Dr. Nikolaos Tzouras

Profile

Academic position	Post Doc
Research fields	Organic Molecular Chemistry,Kinetics and Catalysis
Keywords	Bulky Nucleophiles, Transition Metal Catalysis, Cross-Coupling, C-H Functionalization
Honours and awards	2025: EurJOC-KVCV-SRC Best PhD Thesis Prize 2024: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 2024: Molecules 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award 2023: Incentive Award by C.G.B. (Comité de Gestion du Bulletin) - C.B.B. ( Comité van Beheer van het Bulletin), KVCV, SRC and Chemistry Europe 2020: FWO Fundamental Research PhD Fellowship by the Research Foundation -Flanders (FWO) 2019: BOF PhD Scholarship by The Special Research Fund of Ghent University 2017: First Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Organic Synthesis by the University of Athens

Current contact address

Country	Germany
City	Bochum
Institution	Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Institute	Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lukas Gooßen	Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship	01/09/2024

Programme(s)

2024	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026	Sourav Manna, Mahima Pilania, Kumarjit Sen, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Angelino Doppiu, Lukas J. Gooßen: Mild N‑Arylation of Sulfoximines With (Hetero)aryl Chlorides Enabled by α-Methylnaphthyl-tBuBrettPhos Palladium Triflate. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2026, e70908
2025	Jie Shen, Johanna Stemmer, Sourav Manna, Dr. Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Prof. Dr. Lukas J. Gooßen: Amination and Para-C─H Arylation of Aryl Fluorides Enabled by α-Methylnaphthyl (MeNAP) Palladium Catalysts. In: Angewandte Chemie, 65, 2025, e21597
2025	Nikolaos V. Tzouras et al.: Mild cross-coupling of tertiary alkoxides with aryl chlorides enabled by a shelf-stable methylnaphthyl palladium NHC complex. In: Chemical Communications, 61, 2025, 19433-19436