Anastasia Detsi

Director of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry ,National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Dr Anastasia Detsi is a Professor of Organic Chemistry (since 2021) at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.

She is currently the Director of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at the School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA. Since October 2024 she has been elected as the Chairwoman of the Supreme Chemical Council (General Chemical State Laboratory of Greece).

The research group of Prof. A. Detsi consists currently of 2 postdoctoral researchers and 10 graduate students (PhD candidates), of various scientific backgrounds (Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy). The group’s work is dedicated to innovative research based on Organic Chemistry and its applications on Green Chemistry and Technology, Green Nanotechnology and Medicinal Chemistry.

Prof. A. Detsi has published 130 research articles in peer reviewed journals (h index 35and more than 250 conference presentations. She has been the principal investigator or senior scientist in Greek and European research programs and has actively participated in 5 European COST Actions as Management Committee member. She has been a member of the Organizing and/or Scientific Committee of many National and International Conferences.

The innovative research of the group has led to the award of the special prize for Women Entrepreneurship at the 15th Competition of Innovation & Technology National Bank of Greece Business Seeds (2025), the 2nd prize at the at the 1st Green and Blue Innovation Competition “Innovate East “(2025) and the 1st prize at the Innovation Contest “Proof of Concept” by the Technology Transfer Office of NTUA (2023).

Prof. A. Detsi is the co-founder of GreenΔrasis, a spin off company of NTUA dedicated on the research and development of green solvents and materials to provide sustainable solutions to the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries.