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    Alexandros D. Tselepis, MD, PhD

    Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry-Clinical Chemistry, MD, PhD
    Atherothrombosis Research Centre/Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Alexandros D. Tselepis, MD, PhD, E-mail: atselep@uoi.gr, Tel: (+30) 26510-08365, Fax: (+30) 26510-08785

    Alexandros D. Tselepis is Professor of Biochemistry-Clinical Chemistry in the Chemistry Department, University of Ioannina, Greece. Professor Tselepis was born in Heraklion Crete in 1954. He graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Thessaloniki and in Medicine from the University of Ioannina. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from the Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina. His research work continued with a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fogarty, NIH) in the Pathology Department, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. From 1994 to 1999 he took a sabbatical leave (3 months per year) and conducted research work on lipoproteins and atherosclerosis as invited researcher in INSERM U321 Paris, France. Professor Tselepis is currently Director of the Atherothrombosis Research Centre (http://atherothrombosis.lab.uoi.gr) and President of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme “Medical Chemistry” of the University of Ioannina (http://medchem.ac.uoi.gr). Prof Tselepis is President of the European and Mediterranean League against Thrombotic Diseases (EMLTD) and the Institute for the Study and Education on Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Therapy (ISETAT). He is Member of the Executive Committees of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society and the Hellenic Cardiovasular Research Society and Member of the Educational Committee of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS). Prof Tselepis is a fellow of several national and international scientific societies, including the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). His main research interests concern the role of platelets and inflammation in the development and progression of atherosclerotic plaque as well as its thrombotic complications. Professor Tselepis has supervised 25 PhDs, 35 MSc and 10 postdocs and he has an over than 30 years experience in managing international and national research projects. Currently, Prof Tselepis has 272 publications in peer reviewed journals and more than 10,000 citations, whereas his h-index is 47 (Scopus).

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