During the final and celebratory session of the Academy of Athens at December 18th, 2025, Naya Stini (PhD student), Dr. Petros Gkizis and Dr. Iro Triandafillidi (postdoctoral researchers_ from the Professor’s Christoforos Kokotos research group (Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry) were awarded the «Hildegard-Zervas» award for their research in the field of Organic Chemistry.
The awarded research was published in 2025 in Chemistry-A European Journal and lies in the field of Photocatalysis. It focuses on the development of a light-triggered, cerium-based catalytic system for the C-H alkenylation and alkynylation of alkanes, using an indirect HAT-mediated photocatalytic protocol. The research paper can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404063