Dr. Lymperopoulos earned his MSc in Medicinal Chemistry followed by PhD in Pharmacology, after graduating from the School of Pharmacy of the University of Patras, Greece. He is currently a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) with its Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). He has received numerous grants and awards, including a 5-year Scientist Development Grant award from the American Heart Association (AHA) and being a finalist for the AHA-sponsored Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award in Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, and for the Cardiovascular Research Award of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC),. He has edited one textbook published by Springer and authored several book chapters and >70 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 25, >1,900 total citations, as of Dec. 2018). He currently serves as associate professor of pharmacology on the NSU College of Pharmacy Faculty.