ORCID 0000-0001-7845-8802    ResearcherID J-9511-2014    SCOPUS ID 24491975900

WORK ADDRESS
Archiepiskopou Kyprianou 30, Limassol 3036, Cyprus
Телефон: 00357 25002038
E-mail: melita.menelaou@cut.ac.cy

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Present – Special Teaching Staff, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol, Cyprus
2020 – Senior Researcher, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology; BUT - Brno University of Technology (CEITEC-BUT), Brno, Czechia
2017 – Research Associate, WPI-Advanced Institute of Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2015 – Project Research Manager, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2012 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2011 – Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2009 – PhD in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece
2004 – Diploma (5-year Bsc) in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece

PRESENT POSITION
2020 – Present – Special Teaching Staff, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol, Cyprus
2017 – 2020 – Senior Researcher, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology; BUT - Brno University of Technology (CEITEC-BUT), Brno, Czechia
2015 – 2017 – Research Associate, WPI-Advanced Institute of Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2012 – 2015 – Project Research Manager, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 – 2012 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2009 – 2011 – Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2004 – 2009 – PhD in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece
1998 – 2004 – Diploma (5-year Bsc) in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Synthesis and characterization of advanced materials
• Spectroscopic and magnetic properties of materials
• Nanostructured materials with biomedical and technological interest

TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL 
Currently in charge of 1 PhD candidate and took part in the training of 10 undergraduate students in chemistry and chemical engineering.

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS
1) Seal of Excellence - Certificate delivered by the European Commission - the institution managing Horizon 2020, the EU framework programme for research & innovation 2014-2020 [Horizon 2020’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call H2020-MSCA-IF-2017] (2018)
2) Staff Teaching Mobility - Awarded by Erasmus+ to teach the course “Advanced Materials - From the Nano to the Bulk” [Faculty of Applied Chemistry & Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania] (2018)
3) Nature Chemistry News & Views - Work was highlighted in a “News & Views” article by Roser Valenti & Stephen M. Winter entitled “Synthesis successes“, Nature Chemistry [Springer Nature] (2017)
4) AIMR Overseas Dispatch Program for Young Researchers - Awarded by WPI-Advanced Institute of Materials Research to travel and perform experiments in the specialized center ISIS Neutron and Muon Source which is based at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire (UK) [Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan] (2016)
5) Mobility of Researchers - Awarded by the National Scholarship Programme, [Bratislava, Slovak Republic] (2012)
6) Scholarship of Excellence for Postdoctorate Researchers - Awarded by the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [Thessaloniki, Greece] (2012)
7) Poster Price Award - Awarded by the 5th EuChemS (European Chemical Society) Conference on Nitrogen Ligands [Granada, Spain] (2011)

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS
2021 – present – Special Guest Editor – Special Issue: Aerogel Hybrids & Nanocomposites
Journal: Gels (MPDI)
2019 – present – Editorial Board Member of the SCIREA Journal of Chemistry [Science Research Association]
2019 – present – Editorial Board Member of the SCIREA Journal of Materials [Science Research Association]
2019 – present – Editorial Board Member of the SCIREA Journal of Physics [Science Research Association]
2018 – present – Editorial Board Member of the Science Journal of Chemistry [Science Publishing Group]

TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS: 
More than 45 scientific and conference articles

MAIN PUBLICATIONS
1. K. Giannousi, M. Menelaou, J. Arvanitidis, M. Angelakeris, A. Pantazaki and C. Dendrinou-Samara (2015). “Hetero-nanocomposites of magnetic and antifungal nanoparticles as a platform for magnetomechanical stress induction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, 53412-5351.
2. R. Díaz-Torres, M. Menelaou, A. Sorrenti, G. Brandariz-de Pedro, E. C. Sañudo, O. Roubeau, S. J. Teat, J. Fraxedas, E. Ruiz and N. Aliaga-Alcalde (2016). “Multiscale study of mononuclear CoII SMMs based on curcuminoid ligands”. Chemical Science, 7, 2793-2803.
3. Y. Takabayashi, M. Menelaou, H. Tamura, N. Takemori, T. Koretsune, A. Štefančič, G. Klupp, A. J. C. Burma, Y. Nomura, R. Aria, D. Arson, M. J. Rosseinsky and K. Prassides (2017). “π-electron S = ½ quantum spin-liquid state in an ionic polyaromatic hydrocarbon”. Nature Chemistry, 9, 635-643.
4. J. Torres-Rodríguez, J. Kalmár, M. Menelaou, L. Čelko, K. Dvořak, J. Cihlář, J. Jr Cihlař, J. Kaiser, E. Győri, P. Veres, I. Fábián and I. Lázár (2019). “Heat treatment induced phase transformations in zirconia and yttria-stabilized zirconia monolithic aerogels”. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 149, 54-63.
5. J. Torres-Rodríguez, V. Gutierrez-Cano, M. Menelaou, J. Kastyl, J. Cihlář, S. Tkachenko, J. A. González, J. Kalmár, I. Fábián, I. Lázár, L. Čelko, J. Kaiser (2019). “Rare-earth zirconate Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln: La, Nd, Gd and Dy) powders, xerogels and aerogels: preparation, structure and properties”. Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 21, 14467-14477.
6. M. Remesova, S. Tkachenko, D. Kvarda, I. Ročňáková, B. Gollas, M. Menelaou, L. Čelko, J. Kaiser (2020). “Effects of anodizing conditions and the addition of Al2O3/PTFE particles on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of porous anodic coatings on the AA1050 aluminium alloy”. Applied Surface Science, 513, 145780 (9 pages).
7. S. Matsia, M. Menelaou, A. Hatzidimitriou, V. Tangoulis, N. Lalioti, N. Ioannidis, L. Blömer, B. Kersting, A. Salifoglou (2020). “Temperature-sensitive cobalt-iminodialcohol-(N,N’-aromatic chelator) cluster structural speciation correlations with lattice architecture, magnetic and spectrochemical properties”. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2919-2940.