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Cycle 3

SELECTED HOSTS AND FELLOWS

HOST COLLABORATORFELLOW
Professor Michalis AgorasProfessor Nikolaos Bouklas
University of ThessalyCornell University
Department of Mechanical EngineeringUnited States
Engineering
Project Title: Modeling Physiological Fatigue Loading and Damage Accumulation in Tendon
Dr. Achilleas AnagnostopoulosDr. Sophia Koustas
University of ThessalySouthern New Hampshire University
Department of Business AdministrationUnited States
Business 
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Mentoring of Future Young Business Professionals in Business and Social Skills
Dr. Antonios AnastasopoulosDr. Roxani Margariti
University of CreteEmory University
Department of History and ArchaeologyUnited States
History
Project Title: Undergraduate and graduate teaching in Middle Eastern and Islamic History & collaborative research in Islamic History.
Dr. Areti AndreopoulouDr. Konstantinos Karathanasis
National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity of Oklahoma
Department of Music StudiesUnited 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 AndreouDr. Spyridoula Cheimariou
University of ThessalyUniversity of Alabama‚ Tuscaloosa
Department of Special EducationUnited States
Communications
Project Title: Collaborative research in English speaking and Greek speaking college students with dyslexia through eye tracking procedures
Dr. Elias AvramidisDr. Christoforos Mamas
University of ThessalyUniversity of California‚ San Diego
Department of Special EducationUnited 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 ChatzidoukasDr. George Philippidis
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiUniversity of South Florida (USF)
Department of Chemical EngineeringUnited States
Engineering
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Algae for Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts
Professor Konstantinos ChrissafisDr. Xanthippi Chatzistavrou
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiMichigan State University
Department of PhysicsUnited States
Engineering 
Project Title: Next generation bioactive and antibacterial glass-ceramics for tissue healing and regeneration
Professor Efstathios EfstathopoulosProfessor Dionysios Christodouleas
National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity of Massachusetts‚ Lowell
Medical School, 2nd Department of RadiologyUnited States
Medical Sciences 
Project Title: Nanomedicine educational activities and nanodevices development.
Professor Evangelos EfthymiouDr. Sofia Gavridou
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiUniversity of California‚ Los Angeles
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Metal StructuresUnited States
Engineering
Project Title: TAll BUilding Structural Design (TABU): Collaborative Research‚ Curriculum Co-development and Graduate Research Mentoring and Teaching
Dr. Panagiotis GianniotisDr. Theodora Bourni
National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity of Tennessee‚ Knoxville
Department of MathematicsUnited States
Mathematics
Project Title: Structure of singularity models of mean curvature flow
Professor Nicolas KalogerakisProfessor Paschalis Alexandridis
Technical University of CreteUniversity at Buffalo‚ The State University of New York (SUNY)
School of Environmental EngineeringUnited States
Engineering 
Project Title: Collaborative research to advance deep-sea biosurfactant-assisted bioremediation and mentoring of graduate students and junior researchers
Professor Dimitris KarlisProfessor Marianthi Markatou
Athens University of Economics and BusinessUniversity at Buffalo‚ The State University of New York
Department of StatisticsUnited 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 KopakaDr. Eugenia Gorogianni
University of CreteThe University of Akron
Department of History and ArchaeologyUnited 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 KormasProfessor Konstantinos (Kostas) Konstantinidis
University of ThessalyGeorgia Institute of Technology
Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic EnvironmentUnited States
Biology 
Project Title: Investigating the gut microbial diversity of Aegean Sea fish
Professor Mary KosmidisDr. Alexandra Touroutoglou
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiHarvard Medical School
School of PsychologyUnited States
Psychology
Project Title: Fostering clinical neuroscience training and research at AUTh through fMRI experiments‚ curriculum development and mentoring: Phase II
Professor Christopher KotsakisDr. Dimitrios Bolkas
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiPennsylvania State University Commonwealth Campus
Scool of Rural and Surveying Engineering‚ Department of Geodesy and SurveyingUnited 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 MitsiasDr. Ioannis Karakis
University of CreteEmory University School of Medicine
School of Medicine – NeurologyUnited 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 NatsiavasProfessor Alexander Vakakis
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical EngineeringUnited 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 PapadopouliDr. Stelios Smirnakis
University of CreteBrigham and Women’s Hospital‚ Harvard Medical School
Department of Computer ScienceUnited 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 PapadopoulosProfessor Kostas Papakonstantinou
National Technical University of AthensThe Pennsylvania State University
School of Civil EngineeringUnited 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 PeristeriDr. Kyrana Tsapkini
Dr. Efthimios DardiotisDr. Constantine Frangakis
University of ThessalyJohns Hopkins University
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health SciencesUnited 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 SartzetakisProfessor George Deltas
University of MacedoniaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of EconomicsUnited States
Economics
Project Title: Collaborative Research and Mentoring of PhD Students in International Environmental Agreements Formation
Professor Georgios SimosProfessor Antonis Koromilas
University of ThessalyMcGill University
Laboratory of Biochemistry‚ Faculty of Medicine & Department of Biochemistry and BiotechnologyCanada
Biology 
Project Title: Development of an education curriculum and research collaborative program in molecular oncology between Canada and Greece.
Professor Georgios SourvinosDr. Ioannis Sanidas
University of CreteHarvard University
Medical SchoolUnited 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 StavroulakisDr. Georgios Drosopoulos
Technical University of CreteUniversity 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 TsakalidesProfessor Anthony Ephremides
University of CreteUniversity of Maryland
Department of Computer ScienceUnited 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 TsiamyrtzisProfessor Ioannis Pavlidis
Athens University of Economics and BusinessUniversity of Houston
Department of StatisticsUnited States
Computer Science 
Project Title: Collaborative Research in Analyzing “Deadline-Driven Lives”
Professor Andreas VoloudakisProfessor Ioannis Tzanetakis
Agricultural University of AthensUniversity of Arkansas‚ Fayetteville
Department of Crop ScienceUnited States
Agriculture
Project Title: Identification of fig virome in Greek germplasm employing high throughput sequencing (HTS) and bioinformatics analysis.
Professor Nikolaos VoulgarisDr. George Tsoflias
National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity of Kansas
Department of Geology and GeoenvironmentUnited 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 ZachariasProfessor Ioanna Kakoulli
University of the PeloponneseUniversity of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of History Archaeology and Cultural Resources ManagementUnited 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.
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