My teaching and academic work focus on the biological sciences, with particular emphasis on organismal biology, physiology, environmental biology, health-related biology, and the ways living systems respond to environmental and physiological stress. I aim to help students understand biology not only as a scientific discipline, but also as a way of thinking critically about life, adaptation, health, ecological change, and human responsibility.
My interdisciplinary background has shaped the way I teach, research and communicate science. Film studies have provided me with valuable tools for visual storytelling, science communication, educational design, and the use of audiovisual media as applied educational and research tools. My background in theology further informs my interest in ethics, human values, and the broader philosophical questions raised by science and biomedical knowledge. In this sense, my interdisciplinary work brings biology into conversation with ethics, culture, visual media, and the humanities.
The goal of the course is to introduce students to the ethical dimensions of contemporary biomedical practice, research, and public health. The course aims to develop students’ capacity for critical reflection and reasoned argumentation on complex issues such as patient autonomy, informed consent, confidentiality, justice in health care, emerging biotechnologies, and the ethical conduct of research. Through case-based discussion and engagement with key ethical frameworks, students learn to identify, analyze, and evaluate moral challenges in medicine and the life sciences.
Biology 112: Introduction to Biology (Fall 2014 - Fall 2024)
Integrated Human anatomy and Physiology 115: (Fall 2013 - Fall 2025)
Ecology 110: Ecological Principles (Spring 2014 - Spring 2023)
I am currently supervising the following undergraduate BSc Thesis Projects:
Iasonas Bartzokas: "Investigating the antibiofilm and antifungal properties of Lucilia Sericata Excretions/Secretions on Candida and Aspergillus fungi" (Expected 2026)
Ioanna Kavouridou: "Dryomys nitedula Gut Microbiota: De Novo Characterization and Interindividual Variation" (Expected 2026)