Athanasios Balomenos

Athanasios Balomenos is a PhD researcher at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, where he investigates how the nervous system senses mechanical stimuli, smell, and pain. He studied biology at the University of Athens (BSc) and Medical Neurosciences at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (MSc). Passionate about capturing the biological world, Athanasios has received distinctions for striking scientific images of pain-sensing neurons from the Helmholtz Association’s Best Scientific Image contest and from the European Neuroscience Society. Beyond the lab, he enjoys helping communicate science to the public, volunteering with Berlin Science Week, and now moderating discussions that connect research with curiosity.