Iris (from Greece) 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 a European Society of Cardiology research grant. Her research focusses on the investigation of epigenetic and epitranslatomic recognition of the metabolic alterations which dictate cell fate decisions with focus on the role of sulfur containing amino acid catabolism.

In March 2021, Iris was appointed W1 Professor at the Goethe University and in the same month was awarded a Emmy Noether grant to fund her research on cardiovascular cysteine metabolism.