MARINA PETSI

Accomplished Project Manager and Chemist with a robust background at Osmoses Inc., specializing in polymer synthesis and gas separation technologies. Expert in strategic issue resolution, demonstrating adaptability and a track record of advancing membrane material design. Proven ability to lead cross-disciplinary teams to innovate, and scale up production processes efficiently.

• Certificate of Specialization in Leadership and Management

Harvard Business School - Boston, MA, USA / 2023-2024

• Ladder polymers and improved methods of making the same [US Patent: WO 2024/081279 A1] - N. C. Bruno, S. E. Cox, H. W. H. Lai, M. Petsi
• Divergent synthesis of bisphenols and diaryl ethers by metal compatible organocatalytic aerobic oxidation of boronic acids [Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 3059-3065] - K. Gennaiou, M. Petsi, B. Kakarikas, N. Iordanidis, and A. L. Zografos (doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202200575)
• Organocatalytic epoxidation and allylic oxidation of alkenes by molecular oxygen [Green Chem. 2021, 23, 9172-9178] - M. Petsi, M. Orfanidou and A. L. Zografos (doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03029A)
• 2,5-Diketopiperazine Catalysts as Activators of Dioxygen in Oxidative Processes [ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 7093-7099] - M. Petsi, A. L. Zografos (doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01847)
• Advances in Catalytic Aerobic Oxidations by Activation of Dioxygen-Monooxygenase Enzymes and Biomimetics [Synthesis 2018, 50 (24), 4715-4745] - M. Petsi, A. L. Zografos (10.1055/s-0037-1610297)

• Best Oral Presentation Award, 08/01/17, Organic Chemistry-Natural Products-Biochemistry- Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Approaches of Pyrrole-Imidazole alkaloids: Oxidative opening of pyridine
• Rewarding Scholarship Program, 02/01/12 - 02/28/13, Obligations: physical presence in the laboratory or a research clinic of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Chemistry

• International Young Investigator Symposium on Organic Synthesis, 08/01/21, Athens, Greece, 2,5-Diketopiperazine Catalysts as Activators of Dioxygen in various Oxidative Processes
• 13th Greece-Cyprus Chemistry Conference, 10/01/19 - 11/30/19, Nicosia, Cyprus, Pyrrole-2,5-diketopiperazine organocatalysts as mimics of riboflavin for aerobic oxidations.
• 6th Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium (EFMC-YMCS), 09/01/19, Athens, Greece, Synthetic Approaches towards Pyrrole-Imidazole Alkaloids: Oxidative Opening of Pyridine.