Vagelis Mallios was born in Athens in 1974. He is married to Pelagia and has 2 daughters, Danai and Klio.
He studied Law at the University of Athens (1992-1997) and pursued postgraduate studies (masters) at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) in the field of Penal Law (1998) and Public Law (1999). His doctoral thesis (PhD) is entitled "The human genome. Genetic research and protection of human rights" (University of Athens Law School, 2002).
He practices in the fields of public law, human rights, education and research law, as well as technology transfer and intellectual property. He has been member of legislative committees for the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice. He has successfully brought cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ie. same-sex partnership).
He is also the Data Protection Officer of the Agricultural University of Athens.
He has been the legal counsel of the Agricultural University of Athens since 2008 and the legal counsel of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute since 2017.
He is also the Data Protection Officer of the Agricultural University of Athens.
From 2015 since 2019 he served as legal counsel of the Deputy Minister of Research.
He has taught (as scientific collaborator) Health Law at the Law School of the University of Athens and the University of Crete. He has also taught Public Law at the University of Central Greece and Human Rights Law at the Department of Political Science of the Law School of the University of Athens.
From 2011 since 2017 he has been a member of the Board of the Hellenic League of Human Rights.
He has also published the book "Genetic testing and Law" (2004). He holds the title of Supreme Court Attorney at Law.
He has participated in the writing of collective volumes, including: "Medical Ethics. Analysis of Law 3418/2005" (2013),"God does not need a prosecutor" (2013) and “The execution of ECHR judgements in Greece (Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2021).
He has published several articles, in scientific journals and the press and he is a regular contributor to syntagmawatch.gr.