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Paul Cordopatis

Paul Cordopatis served the School of Pharmacy since its establishment and has taught all of its graduates and students. He served till his last days as Chairman of the School for nearly 14 years, during hard times, with few faculty members and scattered labs in the prefabricated bulidings of the University. He devoted much energy and effort to the establishment of a modern leading Department with high academic standards. His dream of a modern building hosting the School became a reality in 2014, thanks to a large extend to his long and persistent efforts.

Paul Cordopatis was one of the most active members of the European Peptide Society (EPS). He was a member of the Executive Committee, Communication Officer and Editor of the EPS Newsletter from 2003 to 2014. He organised the Hellenic Forum of Bioactive Peptides in Patras since 1996 and every two years. Furthermore, he pioneered the establishment of Hellenic Peptide Community.

He founded the Department of Pharmacognosy & Chemistry of Natural Products; officially in 1995 (Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic 38/22.02.95). Through personal efforts, he achieved funding via successful participation in national and international competitive programs and created the Unit of Synthetic Peptides with the essential infrastructure for the promotion of the basic and mainly applied research on bioactive peptides of pharmaceutical importance. Under his direction for many years, this Department became a craddle of multidisciplinary research and education which we nowadays serve and enjoy.

In this page we present his CV and all articles and events about him as a tribute to this lifelong contribution and in order to keep his memory alive.

Paul Cordopatis

Obituaries and dedicated articles

Commemorations at Meetings​