Assistant Professor of Instrumental Analysis and Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of General Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FEK, Γ 1426, 25.06.2021).
Postdoctoral research:
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego (UCSD), July 2014 - August 2014, December 2014 - February 2015, May 2016 - July 2016.
Department of Chemistry, NKUA 2014-2021
Awards:
Hildegard widow “Leonidas Zervas” award, the Academy of Athens 2018.
Award from the National Council of Greek Women 2019.
Award 2023 L’ Oréal-UNESCO For women in science (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Pu0bL4__bTk)
World Ranking 2% of the Top Scientists throughout the world (2021)
Guest Editor in Special Issue "Cutting-Edge Research on the Analysis of Small Biomolecules in Foods, Plants, and Biological Samples", Biomolecules.
Guest Editor στο Special Issue "Cutting-Edge Research on the Analysis of Small Biomolecules in Foods, Plants, and Biological Samples Volume II", Biomolecules. 2024
Co-Editor in Current Pharmaceutical and Analysis
Past Positions
Adjunct Assistant Professor for teaching (ΠΔ 407/80), Laboratory of General Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (2019-2020, 2017-2018, 2016-2017).
Adjunct Professor for teaching Chemistry, Fire Academy of Athens, Greece (2017-2018, 2016-2017).
Academic fellow for teaching Chemistry, Department of Preservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, University of West Attica, Greece (2018-2019).
Academic fellow Department of Chemistry, NKUA (2018-2019) and Laboratory of General Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens (2020-2021).
Research Interests
a) Development of new methods for qualitative and quantitative determination of organic compounds and lipid analysis by liquid chromatography combined with modern techniques, such as mass spectrometry. Applications in the study of natural and non-natural components of food and biological fluids (eg milk, royal jelly, vegetables, serum, cell cultures). Targeted and non-targeted analysis.
b) Structure elucidation of organic compounds and study of organic reactions mechanisms by mass spectrometry - high resolution HRMS and MS/MS analysis through the fragmentation of organic compounds.
c) Study of organic compounds as inhibitors of enzyme activity and stability studies with LC-MS in plasma - pharmacokinetics.
Research programs
IKY Postdoc fellowship “Development of novel phospholipase A2 inhibitors and study of their action as candidates for new anti-inflammatory drugs using lipidomic methods”, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) (2016-050-0503-7359, April 2017- April 2019).
IKY Postdoc fellowship “High resolution mass spectrometry as a tool for understanding organic reactions mechanisms”, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) (2019-050-0503-18301, 2020-28 June 2021).
Publications
Publications in International Journals (Article): 57
Conference Papers: 63
Recent publications
«GC-MS, FTIR and Raman analysis of fatty acids of Pistacia vera (Greek variety “Aegina”) oils from two consecutive harvest periods and their chemometric differentiation», L. Valasi, M. G. Kokotou, C. Pappas, Food Res. Int., 2021, 148, 110590. (impact factor: 7.10)
«Nuclear receptor NR5A2 negatively regulates cell proliferation and tumor growth in nervous system malignancies», D. Gkikas, D. Stellas, A. Polissidis, T. Manolakou, M. G. Kokotou, G. Kokotos, P. K. Politis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (PNAS), 2021, 118, 39. e2015243118. (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015243118) (impact factor: 11.20)
«Long-term oral administration of Corinthian currants (Vitis Vinifera L., var. Apyrena) results in detection of polar phenols in rat brain tissue: regional tissue distribution and insights on the factors affecting brain polar phenol analysis», P. B. Vasilakopoulou, Ε. Fanarioti, M. Tsaroushi, M. G. Kokotou, C. R. Dermon, V. T. Karathanos, A. Chiou, Food Chemistry, 2022, 390, 133131. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133131) (impact factor: 7.51)
«Chemical composition of the essential oils of three popular Sideritis species cultivated in Greece using GC-MS analysis», E. H. Kaparakou, D. Daferera, C. D. Kanakis, E. Skotti, M. G. Kokotou, P. Tarantilis, Biomolecules, 2023, 13, 1157. impact factor: 5.5)
«Free Fatty Acid Determination in Broccoli Tissues using Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry», C. Mantzourani, I. Mesimeri, M. G. Kokotou*,Molecules, 2024, 29, 754. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29040754 (impact factor: 4.6)
