1993-1997 Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
1998-2000 Master in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
2003 PhD in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
2005 Postdoctoral fellow at the Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattivita (I.S.O.F.),
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (C.N.R.), Bologna
SCHOLARSHIPS
1993-1995 National Fellowship Foundation (?.?.?.) Award for academic excellence
1994-1995 Fellow of Ministry of Marine Award for academic excellence
1997-1998 ational Fellowship Foundation (?.?.?.) Award (ranked 1st of all graduates in the first year of graduated studies)
1998-2000 ?P???? fellowship «Isolation and Synthesis of Natural Products with Biological Activity»
2000-2002 ‘Platon’ Greek-French research fellowship
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Adam, W.; Bottke, N.; Krebs, O.; Lykakis, I. N.; Orfanopoulos, M.; Stratakis, M.
“Ene Reaction of Singlet Oxygen, Triazolinedione, and Nitrosoarene with Chiral Deuterium-Labeled Allylic Alcohols: The Interdependence of Diastereoselectivity and Regioselectivity Discloses Mechanistic Insights into the Hydroxy-Group Directivity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14403-14409
Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos M.; Tanielian, C.
“Decatungstate Photocatalyzed Oxidation of Aryl Alkanols. Electron Transfer or Hydrogen Abstraction Mechanism?”, Org. Lett.2003, 5, 2875-2878
Lykakis I. N.; Lestakis, S.; Orfanopoulos, M.
“9,10-Dicyanoanthracene Photosensitized Oxidation of aryl alkanols: evidence of an electron transfer mechanism”, Tetrahedron Lett.2003, 44, 6247-6251
Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos, M.
“Lone Selectivity of the Decatungstate-Sensitized Photooxidation of 1-Substituted Cycloalkenes”, Synlett2004, 2131-2134
Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos, M.
“Photooxidation of aryl alkanes by a decatungstate / triethylsilane system in the presence of molecular oxygen”, Tetrahedron Lett.2004, 45, 7645-7649
Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos, M.
“Deuterium kinetic isotope effects in homogeneous decatungstate catalyzed photooxygenation of 1,1-diphenylethane and 9-methyl-9H-fluorene: evidence for a hydrogen abstraction mechanism”, Tetrahedron Lett.2005, 46, 7835-7839
ATTENDED CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS
1999 Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos M. “Comparison of stereoselectivity in oxidation of allylic alcohols with decatungstate catalyst and molecular oxygen” (poster),1st Greece conference of ???F? “Dimokritos” Athens, Greece
2002 Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos M. “Homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of aryl alkanols with decatungstate as a catalyst.” (poster), 19th Greek conference of Chemistry, Iraklion Crete, Greece
2003 Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos M. “Decatungstate Photocatalyzed Oxygenation of Aryl Alkanol. Electron Transfer or Hydrogen Abstraction Mechanism?” (poster), XVth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Lykakis I. N.; Orfanopoulos M. “Decatungstate Catalyzed Photooxygenation of Tetrasubstituted Alkenes: Intramolecular and Intermolecular Kinetic Isotope Effects.” (poster) 10th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR 10), University of Rome, Italy
SPECIALIZATION
Free radical reactions in organic chemistry
Mechanistic studies and product analysis of the polyoxometalate catalyzed photooxidations of organic molecules.
