Laboratory of Organic Chemistry

My name is Eirini Papaioannidou and I am an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). My undergraduate thesis is titled “Detection of amino acids in wine,” under the supervision of Professor Thomas Mavromoustakos.

I have gained experience in various analytical techniques through Inorganic Chemistry laboratories, including HPLC, determination of organic compounds using a fluorometer, flame atomic emission spectrometry, as well as metal determination using atomic absorption/emission spectrometry and centrifugation. At the same time, I am familiar with organic synthesis techniques such as reflux with a vertical condenser, vacuum filtration, recrystallization, thin-layer chromatography (TLC), melting point determination, simple distillation, and distillation under atmospheric pressure.

Furthermore, through the Physical Chemistry laboratory, I have become familiar with the study of conductivity changes in strong and weak electrolytes, conductometric titrations, determination of standard electrode potential (E*), and determination of activity coefficients through solubility measurements. Finally, by attending the laboratory of Wine and Alcoholic Beverages Technology, I have gained experience in techniques such as determining sugar concentration in wine using a Baumé hydrometer, measuring total acidity, and determining free and total sulfur dioxide.