LADA Zoi

2019: PhD in Chemistry, FORTH/ICE-HT & Department of Chemistry, University of  Patras, Greece

2014: M.Sc in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece, Thematic Area: “Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology”

2012: BSc. in Chemistry, University of Patras, Greece

• Synthesis and Engineering of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Architectures for Environmental and Energy Applications
• Advanced Materials Based on Spin Crossover (SCO) Phenomenon
• Inorganic Functional Polymeric Hybrid Materials
• Synthesis of Coordination Complexes with Antiproliferative Activity against Human Cancer Cells
• Synthesis and Exploration of Water-Soluble Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Applications in Photocatalysis and Agriculture
• Raman Characterization and Observation of Phase Transition Phenomena under Normal and Extreme Conditions

2024- to date: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras

2023-2024: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University College Dublin, School of Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland

2019-2023: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology (ICE-HT/FORTH), Greece, Laboratory of Applied Molecular Spectroscopy

2021- 2024:

• Adjunct Professor of the courses “Organometallic Chemistry and Mechanisms of Inorganic Chemistry Reactions”, “Bioinorganic Chemistry” and “Science Education”
• Visiting Researcher:

1) University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

2) Queen’s University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Belfast, UK

3) Department of Physics, Florida State University, USA

Early-Carrer Investigator: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal Research (CRPP), Early Career Investigator, ΜOLSPIN Cost Action, France

2023: 1^st Prize Award in the category “ESG, Environment Technology” of the Bootcamp Match & Develop a startup Patras 4.0, 2023, NBG Business Seeds, initiative of National Bank of Greece (Title: “Novel Approaches Towards Smart Food Packaging Materials

2014 – 2019: Fellowship for PhD Studies from FORTH/ICE-HT

2013: Scholarship from Greek State Scholarship Foundation (Ι.Κ.Υ)/ ESF, NSRF

2008: Scholarship from GRNET (among the best students entered the Chemistry Department)

Distinctions in publications

2024: Front page, Cover, K.N. Pantelis et al., “Hexanuclear {ZnII4FeIII2} and {ZnII4CrIII2} complexes from the use of potentially tetradentate NOO’O’’ Schiff-base ligands”, New J. Chem., 2024, 48, 11221-11232

2023: Editor’s Choice list of publications, Z.G. Lada et al., “Tuning the Spin-Crossover Behaviour in Fe(II) Polymeric Composites towards Food Packaging Applications” Special Issue “Molecular Spin Crossover Materials: Recent Trends, Emerging Properties and Applications”, Magnetochemistry, 2022, 8(2), 16

2022: Front page, title story, 1. Z.G. Lada, “Investigation of Spin-Crossover Systems by Raman Spectroscopy: A Critical Review on the Assets and the Bottlenecks”, Special Issue “Molecular Spin Crossover Materials: Recent Trends, Emerging Properties and Applications”, Magnetochemistry, 2022, Review, 8(9), 108, 2. Z.G. Lada et al., “Tuning the Spin-Crossover Behaviour in Fe(II) Polymeric Composites towards Food Packaging Applications” Special Issue “Molecular Spin Crossover Materials: Recent Trends, Emerging Properties and Applications”, Magnetochemistry, 2022, 8(2), 16, 3. 28.

Participation in 15 R&D EU, USA and Nationally funded projects. Representatives are as follows:

2021 – 2024: Involvement as Co-WP leader, H2020-GREEN DEAL- LC-GD-8-1-2020 (RIA), 12 M€, Strategies for health protection, pollution Control and Elimination of Next generAtion RefractIve Organic chemicals from the Soil, vadose zone and water- SCENARIOS

2024: US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme, 13.5 M€, Molecular Magnetoelectric Materials

2024: Involvement as PI, “Ideas Incubator” funded by the framework of the Innovative Entrepreneurship Observatory of the Region of Crete, 3 k€, Novel food packaging materials

2023: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), 1.01 M€, Optical and Magnetic Integration of Surface Molecules-OptiMISM

2018 – 2021: Operational Programme “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014-2020)- GSRT, 803 k€, Development of Surface Coating Processes in Cotton Yarns/Fabrics for Single Stage Dyeing with Reduced Environmental Impact – Chromasurf

Co-author of 44 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 1 book chapter, 1 monograph

53 presentations in international/national scientific conferences and workshops (10 as invited speaker)

• 9^th International Conference on Phase Transition and Dynamical Properties of Spin Transition Materials 2025, 25-29 May 2025, Dublin, Ireland
• 12^th North America, Greece and Cyprus Workshop on Paramagnetic Materials 2026, 11–15 May, 2026, Kefalonia, Greece
• 1^st Workshop of Post-Graduate Students of the Chemistry Department, University of Patras, 3 October 2026, Patras, Greece

• Member of Cost Action CA22147 – European metal-organic framework network: combining research and development to promote technological solutions (EU4MOFs)
• Member of Royal Chemical Society (RSC)
• Member of Association of Greek Chemists

2024- to date

BSc level

• Experimental Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Chemistry for Physics, Department of Physics

MSc level

• MSc, Chemistry and Materials Technology with Applications in Industry, Energy, and the Environment, post-graduate level

Courses in:

• MOFs applications
• IR spectroscopy
• X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

2021- 2024

Adjunct Professor

• Organometallic Chemistry and Mechanisms of Inorganic Chemistry Reactions
• Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Science Education

• Editorial Board Member: Frontiers in Chemistry
• Topical Advisory Panel Member: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• Guest Editor: In the Special Issues of

1. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
2. Inorganica Chimica Acta
3. International Journal of Molecular Sciences
4. Polymers
5. Chemistry
6. Magnetochemistry

Book Chapters

Z.G. Lada, E. Katsoulakou and S. P. Perlepes, “Synthesis and Chemistry of Single-molecule Magnets”, in Single-Molecule Magnets: Molecular Architectures and Building Blocks for Spintronics, ed. Malgorzata Holynska, Wiley-VCH, New York, 2018, Print ISBN: 978-3-527-34321-8

1. I.Th. Papageorgiou, G.N. Mathioudakis and Z.G. Lada, “Influence of ZIF8 Architecture on Mass Transfer and Surface Accessibility for Organic Pollutant Removal from Water”, Separation and Purification Technology, 2026, accepted
2. I.Th. Papageorgiou, G.N. Mathioudakis, F. Adami, G.G. Morgan, M. Drosinou, Z. Piperigkou, G.A. Voyiatzis and Z. G Lada “Synergistic Integration of Spin Crossover and Zinc Oxide in Transparent Films for Active Intelligent Packaging”, Polymers 2026, 18(4), 461
3. Y. Zhang, Z.G. Lada, W. Aljuhani, Y. Lu, C. Li, Y. Xu, G.G. Morgan and S.E.J. Bell, “Plasmonically enhanced Fe (ii) coordination complexes allow SERS readout of spin state switching below the optical diffraction limit”, Chemical Science, Advance Article, 2026
4. A.C Patsidis, I.Th. Papageorgiou and Z.G. Lada, “Synthesis and Integration of an Fe (II) Coordination Compound into Green Resin Matrices for Multifunctional Dielectric, Piezoelectric, Energy Harvesting, and Storage Applications”, Polymers 2025, 17(18), 2509
5. G.N. Mathioudakis, G. Kaldiris, S. Felton, G.G. Morgan, G.A. Voyiatzis and Z.G Lada, “Polymer Mediated Control and Migration Effects in Spin-Crossover-Polymer Hybrids Towards Tunable Thermal Sensing Applications”, Polymers 2025, 17(23), 3226
6. Ch. Stamou, Ch. Gourdoupi, P. Dechambenoit, D. Papaioannou, Z. Piperigkou and Z.G. Lada, “Antiproliferative activity of an organometallic Sn(IV) coordination compound based on 1-methylbenzotriazole against human cancer cell lines”, Chemistry, 2024, 6(5), 1189-1200
7. Z.G. Lada, G.N. Mathioudakis, A. Soto Beobide, K.S. Andrikopoulos and G.A. Voyiatzis, “Generic method for the detection of short and long chain PFAS extended at very low detection limits via Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, SERS”, Chemosphere, 2024, 363, 142916
8. Z.G. Lada, A. Soto Beobide, G.N. Mathioudakis and G.A. Voyiatzis, “Fe(II) Spin Crossover/ Polymer Hybrid Materials: Investigation of the SCO Behavior via Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectroscopy, Physicochemical Characterization and Migration Release Study”, Molecules, Communication, Special Issue “Hybrid Materials for Advanced Applications”, 2021, 26, article 201