Costas Demetzos
Professor in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Department of Pharmacy,
Director of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens,
President of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society (HPS),
Ordinary member in class IV-Natural Sciences, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Full Bio
Director of the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and since 2008 he serves as President of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society (HPS). His research interest is primarily on Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, and he published a monograph entitled ‘Modern Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology’, Ed. Parisianou S.A, in 2022, which includes the new trends in modern therapeutics. He has been awarded national and international patents, that have nanotechnological drug delivery systems, as their main object. He teaches in the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Medicine of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, the courses of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and nano-Pharmacology, respectively, on undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has gained awards and honors for his contribution to the science of biomaterials and of pharmaceutical nanotechnology. He is the author of university notes, textbooks, and monographs and his monograph entitled ‘The voice of Science, the Silence of Nature’, Ed. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2021, has been published in seven (7) international languages. He was an elected member of the ExCo of EUFEPS (Network Coordinator) (2013-2016). At present, he is a member of the International Advisory Committee for Alzheimer’s disease (2019 – present), and of the Hellenic Initiative Against Alzheimer Disease (HIAAD) (2019- present). In 2018, was honored with an award by the Order of Sciences of the Academy of Athens for his scientific achievements in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. In 2021, Prof. Demetzos has been elected as Ordinary member in Class IV-Natural Sciences of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Academia Scientiarium et Artium Europaea). Since 2023 he acts as Associate Editor on the prestigious Journal of Liposome Research (Tayror & Francis).
http://demetzoslab.gr/; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9771-4314
http://linkedin.com/in/costas-demetzos-76a651203Lecture Summary
Complexity at micro and nanoscale. The comimg era in colloidal sciences
Complex systems are defined as those containing many interdependent constitutes which interact nonlinearly (1). Nanotechnology is an attractive scientific field in colloidal science that provides innovative formulation in food and food supplements. More specifically, nanotechnology exhibits a tremendous potential for improving the bioavailability of food supplements, nanoscaled formulations are being prepared and they are used to protect the products from degradation. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with nanotechnology will facilitate and optimize the development of nanomaterials and nanostructures, affecting several scientific fields and leading to a broad range of applications. The beauty of complex micro and nanoparticles and their lyotropic properties (i.e., different organization of molecules in the bulk formulation) relate to their morphological characteristics and follow the order of the natural harmony. Ref. (1). ‘Non extensive entropy. Interdisciplinary applications’, Ed. M. Gell-Mann and C. Tsallis, Santa Fe Institute, Studies in the Science of Complexity, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 377.