Maria-Tzousi Papavergi

Maria-Tzousi Papavergi is a third-year PhD candidate in the Lemere Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, co-supervised by Cynthia Ann Lemere and Daniel van den Hove. Her research focuses on unraveling the cellular and epigenetic mechanisms linking the complement cascade to aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Papavergi holds a BS in molecular biology and genetics from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and an MS in cognitive and clinical neuroscience from Maastricht University, Netherlands. Papavergi was also a part of the 2025 Neuronline Community Leaders cohort.