Biography

Panos was a PhD student within the group between 2018-2022. He is currently a Research Associate in the group of Prof. Heather MaynardLink opens in a new window at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.

He was born in Limassol, Cyprus where he also grew up. He studied Chemistry (with major in Biological Chemistry) at the University of Cyprus. Following his graduation in 2017, he moved to the UK to pursue an M.Sc. (by Research) course in Chemistry at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Prof. Rachel O'ReillyLink opens in a new window. His thesis involved the design and preparation of novel nanomaterials by RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) for bio-related applications. In December 2018, Panagiotis started his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Gibson, as part of the European project NanoCarbLink opens in a new window. His PhD was focused on the design of polymer nanomaterial biomimetics applied in the fields of glycobiology and cryobiology.

Research Interests

Polymer Chemistry, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle Characterization.

Publications

1. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Nina L. H. Kinney, Ioanna Kontopoulou, Alexander N. Baker, Steven A. Hindmarsh, Akalbya Bissoyi, Thomas R. Congdon, Thomas F. Whale and Matthew I. Gibson, Biomacromolecules, 2022, Poly(vinyl alcohol) molecular bottlebrushes nucleate ice. Accepted
2. Julian Micallef, Alexander N. Baker, Sarah-Jane Richards, Douglas Soutar, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Marc Walker, and Matthew I. Gibson, Polymer-Tethered Glyconanoparticle Colourimetric Biosensors for Lectin Binding: Structural and Experimental Parameters to Ensure a Robust Output, RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 33080 - 33090 (LinkLink opens in a new window)
3. Ashfaq Ahmad, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Alessia Pancaro, Muhammad Hasan, Inge Nelissen, and Matthew I. Gibson, Polymer-Tethered Glycosylated Gold Nanoparticles Recruit Sialylated Glycoproteins into their Protein Corona, Leading to Off-Target Lectin Binding, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 13261 - 13273 (LinkLink opens in a new window)
4. Toru Ishibe, Natalia Gonzalez-Martinez, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Kathryn A. Murray, and Matthew I. Gibson, Synthesis of Poly(2-(methylsulfinyl)ethyl methacrylate) via Oxidation of Poly(2-(methylthio)ethyl methacrylate): Evaluation of the Sulfoxide Side Chain on Cryopreservation, PolymersAu, 2022 (LinkLink opens in a new window)
5. Alexander N. Baker, George W. Hawker-Bond, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Simone Dedola, Robert A. Field and Matthew I. Gibson, Glycosylated Gold Nanoparticles in Point of Care Diagnostics: From Aggregation to Lateral Flow, Chemical Society Reviews, 2022, 51, 7238-7259

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6. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Collette S. Guy, Muhammad Hasan, Ashfaq Ahmad, Sarah-Jane Richards, Alexander N. Baker, Neer V. Thakkar, Marc Walker, Sarojini Pandey, Neil R. Anderson, Dimitris Grammatopoulos and Matthew I. Gibson, Plasmonic Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein with Polymer-Stabilized Glycosylated Gold Nanorods, ACS Macro Lett. 2022 (linkLink opens in a new window) - Featured as ACS Editor's Choice
7. Alexander N. Baker, Asier R. Muguruza, Sarah-Jane Richards, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Stephen Goetz, Marc Walker, Simone Dedola, Robert A. Field and Matthew I. Gibson, Lateral Flow Glyco-Assays for the Rapid and Low-Cost Detection of Lectins - Polymeric Linkers and Particle Engineering are Essential for Selectivity and Performance, Advanced Healthcare Materials 2021, 11, 2101784 (linkLink opens in a new window)
8. Alexander N. Baker, Thomas R. Congdon, Sarah-Jane Richards, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Marc Walker, Simone Dedola, Robert A. Field and Matthew I. Gibson, End-Functionalized Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone) for Ligand Display in Lateral Flow Device Test Lines, PolymersAu 2021 (linkLink opens in a new window)
9. Milica Velimirovic, Alessia Pancaro, Robert Mildner, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Kristof Tirez, Inge Nelissen, Christoph Johann, Matthew I. Gibson, Frank Vanhaecke, Characterization of Gold Nanorods Conjugated with Synthetic Glycopolymers Using an Analytical Approach Based on spICP-SFMS and EAF4-MALS, Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 10, 2720. (linkLink opens in a new window)
10. Alexander N. Baker, Sarah-Jane Richards, Sarojini Pandey, Collette S. Guy, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Hasan, Caroline I. Biggs, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Alexander J. Zwetsloot, Anne Straube, Simone Dedola, Robert A. Field, Neil R. Anderson, Marc Walker, Dimitris Grammatopoulos, and Matthew I. Gibson, ACS Sens. 2021, 6, 10, 3696–3705. (linkLink opens in a new window)
11. Alessia Pancaro, Michal Szymonik, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Alexander N. Baker, Marc Walker, Peter Adriaensens, Jelle Hendrix, Matthew I. Gibson and Inge Nelissen, The Polymeric Glyco-Linker Controls the Signal Outputs for Plasmonic Gold Nanorods Biosensors due to Biocorona Formation, Nanoscale 2021,13, 10837-10848. (linkLink opens in a new window)
    
12. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Huba L. Marton, Alexander N. Baker, Thomas R. Congdon, Thomas F. Whale and Matthew I. Gibson, Polymer Self-Assembly Induced Enhancement of Ice Recrystallization Inhibition, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 19, 7449–7461. (linkLink opens in a new window)
    
13. Antonio Laezza, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Sarah-Jane Richards, Alexander N. Baker, Marc Walker and Matthew I. Gibson, Protecting group free synthesis of glyconanoparticles using amino-oxy terminated polymer ligands, Bioconjugate Chem. 2020, 31, 10, 2392-2403. (linkLink opens in a new window)
14. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Ioanna Kontopoulou, Thomas R. Congdon and Matthew I. Gibson, Ice recrystallisation inhibiting polymer nano-objects via saline-tolerant polymerisation-induced self-assembly, Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 1883-1887. (linkLink opens in a new window)
15. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Alexander N. Baker, Sarah-Jane Richards, Antonio Laezza, Marc Walker and Matthew I. Gibson, Tuning aggregative versus non-aggregative lectin binding with glycosylated nanoparticles by the nature of the polymer ligand, J. Mat. Chem. B 2020, 8, 136-145. (linkLink opens in a new window)
16. Spyridon Varlas, Jeffrey C. Foster, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Robert Keogh, Jonathan T. Husband, David S. Williams and Rachel K. O’Reilly, Tuning the membrane permeability of polymersome nanoreactors developed by aqueous emulsion polymerization-induced self-assembly, Nanoscale 2019, 11, 12643-12654. (linkLink opens in a new window)
17. Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Benoit Couturaud, Spyridon Varlas, Joseph R. Jones, Maria C. Arno, Jeffrey C. Foster and Rachel K. O’Reilly, Poly(Pentafluorophenyl methacrylate)-based Nano-Objects Developed by Photo-PISA as Scaffolds for Post-Polymerization Functionalization, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2019, 40, 1800460. (linkLink opens in a new window)
18. Spyridon Varlas, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Panayiotis Bilalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis, and Rachel K. O’Reilly, Poly(Sarcosine)-based Nano-Objects with Multi-Protease Resistance by Aqueous Photoinitiated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (Photo-PISA), Biomacromolecules 2018, 19, 4453-4462. (linkLink opens in a new window)

Affiliations

• RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group - Committee member (PhD representative)
• Royal Society of Chemistry – Member (MRSC)
• Macro Group UK, Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology group (RSC) – Member
• American Chemical Society (ACS) – Member
• Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) & Polymer Chemistry (POLY) Divisions (ACS) – Member
• Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) – Member
• Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) and European Microscopy Society (EMS) – Member

Awards and Prizes

• Best Poster Prize at the Macro Group UK Young Researchers Meeting (YRM) 2020, University of Nottingham, UK
• Macro Group UK - 2021 Ottewill International Travel Scholarship (£1000)
• Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award, ACS POLY Division (March 2022)
• Macro Group UK - 2022 DH Richards Travel Bursary (£500)
• Marie-Curie Early Stage Researcher Fellowship (2018-2022)