Triantafyllos Tafas

Fyl is a Life Sciences entrepreneur and developer of precision diagnostics aiming to transform human health. He founded QCDx in 2017 to develop and commercialize a next-generation rare cell detection technology, by leading a multi-disciplinary team, working at the intersection of genomics, optics, microfluidics, and big data. He co-founded Ikonisys Inc. in 2000 and served as the CSO, CTO and then President a robotic microscopy platform and diagnostic products used by major clinical customers in the US and Europe to deliver more than 300,000 cancer diagnostic tests. Prior to that, he developed a new prenatal Down screening biomarker which was licensed to Chromavision (Clarient Inc. /Neogenomics) and introduced the first Prenatal Chromosomal Abnormalities Screening Program for Greece. He co-authored more than seventy publications and is the co-inventor to 38 US patents and multiple patents pending. He was awarded the prestigious Jefferson Medal Award by the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association and the Distinguished Services Award from the University of Athens, Greece. He is holding a B.S. in biology and Ph.D. in ecology and populations biology from the University of Athens,