Dr Dimitrios P. Vlachakis, Assistant Professor in Genetics at the Genetics Laboratory, Biotechnology Dept of the Agricultural University of Athens, Principal Investigator at the Clinical, Experimental Surgery & Translational Research Unit of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, and Affiliated Researcher (Associate Professor Level) at the University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He leads the Dark DNA Group (darkdna.gr).