Alexandros D. Tselepis is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Biochemistry in the Chemistry Department, and Director of the Atherothrombosis Research Centre of the University of Ioannina, Greece. Professor Tselepis was born in Heraklion Crete in 1954. He graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Thessaloniki and in Medicine from the University of Ioannina. He obtained his PhD in Clinical Biochemistry from the Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina. His research work continued with a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fogarty, NIH) in the Pathology Department, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. From 1994 to 1999 he took a sabbatical leave (3 months per year) and conducted research work on lipoproteins and atherosclerosis as invited researcher in INSERM U321 Paris, France. Prof Tselepis has been President of the European and Mediterranean League against Thrombotic Diseases (EMLTD) and currently he is a member of the executive board of this society and in parallel he serves as the chair of the EMLTD education committee. Prof Tselepis is also a member of the executive commitees of i. the Institute for the Study and Education on Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Therapy (ISETAT) and ii. the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society. He has been Member of the Executive Committees of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and the Hellenic Cardiovasular Research Society and currently he is a Member of the Educational and the National Committees of EAS. Prof Tselepis is a fellow of several national and international scientific societies, including the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). His main research interests concern the role of lipoproteins platelets and inflammation in the development and progression of atherosclerotic plaque as well as in its thrombotic complications. Currently, he studies the mechanisms underlying the proatherogenic and prothrombotic roles of Lp(a) and specifically the effects of Lp(a) on endothelial cells and platelets. Professor Tselepis has supervised 29 PhDs, 41 MSc and 12 postdocs and he has over than 40 years’ experience in managing international and national research projects. Currently, he has 290 publications in peer reviewed journals and more than 14.000 citations, whereas his h-index is 66.