Gazouli Maria
Dr. Maria Gazouli is a Biologist and Professor at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She holds a specialty in Laboratory Genetics from the Greek Ministry of Health. She earned two PhDs (Department of Biology, NKUA/Institute Pasteur and School of Medicine, NKUA) and conducted postdoctoral research at Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA.
Her research focuses on the molecular and genetic basis of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and cancer, the molecular detection of pathogens, and the study of disease pathogenesis. In parallel, she works on nanotechnology applications for cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and the development of biosensors. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for research at the University of Maryland (College Park) and received additional training in Nanomedicine at Northeastern University, Boston.
She has authored over 400 international publications with more than 18,000 citations (h-index: 68), holds one international and three European patents, and has delivered more than 70 invited lectures worldwide. She has supervised numerous young scientists, serves as reviewer and editor in international journals, and participates as evaluator in national and European research funding agencies.
As scientific coordinator of national and international projects, she led the European Joint Action on Rare Cancers. She teaches Biology, Genetics, and Nanomedicine in undergraduate and postgraduate programs and has co-authored academic textbooks.
She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Organization for Medicines (2019–2023), is the National Representative at the Committee for Advanced Therapies of the European Medicines Agency (2021–present), a member of the Governing Committee of the Central Health Council (2023–present), a Board Member of Evangelismos General Hospital (2024–present), and since 2024 a member of the National Authority of Medically Assisted Reproduction.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3295-6811 | ResearcherID: I-2572-2018
