Professional Posts
2020-today: Professor, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
2012-2020: Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
2001-2012: Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
1999-2001: Maternity leave
1998-1999: Lecturer (Temporary appointment), School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece
1995-1999: Researcher, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology (ICS-FORTH) – Hellas
Other Posts & Activities
Director of the Laboratory of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, DUTH (2009-2010 and 2020-today)
President Elect, EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (March 2021 – March 2023)
Secretary General, EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (December 2016 – March 2021)
Communications Officer, EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (March 2016 – December 2016)
Treasurer, EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (March 2015 – March 2016)
Co-chair of the IFMBE International Committee “Women in Medical & Biological Engineering” (2015-2018)
Member of the IUPESM Task Group on Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (2015-today)
Member of the Committee on IPR issues, Democritus University of Thrace (2015-today)
Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Language and Speech Processing, Athena Research and Innovation Center in Information Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Greece (2010-today)
Councilor, General Council, EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (2014-today)
DUTH representative in the General Assembly of EAMBES: European Alliance of Medical and Biological Engineering and Science (2014-today)
DUTH representative in the Greek Chapter of HL7 (2003-today)
Member of the IFMBE International Committee “Women in Medical & Biological Engineering” (2010-today)
Member of the Greek National Representatives Team in EU FP7-Capacities-Research Potential (2006-2010)
Member of the committee for internal evaluation of the School of Medicine, DUTH (2008-2011)
ICS-FORTH representative in the ERCIM working group “Health and Information Technology” (1998-1999)
Education
1994 – PhD, Dept. of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, UCL, University of London, UK.
1989 – MSc in Medical Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of Surrey, UK.
1989 – Certificate in Management Studies, One-Year Elective Course, University of Surrey, UK.
1987 – BSc in Physics, School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Prizes & Awards
1992-1993 British Council Scholarship for postgraduate studies
1988-1991 Scholarship of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation for postgraduate studies
1983-1987 Prize of the Greek State Scholarship Foundation prize for outstanding performance in undergraduate studies
Scientific Societies
Member of IEEE & IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
Member of Greek Society for Biomedical Engineering (ELEVIT)
Member of Hellenic Physics Society
Publications
See list of publications and invited talks
R&D Funded Projects
See list of more than 20 R&D competitive funded projects
Teaching
See list of PhD students and courses taught
Editorial experience
See list of editorial posts in scientific journals and list of organized special sessions in scientific conferences
Reviewing experience
Reviewer for 5 scientific journals, 2 books, and more than 15 international conferences
Reviewer for national and EU competitive grants