Current Members
Principal Investigator
Georgios A. Pavlopoulos holds a BSc/Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Athens in Greece, a Masters (MRes) degree in Bioinformatics from the University of Leeds - Department of Biochemistry in the UK, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-Heidelberg). Additionally, he obtained his MBA jointly from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
His professional experience includes positions as a postdoctoral fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven - Department of Electrical Engineering in Belgium and as a bioinformatics instructor and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Crete - Faculty of Medicine in Greece. During this tenure, he served as the elected executive secretary of the Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (HSCBB). Subsequently, he joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute of Lawrence Berkeley National Labs in California, USA, as a Bioinformatics postdoctoral researcher.
Since 2018, Georgios has served as a bioinformatics consultant for several companies in the USA and has been the Director of Bioinformatics (Research Associate Professor) as well as an elected member of the Scientific Board at the Institute of Fundamental Biological Research (IFBR) - Biomedical Sciences Research Center (BSRC) 'Alexander Fleming' in Athens, Greece. Concurrently, he holds the position of Head of Bioinformatics at the Center of New Biotechnologies & Precision Medicine at the University of Athens Medical School, and since 2023, he has been a teaching staff at the Hellenic Army Academy.
As of 2024, he has been appointed the role of Director of Research (Research Full Professor) at BSRC 'Alexander Fleming' Institute and serves as the Managing Director and co-founder of BioInnovation Greece. His contributions to the field have led to recognition as one of the top 2% of scientists globally in his domain. He has secured competitive grants, has organized numerous international conferences, and has published extensively in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell, Science, NAR, and Nature Biotechnology.
Researchers and Students
Bioinformatics Data Scientist, Ancilia Biosciences, NY, USA (2023-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, BSRC "Alexander Fleming" (2020-present)
PhD in Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens.
MSc in Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
BSc in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
PhD candidate in Bioinformatics, BSRC "Alexander Fleming" & Medical School - University of Crete (Oct 2023-present)
Thesis: "Data fusion techniques to decode hidden aspects of reference metagenomes and genomes "MSc in Molecular Medicine, BSRC "Alexander Fleming" & Medical School - University of Athens (2023)
BSc in “Molecular Biology and Genetics”, Democritus University of Thrace (2021)
PhD candidate in Bioinformatics, Penn State College, BSRC "Alexander Fleming" & Medical School - University of Crete (Oct. 2024-present)
Thesis: "Scalable Bioinformatics Strategies for Annotating Earth's Reference and Environmental Genomes and Proteomes"MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in Software Engineering , System Design and Networks, National Technical University Of Athens ( 2017 - 2022 )
MSc in “Data Science and Information Technologies”, specialization in Bioinformatics-Biomedical Data Science, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications - University of Athens (2024-present)
Thesis: "Unveiling Protein Families in Extreme Environments Through Global Metagenomics"BSc in “Computer Science”, Dept. of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens (2023)
MSc in Data Science & Information Technologies, Bioinformatics - Biomedical Data Science Specialization, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications (2024- Present)
Thesis: "Enhancing the functionality of clusters of orthologous groups via global metagenomics and structural analysis."BSc in Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Biology (2023)
MSc in “Data Science and Information Technologies”, specialization in Bioinformatics-Biomedical Data Science, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications - University of Athens (2023-present)
Thesis: "Analysis of Rhizosphere at a protein family level through global metagenomics"BSc in “Biology”, University of Athens (2023)
ARISE Fellow (EBI) (6-month Visiting Researcher @ BSRC Fleming 2024-2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher, BSRC "Alexander Fleming" (2020-2023)
PhD in Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens
MSc in Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens
BSc in Computer Science, Department of Informatics at Athens University of Economics and Business (A.U.E.B.)
MSc in Molecular Biopathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
(2024-present)
Thesis: "Integration techniques and insights from single-cell RNA sequencing datasets."BSc/MSc in Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens (2023)