Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biology - Biology Department, University of Crete, Greece
  • Bachelor Thesis: “Evolutionary Patterns in Mitochondria-originated Nuclear Pseudogenes (NUMTs)” in Dr. Ladoukakis’ Lab of Population Genetics and Evolution, University of Crete, Greece
  • Bachelor Internship: “Population Genetics simulations for Three-Spined Sticklebacks” in Dr. Merila’s Ecological Genetics Research Unit, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Master of Science (MSc) in Bioinformatics - School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
  • Master Thesis: “Evaluating Synteny as a Phylogenetic Character to Address Opisthokont Evolution” in Dr. Pittis’ Comparative Genomics Lab, Institue of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Greece

Research Interests

• Evolutionary History Disambigulation and Ancestry Inference
• Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics
• Computational Biology and Bioinformatics