Stathis Gonos

Stathis Gonos graduated from the Department of Pharmacy, University of Athens, obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Britain and a Docent in Biomedicine at the Orebro University, Medical School, Sweden. He was a Research Scientist at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, Britain and now is Director of Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation/IBMCB. His research work focuses on the genetic and environmental factors that are linked to ageing and longevity. He has published more than 100 research articles and is patents’ holder that have resulted in the development of novel anti-aging products. He has organized the 2^nd European and the 12^th International Congress on “Biomedical Ageing” as well as the European Conference on “Free Radicals”. He has been a ”Senior expert” of E.U. in ”Human development and the aging process” and Deputy National Representative of Greece in E.U. in ”Genomics and Biotechnology for Health”. He is member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Board of Directors of the ”Society of Free Radicals Research-Europe”, Editor-in-Chief of ”Mechanisms of Aging & Development” and Editorial Board member of Experimental Gerontology, Molecular Aspects of Medicine, Free Radicals Research, Redox Biology & IUBMB Life.