Paul Cordopatis (1947-2014)

Cordopatis was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products.

Paul Cordopatis (1947-2014) Cordopatis was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products.

Academic Education Appointments: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Patras, University Diploma (1971); Doctoral Diploma (1976, Thesis Preceptor, Professor D. Theodoropoulos); Habilitation in Peptide Chemistry (1981). Professional Training and Academic Appointments: In 1974 he was appointed to the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Patras as Research and Teaching Assistant; Senior Research and Teaching Assistant (1976); In 1977 he joined the group of Biological Chemistry at the University of Mons/Belgium (Prof. J. Dirkx, Dr. J. Brison) and then the group of Dr. S. Fermandjian at the Department of Biochemistry of CEN Saclay/France (1979) where he worked as Research Fellow; In the Faculty of Chemistry/University of Patras he occupied successively posts of Privat Docent (1981), Assistant Professor (1982) and Associate Professor (1986); Visiting Scientist to Basel Institute for Immunology/Switzerland (1987); In 1988 he was appointed to the School of Pharmacy/University of Patras as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products (Unit of Synthetic Peptides); Head, Faculty of Pharmacy and Senator, University of Patras (1993-2003, 2007-2011).

Other Activities: Communication Officer, Executive Committee of the European Peptide Society; Member, Executive and Research Committee of the Hellenic Open University; Member, National Organization for Medicines/Pharmacopoeia Section; Member, National Chemical Council; Member, Bioethics Commission, Ministry of Development; Secretary Gen., "Leonidas Zervas" Foundation Council; Founding member of the Hellenic Peptide Society. Representative, COST Action of the E.U; Member of several scientific societies, councils and committees; Chairman, Committee of the University of Patras Central Library; Editor, "The European Peptide Society Newsletter"; He was Editorial Advisor to the "Journal of Peptide Science", "Ars Pharmaceutica" and to several national Journals (Pharmakeftiki, Pharmaceutical Chronicles, Medicum, Hellenic Medical and Pharmaceutical Review, Med. Reviews, Bio, Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics); He was the Chairman of the biennial International Conference "Hellenic Forum on Bioactive Peptides" which, since 1996, was organized in Patras under the auspices of the European Peptide Society and the "Leonidas Zervas" Foundation. Honorary Chairman, 32nd European Peptide Symposium, Athens 2012; Participation in 120 international and national conferences; Editor, author or co-author of 10 books and 400 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings and 270 articles in national journals and books, in the field of design, synthesis and structure – activity relationships of bioactive peptides.