Domna Karagogeos is a professor of Molecular Biology and Developmental Neurobiology at the University of Crete and a group leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB). In 1986, she completed her Ph.D. studies in cell and developmental biology at Harvard University, USA. Afterward, she accepted a postdoctoral research position at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1986–1989). In 1989, she relocated to accept a position as a lecturer in Neuroscience at the University of Crete Medical School (1989–1993). She was appointed as an assistant professor of Neuroscience at the University of Crete Medical School in 1993 and was promoted to professor in 2008. Her main laboratory research interests include axon guidance and neuronal migration during development and the biology of myelination.