Stefan Dimitrov graduated from the Faculty of Physics of the Sofia University Kliment Ohridsky. He got his Ph. D. in the Institute of Molecular Biology in Sofia and in the Institute of Molecular Biology in Moscow. He was a Director of Research (Full Professor equivalent) at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France. Stefan Dimitrov worked in Izmir Biomedicine and Genomics Center (IBG) and served as IBG Scientific Director. Since 2024, Dr. Dimitrov is an European Research Area (ERA) Chair Holder in the Institute of Molecular Biology, Sofia. He is also Emeritus Director of Research at CNRS. His scientific interests are focused on the role of epigenetic factors in modelling the genome in both normal and disease conditions.