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Research Experience
Head of the Laboratory of the Department of Psychology, Psychology Network Lab (PsyNet Lab).
Department of Psychology, The American College of Greece, Athens (07/2024 - Present)
Direction of research programmes, management of biometry equipment (EEG, Eye-Tracking, ECG, GSR) and virtual/mixed/augmented (VR/MR/AR) reality, supervision of researchers (faculty and students).
Head of Research Team Neuro-HCI XR
ACG Research Centre, The American College of Greece, Athens (07/2024 - Present)
Interdisciplinary research projects in neuroscience, cyberpsychology, and human-computer interaction in extended realities (XR). Industry collaborations.
Assistant Professor (Assistant Professor, Research Track)
Department of Psychology, The American College of Greece, Athens (09/2023 - Present)
Teaching: Research Methods and Statistics, Cognitive Psychology, Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate theses. Research: Immersive technologies in cognitive psychology and neuroscience.
Visitor Academic (Visitor Academic)
Department of Psychology, University of the Edinburgh, United Kingdom (09/2022 - Present)
Supervision of postgraduate students, conducting research in VR/XR, establishment of virtual reality laboratory.
Postdoctoral Researcher (Marie Curie Research Fellow)
Department of Psychology & Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (09/2024 - Present)
Experimental Psychology Laboratory and Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory. Research focus: Ecologically valid neuropsychological assessment of cognitive ageing in immersive virtual reality. GERIATRIC project
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (05/2024 - Present)
Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory. Research focus: Inappropriate sexually-oriented behaviours in the Metaverse (Metaverse). META-TOO project.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (10/2022 - 09/2024)
Experimental Psychology Laboratory. Research focus: Ecologically valid neuropsychological assessment of cognitive ageing in immersive virtual reality.
Project Manager and Researcher
R&D Team, Habilis LTD, Athens (09/2022 - 09/2023)
SPAUT projects (ERASMUS+) and VRESS (Research-Create-Innovate). VR software development, design and execution of research studies, project management.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rennes-Bretagne, France (10/2020 - 10/2022)
EU-Horizon 2020 TACTILITY project. Electrotactile feedback, perception and interaction in virtual reality. Work packages WP-3, WP-5, WP-7, WP-8.
Academic Advisor
NeoAuVRa LTD, Istanbul, Turkey (02/2021 - 10/2021)
Head of R&D, cognitive game evaluation, design of AI models for predicting cognitive training outcomes.
Research Software Developer (VR, PsychoPy)
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh (09/2017 - 08/2018)
Design and development of VR applications in Unity3D and 2D psychological experiments in PsychoPy.
Doctoral Researcher
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh (11/2016 - 10/2020)
Design and development of VR-EAL, experiments, data analyses, scientific publications.
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor - The American College of Greece (09/2023 - Present)
Courses: Psychology as Natural Science, Introduction to Statistical Thinking, Final Year Project I & II, and Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology.
External Lecturer - NKUA, Department of Psychology (10/2022 - Present)
MSc in Cyberpsychology. Lectures on: Immersive Technologies and the Metaverse in Cyberpsychology.
External Lecturer - Panteion University, Department of Psychology (10/2022 - 08/2023)
MSc in Psychology. Lectures on: Immersive Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology.
Associate Lecturer - University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom (10/2022 - 08/2023)
Courses: Academic Writing, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Cyberpsychology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Assessment and Interventions. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Lecturer/Instructor - Université de Rennes / INRIA / CNRS, France (10/2020 - 06/2022)
MSc in Computer Science. Course: Virtual Reality and Multi-Sensory Interaction.
VR/AR/XR Workshops Coordinator - uCreate Studio, University of Edinburgh (12/2018 - 09/2020)
Organisation of workshops and specialised support for VR/AR/XR projects.
Tutor - University of Edinburgh (09/2017 - 09/2020)
Courses: Research Methods & Statistics (II & III), Cognitive Neuropsychology, Academic Writing. Teaching evaluation: 4.5/5.
Supervision Experience
Supervision of Doctoral Dissertations
1. Palmira Victoria González Erena
University Complutense of Madrid, Spain (09/2023 - Present)
Topic: Immersive Virtual Reality Neuropsychological Assessment of Cognitive Ageing and Neurocognitive Disorders.
2. Rea Evangelia Michalopoulou (Co-supervision)
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (02/2022 - Present)
Topic: Child and Adolescent Understanding of COVID-19 and its Impact on Mental Health: A Novel VR Assessment Tool.
3. Sebastian Vizcay (Co-supervision)
INRIA & INSA, Rennes, France (10/2020 - 10/2022)
Topic: Electrotactile Feedback for Hand Interactions in Virtual Reality.
Supervision of Master’s Theses
MSc in Cyberpsychology - NKUA (10/2022 - Present)
MSc Human Cognitive Neuropsychology - University of Edinburgh (09/2020 - Present)
MSc Neuropsychology - University of East London (09/2022 - 08/2023)
MSc Psychology of Child Development - University of Central Lancashire (09/2022 - 08/2023)
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