Constantinos M. Mikelis

Dr. Mikelis is an Associate Professor of Physiology at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Patras, in Greece and an Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where he keeps an adjunct appointment. His postdoctoral training was on vascular and cancer biology, with a focus on GPCRs, at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at NIH and his PhD from the University of Patras was focused on angiogenesis. His current research program both in the United States and Greece is focused on investigating the role of small GTPases on endothelial physiology and on cellular communication with endothelial cells in physiological and pathological conditions.