George Samantsidis
Position
- Postdoc Research Associate
I obtained my Ph.D. at University of Crete, Greece, where I investigated insecticide resistance mechanisms in insects of medical and agricultural concern.
I joined Smith's lab, at Iowa State University, as a postdoc in May 2022 and my research here focuses on mosquito-pathogens interactions. In particular, we try to elucidate the functions and mechanisms that hemocytes, the principal immune cells of mosquitoes, employ against pathogen and parasite survival.
I joined Smith's lab, at Iowa State University, as a postdoc in May 2022 and my research here focuses on mosquito-pathogens interactions. In particular, we try to elucidate the functions and mechanisms that hemocytes, the principal immune cells of mosquitoes, employ against pathogen and parasite survival.
Education
- PhD, University of Crete, Greece, 2022
- M.S., Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, University of Crete, Greece, 2017
- B.S., Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2015