Leonidas Bakouros was born in Thessaloniki in 1994. He is a graduate of the Department of Spatial Planning and Development of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Class 2019) as well as holds a Master's Degree from Imperial College London (Class 2021) specializing in Transportation. Since 2022 he has been working as a Research Associate at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) of the Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), where he also worked again as a Research associate from 2017 to 2018. His research interests include solving traffic problems through graph theory, intelligent transport systems, and smart infrastructure. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece.