Meet the team
Prof. Electra Gizeli, FRSC
Group Leader
Electra Gizeli is a Professor in the Dept. of Biology at the University of Crete and Affiliated Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH).
Dr. Konstantina Alexaki
Postdoctoral researcher
Physicist working on nanoparticle synthesis, characterisation, and surface functionalisation for biosensors.
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Ariadni Alimperti
Master student
Molecular Biologist, working on the functional optimization of POC Biosensor technologies.
Christos Chantzaras
Research Assistant
Environmental biologist working on developing assays for Environmental RNA sensing and Diatom whole-cell biosensors
Dr. Dimitra Chronaki
Postdoctoral researcher
Lab manager
Biologist, currently developing an acoustic immunoassay to detect antibodies/antigens in patients samples
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Dr. Anastasia P. Galanopoulou
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biologist interested in enzyme and microbial biotechnology.
Stylianos-Nektarios
Grammatikos
PhD Student
Currently working on synthesis, characterization and functionalization of nanoparticles for application in acoustic and colorimetric biosensors.
Katherine Hartle-Mougiou
PhD Student
Marine molecular biologist currently working on developing a platform for in situ marine invasive species detection.
Georgios Karolidis
Research Assistant
Molecular biologist developing point-of-care testing methodologies.
Dr. Angeliki Kolokousi
Project Manager
Excellence Hub – DxHub
IMBB-FORTH
Natalia Kontaxi
Undergraduate student
Currently working on
developing an
assay for detecting E. coli
in water.
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George Kousis
Master student
Bioinformatician developing pipelines for data integration, with a strong interest in machine learning.
Ioannis Markopoulos
Research assistant
Molecular biologist and geneticist, currently working on the detection of algal environmental-RNA.
Chara Mavromati
Communication Manager
A driven and creative
content creator,
always with an appetite
for learning new things.
Maria Megariti
Research Assistant
I am a plant molecular biologist with interests in plant pathogens detection, using isothermal amplification techniques.
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George Perakis
Researcher
Electrical Engineer developing portable bio-medical devices to perform diagnostic tests at the point-of-care.
Avinash Kumar Singh
Postdoctoral researcher
Chemist, working on detecting aquatic organic contaminants.
Vaia Tsiakalou
Research Assistant
Currently working on developing molecular methodologies for point-of-care testing.
Dr. Achilleas Tsortos
Staff Research Scientist
Biophysicist with research interests including biointerfaces, biomaterial crystal growth, polymer adsorption, protein folding thermodynamics and molecular bioacoustics.
Dr. Martha Valiadi
Senior Research Associate
Project Leader
Marine molecular biologist leading the development of nucleic acid sensors as part of the EU project TechOceanS.
Dr. Despoina Varamogianni-Mamatsi
Postdoctoral researcher
Chemical engineer, currently interested in developing immunoassays to detect aquatic organic contaminants and biotoxins using biosensor technologies
Dr. Frédéric Verret
Postdoctoral Researcher
Molecular microbiologist involved in the development of nucleic acid sensors as part of the EU project TechOceanS
Zenia Viskadouraki
Research assistant
Chemist, working on
point-of-care assay
development.