Christos Kougentakis

Christos Kougentakis has a diverse work experience. From 2010-2012, they worked as a Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Amie McClellan at Bennington College. From 2012-2015, they worked as a Technical Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Amy Keating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During this time, they designed DNA libraries and performed FACS-based yeast and bacterial surface display experiments to isolate peptide inhibitors of proteins involved in cell migration. From 2015-2020, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Bertrand García-Moreno at The Johns Hopkins University. During this time, they determined the structural and thermodynamic consequences of proton-binding to proteins using NMR, crystallography, and in vitro protein stability measurements. Since 2020, they have been working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Diane Barber at the University of California, San Francisco. Christos is currently determining the role of dysregulated lysosomal pH dynamics in cancer cell growth and metabolism using live cell imaging and multicolor flow cytometry with a novel genetically encoded lysosomal pH biosensor in mammalian cell culture models. In 2023, they began working as a Scientist II at Lycia Therapeutics.

Christos Kougentakis received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Molecular Biology from Bennington College between 2008 and 2012. Christos then went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Molecular Biophysics from The Johns Hopkins University between 2014 and 2020.