Cycle 4

Projects Selected in Cycle IV

Host Collaborator:	Fellow:
Professor Panos Argyrakis	Dr. Lazaros Gallos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Rutgers‚ The State University of New Jersey
Field of Study: Physics	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Network Science: Using Machine Learning techniques to predict macroscopic static and dynamic observables in complex networks.

Professor Constantine Bikos	Mrs. Kalliopi Galiti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Wisconsin-Madison‚ USA
Professor Konstantinos Kornarakis	United States
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Field of Study: Education
Project Title: Trauma Transformation through Forgiveness Education

Professor Andreas Boudouvis	Dr. Dimitrios Giovanis
National Technical University of Athens	Johns Hopkins University
Field of Study: Engineering	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research on Computational Methods for Predictive Modeling in Process Analysis via Reduced-Order Modeling and Manifold Learning‚ and Mentoring Undergraduate and Graduate students in Computational Mechanics.

Professor Maria Damilakou	Professor Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Ionian University	York University
Field of Study: History	Canada
Project Title: Curriculum Co-Development for an undergraduate course on History of Greek Diaspora in North and South America; Curriculum Co-Development for a graduate seminar on Greek Migration and Diaspora in a comparative approach; Collaborative Research on History of Greek Migration in the first half of the 20th century.

Professor Nikolaos Depountis	Professor Maria Ferentinou
University of Patras	University of Johannesburg
Field of Study: Engineering	South Africa
Project Title: Collaborative Research in the field of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering with the performance of "Large scale shear tests of soil-geosynthetic interfaces "

Professor Dimitris Fotakis	Professor Stratis Ioannidis
National Technical University of Athens	Northeastern University
Field of Study: Computer Science	United States
Project Title: Research collaboration with Prof. Stratis Ioannidis in Machine Learning and Learning Theory‚ focusing on ranking regression and learning from ranked data‚ under theoretical and experimental viewpoints. Grow research capacity on the topic of learning from ranked data through a tutorial‚ a research seminar and mentoring graduate and senior undergraduate students.

Professor Dimitrios Frantzeskakis	Professor Panagiotis Kevrekidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Massachusetts‚ Amherst
Professor T.P. Horikis	United States
University of Ioannina
Field of Study: Mathematics
Project Title: Solitons and rogue waves in media with a local or a nonlocal nonlinearity

Professor Georgios Gaidajis	Dr. Vassilios Kazakidis
Democritus University of Thrace	Laurentian University
Field of Study: Engineering	Canada
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Social licensing assessment for the evaluation of the development of natural resource projects

Professor Theodore Ganetsos	Professor Elias Sideras-Haddad
West Attica University	University of the Witwatersrand
Field of Study: Physics	South Africa
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Solid State Physics

Professor Minos Garofalakis	Dr. Petros Spachos
Technical University of Crete	University of Guelph
Field of Study: Engineering	Canada
Project Title: Curriculum Co-Development‚ Research Collaboration and Student Research Mentoring in Systems for Smart Cities with the Internet of Things (IoT)

Professor Ioannis Giannikos	Dr. Petros Anastasopoulos
University of Patras	Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
Field of Study: Travel/Tourism	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in the Economics of Tourism; Co-Develop New and Strengthen Existing Curriculum in Tourism and Leisure Studies

Dr. Andreas Gofas	Dr. Orfeo Fioretos
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences	Temple University
Field of Study: International Relations	United States
Project Title: A Greece-US partnership to promote research and student exchange in the field of international and European studies

Professor Georgios Kagadis	Professor Nikos Papanikolaou
University of Patras	University of Texas at San Antonio
Field of Study: Medical Sciences	United States
Project Title: Expanding the medical physics program at Univ of Patras through novel research and new training programs

Professor Nikolaos Kotsanos	Professor Petros Papagerakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Saskatchewan
Professor Athanasios Tzioufas	Canada
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Field of Study: Medical Sciences
Project Title: Collaborative Research in genetic and environmental influence on tooth formation and mineralization; Grow Research Capacity and Output and Mentor Graduate Students in Pediatric Dentistry. Develop exchange program of Under and/or postgraduate students between our institutions.

Professor Marina Kotzamani	Ms. Theodora Skipitares
University of the Peloponnese
Field of Study: Arts	United States
Project Title: -Curricular co-development for undergraduate program of studies. -Teaching of undergraduate seminars in mentor's specialty. -Offering training in teaching of arts courses

Dr. Vassilis Kouikoglou	Professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis
Technical University of Crete	UCLA
Field of Study: Engineering	United States
Project Title: Sustainability Theory and Applications

Professor Katherine Liapi	Professor Emmanouil Vermisso
University of Patras	Florida Atlantic University
Field of Study: Architecture	United States
Project Title: Generative Design Processes in Architectural Education: Collaborative Cross -Disciplinary Research Focused on Fellow's Doctoral Research and Integration of the developed Computation Design Processes and Workflow in Class Instruction.

Professor Penelope Mavromara	Dr. Konstantinos Kousoulas
Democritus University of Thrace	Louisiana State University
Field of Study: Medical Sciences	United States
Project Title: Strengthening graduate studies and research in Infectious Diseases and bioinformatics at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH): Curriculum co-development‚ student teaching and mentorship and collaborative research activities.

Professor George Nanos	Dr. Eleni Pliakoni
University of Thessaly	Kansas State University
Field of Study: Agriculture	United States
Project Title: Development of analytical methodology for phenols and cannabinoids

Dr. Theodore Panagiotidis	Professor Vasileios Sarafidis
University of Macedonia	Monash University
Field of Study: Economics	Australia
Project Title: Curriculum Development and Teaching on Panel Data Econometrics; Collaborative Research on the Effects of Uncertainty on greek Fimrs

Professor George Polyzos	Professor Vasileios Kemerlis
Athens University of Economics and Business	Brown University
Field of Study: Computer Science	United States
Project Title: Software hardening for the Internet of Things

Mrs. Despina Provata	Dr. Zoe Petropoulou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	St. John's University‚ New York
Field of Study: Literature	United States
Project Title: Teaching research methodology to undergraduate students of the French Language and Literature Department and mentoring them for the Professions.

Professor Basil Psarianos	Professor Nikiforos Stamatiadis
National Technical University of Athens	University of Kentucky
Field of Study: Engineering	United States
Project Title: Evaluation of connected and automated vehicles on night time road safety through collaborative research and educational activities

Mr. Dimitrios Rozakis	Dr. Costas Laoutides
University of the Peloponnese	Deakin University
Field of Study: Political Science	Australia
Project Title: Research‚ Graduate Student Teaching and Curriculum Development in Ethnic/Separatist Conflicts

Professor Konstantinos Sfetsos	Professor Alexios Polychronakos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	City College of New York‚ The City University of New York & the Graduate Center of CUNY
Field of Study: Physics	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Systems

Professor Eleni Skourtou	Dr. Themistoklis Aravossitas
University of the Aegean	University of Toronto
Field of Study: Education	Canada
Project Title: Professional Development of Greek Language Techers in the Diaspora

Professor Emmanouil Smyrnakis	Professor Marientina Gotsis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Southern California
Field of Study: Arts	United States
Project Title: Narrative Medicine and Cinematic Arts in Medical Education Curricula

Professor Sarantis Sofianos	Professor Peter Diamessis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cornell University
Field of Study: Environmental Sciences	United States
Project Title: Investigation of the role of upper-ocean turbidity in impacting stratification and diapycnal turbulent transport and mixing

Professor Marios Spiliopoulos	Professor Annetta Kapon
Athens School of Fine Arts	Otis College of Art and Design
Field of Study: Arts	United States
Project Title: Graduate Student Teaching and Mentoring for Graduate Students in the School of Fine Arts, with Curriculum Co-Development with a View to Enriching the Curriculum and Preparation of Students for Professional Life. Strengthening International Connections for Graduate Students and Faculty.

Professor Georgios Steiris	Professor Evangelia Anagnostou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Macquarie University Australia
Field of Study: Philosophy	Australia
Project Title: Collaborative Research on the receprion of Platonism by Christian scholars in Byzantium; Curriculum co-development for the the new Postgraduate Program in HIstory of Philosophy

Professor Fotis Topouzis	Professor Demetrios Vavvas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Harvard University
Field of Study: Medical Sciences	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Developing Strategies Towards Diagnosis and Screening of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and AMD-Phenotype Identification

Professor Georgios Tsivgoulis	Dr. Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Harvard University
Field of Study: Medical Sciences	United States
Project Title: Co-development and Promotion of Education‚ Mentoring and Collaborative Research in Vascular Neurology and Stroke. Analysis of national and regional trends of Stroke mortality in Greece‚ 1980-2015

Dr. Eleni Vlahogianni	Professor Alexander Skabardonis
National Technical University of Athens	University of California‚ Berkeley
Field of Study: Engineering	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Grow research capacity and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in transportation engineering

Professor Panayiotis Vlamos	Professor Chrystalla Mouza
Ionian University	University of Delaware
Field of Study: Education	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Computer Science Education

Professor Dimitrios Vlassopoulos	Professor Savvas Hatzikiriakos
University of Crete	The University of British Columbia
Field of Study: Engineering	Canada
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Linking Rheological Material Functions to Polymer Crystallization

Professor George Yannis	Dr. Alexandra Kondyli
National Technical University of Athens	University of Kansas
Field of Study: Engineering	United States
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Mentoring in Driver Behavior and Traffic Safety

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Cycle 2
SELECTED HOSTS AND FELLOWS

HOST COLLABORATOR	FELLOW
Professor Vassilis Aletras	Dr. Petros Pechlivanoglou
University of Macedonia	The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
School of Business Administration	Health Economics
Project Title: Developing Economic Evaluation and Decision Analysis Methods Capacity and Establishing Foundations for a Diabetes Policy Model
Dr. Antonios Anastasopoulos	Dr. Roxani Margariti
University of Crete	Emory University
Department of History and Archaeology	History
Project Title: Graduate Teaching in Middle Eastern and Islamic History and Historiography and Curriculum Strengthening with New Graduate Courses
Professor Constantine Bikos	Dr. Peli (Kalliopi) Galiti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Philosophy and Education	Education Psychology
Project Title: Preventing bullying in the schools: Decreasing Anger and Increasing Class Cooperation in Primary and Secondary Schools through Forgiveness Education
Professor Georgios Boulougouris	Professor Sotiris Xantheas
Democritius University of Trace	Universtiy of Washington
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Modeling and Analyzing the Formation of Hydrogen Bond Network in a Variety of Aqua’s Environments
Christina Boutsouki	Dr. Paschalina Ziamou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Baruch College‚ The City University of New York
Department of Economics	Business
Project Title: Curriculum Development for a Joint "MSc in Digital Marketing & Social Media" and Advisement & Mentoring of Doctoral Students
Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios	Professor Foteini Baldimtsi
Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki	George Mason University
Informatics	Computer Science
Project Title: Curriculum Co-Development, Research Collaboration and Student Mentoring in Blockchains for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Professor Maria Chatzinkolaidou	Professor Stavroula Sofou
University of Crete	Rutgers University
Department of Materials Science and Technology	Chemical and Biochemical Engineering‚ and Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Vascular Tissue Engineering
Professor Michail Georgiadis	Professor Marianthi Ierapetritou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Rutgers‚ The State University of New Jersey
Department of Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Graduate Student Teaching/Mentoring in the Area of Process Systems Engineering
Dr. Vassilia Hatzitaki	Dr. Nikolaos Stergiou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Nebraska at Omaha
Physical Education and Sports Sciences	Biomechanics
Project Title: A USA-Greece Partnership to Promote Research and Student Mentoring in Human Movement Variability
Professor Georgios Kagadis	Professor Nikos Papanikolaou
University of Patras	University of Texas at San Antonio
Medical Physics	Therapeutic Radiology
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Biological and Physics Processes Specific to Modeling and Measuring DNA Damage from Therapeutic Radiation; Co-mentoring Graduate Students in Medical Physics
Professor Orestis Kalogirou	Professor George Hadjipanayis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	University of Delaware
Department of Physics	Physics, Solid State
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Graduate Student Teaching/Mentoring in "Magnetic Materials for Biomedical and Permanent Magnet Applications"
Professor Kyriaki Sidiropoulou	Professor Diomedes Logothetis
University of Crete	Northeastern University
Neurophysiology	Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project Title: Enhancement of the Curricula and Research in Neurophysiology and Neuroscience
Professor Dimitris Karlis	Professor Marianthi Markatou
Athens University of Economics and Business	University at Buffalo‚ The State University of New York
Statistics	Mathematics and Statistics
Project Title: Big Data: Interface of Statistics and Machine Learning
Dr. Dimitris Keridis	Professor Stathis Kalyvas
Panteion University	Yale University
Department of International, European and Area Studies	Conflict Studies, Political Violence
Project Title: Research, Graduate Student Teaching and Curriculum Development in Conflict and Political Violence
*Professor Sokratis Koniordos Cohort Project**	Dr. Evangelina Tastsoglou
University of Crete	Saint Mary's University
Sociology/Social Sciences	Cultural Sociology
	Professor Nicholas Alexiou
	Queens Collage, City University of New York
	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Project Title: The Making of the Modern Greek Diaspora: Collaborative Research, Graduate Teaching/Mentoring and Curriculum Co-Development
Professor Konstantinos Kormas	Professor Konstantinos Konstantinidis
University of Thessaly	Georgia Institute of Technology
Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment	Environmental Biology
Project Title: Metagenomic Investigations of the Microbial Diversity and Ecophysiology in Greek Thermal Springs for Biotechnological Applications
Professor Katherine Liapi	Professor Emmanouil Vermisso
University of Patras	Florida Atlantic University
Department of Architecture/School of Engineering	Architectural Technology
Project Title: Emergent Form: Permance-Driven Form-Finding Strategies in Architecture
Professor Petros Maragos	Professor Kostas Daniilidis
National Technical University of Athens	University of Pennsylvania
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Graduate Student Training in Vision Robotics
Professor Kostas Mathiopoulos	Dr. Ioannis Ragoussis
University of Thessaly	McGill University
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology	Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Collaborative Research on Olive Fly Genomics; Teaching Genomic Sciences and Functional Analysis; Curriculum Development for Graduate Students; Research Infrastructure Development in Synthetic Biology
Dr. Chrysovalantou Milliou	Professor Konstantinos Serfes
Athens University of Economics and Business	Drexel University
International and European Economic Studies	Economics
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Graduate Student Mentoring in Industrial Organization
Professor Panayiotis Mitsias	Dr. Ioannis Karakis
University of Crete	Emory University School of Medicine
School of Medicine-Neurology	Neurology
Project Title: Curriculum Co-Development for Clinical Neurophysiology for Neurology Residents and Collaborative Research in Developing Electroencephalography-Based Cortical Connectivity Measures
Professor Basil Psarianos	Professor Nikiforos Stamatiadis
National Technical University of Athens	University of Kentucky
Faculty of Rural and Surveying Engineering	Civil Engineering
Project Title: Understanding and Addressing Nighttime Road Safety Critical Issues through Collaborative Research and Educational Activities
Professor Tatiani Rapatzikou	Dr. Demetres Tryphonopoulos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Brandon University
English, Faculty of Philosophy	English and Creative Writing
Project Title: Anglo-American Modernist Poetry and the Classics: Curriculum Co-Development, Collaborative Research and Graduate Student Mentoring in Editing, Annotating and Digitizing Archived Materials
Professor Vasiliki Soubasi	Dr. Helen Christou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Harvard Medical School
Department of B. Neonatal Clinic, Faculty of Medicine	Pediatrics
Project Title: Co-Develop New and Strengthen Existing Curriculum in Neonatology; Collaborative Research on Short-Term and Long-Term Prediction and Early Diagnosis Regarding the Morbidities of Preterm and High Risk Term Neonates and Planning Preventative Interventions; Graduate Student Training and Mentoring in Neonatology
Professor Georgios Sourvinos	Dr. Ioannis Sanidas
University of Crete	Harvard University
Medical School	Harvard Medical School
Project Title: Introduction of the State-of-the-Art Genome Editing Technology (CRISPR/Cas9) and Establishment of Research Collaboration on Genome Engineering Approaches in Virology and Cell Biology
Professor Anastasia Tsamparli-Kitsara	Professor Ionas Sapountzis
University of the Aegean	Adelphi University
Psychology	Psychology
Project Title:Working with Disadvantaged Children in Schools
Professor Eleni Vlahogianni	Dr. Konstantina Gkritza
National Technical University of Athens	Purdue University
School of Civil Engineering/Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering	Civil Engineering
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Smart and Shared Mobility: Grow Research Capacity and Mentor Graduate Students in Transportation Planning and Engineering
Professor Nikolaos Voulgaris	Dr. George Tsoflias
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	University of Kansas
Geophysics & Seismology	Geophysics & Seismology
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Developing New Induced Earthquake Detection and Analysis Methods for Characterization of the Subsurface, using Seismic Array Techniques; Graduate Student Teaching and Mentoring in Geophysics and Seismology
Dr. Timothy Ward	Dr. Bill Manaris
The American College of Greece	College of Charleston
Intermedia/Multimedia	Computer Science
Project Title: Curriculum Co-Development and Collaborative Research and Performance Infrastructure Planning for Interdisciplinary 'Computing in the Arts' Cross-Institutional Activities and Community Networks