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 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
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
- 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 | 1991-95 |
| 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 |
| Yiannos Constantinou | Programmer 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
Vipar Uthenpong| 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 |
| MS in Computer science | 5/2006-8/2007 | |
| Christos Xenophontos | MA in European Studies | 5/2006-10/2006 |
| Reinhard Eckert | Coordinator of Everybodys-song | May 2006-May 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 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 |