Dr Petros Mouratidis

Dr Petros Mouratidis is an ICR Fellow at the Institute of Cancer Research London. Dr Mouratidis received his PhD in pancreatic cancer biology from St. George’s Hospital Medical School University of London, where he investigated the apoptotic effects of small molecules in pancreatic cancer. He then undertook postdoctoral training in immunology in the group of Prof. Andrew George (Imperial College London) and the biophysics of therapeutic ultrasound under the guidance of Prof. Gail ter Haar (Institute of Cancer Research, London). Dr Mouratidis uses therapeutic ultrasound to directly kill pancreatic cancer cells and tumours or sensitise them to the effects of immunotherapy and other traditional oncologic interventions. Using these combinatorial approaches, he has shown the synergistic anti-cancer effects of a form of therapeutic ultrasound called boiling histotripsy when used in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Petros is an author of 16 articles in peer-reviewed journals, sits on the editorial board of 2 journals (Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment) and is a reviewer of articles (European Journal of Cancer, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal for the Immunotherapy of Cancer, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Ultrasonics) and research funding applications (Focused Ultrasound Foundation).