Academic Activities

Selected Invited & Plenary Conference Talks

Algebraic and Geometric Methods of Analysis 2025, Ukraine — Plenary Speaker
Bonded Knots and Bonded Braids.

International Scientific Online Conference Algebraic and Geometric Methods of Analysis, Ukraine (2024) — Plenary Speaker
New Combinatorial Invariants of Doubly Periodic Tangles.

Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and Unione Matematica Italiana, Special Session on Knot Theory and Applications, Palermo, Italy (2024) — Invited Speaker
On Doubly Periodic Tangles.

First Online Knot Theory Congress honoring Louis H. Kauffman (2025) — Invited Speaker
Kauffman Bracket Skein Modules of Lens Spaces & Beyond.

Dutch Applied Topology Day, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2025) — Invited Speaker
Bonded Knots and Braids: From Topology to Algebra and Protein Structure.

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics, Germany (2021)
Hybrid Seminar: Combinatorial and Geometric Knot Theory.

Conference on Knot Theory and Applications to Physics and Quantum Computing — 60th Birthday of Józef H. Przytycki, University of Texas at Dallas, USA (2015)
The Homflypt Skein Module of L(p,1)L(p,1)L(p,1): The Braid Approach.

Conference Talks

2025

5th MORSE Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 22–24, 2025.
When Topology Meets Statistics: Comparing TDA- and Correlation-Based Views of Currency Dynamics.
Presented by MSc student Pattravadee de Favereau de Jeneret.

The Theory of Periodic Tangles and Their Interdisciplinary Applications, Tohoku University, Japan (July/August 2025).

Towards a Universal Topological Model of Entangled Structures for Sustainable Metamaterials, Tohoku University & Hiroshima University, Japan (August 2025).

The Theory of Knots in Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan (July 2025).

2024

4th MORSE Conference, Maastricht University, October 2024.
A Comparative Study of Symbolic Aggregate Approximation and Topological Data Analysis.
Presented by MSc student Fredrik Hobbelhagen.

2023

Circuit Topology 2023 — Workshop on Recent Results on Circuit Topology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Co-organizer.

12th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia (Invited e-talk).
Skein Modules via Braids.

Mathematics Development Forum, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (2023).
Skein Modules via Braids.

2022

Inverse Problems Meeting, AMS–EMS–SMF Joint Congress, Grenoble (Virtual).
Skein Modules: A Braid-Theoretic Approach.

2nd Congress of Greek Mathematicians, Athens (2022).
Kauffman Bracket Skein Modules: A Braid-Theoretic Approach.

2019

Third Pan-Pacific International Conference on Topology and Applications, Chengdu, China.
Skein Modules: The Braid Approach.

2016

Knots in Hellas, International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece.
On the Homflypt Skein Module of Lens Spaces L(p,1)L(p,1)L(p,1) via Braids.

2015

THALES Dissemination Workshop, Athens, Greece.

Talk: The Homflypt Skein Module of Lens Spaces L(p,1)L(p,1)L(p,1) via Braids.

Posters:

Braid Equivalence in 3-Manifolds with Rational Surgery Description.
A New Basis for the HOMFLYPT Skein Module of the Solid Torus.

2014

Algebra Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Algebraic Braid Equivalence in 3-Manifolds.

Winter Braids IV, Dijon, France.
Braid Equivalence in 3-Manifolds with Rational Surgery Description.

2011

Winter Braids II, Caen, France.
Toward the 3rd Skein Module of L(p,q)L(p,q)L(p,q).

Knots and Links: From Form to Function, Pisa, Italy.
The 3rd Skein Module of L(p,1)L(p,1)L(p,1).

Swiss Knots: Knot Theory and Algebra, Lake Thun, Switzerland. Poster.

2010

Knots in Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Toward the 3rd Skein Module of L(p,q)L(p,q)L(p,q).

2009–2008

ICTP Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and Applications to Physics and Biology, Trieste, Italy (2009). Poster.

8th Panhellenic Conference in Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, NTUA Athens (2008). Secretary.

Mathematics of Knots: Theory and Applications, Heidelberg University, Germany (2008).

Selected Seminar & Colloquium Talks

University of Amsterdam — Discrete Mathematics and Quantum Information Seminar (2024).
NTUA Athens — School of Applied Mathematical & Physical Sciences (2023).
Stony Brook Institute – Anhui University (2022).
e-Seminar on Knot Theory and Representation Theory (2022).
University of Ioannina (2021).
University of Derby (2020).
China Agricultural University — Low-Dimensional Topology Seminar Series Organizer and Speaker (2015–2019).
Xiamen University Malaysia (2018).
University College Dublin (2017).
Xiamen University (2017).
Harbin Engineering University (2016).
NTUA Low-Dimensional Topology Seminar Series (2007–2015).

Organization of Meetings and Workshops

Co-Organizer — The Theory of Periodic Tangles and Their Interdisciplinary Applications, Tohoku University, Japan (2025).

Local Organizer — First Online Knot Theory Congress honoring Louis H. Kauffman (2025).

Co-Organizer — Circuit Topology Workshop, Leiden University (2023).

Organizer and Main Speaker — Knot Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology Seminar Series, China Agricultural University (2019).

Local Organizer — Knots in Hellas, International Olympic Academy (2016).

Secretary — THALES Dissemination Workshop, NTUA Athens (2015).

Secretary — Papafest Symposium (2014).

Symposium Secretary — 8th Panhellenic Conference in Algebra, Number Theory and Applications (2008).

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