ProfessorGeorge Christophides

Teaching
• Convenor and Lecturer, BSc course Advanced Topics of Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London, UK (2012- present)
• Lecturer, PhD course Computational and Systems Biology, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus (2016-2023)
• Lecturer, BSc course Immunity and Infection module, Imperial College London, UK (2008-2012)
• Convenor and Lecturer, BSc course Advanced Topics of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Immunology, Imperial College London, UK (2007 – 2011)
• Lecturer, BSc Immunology course, Imperial College London, UK (2005-2018)
• Lecturer, BSc Molecular and Cellular Parasitology course, Imperial College London, London, UK (since 2005)
• Lecturer, MRes course Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London, UK (since 2005)
• Special lecturer, MSc Bioinformatics course, University of Athens (2006 – 2008)
• Lecturer and Instructor, Biology of Disease Vectors course, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2006) and Colorado State University (2004)

Postdoctoral Researchers
Over 30 in the past 15 years, some currently directing their independent research groups:
• Bogos Agianian, Research Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA
• Mathilde Gendrin, Group Leader, Institute Pasteur, The French Guiana
• Ana-Rita Gomes, Research Leader, CNRS Montpellier, France
• Mara Lawniczak, Principal Group Leader, The Sanger Institute, UK
• Fabrizio Lombardo, Assistant Professor, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Andre Nobrega Pitaluga, Senior Researcher, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
• Michael Povelones, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
• Angela Relogio, Professor, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
• Luisa Rona Pitaluga, Associate Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

PhD Students Supervisor
• Stephan Meister. Awarded by: University of Heidelberg, 2006. Currently: Automation Sales Field Application Specialist at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA
• Anastasios Koutsos. Awarded by: University of Crete, 2006. Currently: Associate Director, Health Unlimited, London, UK
• Deborah Cromer. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2008. Currently: Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• Robert M. Waterhouse. Awarded by Imperial College London, 2009. Currently: Principal Investigator, University of Lausanne, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Ellen Bushell. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2009. Currently: Group Leader, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
• Fanny S. Turlure. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2010. Currently: Business Development Manager, Aryballe Technologies, Grenoble, France
• Joanna Waldock. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2011. Currently: Scientist, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK
• Karolina Akinosoglou. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2011). Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Patras, Greece
• Lavanya Bhagavatula. Awarded by: University of Perugia, 2012. Currently: Associate Professor, Sage University, Bhopal, India
• Leanna M. Upton. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2012. Currently: Lead Scientist, Lonza, UK
• Stavros Stathopoulos. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2012. Currently: Privateer
• Zannatul Ferdous. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2016. Currently: Associate Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Faye Rodgers. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2017. Currently: Senior Bioinformatician, Mogrify, Cambridge, UK
• Chiamaka Valerie Ukegbu. Awarded by: Imperial College London, 2018. Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College London, UK
• Thomas Tarenzi. Awarded jointly by: RWTH Aachen University and The Cyprus Institute, 2019. Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Trento, Italy
• Lyu Wenping. Awarded jointly by: RWTH Aachen University and The Cyprus Institute, 2019, Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Aachen University, Germany
• Maria Giorgalli. Awarded by Imperial College London, 2020. Currently: Analyst, Clarivate, London, UK
• Timothy Little. Awarded jointly by: Imperial College London and The Francis Crick Institute, 2023. Currently: Senior Bioinformatician , University College London, UK
• Julia Cai. Awarded by Imperial College London, 2024. Currently: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK
• Alexander Bailey. Awarded by Imperial College London, 2024. Currently: Communications Coordinator, Imperial College London, UK
• Aayushi Sharma, Imperial College London, started in January 2024
• Kirsty Moane, Imperial College London, started in April 2024
• Katrina Tan, Imperial College London, started in June 2024
• Chiara Wuelfing, Imperial College London, started in October 2024