Faculty Bios
Dimitris Georgantidis
BA in Mathematics (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), MA in Mathematics (Hellenic Open University), MA in Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics (Ionian University).
Dimitris Georgantidis is a Mathematician, graduate from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and has taught Mathematics at Pierce –ACG since 2015. He is a holder of two Master’s Degrees, one in Mathematics and one in Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics, specialising in Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience. In his first dissertation, he focused on the problems that freshmen students face understanding notions that have to do with operations of Mathematical Calculus, while in the second one the focus was on the rehabilitation of Attention Deficit Disorder using the method of Neurofeedback Training. He holds a certificate in Special Education from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 2012, while during the same period until 2016, he participated as founding member in an academic group researching dyscalculia. In addition, he has taken part in many national and international Conferences and Seminars on Education and Learning Difficulties.
Evangelos Stamateris
CSI, Forensic Science
MSc in Environmental Biology from the University of Edinburgh in 2005, Ptychion in Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Evangelos Stamateris graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a Ptychion in Biology in 2004. He received a MSc. in Environmental Biology from the University of Edinburgh in 2005. He worked at the Institute of Stem Cell Research of the University of Edinburgh from 2005 to 2007 and at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens from 2007 to 2010. He has published research work in the fields of Stem Cell Technology and Gene Therapy. In 2010 he discovered another challenging and fulfilling discipline, that is to teach Sciences in young students. Since then he has been teaching Biology and Chemistry in secondary education schools. He joined the Pierce faculty in 2014.
Katerina Voutsina
Leadership Stories
PhD in Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr. Katerina Voutsina is an assistant professor and area coordinator of Entrepreneurship Management at the School of Business and Economics of Deree- the American College of Greece. Prior to joining Deree, she was a research fellow/lecturer in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and a visiting lecturer at Warwick Business School. Her research interests focus on the cognitive, organizational and socio-economic aspects of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. In particular, new forms of organizing, strategic entrepreneurship, nascent entrepreneurship and socio-technical innovation lie at the gist of her research. Her work has been published in international referred journals and presented at international conferences. She has also served as a reviewer for scholarly journals and academic conferences, as well as a mentor in the Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Margarita Zogka
From Microbiology to Anatomy
Biology Degree, School of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Doctoral Degree in Psychoimmunology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens//Dept of Biopathology, 1st Psychiatric Clinic, Eginition Hospital
Margarita Zogka has been a member of the Pierce Faculty since 2016, teaching Biology and Geography. She is also teaching Biology High level in the IB programme of Pierce since 2017. She has been a Research Fellow in the Department of Molecular Biology of Medical Biopathology and Immunology at Eginitio Hospital from 2006 to 2016 (Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). She has also been a Research Fellow at Neurological Clinic of Eginitio Hospital during 2006-2009, (Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) with special research interests relevant to neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders. She has participated in many national and international conferences and seminars. She has also published a significant number of research articles in international scientific magazines and she is a member of the Hellenic Society of Immunology and the World Psychiatric Association.
Eleftheria Petalidou
Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens;
M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens;
B.Sc. in Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Eleftheria Petalidou studied at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens in the Department of Chemistry and continued her studies in the field of Inorganic Chemistry as a postgraduate student, producing research and teaching work, under the supervision of Professor C. Mertis. During hers postgraduate studies she specialized in the synthesis and characterization of complexes sensitive to oxygen and moisture using high vacuum and inert atmosphere techniques. She studied mononuclear and clusters of rhenium, molybdenum and tungsten with multiple bonds and their activity in stoichiometric and catalytic reactions. She also has experience in spectroscopy techniques (visible, ultraviolet and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) and chromatographic (gas chromatography). Afterwards, she became a doctoral student and studied the selective oxidation of alcohols and electrophilic addition of bromine to alcohols with tungsten complexes while at the same time she was responsible for training undergraduate and postgraduate students in laboratory techniques. During her research work she has published articles in international scientific journals and has participated in numerous national and international conferences. She was also a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “8th FIGIPAS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry”. Alongside her research work, she began teaching science in private schools. She joined the Pierce faculty in 2017.
Vasilios Stamatakis
Having a degree from the Biology department of the University of Crete and a master’s degree from the philosophy department of the University of Crete in Bioethics.
Vasilios Stamatakis is a faculty member of Pierce community since 2011, while he also is an alumni of The American College of Greece. He has been coordinator of the Biology Academy from 2015-2021 with various distinctions in Biology and Bioethics Panhellenic contests. He has also organized lectures in cooperation with the Democritus University of Thrace. His interests have to do with the concept of evolution of life and especially humans, but also with the dialog between humanitarian studies and science, especially in the new field of Bioethics.