Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos is an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. At the undergraduate level, he teaches courses such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology of Learning, Psychology of Language, and Cognitive Psychology, while his graduate-level teaching focuses on the neural mechanisms of Consciousness. He holds a Master’s degree (2002) and a PhD in Cognitive Science (2006) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (1999) from Panteion University. His career includes significant research roles at leading institutions such as INSERM in France, the University of Leicester, and King’s College London in the United Kingdom, as well as the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. In 2024, he joined NKUA as an Assistant Professor and concurrently assumed the role of Affiliated Investigator at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA).
His research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms that support cognitive processes, with a particular emphasis on conscious perception and the predictive processing of sensory information. His work utilizes advanced neural recording technologies, such as Utah and Neuropixels electrode arrays, alongside sophisticated signal analysis and machine learning methods. Over the course of his career, he has made significant contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, particularly in clarifying the role of the prefrontal cortex in conscious visual perception. His findings have been published in leading scientific journals. Additionally, he actively participates in international research collaborations and frequently presents his work as an invited speaker at major international conferences.
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