Electra Gizeli#
| Membership Number: | 6867 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GREECE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gizeligroup.eu/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3598-5984 |
| Linkedin: | https://linkedin.com/in/electra-gizeli-75aa74b0 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - today Full Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete
- 2010 - 2015 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete
- 2006 - 2009 Tenured Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete
- 2003 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete
- 2004 - today Research Professor, IMBB-FORTH, Greece
- 2002 - 2003 Lecturer, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, Inst. of Biotechnology, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Biophysical acoustic characterisation of bio-molecular and membrane interactions
- Molecular biology for diagnostics
- Novel diagnostic methods and platforms for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases
- Biosensors and biomedical engineering for bioanalytical applications
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2022- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP3) Joint Undertaking
- 2022 Leviner Distinguished Fellow, Ben Gurion University
- 2018 Panhellenic Society of Bioscientists, “Fotis Kafatos Lab box” competition, 1st Award
- 2016 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
- 2015 Nokia Open Innovation Challenge Award, Finland – Top three finalists
- 2014 Leviner Distinguished Fellow, Ben Gurion University
- 2013 - 2014 Max Planck Institute-Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, Visiting Professor (3 Months)
- 2008 Adjunct Professor, Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Marquette University, USA
- 1998 Sandia National Research Laboratories, USA, Visiting Fellow (4 Months)
- 1997 Elected Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1996-2002 BBSRC David Philips Junior Research Fellow, UK
- 1995 Royal Society, UK, Visiting Research Fellow (EPFL, Switzerland, 6 Months)
