Alex Zhavoronkov

Alex Zhavoronkov
Fields aging, regenerative medicine, aging economics
Institutions Biogerontology Research Foundation
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Alex Zhavoronkov is a scientist working in biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and aging economics. He is the director of the Biogerontology Research Foundation,[1] a UK-based think-tank for aging research, and is also the director of the International Aging Research Portfolio, an open-access repository of biomedical grants.[2][3][4] He is the adjunct professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology[5] and heads the laboratory of regenerative medicine at the Federal Clinical Research Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology in Moscow.[6][7]

Education

Zhavoronkov earned two bachelor's degrees at Queen's University in computer science and commerce. He has a master's in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in physics and mathematics from Moscow State University.[8]

Career

He is the co-founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, a company dedicated to drug discovery for cancer and aging located at the Emerging Technology Centers of the Johns Hopkins University.[9][10][11][12]

Publications

Zhavoronkov authored and co-authored over 50 scientific papers.[13][14] He has contributed articles on trends in aging and longevity for the popular press including Huffington Post,[15] Financial Times Pensions Expert,[16] Next Avenue,[17] and New Scientist.[18]

He holds a US patent for methods utilizing brain-computer interfaces for recognizing imagined visual images.[19][20]

Books

Featured in mainstream and business media[21] including coverage in the Critic section of Bloomberg Businessweek,[22] on CBS and online radio stations,[23][24][25] and translated into both Japanese[26] and Polish[27] by independent publishers.

References

  1. Charities Commission UK 2013 Trustee Report and Statement of Accounts
  2. Zhavoronkov, A; Cantor, C. R. (2011). "Methods for structuring scientific knowledge from many areas related to aging research". PLoS ONE. 6 (7): e22597. PMC 3142169Freely accessible. PMID 21799912. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022597.
  3. Kolesov, A; Kamyshenkov, D; Litovchenko, M; Smekalova, E; Golovizin, A; Zhavoronkov, A (2014). "On multilabel classification methods of incompletely labeled biomedical text data". Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2014: 781807. PMC 3920912Freely accessible. PMID 24587817. doi:10.1155/2014/781807.
  4. The International Aging Research Portfolio Launches Longevity Medicine, retrieved 27 Feb 2011.
  5. MIPT Pharmpersonal: MIPT announces three new adjunct professors 12.12.2013
  6. Student and Alumni Bibliography: Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University
  7. "Alex Zhavoronkov". Who’s Who in Gerontology. Human Aging Genomic Resources.
  8. Biography of Alexander Zhavoronkov Lifeboat.com
  9. GenomeWeb: In Silico Medicine Opens US Office, Prepares to Launch Drug Discovery Software for Aging Research Market by Uduak Grace Thomas, March 28, 2014
  10. Street Insider: Insilico Medicine Opens Office at the ETC at Johns Hopkins University Eastern Campus
  11. Reuters: The Former Head of the Human Genome Project Joins InSilico Medicine, Inc. in the War on Aging as the Chair of the SAB
  12. Google Maps Geotag
  13. PubMed Bibliography Zhavoronkov's peer-reviewed bibliography
  14. Research Gate Full Text Articles Research Gate Profile
  15. Huffington Post: 13 Reasons Why We Will Live Longer Than Our Parents
  16. [Financial Times Pensions Expert: A scheme guide to changing longevity risk
  17. Next Avenue, Why We Should Look Forward To Living To 120 And Beyond
  18. New Scientist
  19. Bobrov, P; Frolov, A; Cantor, C; Fedulova, I; Bakhnyan, M; Zhavoronkov, A (2011). "Brain-computer interface based on generation of visual images". PLoS ONE. 6 (6): e20674. PMC 3112189Freely accessible. PMID 21695206. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020674.
  20. Patent on BCI for recognizing imagined visual images
  21. Scheffler, Daniel (July 9, 2013). "The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy (review)".
  22. Bloomberg Business week, Critic 07.22.2013 pp. 74
  23. CBS Radio with Dan Raviv in Washington, DC
  24. Book Tour Radio
  25. The Evolution of Aging Skeptically Speaking, retrieved June 7, 2013
  26. Ageless Generation on Maruzen
  27. Ageless Generation in Polish
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