Cycle 2

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