​My main research interests are biomedical text/data mining and data integration. I develop methods for analyzing large and heterogeneous data for finding solutions to various problems in the domain of biomedicine.

• Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 2012
• M.Sc., Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 2005
• B. Sc., Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, 2003

• ​2017 -present : Research Scientist, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2012-2017: Text Mining Specialist, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2012-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2010-2012: Pre-doctoral research fellow, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  
• 2003-2010: Research Assistant, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus

​International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) (2010-present)

• ​Travel fellowship award, partly sponsored by the K.U.Leuven SymBioSys Center for Computational Systems Biology and the  BioMaGNet Network on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (BelSpo-IAP), 2010.
  
• Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, scholarship for PhD study (2009-2010)
• Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus, scholarship for PhD study (2009)
  
• Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, scholarship for PhD study (2005-Spring 2008)
• Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, scholarship for MSc study (2003-2005)
• Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus, annual grants for academic achievements in BSc study (1999-2003)
• Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, scholarship for BSc study (1999-2003)

• Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG)​
  
• Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
  
• Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE)