
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Imperial College London, UK BSc 2014 Biological Sciences
- University Of Cambridge, UK PhD 2019 Biological Sciences
- National Technical University of Athens, GR BEng & MEng 2022 Mechanical Engineering
- Postdoc: 2019-2022 University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Assistant Professor: 2022-2025 Penn State College of Medicine
His research program has secured a competitive start-up package and several awards from the NIH and various philanthropic foundations, totaling to $5.5 million.
1) Maximizing Investigators Research Award (MIRA) National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Role: Principal Investigator
2) W. W. Smith Cancer Research Grant
Role: Principal Investigator
3) Four Diamonds Transformative Project
Role: Principal Investigator
4) Two Four Diamonds Fund Research Grant Awards
Role: Principal Investigator
5) Huck Innovative & Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund
Role: Principal Investigator
6) Elsa U. Pardee Research Foundation Grant
Role: Principal Investigator
7) Three Penn State Cancer Institute Awards
Role: Principal Investigator
University & Departmental Service
- Doctoral Advisory & Examination Committees – Advisor or committee member for >10 PhD students across Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, and Bioinformatics programs.
- Graduate Program Committees – Member of the Biomedical Sciences, Epidemiology, Neuroscience, and Bioinformatics graduate programs previously at Penn State College of Medicine and now at UT Austin.
- Course Development & Direction – Led new graduate course BMS 597: Computational Tools for Cancer Genomics (Course Director, 2025)
- Recruitment & Evaluation – Interviewer and evaluator for Biomedical Sciences and Bioinformatics PhD admissions (2023–2025).
- Departmental Seminar Organization – Organized departmental seminar series and invited prominent speakers.
Professional & Grant Review Service
Grant Review Panels
- Reviewer for R01 and R21 grants for the National Library of Medicine
- Reviewer for R01 and R21 grants for the National Cancer Institute
- Reviewer for The Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Reviewer for The Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation
- Reviewer for Penn State Cancer Institute internal grants
- Reviewer for Czech Science Foundation
- Abstract & Proposal Review – Reviewer for the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Conference (2024).
Peer Review and Editorial Service
- Guest Editor – Genome Biology (Special Issue on Non-canonical DNA Structure, 2025)
- Editor / Associate Editor – Frontiers in Oncology; Bioinformatics and Biology Insights
- Editorial Board Member – eLife, BMC Bioinformatics, PLOS Computational Biology, Human Genomics, Frontiers in Genetics, Biomedicines, Cancers
- Journal Peer Review – Frequent reviewer for Genome Research, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics, Cell Genomics, and others (60+ peer reviews completed).
Professional Memberships
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
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Campus location:
University of Texas at Austin
Dell Pediatric Research Institute
Austin, TX 78723