Nikolas Pontikos
Chief Executive Officer at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNikolas Pontikos is a founder-CEO and associate professor who blends 13+ years of software and bioinformatics experience to build clinical decision-support systems at the intersection of genetics, imaging and text. He leads Eye2Gene, a UCL spinout, and heads the Pontikos Lab at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, translating patient-owned records and large-scale healthcare data into AI-driven precision diagnosis and prognosis tools. Previously deputy director (data science) at Moorfields Reading Centre and a software engineer at EMBL-EBI, he pairs production-grade pipeline engineering with deep domain expertise in genomics and phenotype integration. He teaches bioscience entrepreneurship and digital opportunities, reflecting a rare mix of academic leadership, startup execution and curriculum design. Notably, his background spans both foundational production systems (UniProtKB releases) and clinical genomics projects like Phenopolis and MyEyeSite, enabling him to move research models into regulated healthcare settings.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Phd, Statistical Analysis of Flow Cytometry Data, Phd, Statistical Analysis of Flow Cytometry Data at University of CambridgeMsci, Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, Msci, Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology at Imperial College LondonBaccalaureat Scientifique, Baccalaureat Scientifique at Lycee Francais Charles De GaulleUniversity College London
English, French, Greek, German
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Github Skills (57)
genetics10
neo4j10
sequencing10
database10
in-place10
graph9
server9
bioinformatics9
genome8
genomics8
rna-seq8
pipeline8
biology8
genetic7
frontend7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
phenotips/phenotips_python_client
Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 22 pushes in 1 year 1 month
phenotipsapipythonpython-client
pontikos/retinal_imaging
Sep 2015 - May 2020
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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