Cycle 3

SELECTED HOSTS AND FELLOWS

HOST COLLABORATOR	FELLOW
Professor Michalis Agoras	Professor Nikolaos Bouklas
University of Thessaly	Cornell University
Department of Mechanical Engineering	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Modeling Physiological Fatigue Loading and Damage Accumulation in Tendon

Dr. Achilleas Anagnostopoulos	Dr. Sophia Koustas
University of Thessaly	Southern New Hampshire University
Department of Business Administration	United States
Business

Project Title: Collaborative Research and Mentoring of Future Young Business Professionals in Business and Social Skills

Dr. Antonios Anastasopoulos	Dr. Roxani Margariti
University of Crete	Emory University
Department of History and Archaeology	United States
History

Project Title: Undergraduate and graduate teaching in Middle Eastern and Islamic History & collaborative research in Islamic History.

Dr. Areti Andreopoulou	Dr. Konstantinos Karathanasis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Oklahoma
Department of Music Studies	United States
Music

Project Title: Co-Develop and Strengthen Existing Curriculum in Electroacoustic Music Composition and Interactive Performance Techniques. Collaborative Research in the creation of a composition for recreated Aulos and live electronics.

Professor Georgia Andreou	Dr. Spyridoula Cheimariou
University of Thessaly	University of Alabama‚ Tuscaloosa
Department of Special Education	United States
Communications

Project Title: Collaborative research in English speaking and Greek speaking college students with dyslexia through eye tracking procedures

Dr. Elias Avramidis	Dr. Christoforos Mamas
University of Thessaly	University of California‚ San Diego
Department of Special Education	United States
Education

Project Title: Researching the social participation of students with special educational needs in general schools: Curriculum development and research capacity building.

Dr. Christos Chatzidoukas	Dr. George Philippidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of South Florida (USF)
Department of Chemical Engineering	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Collaborative Research in Algae for Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts

Professor Konstantinos Chrissafis	Dr. Xanthippi Chatzistavrou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Michigan State University
Department of Physics	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Next generation bioactive and antibacterial glass-ceramics for tissue healing and regeneration

Professor Efstathios Efstathopoulos	Professor Dionysios Christodouleas
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Massachusetts‚ Lowell
Medical School, 2^nd Department of Radiology	United States
Medical Sciences

Project Title: Nanomedicine educational activities and nanodevices development.

Professor Evangelos Efthymiou	Dr. Sofia Gavridou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of California‚ Los Angeles
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Metal Structures	United States
Engineering

Project Title: TAll BUilding Structural Design (TABU): Collaborative Research‚ Curriculum Co-development and Graduate Research Mentoring and Teaching

Dr. Panagiotis Gianniotis	Dr. Theodora Bourni
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Tennessee‚ Knoxville
Department of Mathematics	United States
Mathematics

Project Title: Structure of singularity models of mean curvature flow

Professor Nicolas Kalogerakis	Professor Paschalis Alexandridis
Technical University of Crete	University at Buffalo‚ The State University of New York (SUNY)
School of Environmental Engineering	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Collaborative research to advance deep-sea biosurfactant-assisted bioremediation and mentoring of graduate students and junior researchers

Professor Dimitris Karlis	Professor Marianthi Markatou
Athens University of Economics and Business	University at Buffalo‚ The State University of New York
Department of Statistics	United States
Mathematics

Project Title: Collaborative Research on statistical Methods for Big Data. Grow Research Capacity and Output and Mentor Graduate Students in Statistical Methodology

Dr. Katerina Kopaka	Dr. Eugenia Gorogianni
University of Crete	The University of Akron
Department of History and Archaeology	United States
Archaeology

Project Title: Crete and the Aegean islands in the 2nd millennium BC – People, material cultures, ideologies, and the issue of «Minoanization» revisited

Professor Konstantinos Kormas	Professor Konstantinos (Kostas) Konstantinidis
University of Thessaly	Georgia Institute of Technology
Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment	United States
Biology

Project Title: Investigating the gut microbial diversity of Aegean Sea fish

Professor Mary Kosmidis	Dr. Alexandra Touroutoglou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Harvard Medical School
School of Psychology	United States
Psychology

Project Title: Fostering clinical neuroscience training and research at AUTh through fMRI experiments‚ curriculum development and mentoring: Phase II

Professor Christopher Kotsakis	Dr. Dimitrios Bolkas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth Campus
Scool of Rural and Surveying Engineering‚ Department of Geodesy and Surveying	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Collaborative Research on Improved Algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) Data Analysis in Aerial Photogrammetry and Earth Surveying Applications

Professor Panayiotis Mitsias	Dr. Ioannis Karakis
University of Crete	Emory University School of Medicine
School of Medicine – Neurology	United States
Medical Sciences

Project Title: 1) Delivery of the collaboratively updated and enhanced Clinical Neurophysiology Curriculum to the present generation of Neurology residents at the Unversity of Crete 2) Continue ongoing collaboration on use of quantitative EEG on brain mapping and connectivity after acute brain injury 3) Initiate exchange program of trainees on quantitative EEG-focused research

Professor Sotiris Natsiavas	Professor Alexander Vakakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Engineering	United States
Engineering

Project Title: On the application of NES(nonlinear energy sinks) to railway bridges; Collaborative research on the application of NES to complex mechanical systems including moving mass and unilateral and bilateral constraints; Co-Develop a system for vibration control and damage limitation of bridges; Collaboration of research groups

Professor Maria Papadopouli	Dr. Stelios Smirnakis
University of Crete	Brigham and Women’s Hospital‚ Harvard Medical School
Department of Computer Science	United States
Medical Sciences

Project Title: Continuation and further Consolidation and Enrichment of the Neuroscience Network Laboratory: Collaborative Research‚ Mentoring‚ and Curriculum Co-Development

Professor Vissarion Papadopoulos	Professor Kostas Papakonstantinou
National Technical University of Athens	The Pennsylvania State University
School of Civil Engineering	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Collaborative Research on Improving Seismic Safety‚ Resilience and Risk Predictions‚ and Mentoring Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Earthquake Engineering and Uncertainty Quantification

Professor Eleni Peristeri	Dr. Kyrana Tsapkini
Dr. Efthimios Dardiotis	Dr. Constantine Frangakis
University of Thessaly	Johns Hopkins University
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences	United States
Medical Sciences

Project Title: Collaborative Research in the Design of Optimized and Individualized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Protocols in Patients with Post-Stroke Aphasia and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Professor Eftichios Sartzetakis	Professor George Deltas
University of Macedonia	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Economics	United States
Economics

Project Title: Collaborative Research and Mentoring of PhD Students in International Environmental Agreements Formation

Professor Georgios Simos	Professor Antonis Koromilas
University of Thessaly	McGill University
Laboratory of Biochemistry‚ Faculty of Medicine & Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology	Canada
Biology

Project Title: Development of an education curriculum and research collaborative program in molecular oncology between Canada and Greece.

Professor Georgios Sourvinos	Dr. Ioannis Sanidas
University of Crete	Harvard University
Medical School	United States
Biology

Project Title: Graduate student teaching/mentoring on the state-of-the-art genome editing technology (CRISPR/Cas9). Introduction of genome editing courses in Master s programs in the University of Crete. Establishment of collaboration in research projects in virology and cell biology using genome editing applications.

Professor Georgios Stavroulakis	Dr. Georgios Drosopoulos
Technical University of Crete	University of KwaZulu-Natal
School of Production Engineering and Management, Computational Mechanics and Optimization Laboratory	South Africa
University of Ioannina
School of Informatics & Telecommunications
Engineering

Project Title: Collaborative Research and Postgraduate student mentoring in the field of graphene reinforced nanocomposite materials‚ design and optimization‚ enhanced with shunted piezoelectric components‚ using functionally graded concepts and innovative optimization techniques.

Professor Panagiotis Tsakalides	Professor Anthony Ephremides
University of Crete	University of Maryland
Department of Computer Science	United States
Engineering

Project Title: Future Communication Networking with Message Semantics -[Development of International Virtual Research Laboratory between the University of Crete and FORTH on one hand with the University of Maryland on the other‚ through strong collaborative research‚ graduate and undergraduate student involvement and mentoring‚ and curriculum modernizing]

Dr. Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis	Professor Ioannis Pavlidis
Athens University of Economics and Business	University of Houston
Department of Statistics	United States
Computer Science

Project Title: Collaborative Research in Analyzing “Deadline-Driven Lives”

Professor Andreas Voloudakis	Professor Ioannis Tzanetakis
Agricultural University of Athens	University of Arkansas‚ Fayetteville
Department of Crop Science	United States
Agriculture

Project Title: Identification of fig virome in Greek germplasm employing high throughput sequencing (HTS) and bioinformatics analysis.

Professor Nikolaos Voulgaris	Dr. George Tsoflias
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Kansas
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment	United States
Geology

Project Title: Collaborative Research in Developing New Induced Earthquake Detection and Analysis Methods for Characterization of the Subsurface; Graduate Student Teaching and Mentoring in Geophysics and Seismology

Professor Nikolaos Zacharias	Professor Ioanna Kakoulli
University of the Peloponnese	University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of History Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management	United States
Archaeology

Project Title: The Chemistry and Structure of Color in Archaeological Vitreous and Ceramic Materials. Collaborative Research in archaeological materials science and ancient technology and mentoring of graduate Ph.D. students in the Laboratory of Archaeometry and in the MSc Program on Cultural Heritage Materials and Technologies (CultTech) at the University of the Peloponnese.