Team
Who we are
This page contains the list of the group members, past and present.
Dr. Fotis Psomopoulos | Senior Researcher
Dr Fotis Psomopoulos is a Senior Researcher (Associate Professor level) at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB), at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), in Thessaloniki Greece. His research interests lie at the intersection of Bioinformatics and Machine Learning, primarily working on the design and implementation of data mining algorithms for knowledge extraction from large datasets in Life Sciences. In this context, he was selected to be an EGI Champion on Life Sciences in 2013, an RDA-EU Ambassador for Bioinformatics in 2019, and he is currently co-leading the ELIXIR Machine Learning Focus Group. In addition to his research activities, he is particularly active in training efforts and initiatives (such as the Carpentries and GOBLET). He is the Training Coordinator of ELIXIR-GR, a member of the ELIXIR Training Platform Executive Committee, and a member of the EOSC Association Research Careers, Recognition and Credit Task Force. Finally, he is a strong advocate of FAIR and Open Science; as applied in research software and machine learning in particular. He is a co-author of the Open Science Training Handbook and the Greek National Plan for Open Science, and is leading the ELIXIR Software Best Practices group, with a notable outcome the ELIXIR Software Management Plan, and the RDA FAIR for Machine Learning Interest Group.
Dr. George Gavriilids | Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr George Gavriilidis is a Pharmacologist PhD/Post-doctoral researcher working at the Institute of Applied Biosciences(INAB) at the Center for Research and Technology Hellas(CERTH). He is interested in the application of Systems Pharmacology/Immunology on single cell RNA sequencing data (scRNA-seq).
Dr. Konstantinos Kyritsis | Postdoctoral Researcher
Konstantinos Kyritsis, PhD, is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Applied Biosciences in the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (INAB/CERTH). He received his BSc in Biology, and his MSc in “Biotechnology and Molecular Diagnostics” from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). During his studies, he completed a three-month Erasmus+ internship at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen. He received a scholarship for his doctorate from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) in 2017, and completed his thesis, entitled “Systematic Analysis of the Expression of Ribosomal Protein Genes”, at the School of Pharmacy AUTH, in 2021. His research interests are currently focused on studying molecular mechanisms and unveiling patterns of functional significance by applying methods of statistical analysis as well as machine learning algorithms to Next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Furthermore, his interests include developing bioinformatic tools and pipelines for integrating and visualizing heterogenous bio-data.
Nikolaos (Nikos) Pechlivanis | PhD Candidate
Nikos Pechlivanis works as a Bioinformatics engineer at the Institute of Applied Biosciences in the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. He holds an engineering diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) where he completed his thesis entitle “Genomic data integration for facilitating machine learning applications”. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in the field of Computation Biology and Bioinformatics under the supervision of Dr. Fotis Psomopoulos. His research focuses on studying machine learning algorithms and computational techniques with respect to their corresponding applications on genomic and meta-genomic data. In addition to his research, Nikolas supports open source/science principles, in support of reusability and accessibility of scientific results. Moreover, he is interested in web development mostly working on server-side scripting by applying data wrangling and analysis techniques.
Styliani-Christina Fragkouli | PhD Candidate
Styliani-Christina (Stella) Fragkouli has a diverse educational background and a passion for interdisciplinary research. She holds a B.Sc. in Physics and an M.Sc. in Digital Media and Computational Intelligence, both obtained from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). During her time at AUTh, Stella demonstrated a keen interest in the field of deep learning and its applications where she conducted research for her master’s thesis titled “Deep Learning Applications on Gravitational Waves”. Currently, Stella is pursuing a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at the University of Athens (UoA). Her doctoral studies focus on the field of bioinformatics, specifically on the intersection of genetics and computational methods. In addition to her doctoral studies, Stella also works at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB) within the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) under the supervision of Dr. Psomopoulos. Stella’s research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including applications of artificial intelligence in various domains, variant calling methods for detetcting genetic lesions, mathematical modeling of biological systems and the generation of synthetic biomedical data. Her multidisciplinary background and expertise enable her to approach research questions from different angles.
Vasileios Vasileiou | PhD Candidate
Vasileios Vasileiou is a Phd candidate, working as a Bioinformatician at the Institute of Applied Bioscience (INAB) in the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). Overall, his research interests focus on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, specializing in Systems Biology and Multi-omics Integration analyses. He holds a BSc degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), while he obtained his MSc degree in Bioinformatics at the University of Birmingham (UoB).
Aspa Orfanou | Research Assistant
Aspa Orfanou works as a research assistant at the Institute of Applied Biosciences(INAB) at the Center for Research and Technology Hellas(CERTH). She obtained her BSc in Computer Science and Medical Informatics from University of Thessaly(UTH) in 2017 and her MSc in Bioinformatics from University of Crete(UOC) in 2021. In addition, she participated in ERASMUS exchange programme and studied for one semester in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Nicosia,Cyprus. During her studies she completed a three-month Internship at INAB/CERTH. Moreover, she is interested in development of bioinformatic tools and pipelines for visualization and interpretation of genomic data.
Sofoklis Keisaris | Research Assistant
Sofoklis Keisaris works as a research assistant at the Institute of Applied Biosciences(INAB) in the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas(CERTH). He received his BSc in Biology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(AUTH) with aspects on Ecology and Conservation Biology. After having cooperated with Hellenic Center of Marine Research (CERTH), he found interest in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. He is keen on developing bioinformatics tools and pipelines for a wide variety of biological data.
Anastasia Anastasiadou | Research Assistant
Anastasia (Natasa) Anastasiadou is a research assistant, working as a Biochemist and Biotechnologist at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB) in the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). She received her BSc in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from the University of Thessaly where she completed her thesis entitle “Study of genetic variations in patients with haematological malignancies” in collaboration with INAB. She is now completing her MSc in Translational Research in Biomedicine from the Democritus University of Thrace. During her master’s thesis titled “Characterization of TP53 gene mutation in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia” she found interest in Bioinformatics.
Konstantinos Kardamiliotis | Research Assistant
Konstantinos Kardamiliotis works as a research assistant at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB) at the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). He holds a B.Sc. in Biology and a M.Sc. in Precision Medicine, both obtained from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He is interested in design and development of bioinformatics tools and pipelines.
Past Members
Internships
Konstantinos Kardamiliotis
- School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Period: 12/9/2022 - 11/11/2022
Makra Chrysa
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
- Period: 01/7/2022 - 31/8/2022
Makropoulos Konstantinos
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
- Period: 01/7/2022 - 31/8/2022
Nikos Kyriakidis
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
- Period: 01/7/2022 - 31/8/2022
Konstantinos Gkrispanis
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Period: 01/01/2022 - 30/04/2022
Serovpe Amprachamian
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Period: 01/11/2021 - 31/01/2022
Konstantinos Gkagkaridis
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly
- Period: 12/7/2021 - 11/9/2021
Anastasia Krapi
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
- Period: 01/07/2021 - 31/08/2021
Ioanna Sasilioglou
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
- Period: 01/07/2021 - 31/08/2021