Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
Studies the global impact of the Greek mythology
[:el] Andromache Karanika is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Irvine. She worked at the same university as an Assistant Professor from 2006-2012. “The most attractive element about Greek mythology is the idea and ideal of a journey. Greek mythology is...
The Greek astrophysicist with an asteroid named after him
[:el] The meaning of success is quite relative. For a Hollywood actor, having a star with his name on the famous Avenue surely counts for something. But did you also know that astrophysicists have actual stars named after them? For example, the Greek astrophysicist Kleomenis...
The “father” of modern biomimetics
Michael Triantafyllou is the “William I. Koch Professor of Marine Technology” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the Director of the Center for Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Director at the “Chevron-MIT University Partnership Program” and and Director of...
The originator of World Down Syndrome Day
[:el] Prof. Stylianos Antonarakis is currently Professor and Chairman of Genetic Medicine at the University of Geneva Medical School in Switzerland and he is also the originator of World Down Syndrome Day. On 21 March 2006, the World Down Syndrome Day is established by the...
Researches stem cell bioprocessing
[:el] Athanasios Mantalaris is a Professor of BioSystems Engineering in the Imperial College London. His expertise is in modelling of biological systems and bioprocesses with a focus on mammalian cell culture systems, stem cell bioprocessing and tissue engineering. Mantalaris and his team is seeking to develop a...
The Greek professor of Physics that constitutes an integral part of CERN’s “Dream Team”
[:el] About 250 Greek researchers are presently working for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Moreover, about a hundred Greek professors have the fortune of doing free postgraduate studies in the same organization annually, and about 50 post graduate students have the fortune of...
He first foresaw the existence of a fourth quark
«As far as Physics is concerned, I am far more interested in studying the elementary particles of the matter, than the more composite ones. The first moments in which the universe was created simply fascinate me. The only thing we truly know about the first...
One of the leaders of the psychiatric reform in Great Britain
30 years ago, the British government decided to close down the asylums of the country in an effort to establish alternative methods of treating individuals that faced intellectual disabilities and mental health problems. Nick Bouras, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s...
The defender of human rights
[:el] Elsa Stamatopoulou is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at the Department of Antropology of Columbia University. Moreover, she is the Director of the Indigenous Peoples” Rights Program, at the “Institute for the Study of Human Rights”,...
Researches Global Health at the University of Washington
Emmanuela Gakidou is a Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington. She created and is directing the two fellowship programs at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (ΙΗΜΕ), and is coordinating the overall curriculum and degree programs the Institute offers through the Department of...