Vitae/Yiannis Laouris/Collaborators

Collaborative research and visiting scientists

Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany

Doctoral Students

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 the Provost's Teaching Award and the Medical Innovations Award.

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

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 collaboration	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

• A total of 186 CYBER KIDS Instructors attended my practical training classes at the CYBER School of Instructors (ca. 40h each) between 1993-2001.

Philip Snyder, Professor of Conflict Resolution 9/1998-9/1999

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:1991-2001)

Full-time Research Associates

Name	Status during training	Period
George Vakanas	Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI	1991-1995
Stelios Stylianou	Research Associate, Depts. of Neural Control, CNTI	9/1992-7/1994
Jack Kyriakou	Research Assistant, Dept. of Neural Control	9/1992-3/1993
Irina Nicolaou	Research Assistant, Dept. Dept. of Neural Control	10/1992-4/1993
Yiannos Constantinou	Programmer for MAPS and Technician	1998-2001

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 (2001-present)

Full-time Associates funded through EU or international grants

Name	Status during training	Period
George Tziapouras	MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Technology For Peace	3/2001-7/2004
Nikoletta Koutsakou	MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Youth Promoting Peace	2001-2002
Xenia Constantinou	MS in Political Science, Coordinator of Youth Promoting Peace	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
Reinhard Eckert	Coordinator of Everybody's Song	5/2006-5/2008
Tatjana Taraszow	MS Psychology	9/2006-present
Nikolas Kasparis	MS Artificial Intelligence	10/2007-9/2008
Elena Aristodemou	MA Psychology	2/2008-present
Georgina Siitta Achilleos	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