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Periklis (Laki) Pantazis is the Director of the Imperial College London and LEICA Microsystems Imaging Hub and a Reader in Advanced Optical Precision Imaging (equiv. Associate Professor) at the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.

He studied Biochemistry at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover/Germany followed by a PhD in Biology and Bioengineering at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden/Germany.

He pursued then postdoctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology/Pasadena/CA/USA before joining as an Assistant Professor the ETH Zurich Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering in Basel/Switzerland.

In 2018/2019, he established his Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Imaging at Imperial College London that conceives and applies cutting-edge imaging technologies, assays and reagents for the mechanistic dissecting of development, disease progression and tissue regeneration. Notable contributions are primed conversion (3D precise and nontoxic labelling using), GenEPi (mechanical force sensor reporting Piezo1 function) and bioharmonophores (biocompatible/biodegradable nonlinear imaging probes). His team fosters interdisciplinary projects in the fields of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Engineering, Chemistry and Optics and has secured more than a dozen active/pending patents.

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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2020-09-01 to present | Director Leica Imaging Hub and Reader in Advanced Optical Precision Imaging (Department of Bioengineering )
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2018-08-01 to 2020-08-31 | Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) (Department of Bioengineering)
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ETH Zurich: Basel, CH

2011-11-01 to 2018-07-31 | Assistant Professor of Biosystems Analysis (Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE))
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Education and qualifications (3)

California Institute of Technology: Pasadena, CA, US

2006 to 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Biology)
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics: Dresden, DE

2001 to 2005 | PhD (Biology and Bioengineering)
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Leibniz Universität Hannover: Hannover, Niedersachsen, DE

1995 to 2000 | MS in Biochemistry (Biochemistry)
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