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Collaborative research and visiting scientists

Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany

Doctoral Students (Supervisor: Prof. Uwe Windhorst)

Serving as mentor for doctoral students of Prof. Uwe Windhorst

Name Status during training Period
Uli Kuipers Dipl. Biol. in PhD program 1986-1988
Theodoros Kokkoroyiannis Dipl. Biol. in PhD program 1986-1988

University of Arizona, Tucson

Undergraduate and Masters Students

The following Undergraduate and Masters students collaborated for the development of Hypercard-based courses in neuroscience, which were eventually honored with three awards:


Name Status during training Period
Elisa M. Chernov Undergraduate at Systems & Industrial Engineering Department 1990-1991
Beili Wing Undergraduate at Computer Science Department 1990
Nicos Stylianou M.S., Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department 1990-1992
Xenon Xenophontos M.S., Research Assistant, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 1990-1992
Amit Vyas M.S., Research Assistant, MIS Engineering 1990-1991


Doctoral Students (Supervisor: Prof. Douglas G. Stuart)

Serving as mentor for doctoral students of Prof. Douglas G. Stuart.

Name Status during training Period
John M. Spielmann B.S., M.S., in PhD program in Neuroscience 1986-1990
Leslie Bevan B.A., M.S.,in PhD program in Neuroscience 1986-1990
Katalin M. Gothard M.D., in PhD program in neuroscience 1990-1991

Postdoctoral Fellows

Collaborative experimental work with post-doctoral students in the context of the Robotics/Prosthetics/Motor Control Group.


Name Status during training Period
Grant A. Robinson Ph.D., Post-doc, Research Associate in Neuroscience/School of Medicine 1986-1989
Michael A. Nordstrom DDS, Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine 1989-1992
Robert J. Callister Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine 1990-1992
Jane Garland Ph.D., Research Associate in Physiology, College of Medicine 1990-1991

Visiting Scholars

Name Status during training Period
Nicolina I. Radicheva M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biophysics
Visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1988-1989
Lubomir V. Gerilovsky M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology,
visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1988-1989
Konstantin G. Kostov Research Associate, visiting from Central Laboratory of Biophysics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1988-1989

Higher Technological Institute 1991-1994

Mentoring students while teaching a number of classes at the Higher Technological Institute.


Undergraduate Students

  • Supervisor for approximately 20 HTI students
  • More than 30 worked at CNTI between 1991-1994


Philips College 1992-1994

Mentoring and supervising students while teaching at Philips College.


Supervising theses of three BS in Psychology students

Name Status during training Period
Demetra Kalopedi Psychology Student working on her Thesis 1993
Costas Constanti Psychology Student working on his Thesis 1993
Christiane El-Haddad Psychology Student working on her Thesis 1993

CYBER School of Instructors

Full-time Instructors

  • More than 50 instructors attended the practical training of the School of Instructors (ca. 40h) between 1993-2001.

Part-time Instructors


Bicommunal Peace Movement

Collaborations with a number of international scholars the context of activities related to the Bicommunal Peace Movement.

Visiting Scholars

Name Status during training Period
Benjamin Broom Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar 1994-96
Philip Snyder Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar 1996-98
John Ungerleider Professor of Conflict Resolution, Fulbright Scholar 1997-98
Gary Gumpert Professor of Communication
Visiting periodically to collaborate in technology related issues
1997- present
Suzan Drucker Professor of Communication
Visiting periodically to collaborate in technology related issues
1997- present

Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute (Early years:1991-1999)

Full-time Research Associates

Name Status during training Period
George Vakanas Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI 1991-95
Stelios Stylianou Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI 9/92-7/94
Jack Kyriakou Research Assistant, Dept. of Neural Control 9/92-3/93
Irina Nicolaou Research Assistant, Dept. Dept. of Neural Control 10/92-4/93

Undergraduate Students

8 HTI- and 3 Philips College students completed their practical training with me at the Institute. 1991-94

Masters students working on their theses=

Name Status during training Period
Eleni Vakanas Masters Student, CYBER Kids R&D Unit 1993-94
Christiane El-Haddad Research Associate, Dept. of Special Education 1993-1997


Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute: Working on social programs (2000-present)

Full-time Associates funded through international grants

Philip Snyder, Professor of Conflict Resolution 9/1998-9/1999 George Tziapouras, MS in Political Science, Coordinator of tech4peace 3/2001-7/2004 Nikoletta Koutsakou, MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Y2P 2001-2002 Xenia Constantinou MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Y2P 9/2002-3/2005 Natasa Xenophontos, MS in International Studies, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects 9/2002-12/02 Synthia Pavlou, BS in Journalism, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects 2/2003- 9/2003 Elia Petridou BS in Economics, Coordinator of HasNa-funded projects 11/2003-12/2004 Elia Petridou MS in International Studies, Coordinator of EU Citizenship project 9/2005-8/2008 Kerstin Wittig, MA in Political Science 10/2005-present Tonia Loizidou, MS in Cognitive Psychology 5/2006-2/2008 Vipar Uthenpong, MS in Computer science 5/2006-8/2007 Christos Xenophontos, MA in European Studies 5/2006-10/2006 Yiannos Constantinou, Programmer and Technician 1998-2001 Reinhard Eckert, pre-doctoral Student May 2006-May 2008 Tatjana Taraszow, MS Psychology 9/2006-present Nikolas Kasparis, MS Artificial Intelligence 10/2007-9/2008 Elena Aristodemou, MA (pending) Psychology 2/2008-present Georgina Shitta, BS Psychology 2/2008-present



Visiting Senior Scientists

Name Status during training Period
Peter Gerjets Assistant Professor of Psychology, Germany 1 week in 1992 &1993
Peter Schwartze Professor of Physiology Germany Short visits in 1993 & 2000
Douglas G. Stuart Professor of Physiology, USA Short visits in 1994 & 1995
Rasim Arikan PhD Candidate of Physiology, Turkey 1 month in 1993

Future Worlds Center

Interns visiting from Portland State University

Name Status during training Period
Isaac Kastellano Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Second Summer Semester, 2003
Alexander Kuhnd Doctoral student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Fall Semester, 2003
Robin Porter Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Two weeks; Summer Semester 2005
Larry Fergeson Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Summer/Fall Semester 2005
Jenine Alexander Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Jan-Jul 2006
Brooke Galloway Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Sep 2008-present
Mary Olin Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Matthew Pfeiffer Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program
Adira Zwelling Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program Sep 2010-May 2011
Elicia Reed Masters Student in the context of the FWC - PSU Exchange Program


Short term research fellowships and international interns

Name Status during training Period
Björn Rohde-Liebenau Masters Student from Germany visiting Technology For Peace Spring Semester 2003
Christina Simokat Masters Student, USA Fall Semester, 2003
Demetris Desylas Masters Student Spring Semester 2004
Vasiliki Katrivanou Masters Student Spring Semester 2004
Melaina Spitzer BSc Student, USA Summer Semester 2004
Astrid Bluemlein Masters Student, Greece Spring & Summer Semester 2005
Eleni Mesiou Masters Student, Cyprus Oct 2008-Dec 2008
Christiana Montanios Masters, Cyprus Oct 2008--Dec 2008
Pelin Aksoy Masters Student, from Turkey Spring Semester 2005
Lucia Fetzer Masters Student from University of Hannover, Germany Sep 2008-present