Stathis Megas

Biography

Stathis studied Physics at the University of Athens and CERN where he created and analysed simulations of supersymmetric field theories. He then completed his MSc and PhD at UCLA on physical mathematics and theoretical physics, focusing on defining rigorous and exactly solvable models of 2d topological quantum gravity equipped with any open/closed Atiyah TQFT and using them to derive insights about the black hole information paradox. Stathis joined the Teichmann lab in March 2023 as a postdoc, working closely with the Lotfollahi lab and joined the Accelerate Science team in December 2024. He is interested in the mathematical design of deep learning algorithms for disentangled representations and causal inference in single-cell and spatial genomics, with an aim at understanding gene regulation and protein-ligand interactions.