My work concerns the professional development (PD) of mathematics teachers at the secondary level. The projects I direct combine design, implementation, and research, with the overarching aim of understanding and improving teachers' professionalization processes. In addition, I am interested in the professional development of lead teachers and PD facilitators.

I believe that the primary goals of studies in the area of Mathematics Education are to contribute to the actual practice of mathematics teaching and learning, to enhance equity and access of different learners to mathematical ideas, and to continuously advance our perceptions about mathematical thinking and how people might be engaged with it and even enjoy it.

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I got my Mathematics Degree at Universidad de La Laguna (ULL, Tenerife-Spain) in 1984. I enrolled in ULL in 1990 and since I have been a professor and also assumed many administrative positions.

My Ph.D. in Mathematics (1996) was on Complex Analysis and Approximation Theory. Then, I switch to the Harmonic Analysis area, focusing on weighted estimates of maximal and singular integral operators. Due to the strong relationship with Fourier Analysis, the transition to more applied areas was a natural pathway, strongly motivated by my experience as Chairman of the Open Source Office (2007-2010), Chairman of TTO (OTRI 2010-2011), and Vice-chancellor of Research and Internationalization (2011-2015).

These three high-executive positions in technology and management of the research have provided me with a long experience in strategic support, communication with stakeholders, negotiation with firms, agreements with partners, etc. All these experience is incorporated to this research group to support alliances and collaborations, one of the main challenges of this new time in research on Biosciences.

On the other hand, due to my transfer technology experience, the analysis of the impact of research on both economic and societal dimensions also provides to the group with a broader view of the impact potential of our research.

Finally, I have long experience with international projects (EU funding). This will provide the research group with a more comprehensive international vision of research and knowledge transfer. ,,

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Konstantinos Petridis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) and the director of the HMU International Relations Office. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of St. Andrews (UK) in 2002. His research focuses on the applications of lasers in materials processing and their applications in third-generation solar cells and gas sensing. He demonstrates high expertise and extended laboratory experience in laser technology and physics in the ultrafast laser processing techniques of graphene and graphene-based optoelectronic devices and laser-induced decoration of 2D materials with nanomaterials. He recently established research activities in teaching science and, more particularly, in the applications of SCRUM in higher education. He is the coordinator of the iTEM project core member in the MATH-DIGGER and PYTHAGORAS projects. he is leading the Observatory of Higher Education at the European University ATHENA.

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