I am a classically trained chemical engineer from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, and I obtained my PhD from the same university. I feel extremely privileged that I did my postdoc under the mentorship of Prof. Jens Nielsen at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). I spent 6 years at DTU as Assistant and Associate Professor before moving to The University of Hong Kong as Associate Professor. After 4 wonderful years and 2 kids born in Hong Kong, as a systems biologist inclined to take a holistic view of life, I decided to return to Europe. Since January 2023, I am Professor at Friedrich Schiller University and Head of the Department Microbiome Dynamics at Leibniz-HKI.
When I am not at work, I am working from home.
If you ever travel to Greece you should visit my favorite island: Koufonisia