Meet The Team
Prof. Electra Gizeli, FRSC
Group Leader
Electra Gizeli received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; a M.Sc. from University College London, U.K.; and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Dr. Achilleas Tsortos
Staff Research Scientist
Biophysicist with research interests including biointerfaces, biomaterial crystal growth, polymer adsorption, protein folding thermodynamics and molecular bioacoustics.
Senior Researchers
Dr. Martha Valiadi
Senior Research Associate
Marine molecular biologist leading the development of nucleic acid sensors as part of the EU project TechOceanS.
Dr. Ilya Reviakine
Senior Research Associate
Biophysical chemist interested in interfaces between biological and artificial systems, surface analytics, blood-biomaterial interactions, and biosensing.
Dr. Frédéric Verret
Postdoctoral researcher
Molecular microbiologist involved in the development of nucleic acid sensors as part of the EU project TechOceanS
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Dimitra Chronaki
Post-doctoral Researcher
Biologist, currently developing an acoustic immunoassay to detect antibodies/antigens in patients samples
Dr. Anastasia P. Galanopoulou
Postdoctoral researcher
Biologist interested in enzyme and microbial biotechnology.
Dr. Nikoletta Naoumi
Postdoctoral researcher
Molecular biologist developing diagnostics for clinical and point-of-care applications.
Dr. Anastasios Samarentsis
Postdoctoral researcher
Mechanical engineer developing a combined Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) biosensing platform.
Research Assistants
Myrsini Froudaki
Research Assistants
Background in biology studies, with a special interest on plant molecular biology.
Stylianos-Nektarios Grammatikos
Research Assistants
Currently working on synthesis, characterization and functionalization of nanoparticles as signal amplifiers in acoustic biosensors.
Maria Megariti
Research Assistants
I am a plant molecular biologist with interests in plant pathogens detection, using isothermal amplification techniques.
Vaia Tsiakalou
Research Assistants
Currently working on developing molecular methodologies for point-of-care testing.
Angelos Ntimtsas
Research Assistants
Currently working on a Surface Acoustic Wave platform combining 3D printing technology and instrumentation prototyping.
PhD students
Katherine Hartle-Mougiou
PhD student
Marine molecular biologist currently working on developing a platform for in situ marine invasive species detection.
Foteini Papagavriil
PhD Student
Master student in Protein Biotechnology, currently working on detection and characterization of conformational changes of proteins using acoustic biosensors.
Masters Students
Anna Dimitriadi
Masters Students
MSc candidate in “Molecular Biology and Biomedicine”, designing a molecular assay detecting Sickle Cell Disease point-mutation at the point-of-care.