{"id":16,"date":"2019-03-24T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:39:35","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Efstathios Kaliviotis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Stathis Kaliviotis is the research coordinator of the Biorhelogy Laboratory. His background is in Mechanical Engineering,\u00a0 and he was elected as Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering in September 2014. Prior to this appointment he was a Lecturer in Engineering at King\u2019s College London, University of London (2009 – 2013), where he established the Biofluids and Biorheology Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also completed his Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Research\u00a0 (September 2005 – June 2009)\u00a0 at the same institution.<\/p>\n

Dr Kaliviotis is a member of the Advisory Committee and Cyprus Representative in the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, <\/em>member in the Hellenic Society of Rheology<\/em>, member of the Steering Committee in the European Research Community on Flow Turbulence and Combustion –<\/em> Special Interest Group in Biofluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer <\/em>(ERCOFTAC SIG37). He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation<\/em> and the Journal of Cellular Biotechnology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Konstantia Nathanael<\/p><\/div>\n

Konstantia is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. She studied Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and completed her Masters and her PhD in Chemical Engineering, at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is currently a member of the Biorheology Laboratory\u00a0 and a member of the research team in CRaFTC project,\u00a0 working on the development of microfluidic applications for biomedical and chemical engineering.<\/p>\n

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Michalis Chrysostomou<\/p><\/div>\n

Michalis\u00a0 studied Mechanical Engineering\u00a0 at the Cyprus University of Technology, and completed a\u00a0 Masters in Biomedical Engineering at the same institution. He is currently a PhD Student in the Biorheology Laboratory\u00a0 and a member of the research team in CRaFTC project,\u00a0 working on the rheological characterization of complex fluids.<\/p>\n

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Dimitris Vrakas<\/p><\/div>\n

Dimitris holds a Mechanical Engineering\u00a0 degree from the University of Cyprus, and\u00a0 a\u00a0 Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the Cyprus University of Technology. He is currently a member of the Biorheology Laboratory\u00a0 and a member of the research team in the CRaFTC project,\u00a0 working on the characterization of complex fluid flow in microfluidic applications.<\/p>\n

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Panagiota Polykarpou<\/p><\/div>\n

Panayiota holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and currently pursues a PhD in Chemical Engineering, at the Cyprus University of Technology. She is currently a member of the Biorheology Laboratory\u00a0 and of the Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena Laboratory of Dr. P. Stephanou. She is also a member of the research team in the CRaFTC project. She studies blood flow in the micro and macro scale.<\/p>\n

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Marinos Louka<\/p><\/div>\n

Marinos studied Electrical Engineering\u00a0 at the University of Cyprus, and completed a\u00a0 Masters in Biomedical Engineering in our Department. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomeedical Engineering, in which he is working on the development of algorithms for image processing, with the aim to characterize the microstructure of blood under various pathological conditions.<\/p>\n

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Despoina Kokkinidou<\/p><\/div>\n

Despoina is a PhD candidate in the Biorheology and\u00a0 BioLISYS laboratories. She holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Cyprus University of Technology, and she has obtained a MSc in Medical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart (Germany). Her master studies focused on the area of optical systems and methods in medical engineering, biomechanics and bionic. She is currently investigating the effects of cardiovascular stenting on blood physiology and rheology.<\/p>\n

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Charalampos Vryovidis<\/p><\/div>\n

Charalampos Vryovidis is a Mechanical Engineering Student in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT. He joined the Laboratory in 2020 working on the development of microfluidic applications. He continues to contribute in the\u00a0 activities of the Lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant.<\/p>\n

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Former Research Students and Associates<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Andreas Passos<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Andreas Passos is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Biorheology Laboratory. He has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCL and he joined the Biorheology\u00a0 Laboratory in July 2020.\u00a0 He is involved in the DIACTMOND research project and his research includes examining blood flow in microchannels, red blood cell velocimetry in the microscale, image analysis, and other device development related issues.<\/p>\n

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Dimitris Pasias<\/p><\/div>\n

Dimitris studied Mechanical Engineering\u00a0 at Imperial College London, and obtained a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from\u00a0 Cyprus University of Technology. His interest in Fluid and Biofluid Mechanics led him to\u00a0 a relevant project in the Biorheology Laboratory. His work on passive microscale haemodynamics, fluidics, and rheology is aimed to a better understanding of blood flow in microfluidic applications.<\/p>\n

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\"Alina

Alina Shaikhlislamova<\/p><\/div>\n

Alina is an Implants and Medical equipment Design Engineer, and she holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnical and Medical Assemblies, from the Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (LETI). She is involved in the design of a Point-of-Care diagnostic system\u00a0 for the monitoring of blood analytical indices.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Harrison Seidner<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Harrison Seidner is a visiting Research Associate. He is based at Egeblad Laboratory in Stony Brook University. In the Biorheology Laboratory he contributed in a study, aiming to elucidate the effects of cardiovascular implants on the rheological characteristics of blood.<\/p>\n

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Eleni Dimosthenous<\/p><\/div>\n

Eleni has joined the Laboratory as a Research Assistant in April 2020 to develop of a microfluidics system for the examination of the effects of cardiovascular implantation on blood. She completed her MSc studies on the same research topic. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Andonis Nikolaidis<\/p><\/div>\n

Andonis Nikolaidis is a Mechanical Engineer pursuing a Masters Degree in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT. He joined the Laboratory in December 2020 and he studies red blood cell flow in the microscale using image analysis, and other velocimetry techniques.<\/p>\n

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Collaborators<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within CUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Andreas Anayiotos, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (BioLiSys group<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dr. Georgios Constantinides, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (Nano\/Micro\u00a0Mechanics of Materials Laboratory<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Dr. Kyriakos Kalli, Dept. Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics (Nanophotonics Research Laboratory<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Dr. Panagiotis Keivanidis, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (Device Technology and Chemical Physics Lab<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dr. Photis Papademas, Dept.\u00a0 Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science (Dairy Science and Technology Group<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Dr. Konstantinos Kapnisis, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (BioLiSys group<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dr. Loucas Koutsokeras, Dept. Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (Research Unit for Nanostructured Materials Systems<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

External<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Stavroula Balabani, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University College London, UK.<\/p>\n

Prof. Nadia Antonova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

Prof. Alexander Priezzhev, Physics dept., Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia.<\/p>\n

Prof. John Wiliams, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dong Xu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tianjen University, China.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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