Iris studied pharmacy from 2006-2011 and received her PhD in Pharmacology in 2016 from University of Athens. Iris joined the IVS as a post-doctoral fellow in 2016 after being granted the European Society of Cardiology research grant and was appointed W1 Professor at the GU in March 2021.

Her research is focusing on the investigation of epigenetic and epitranslatomic recognition of the meabolic alterations which dictate cell fate decisions with focus on the role of sulfur containing amino acid catabolism.