George Aslanidi PhD

Dr. George Aslanidi is a professor at The Hormel Institute and leader of Molecular Bioengineering and Vaccine Development research sections. Dr. Aslanidi received his B.S. and M.S. from Tbilisi State University in Republic of Georgia and Ph.D. from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of Russian Academy of Science at Puschino. Dr. Aslanidi completed his post-doctoral work at University of Florida, Department of Genetic & Miclobiology in the School of Medicine. Prior to joining The Hormel Institute, Dr. Aslanidi was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Florida, where he conducted research on gene therapy of single gene diseases and cancer, and also taught laboratory research to pre-med students and clinical fellows.