. Gazouli, G. Valsami, S. Pispas, N. Pippa*, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 684, 2024, 133015.
• Deciphering the lipid-random copolymer interactions and encoding their properties to design a hybrid system. E. Triantafyllopoulou, A. Forys, D.R. Perinelli, A. Balafouti, M. Karayianni, B. Trzebicka, G. Bonacucina, G. Valsami, N. Pippa*, S. Pispas, Langmuir, 40(23), 2024, 11936-1194611.
• Unveiling the performance of co-assembled hydbrid nanocarriers: moving towards the formation of a multifunctional lipid/random copolymer nanoplatform. E. Triantafyllopoulou, D.R. Perinelli, A. Forys , P. Pantelis, V.G. Gorgoulis, N. Lagopati, B. Trzebicka, G. Bonacucina, G. Valsami, N. Pippa*, S. Pispas, Pharmaceutics 2024, 16,1204. 
• Chemotherapeutic drug delivery nanoplatform development: from physicochemical topreclinical evaluation. O. Kontogiannis, D. Selianitis, K. Palikara, N. Pippa, S.Pispas, E. Efstathopoulos, M.Gazouli. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25,  11520.

Books

• Functional Materials in Biomedical Applications. Functional Materials in Biomedical Applications. Editors: C. Demetzos, N. Pippa, N. Naziris, Publisher  Jenny Standford Publishing ISBN 978-100341146-8, 978-981496865-2, DOI: 10.1201/9781003411468
•  From current to future trends in pharmaceutical technology. Editors: N. Pippa, C. Demetzos, M. Chountoulesi. Elsevier Inc., eBook ISBN: 9780323914390

Contact

Section of Pharmaceutical Technology
Department of Pharmacy
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Panepistimiopolis, 157 84
Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30(210) 7274445
e-mail: vertzoni@pharm.uoa.gr