Who I am

Theodora Krasia-Christoforou (UCY) is a Professor and the Head of the Polymer Synthesis, Characterization and Processing Laboratories at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus. She received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus, (1999), a M.Sc. in Chemical Research and Diploma of the Imperial College (DIC) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London in the U.K. (2000) and a Dr.Rer.Nat. in Physical Chemistry from the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (University of Potsdam) in Germany (2003). Her research activities in the field of Materials Science and Engineering are focused on the synthesis and characterization of functional organic polymers. She is particularly interested in polymer-based nanocomposites, spanning from the macroscale to the nanoscale. Several postgraduate students and more than 50 diploma thesis students working in Dr. Krasia-Christoforou’s research group have been involved in topics related to the synthesis, characterization and applications of polymer-based materials. She has published 77 manuscripts/review papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 11 book chapters (9 Invited) on the fabrication, characterization and applications of functional polymers and polymer-based nanocomposites. She serves as a Reviewer for 50 peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, she secured funding on a National and European level via her participation either as a project coordinator or as a participant in more than 20 research projects. Group website: https://www.ucy.ac.cy/polymerlab/.