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 3142169 Freely 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 3920912 Freely 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 3112189 Freely 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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