Nikos Hadjichristidis, PhD

Professor Nikos Hadjichristidis, PhD University of Athens Chemistry Panepistimiopolis Zografou Athens Greece 15771 Email: hadjichristidis@chem.uoa.gr Biographical Sketch: Nikos Hadjichristidis obtained his BSc at the University of Athens, Greece, his PhD at the University of Liege, Belgium, and his DSc at the University of Athens. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Liege, the NRC of Canada and the university of Akron. He has been the Director of Industrial Chemistry Laboratory since 1994 and the Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1991–1995, 1999-2003 and 2005-2009)of the University of Athens . He has supervised, until now, 45 Ph.D. and 55 Masters’ theses. He received the International Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ, 2007), the ACS PMSE Cooperative Research Award (2010) and the ACS Rubber Division Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award. He has dedicated his career primarily to the synthesis of model polymers and has published more than 390 papers and 23 reviews in refereed scientific journals, 6 patents and four books.