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Team leader Immunology at Danone Research
After obtaining her BSc in Biochemistry from UMIST, Manchester, England and MSc Food Biotechnology from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Niki Georgiou pursued the position of Junior Researcher at the Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology Division of Utrecht University working on Aflatoxin decontamination by fungi.
After 3 years she joined the IRAS (Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences) for one year before starting her PhD in 1997 on Iron chelation and HIV-1 replication at the University Medical Centre Utrecht. She stayed on at the Department of Medical Microbiology at the UMCU to work on two different Postdoc projects one on cardiovascular effects of iron and another on immune-modulation by secreted proteins from Staphylococcus aureus. During this period she also worked on projects with two biotechnology companies.
After having spent 15 years in an academic environment, there came an overwhelming urge to start translating research into consumer products and to develop her skills beyond the laboratorium. She joined Danone Research in 2008, where she now works as Team Leader Immunology, specializing in Medical Nutrition projects. She can still combine fundamental and translational research with activities ranging from coaching of PhD students to supporting marketing in rolling out a new product.
Niki Georgiou participated the roundtable-discussion of PCDI's Postdoc Retreat 2010.
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