Assistant Professor

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Web Page: https://www.chem.upatras.gr/faculty/alexandropoulos

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Curriculum Vitae

Academic Development:

• September 2006 - June 2010:Sc. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
• September 2010 - June 2012:Sc. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
• September 2012 - June 2016:D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
• May 2016 - November 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
• January 2019 - July 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
• September 2022 - July 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, University Avenue 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
• July 2024 - Present: Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.

Awards:

• Ontario Trillium Scholarship, Brock University, Canada, 2012-2015 (Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship)
• Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Brock University, Canada, 2016
• Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Award, Brock University, Canada, 2013
• VP Research Award, Brock University, Canada, 2012
• Vandenhoff Entrance Scholarship, Brock University, Canada, 2012

Courses

Undergraduate

• General Chemistry

Research Activities

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My research interests focus on the broad field of Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, with an emphasis on the chemistry of complex compounds of transition metal ions from the first and second transition series and lanthanides.

Research Topics:

1. Synthesis and magnetic characterization of homo- and heterometallic (3d/4f) complexes of transition metal and/or lanthanide ions bearing organic radicals as bridging ligands.
2. Synthesis and structural characterization of heterometallic lanthanide (4f-4f') complexes for applications in magnetic and thermal sensors.
3. Synthesis and characterization of oligomeric structures of porphyrins and transition metal or lanthanide ions with an emphasis on studying their magnetic and electronic properties.
4. Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis, structure, characterization, and properties (magnetic and catalytic).

Representative Publications

•  W. Fupeng; J. Ma; F. Lombardi; Y. Fu; F. Liu; Z. Huang; R. Liu; H. Komber; D. I. Alexandropoulos; E. Dmitrieva; T. G. Lohr; N. Israel; A. A. Popov; J. Liu; L Bogani; X. Feng. “Benzo-Extended Cyclohepta[def]fluorene Derivatives with Very Low-Lying Triplet States” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202170.
• J. M. Van Raden; D. I. Alexandropoulos; M. Slota; S. Sopp; T. Matsuno; A. L. Thompson; H. Isobe; H. L. Anderson; L. Bogani “Singly and Triply Linked Magnetic Porphyrin Lanthanide Arrays” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8693-8706.
• F. Lombardi; J. Ma; D. I. Alexandropoulos; H. Komber; J. Liu; W. K. Myers; X. Feng; L. Bogani “Synthetic tuning of the quantum properties of open-shell radicaloids” Chem Cell Press 2021, 7, 1363-1378.
• D. I. Alexandropoulos; K. R. Vignesh; H. Xie; K. R. Dunbar “Quinoxaline radical-bridged transition metal complexes with very strong antiferromagnetic coupling” Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 9122-9125.
• D. I. Alexandropoulos; B. Dolinar; H. Xie; K. R. Vignesh; K. R. Dunbar “Co8 metallacycle stabilized by double anion–π interactions” Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 12356-12359.
• D. I. Alexandropoulos; K. R. Vignesh; Th. C. Stamatatos; K. R. Dunbar “Rare “Janus”-faced {FeII7} single-molecule magnet exhibiting intramolecular ferromagnetic interactions” Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1626-1633.
• B. S. Dolinar; D. I. Alexandropoulos; K. R. Vignesh; T. James; K. R. Dunbar “Lanthanide Triangles Supported by Radical Bridging Ligands” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 908-911.
• D. I. Alexandropoulos; K. A. Schulte; K. R. Vignesh; Kim R. Dunbar “Slow magnetic dynamics in a family of mononuclear lanthanide complexes exhibiting the rare cubic coordination geometry” Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 10136-10139.
• P. Abbasi; K. Quinn; D. I. Alexandropoulos; M. Damjanović; W. Wernsdorfer; A. Escuer; J. Mayans; M. Pilkington; Th. C. Stamatatos “Transition Metal Single-Molecule Magnets: A {Mn31} Nanosized Cluster with a Large Energy Barrier of ∼60 K and Magnetic Hysteresis at ∼5 K” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15644-15647.
• D. I. Alexandropoulos; B. S. Dolinar; K. R. Vignesh; K. R. Dunbar “Putting a New Spin on Supramolecular Metallacycles: Co3 Triangle and Co4 Square Bearing Tetrazine-Based Radicals as Bridges” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11040-11043.