**Ioannis D. Kostas**

Ioannis D. Kostas has a Degree in Chemistry (Uni. Thessaloniki, 1986) and a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry with C.G Screttas (Uni. Athens, 1991), and worked as a post-doc at the Vrije Universiteit/Amsterdam (1994–1995) with F. Bickelhaupt and at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung/M ¨ ulheim a.d. Ruhr (1995–1996) with M.T. Reetz. In 1996, he jointed the ¨ National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens as a Researcher, in which he has been the "Research Director" since 2007. Since 2015, he has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Thessaly. His research interests are focused on transition metal homogeneous catalysis and also the organic synthesis of bioactive compounds. He is pioneer in the use of thiosemicarbazones as ligands in Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions and also metalloporphyrins as catalysts in the Suzuki reaction and the hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes. He has been a coordinator or participant in 21 EU and National competitive programs.
