CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science, June 2022–present
  • Doctoral Program: Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience Zurich (ZNZ)
  • Research Groups: HFO Zurich, University Hospital Zurich (Jun 2022–May 2024); NCS Group, Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH and ETH Zurich (Jun 2024–present)
  • Doctoral Thesis: On-edge Seizure Detection in Electrophysiological Recordings with Neuromorphic Spiking Neural Networks
  • Supervisor: Prof. Giacomo Indiveri
• Integrated Master of Engineering, Technical University of Crete, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sep 2015–Oct 2021
  • 310 ECTS, GPA: 7.91/10.0
  • Master Thesis: Delineating the Epileptogenic Zone by Accurately Determining the High Frequency Oscillation (HFO) Area using Classification of the Extracted Features
  • Grade: 10/10
  • Supervisors: Prof. M. Zervakis and Dr. V. Dimakopoulos
• High School Diploma, General High School of Kanithos, Chalkida, Greece, Sep 2012–Jun 2015
  • Honors Diploma
  • School certificate: “Excellent” (18.9/20.0)

Work experience

• Software Engineer Intern, L&V Design, Radicos Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb 2022–May 2022
  • Designed and implemented a Python/Qt GUI for automated circuit-board testing
  • Reduced time-to-test by 25% in the Radicos Twin Master testing workflow
  • Technologies: Python, C++, Qt Designer, Eric 7 IDE, Visual Studio 2017, Git, JIRA
• Research Intern, Telecommunications Systems Research Institute (TSI), Chania, Greece, Jun 2019–Aug 2019
  • Worked on transceivers, mathematical models, and wireless-network algorithms
  • Focus on modulation schemes in SISO and MISO networks
  • Supervisor: Prof. A. Liavas
  • Technologies: MATLAB, USRP, RTL-SDR

Skills

• Programming: Python, MATLAB, C, C++, R, Java, SQL, VHDL, HTML
• Frameworks and simulation tools: Brian2, PyTorch, NEST
• Hardware and development tools: Xilinx ISE, Arduino IDE, VLSI tools
• Operating systems: Linux, macOS, Windows

Languages

• Greek (Native)
• English (C1, Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Michigan)
• German (B2, Goethe-Zertifikat B2)
• Spanish (A2)
• French (A2)

Research grants and awards

• UZH Candoc Grant 2024
• Best Poster Award, ZNZ Neuroscience UZH and ETH Symposium 2024
• IEEE CASS Student Travel Grant 2024

Workshops and seminars

• Neuromorphic Intelligence Workshop, Capocaccia, Italy, 2025
• Una Europa Epilepsy Data Challenge Workshop, KU Leuven, 2025
• Science Communication Workshop for Junior Researchers, Life Sciences Zurich Graduate School, 2024
• ZNZ Research Retreats, 2022 and 2024
• Day of Clinical Research at USZ, 2023
• Counseling and Career Guidance, University of the Aegean, 2021
• Project Coordinator training, Women4IT / European program “YOUNG-ICT WOMEN”, 2021
• Special Needs Education and Training, University of the Aegean, 2020
• Intercultural Education and Cultural Diversity, University of the Aegean, 2019

Conferences and symposia

• Center for Neuroscience Zurich (ZNZ) Symposium, 2023 and 2024
• IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2024
• Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN) Meeting, 2023
• Early-Career Researchers Symposium ySSN, 2023
• Epilepsy Research Symposium, EPI Klinik Lengg, 2023
• International Conference for Technology and Analysis of Seizures (ICTALS), 2022

Teaching

• MSc semester project and thesis supervision, Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH and ETH Zurich, 2025
• Teaching Assistant, Neuromorphic Intelligence (INI508), Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH and ETH Zurich, Spring Semester 2024
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistics (STA120), Institute of Mathematics, UZH, Spring Semester 2023

Service and leadership

• Team leader, Womentors empowerment program for young women, 2021–2023
  • 180 hours of training and practice in leadership
  • Delivered seminars for 50 young women

Membership in scientific societies

• Swiss Society of Neuroscience (SSN)
• Hellenic Society of Neuroscience (HSfN)
• Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Volunteering

• Team leader, Womentors program for young women, 2021–2023
• Youthpass – ESC, short-term mobility project for environmental awareness in Spain, 2021
• Technical support, robotics presentations, and AI workshops during Open Scientific Days, school festivals, and STEM events, 2017–2020

Interests

• Music: guitar playing, singing in choirs
• Sports: basketball
• Outdoor activities: hiking, photography