Professor Christos Kroupis has been teaching Medical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry courses in undergraduates of Medicine and Dentistry Schools and Clinical Chemistry-Molecular Diagnostics courses in postgraduate students of Chemistry and Biology departments in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) for over 20 years. He obtained a BSc degree from NKUA (Chemistry Dept.), a MSc degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA (Biochemistry-Molecular Biology Dept.) for his work on T. fusca mutants and a PhD degree from NKUA (Chemistry Dept.) for molecular studies in BRCA genes and hereditary breast cancer genetics. Before becoming a Lecturer of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics in Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School in 2006 -and then an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in 2011, 2019 and 2023 respectively-, he has worked as a researcher for Hoffmann-La Roche, NJ, USA (basic cardiovascular research) and as a staff Clinical Biochemist and Molecular Biologist for clinical labs at Onassis Cardiac Center and Mitera Surgical Center in Athens, Greece for over 12 years. He has supervised a post-doctoral, three doctoral and 20 MSc students (all completed) and his research work has been recorded in ~100 PubMed peer-reviewed articles (h-index 27, 2500 citations, 40% as first, last or corresponding author).
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Attikí, Greece
Clinical Biochemistry