Dr Stella Georgiadou

PhD

  • Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

Research groups and centres

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Background:

Stella was awarded an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Upon completion of her degree, she worked as an environmental impact engineer for the Regional Development Company. She was also awarded an MSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of Patras, Greece, where she worked as a Researcher and Teaching assistant for 3 years.

Stella conducted research for a PhD on Polymerisation processes at Loughborough University. On successful completion of her PhD in 2005 she joined PERA Innovation, UK, as a research proposal writer before taking up a 3-year postdoctoral research position at the department of Materials at Loughborough University. Stella held the post of Project Manager at Pera Innovation until 2010 when she was appointed as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Loughborough.

Professional affiliations

  • Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
  • Member of IChemE

Outline of main research interests:

  • pH-sensitive block co-polymer nano-particles / micelles for targeted drug delivery. Synthesis, micellisation, drug encapsulation and release.
  • Polymer nano-fibres by electrospinning for tissue engineering
  • Conductive polymer nanofibres for energy applications, hydrogen storage, and gas sensors
  • Nanoemulsion by low energy emulsification (phase inversion) methods.
  • Polymer nano-composites via in situ polymerisation

 

Selected publications

  1. Moutsatsou, P., Coopman, K., Georgiadou, S. (2017) Biocompatibility assessment of conducting PANI/chitosan nanofibers for wound healing applications. Polymers, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9120687
  2. Nabavi, S.A., Vladisavljević, G.T., Wicaksono, A., Georgiadou, S., Manović, V. (2017) Production of molecularly imprinted polymer particles with amide-decorated cavities for CO2 capture using membrane emulsification/suspension polymerisation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.05.033
  3. Nabavi, S.A., Vladisavljević, G.T., Eguagie, E.M., Li, B., Georgiadou, S., Manović, V. (2016) Production of spherical mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymer particles containing tunable amine decorated nanocavities with CO2 molecule recognition properties. Chemical Engineering Journal, 306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.07.054
  4. Katsogiannis, K.A.G., Vladisavljević, G.T., Georgiadou, S., Rahmani, R. (2016) Assessing the Increase in Specific Surface Area for Electrospun Fibrous Network due to Pore Induction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(42). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b09627
  5. Katsogiannis, K.A.G., Vladisavljević, G.T., Georgiadou, S. (2015) Porous electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) fibres by phase separation. European Polymer Journal, 69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.01.028
  6. Moutsatsou, P., Coopman, K., Smith, M.B., Georgiadou, S. (2015) Conductive PANI fibers and determining factors for the electrospinning window. Polymer, 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.08.039
  7. Casasola, R., Thomas, N.L., Trybala, A., Georgiadou, S. (2014) Electrospun poly lactic acid (PLA) fibres: Effect of different solvent systems on fibre morphology and diameter. Polymer, 55(18). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.032