Harry Alexopoulos

Harry Alexopoulos is currently an Assistant Professor in Cell Biology and leads the Cellular Neurology Group at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He trained at the University of Sussex (MSc and PhD in Life Sciences) and at the University of Oxford as a Wellcome Training Fellow in Physiology and Neuroimmunology (Advisor, Prof. Angela Vincent, FRS). In 2008 he was recruited in the Faculty of Medicine, NKUA to establish the Neuroimmunology Unit (Director, Prof. Marinos Dalakas), a National Reference Center for diagnosis and research in autoimmune neurological disorders. In early 2021 he was a short-term EMBO fellow at the Karolinska Institute and in July 2021 he joined the Faculty of Biology, NKUA as an Assistant Professor. He has published 63 peer-reviewed papers and several book chapters (>5500 citations, h-index 37). His research explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving neuroimmune disorders and their neurodegenerative aspects, utilizing human samples and ex vivo models to uncover disease pathology and progression. He serves on the editorial board of the journals BMC Neurology and Frontiers in Immunology. He actively participates in educating the public on Neuroscience and Neurological Diseases and is an active member of the Hellenic Society of Neuroscience and the Hellenic Brain Council.