Orestis Marantos

Orestis Marantos is an Academic employee at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, specializing in biochemical mechanisms of brain function. His research integrates chemical and neurobiological approaches to study enzyme regulation in neural systems.

His primary research interests include Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with specific expertise in V-ATPase regulation, enzyme kinetics, and brain ion transport. His work investigates ultraslow conformational switching in proton pumps critical for neurotransmission and synaptic vesicle function.

Marantos co-authored a landmark 2022 Nature publication demonstrating ultraslow mode-switching in mammalian-brain V-ATPase, which has garnered 22 Scopus citations and significant scientific attention including coverage by 31 news outlets and 56 Mendeley readers. This research exemplifies interdisciplinary neuroscience at the chemistry-biology interface.

He maintains active research collaborations within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, contributing to international networks in brain biochemistry as indicated by institutional collaboration mapping.