Professor Ioannis Tsinopoulos is Professor of Ophthalmology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a graduate of the School of Medicine of the same institution and holds a PhD from the School of Medicine of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He completed his clinical specialization in Ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

Since 2004, he has been a member of the Faculty of the School of Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he was initially appointed as Lecturer in Ophthalmology and has subsequently progressed to the rank of Professor. His academic responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, as well as supervising clinical training and research activities in ophthalmology.

Professor Tsinopoulos has developed a distinguished clinical and research profile, with a substantial body of work published in national and international peer-reviewed medical journals. His scholarly contributions also include authorship of chapters in ophthalmology textbooks. He serves as a reviewer for international scientific journals and has acted as editor for special issues in the field of ophthalmology.

He maintains an active role in the scientific community, currently serving as Vice President of the Ophthalmological Society of Northern Greece and as a member of the governing bodies of national and international scientific societies in ophthalmology. In addition, he has been appointed President of the National Boards of Ophthalmology for Northern Greece.

Since September 2021, he has served as Director of the Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he leads research initiatives in experimental and translational ophthalmology. Since February 2022, he has also been Director of the postgraduate (MSc) program “Ocular Surgery” at the same institution.

Professor Tsinopoulos has organised and participated in numerous international conferences and collaborative research initiatives, with particular emphasis on experimental ophthalmology and cataract surgery. He is currently serving as Leader of Work Package 2 (WP2) of the EPICUR Alliance (European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions), contributing to the development of innovative academic and research collaborations at the European level.