Panaretos works at the interface of nonparametric statistics, random processes, and stochastic geometry.

[2] He has published widely in statistical theory and methods as well as in applied probability, and is the author of two books.

[3][4] Panaretos received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007, advised by David R.

[6] After graduation Panaretos took up a faculty position at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), becoming the youngest person ever to be appointed to a chair at the institution.

He was a recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant Award in 2010,[10] and the 2019 Bernoulli Society Forum Lecturer.