Athina Lisgara

Athina Lisgara is a first-year Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Sciences at Yale School of Public Health. She earned her integrated Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering from University of Patras in Greece, focusing on Environmental Toxicology. For her Ph.D., she uses MALDI imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI MSI) for bottom-up proteomics to study neurodegenerative diseases in the brain. She also explores liver disease by developing novel metabolomic workflows coupled with MALDI MSI and applying deep learning techniques. Athina actively volunteers with Greek Women in STEM and the Yale Undergraduate Mentorship Program.