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Antreas Afantitis (Αντρέας Αφαντίτης)

PhD, MBA — Founder & Managing Director, NovaMechanics Ltd
Scientific Director, Entelos Institute

Nicosia, Cyprus · Isalos Analytics Platform · Enalos Cloud Platform

ORCID: 0000-0002-0977-8180 | Scopus: 6507913243 | ResearcherID: A-9637-2010 | Loop: 184421 | SciProfiles: 542624

Top 2% Scientists β€” Stanford List h-index > 44 183 Publications 4,800+ Scopus Citations 3 Patents
183
Peer-Reviewed Publications
44+
h-index (Google Scholar)
4,800+
Scopus Citations
40+
International Projects
20+
Years of Experience

Researcher & Innovator in Computational Science

Antreas Afantitis, PhD, MBA is the Founder of NovaMechanics Ltd and the Scientific Director of the Entelos Institute. He has a strong scientific background in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, nanoinformatics, modeling, simulation, machine learning, and medicinal and materials chemistry.

His scientific work has been published in over 183 original research articles and reviews in international peer-reviewed journals. According to Google Scholar, his h-index is 44 and he is considered among the world's top 2% scientists according to the Stanford List.

He has successfully led the efforts on the development and implementation of state-of-the-art information technology systems (databases, web services, custom scientific software) in NovaMechanics Ltd for solving cheminformatics, bioinformatics, nanoinformatics, modeling, simulation, and big data analysis problems. He has supervised all R&D activities and product development of the company (Isalos Analytics Platform, Enalos+ KNIME nodes, Enalos Cloud Platform, Enalos Suite, etc.).

He has coordinated applied drug discovery projects leading to the filing of three patents, and participates as Principal Investigator in more than 40 multi-partner international research projects.


Professional Career

NovaMechanics Ltd · 20+ years

Founder NovaMechanics Greece

Mar 2022 – Present · Athens, Greece
Foundation of NovaMechanics' Greek sister company.

Coordinator — CompSafeNano H2020 Marie Curie Project

Sep 2021 – Present · Nicosia, Cyprus
Driving the development of integrated nanoinformatics models with broad domains of applicability, directly usable by industry and regulators for risk assessment. Establishing an extended safe-by-design paradigm including environmental sustainability.

Managing Director

Jan 2009 – Present · Nicosia, Cyprus
Overseeing all R&D activities and product development: Isalos Analytics Platform, Enalos+ KNIME nodes, Enalos Cloud Platform, Enalos Suite, and Enalos Asclepios KNIME nodes.

Founder NovaMechanics Cyprus

Aug 2005 – Present · Nicosia, Cyprus
Founded NovaMechanics Ltd, a cheminformatics and nanoinformatics centre of excellence.

Coordinator — NanoSolveIT H2020 Nanoinformatics Project

Jan 2019 – Aug 2023 · Nicosia, Cyprus
Introduced a ground-breaking in silico Integrated Approach to Testing and Assessment (IATA) for nanomaterials environmental health and safety, implemented as a Cloud platform.

Scientific Director

Jan 2023 – Present · Nicosia, Cyprus
Directing scientific strategy in sustainable design, computational modeling, neural networks, machine learning, and advanced data analytics.

Evaluator — EU H2020 / Horizon Europe Calls

European Commission
2021 – Present
Expert evaluator for European Commission research and innovation funding proposals.

Editor-in-Chief — CSBJ Nanoscience & Advanced Materials (I.F. 4.4)

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Leading the Nanoscience & Advanced Materials section of the journal.

Tools Built at NovaMechanics

Isalos Analytics Platform

Zero-code desktop platform for predictive analytics, machine learning, AutoML, statistical analysis, and Design of Experiments. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Enalos Cloud Platform

Cloud-based platform for cheminformatics and nanoinformatics, enabling model deployment as web services and collaborative data analysis.

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Enalos+ KNIME Nodes

Open-source extensions for the KNIME analytics platform with molecular descriptors, QSAR modeling, and nanoinformatics tools.

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Enalos Asclepios KNIME Nodes

Specialized KNIME nodes for molecular docking, binding pattern assessment, and computational chemistry workflows.

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183 Peer-Reviewed Publications (Scopus)

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Academic Background

MBA

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

PhD — Computational & Organic Chemistry

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Master’s Degree — Computational Mechanics

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Diploma — Chemical Engineering

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

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