ALABAMA GREECE INITIATIVE2nd Research Collaboration Initiative
PROPOSAL SUMMARIES – University of Alabama and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Collaborators
Delegation visit to ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, May 3 – 8, 2015
Headed by Assoc. Prof. Tatiana Tsakiropoulou – Summers, Department of Modern Languages and Classics.
NAME
DEPARTMENT
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Ian Brown
ibrown@ua.
edu
Anthropology
Museums in Common
Explore ways in which faculty, students, and the
resources of the UA and AUTh can be shared to
examine the meaning and value of museums in the
21st century and possibly create a shared Museum
Studies program with Aristotle University.
James
(Andy)
Crank
jacrank@ua.
English
The South’s Greek Accent: Southern Culture’s Greek
Perspective
Examine the transnational cultural exchanges between
the American South and Greece, especially in terms of
AUTh CONTACTS
EMAIL
Prof. Konstantinos Kotsakis,
Chair of the School of History and
Archaeology.
Prof. Spyridon Pavlides,
School of Geology.
kotsakis@hist.auth.gr
Prof. Matoula Skaltsa, School of
Architecture, D Section
Department of History of
Architecture, Art History,
Architectural Morphology and
Restoration, Director of the
Interuniversity Graduate Program
“Museology” of AUTh and the
University of Western Macedonia.
scaltsa@arch.auth.gr
Assoc. Prof. Youli Theodosiadou,
American Literature and Culture,
School of English Language and
Literature.
theodosi@enl.auth.gr
pavlides@geo.auth.gr
edu
Memorie
Gosa
Communicative
Disorders
memorie.gos
a@ua.edu
Samantha
Hansen
shansen@ge
o.ua.edu
Geological
Sciences
Jeffrey
Melton
American
Studies
Greek literature, mythology, art, and history, in order
to explore the influence of Greek culture on the
changing discourse of the South from the late 19th
century to the early 21st.
Expertise:A scholar with similar interest in the
humanities, esp. literature, history, film, American
studies, and/or social sciences.
Attainment of Oral Feeding Skills in Preterm Infants:
Influence of Neonatal Co-morbidities Across Medical
Communities
Compare strategies employed at the UA and AUTh,
aiming at improving the time preterm infants need to
reach full oral feeding ability.
Adaptively Parameterized Tomography of the
Western Hellenic Subduction Zone
Use of adaptively parameterized tomography to create
a composite model of mantle structure with a grid
specific to the data coverage. Data from the dense
AUTh-operated seismic network combined with this
methodology has great potential to improve seismic
images of the complex tectonic structure beneath
Greece and, thus, lead to a better understanding of
processes along the Western Hellenic Subduction
Zone.
Expertise:
Scholars in seismotectonics of Greece and the broader
Aegean region, having access to the AUTh
Seismological Station.
Americans in Greece: an Anthology
Create an anthology with texts of American travel
Prof. Vasiliki Drossou – Agakidou,
Director of the 1st Neonatal
Department and Neonatal
Intensive Care, School of
Medicine, Ippokrateion General
Hospital of Thessaloniki.
Lect. Michael Chourdakis ,
School of Medicine.
Prof. Grigoris Tsokas,
Chair of the School of Geology.
agaki@med.auth.gr
vagaki@auth.gr
Prof. Konstantinos Papazachos,
Head of the Department of
Geophysics, School of Geology.
kpapaza@geo.auth.gr
Assoc. Prof. Stella Kostopoulou,
School of Economics.
kostos@econ.auth.gr
mhourd@auth.gr
gtsokas@geo.auth.gr
jmelton@ua
.edu
Kevin
Shaughnessy
kshaughn@
ua.edu
Chemistry
writers, focusing on their touring experiences in
Greece during the 19th- and 20th- centuries, to create a
more nuanced understanding of the relationship
between American tourists and Greece.
Establishing Collaborations in Chemistry with AUTh
Faculty
As Chair of the Chemistry Department at the UA, I
would use this visit to explore and establish areas of
collaborations between the Chemistry faculty at the
UA and AUTh. I would hope to deliver lectures on my
own research to the AUTh faculty, as well as discuss
research interests of other members of the UA
Chemistry department.
Expertise:
My research interests focus on organic chemistry
and correspond well with the interests of Professors
Litinas (non-natural nucleosides and metal-catalyzed
organic reactions); Koumbis (Metal-catalyzed
synthesis of biaryl compounds); and Lykakis
(mesoporous material-supported catalysts).
Other professors in my department work on
biochemistry, inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry,
nanoparticles and their medical applications.
Prof. Achilleas Papoutsis,
Chair of the School of Chemistry.
achille@chem.auth.gr
Prof. Evdoxia Koutouli –
Argyropoulou, Director of the
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry –
Head of the Department of
Chemistry.
evd@chem.auth.gr
Prof. Konstantinos Litinas,
School of Chemistry.
klitinas@chem.auth.gr
Assoc. Prof. Alexandros Koumbis,
School of Chemistry.
akoumbis@chem.auth.gr
Assist. Prof. Ioannis Lykakis,
School of Chemistry.
lykakis@chem.auth.gr