Demetrios A. Spandidos (BSc, PhD, FRCPath, DSc, FRSH, FASA, MAE) is a Greek virologist and cancer researcher. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Crete where he was professor of virology from 1989 till 2015. He is also the founder of Spandidos Publications and the editor-in-chief of all eight of its journals.