Maria Batzaki
SynBioC Research Group
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Ghent University
Coupure Links 653
B-9000 Ghent (Belgium)
My Background
I am Greek and I have a passion for organic synthesis and innovation. I did a BSc in Chemistry (Athens) and a MSc in Drug Design & Synthesis (VU Amsterdam). Over the last 6 years, as a Research Chemist in Drug Discovery (Symeres) and in R&D (Ajinomoto OmniChem), I participated in medicinal chemistry projects for multiple therapeutic areas and synthesized complex organic molecules. I developed, optimized and scaled-up synthetic processes for pilot and commercial campaigns.
My Project
The purpose of the project is to use sustainable solvents and develop new synthetic approaches to telescope important reaction sequences for the synthesis of APIs.
Furthermore, the project aims to use continuous flow chemistry combined with artificial intelligence to achieve greener modern automated technologies for industrial pharmaceutical applications.