STEM MAKERS Teams
FeSTEM establishes STEM MAKER teams consisting of HE academics working in STEM-related departments and motivated STEM students (male and female) who will work at the project in all its different phases in all partner countries.
STEM MAKER teams are involved in the piloting and evaluation of the project outputs (tools, exhibits, activities and workshops). Ultimately, the project builds an active network of women in STEM (both junior and senior) that will act as a mentoring hub for encouraging girls and women to remain active in STEM.
Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
Cyprus

Aekaterini Mavri
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Multimedia
Areas of interest: Engineering, Design, Website design, Human-Computer Interaction
Bio
Aekaterini Mavri is a full-time teaching staff member at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at CUT. Aekaterini holds a BA in Visual Communication Design and an MA in Design for Interactive Media from Middlesex University (UK). She has worked as an interactive designer and project manager for several years in the industry and she is currently involved with teaching Digital Design, User Experience, and Web Design and Development subjects. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of social situated learning models, such as cross-organizational Communities of Practice, that can infuse industrial expertise in higher education, through the use of affordable technologies.

Alexandra C Charalampous
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Multimedia
Areas of interest: Making, Digital making, photography

Alexandros Marios Delobel
Cyprus University of Technology
Department:Graphic Design and Multimedia
Areas of interest: Posters, Logos, Creative Photo Manipulation, Website management, Playful learning.

Dora Constantinou
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Multimedia
Areas of interest: Digital Making, Programming & Networking
Bio
Dora is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Multimedia & Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology. She holds an MSc in Education Leadership and Management from the Cyprus International Institute of Management CIIM and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Cyprus. Her research interest includes Digital Making, Programming, Soft Skills Integration in higher education. Dora has over 10 years of teaching experience in Higher Education. She currently holds the position of the Academic Dean and Head of COmputing Field at CTL Eurocollege in Limassol.
She is a researcher at the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL), a member of Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) and a member and certified Instructor of CISCO Networking Academy. She has participated and presented a part of her work in ETECH Conference on 2019 in Riga- Latvia. She has also participated in INTERACT International Conference on 2019 in Paphos-Cyprus.

George Pallaris
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
Areas of interest: Computer Science,Technology, Web, Cloud Computing.
Research Interests:
Educational Makerspaces, with a closer examination of how Higher Education Institutions can exploit Makerspace’s potential for the benefit of both Academics, Students, and Institutions.
Bio
Experienced Information Technology and Computer Science Professional with a demonstrated history of working in Higher Education and Information Systems Services industry. Skilled in Lecturing, IT Infrastructure Management, Systems Analysis, Cloud Computing, Human Computer Interaction and Systems Networking. Strong information technology professional with a MSc Information Systems Management focused in IT Project Management from University of Liverpool.

Konstantinos Karseras
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Multimedia
Areas of interest: Multimedia and scouting

Louiza Erodotou
UCY
Department: Architect Engineer
Areas of interest: Industrial design; architecture models and art design

Christina Procopiou
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Businesses management
Areas of interest: Businesses management – FeSTEM community of practice
Bio
Knowledge is as important as time.
I am a student interested in Business management and equality issues in the field of Business and Management.

Maria Christofi
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Multimedia
Areas of interest: Gaming, virtual reality
Bio
I am a student interested in Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies.

Marlen Ines Vasquez
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Chemical Engineering
Areas of interest:
Environmental biomonitoring and bioanalytics, Effect-directed analysis, Environmental toxicology, Environmental Microbiology; Biotechnology; Environmental Engineering

Olympia Nisiforou
Cyprus University of Technology
Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
Areas of interest: Oceanography, Renewable energy, Climate & Decarbonization, Pollution, phycology/ algae/seaweed, Circular Economy.

Prodromos Pieri
Cyprus University of Technology
Department:Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and Informatics
Areas of interest: Computer engineering; computer science
Greece

Aikaterini Antzela Tsintza
University of Macedonia
Department: Department of economics
Areas of interest: Thessaloniki
Bio

Anna Paschalidou-Perezidou
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics, Volunteering, Travels, Gym

Argyro Bagiati
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

Efthymia Petridou
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics
Bio
Foreign Languages: NOCN LEVEL 1 Certificate in ESOL International (B2)
Interests: Music and Gymnastic

Elisavet Chatzisavva
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

Evangelia Pothitou
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Volunteer Work, Club Memberships, Art, Traveling, Reading
Bio
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Certificate of Proficiency in English Level:C2
EMPLOYMENT-VOLUNTEERING
- Voluntary participation in the final phase of the 20th Greek Cup 2018, which was held at the Alexandreio Athletic Melathro of Thessaloniki “Sala Nikos Galis”.
- Voluntary offer at the Mom Information Center (monk seal) and participation in NADP Cetacean monitoring missions, from 1/9 to 16/9 of 2019.
- Voluntary offer in the shop with the souvenirs of Arcturus in the Mediterranean cosmos of Thessaloniki in December 2019.
- Voluntary Work Offer for a week in the environmental organization Arcturus in December 2019
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Praise from the Hellenic Mathematical Society for the distinction in Mathematics during the Panhellenic Competitions “Thalis” and “Euclid”, the school year 2015-2016.
- Holder of Youthpass, youth in policy dialogue of the Erasmus+ program.
- Award of distinction in the European Parliament competition.
- Digital Skills Seminar, by Grow Greek Tourism Online.
- Member of the KD ‘Session of the Parliament of Adolescents.
- Certification Exams in the Basic Principles of Digital Marketing on 12/10/2020 by Google Digital Workshop.
- Certificate of participation in the series of meetings organized in the framework of the implementation of the project “Youth 4 Youth policy making” funded by the European Program Erasmus + for Youth.
- Certificate of activity and participation in the program “Schools – Ambassadors of the European Parliament”
- Member of the Volunteering Department of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Member of the Environmental Team in University of Macedonia.

Maria Karagianni
University of Macedonia
Department: Economic Studies
Areas of interest: Photography and Cinema Enthusiast, Learning Languages, Reading Books, Planting, Travelling, Currently learning to play the ukulele

Michaela Tsironi
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Logistics
Bio

Sotiria Tortoka
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Environmental issues, Gender equality, Human rights, Sports, Educational movies

Stella Chouremidou
University of Macedonia
Department: Department of Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

Theano Chatzidaki
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Applied Information Technology

Katerina Tzafilkou
University of Macedonia
Department: SMILE lab
Areas of interest: Human Computer Interaction
Bio
Dr Katerina Tzafilkou is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Science and Technology at the International University of Greece, and an adjunct academic associate at Hellenic Open University at Educational Sciences Postgraduate Programme in Education and Technologies in distance learning and learning systems. Currently, she also is a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and Emotion Recognition at University of Macedonia (GR). She has received a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for her postdoctoral research.
She holds a Ph.D in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, a M.Sc. degree in Information Systems, and a B.Sc. in International and European Studies from the University of Macedonia (GR).
She has working experience in several research projects and she has published several research studies in peer-reviewed high impact international journals.

SOFIA SIDIROPOULOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

STEFANIA-MARIA BAKOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics, Marketing

ALEXANDRA CHARALAMPIDOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Applied Information Technology

EVANGELIA PERIFANOPOULOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Female participation in business

Ioannis Karapanagiotidis
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Environment, Organization of events, Team Sports

LYDIA-VASILIKI PETROU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Gender Equality, Volunteering

MARIA DROSOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

MARIANNA CHRISTOPOULOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics

NIKI ARTEMIS PAVLIDOU
University of Macedonia
Department: Economics
Areas of interest: Economics
Bio
Student of economics
Interested in volunteering (member of tedx University of Macedonia, FeSTEM)
Residence: Thessaloniki, Greece
Holder of two degrees level c2 in English
Main goal is to be a distinguished member in economics, specifically in management, by working hard, with ambition and determination
Italy

Alessia Ascarini
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department: Pedagogical Science – Project and training
Areas of interest: Education, Communication, Project development

Daniela Collovà
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department: Department of Architecture
Areas of interest: Architecture

Diksha Dody
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department: Department of Architecture
Areas of interest: Urban planning
Bio

Francesca Minnai
ITB-CNR
Department: Biology
Areas of interest: Biological Sciences

Gabriella Buttita
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department: Civil Engineering
Areas of interest: Engineering, sustainability, architecture, graphics
Bio
I love learning about new things and cultures and I try to improve myself every day.
Currently PhD student at the University of Palermo, working on a project about sustainability in infrastructure.

Roberta Colapietro
University of Pavia
Department: Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapeutics
Areas of interest: Biomedical research in metabolism

ANTONINO MARGAGLIOTTA
University of Palermo
Department: Departement of Engineering
Areas of interest: Architectural design, training, participative design
Bio
Engineer, Architect and PhD, he is Associate Professor at the Engineering Department of the University of Palermo (Italy). He is coordinator of the Course of Studies in Building Engineering – Architecture. He carries out research activities mainly in the field of project theory and practice. Responsible for research, international collaboration projects, he is the author of essays, articles and monographs.

Paolo de Marco
University of Palermo
Department: Architecture
Areas of interest: Architecture, engineering, design
Bio
Research fellow, architect, engineer and PhD.
He he has been invited to ENSAP Paris,
Krakowska Akademia, University of
Extremadura, European University of
Valencia. He is author of essays on white
color in architecture, articles on the design
didactics and on recent architectural
experiences.

Salvatrice Vizzini
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Department: Department of Earth and Marine Sciences
Areas of interest: Ecology
Bio
Salvatrice Vizzini (PhD, 2001) is Full Professor of Ecology at University of Palermo. Her scientific interests are on the ecology of marine ecosystems with special focus on the effects of anthropogenic pressures including contamination, eutrophication and climate change on trophic functioning and food web structure, sustainable aquaculture and blue carbon ecosystems. She has participated as PI or Leader of Research Units in more than 30 research programs funded by EU, Italian Government, and University of Palermo. From 2001 to nowadays she has held numerous University courses concerning Ecology and Marine Ecology and she is Director of the Master Course in Marine Biology. She is author of more than 120 papers published in international journals.
Slovenia

Aljaž Sadar
IC-Geoss
Department: Logistics engineering
Areas of interest: Slovenian Railway
Bio

Emilija Stojmenova Duh
University in Ljubljana
Department: Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Areas of interest: Electrical engineering, ICT, digitization, digital knowledge and skills, smart cities, smart villages, sustainable development
Bio
Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Faculty of electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana. She is also Head of Public, Private, People Partnership Digital Innovation Hub – 4P DIH, whose main aim is to create awareness and provide services to grow digital competencies, share digital experience and case studies locally, regionally and internationally, and support the government to adapt regulation and open its data to foster entrepreneurship. She has founded and is coordinating the national FabLab network in Slovenia, which is a technical prototyping platform for innovation and invention, providing stimulus for local entrepreneurship. With its 29 laboratories around the country, the FabLab network serves as a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor, and to invent, no matter the age, gender or place of living. From February 2018 till October 2019, she was CEO of Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia. Between June and December, 2018 she was president of the management board of the European Blockchain Hub. During 2014 and 2016, she was head of Demola Slovenia, part of Demola Network, which is recognized as best practice example for innovation policy makers by OECD and World Bank. She is coordinating several national and European research and development projects on digitalization for innovation and rural development. She collaborates with the European Commission within three thematic groups on rural development and digital innovation hubs. Her work focuses mainly on the fields of open innovation, co-creation, user centered design, community-led development and digitalization for sustainable rural and urban development. She is part of an international team of researchers, who developed a methodology for measuring and monitoring social, economic and environmental return on investment of digital products and services through open innovation. She was the first chair of the IEEE “Women in engineering Slovenia”. One of her most important missions is to encourage young girls to study engineering, and later empower women to stay in the field and dare to take leadership positions in science and engineering. As such, in 2018 she was one of the 50 women from all over the world to take part in ‘Hidden No More’, one of the US State Department’s international visitor leadership exchange programmes, aimed at evening out the gender gap in STEAM. She was the finalist of the “Female engineer of the year 2018” competition in Slovenia. She is Member of the Management Board of the Slovenian Research Agency, Member of the Expert Council of the Employment Service of Slovenia, Member of the Council for Development in Agriculture, Forestry and Food at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food and Member of Board of Forum Synergies.

Janez Dulc
HE lecturer at IC GEOSS Litija
Department: Vocational college
Areas of interest: Mechanical engineering, Marketing, quality, safety, environmental protection
Bio
Born: 10.5.1955
Primary school in Šentrupert na Dolenjskem
Secondary technical school of mechanical engineering in Ljubljana
Faculty of mechanical engineering in Ljubljana
Education: university graduate mechanical engineer
10 years of work experience in TRIMO Trebnje at development management
10 years of work experience in running companies (TOM, Adria Caravan)
20 years of work experience in State administration
In parallel with his regular employment, he also took 25 years of participation in higher professional education as a lecturer
Author of many articles and contributions and papers in the field of marketing, quality and technical legislation
Active participant in professional consultations in the field of quality and technical legislation
Author of constantly updated study materials in the field of technical legislation or safety and environmental protection
Critical analyst of the situation in the field of introduction, understanding and observance of technical legislation
Author of several materials and analyzes and contributions on the quality of protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jovana Mihailović Trbovc
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
Department: Institute for Cultural and Memorial studies
Areas of interest: Political interpretations of historical events, gender studies, gender equality in science
Bio

Maks Ritonja
IC-Geoss
Department: Logistics engineering
Areas of interest: Cars, sports, logistics

Matija Mohar
IC-Geoss
Department: Mechanical engineering
Areas of interest: Product design, automation

Matjaž Hostnik
IC-Geoss
Department: Logistics engineering
Areas of interest: Logistics
Bio
After finishing primary school in Šmartno pri Litiji, I enrolled in the grammar school in Litija, and during this time I also finished the lower music school on piano accordion in Music school Litija – Šmartno.
Because music means a lot to me and accompanies me practically everywhere, I was a mentor for learning guitar and a member of several different bands, and I am currently studying logistics at IC Geoss, as I believe that this area will become increasingly important in the future, as it was evidenced also by the coronavirus epidemic.

Uroš Struna
IC-Geoss
Department: Mechanical engineering
Areas of interest: Natural sciences, mechanical engineering, music
Bio
I was born in Ljubljana, July 28, 1983. After finishing primary school, which I attended in Šentvid near Stična, I enrolled in the secondary agro-food school in Ljubljana, majoring in veterinary technician.
At 21, I moved to Rakek, from where my wife comes from. For the first three years in Rakek, I went to work for an entrepreneur who was engaged in cutting wood.
Then I spent four years on a private cattle farm, employed as a farm machinery operator.
During the construction of our house, I was employed for seven years by the company Snaga Ljubljana, as a manager of municipal machines.
After moving to a new house in Radanja vas, where I come from, I got a job at the company IMP Armature as an entrance controller and manager of the entrance warehouse.
The company offered me training as a mechanical engineer and advancement in the field of work.
My wife and I have a son and a daughter, we both work full time.
Spain

Beatriz Fernandez Garcia
University of Oviedo
Department: Physical and Analytical Chemistry
Areas of interest:
Analytical Chemistry
- Analysis with spatial resolution
- Development of analytical methodologies for the study of biomarkers in different types of pathologies
Bio
In 2006, he moved to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Pau (France) where he completed a 29-month post-doctoral stay. In September 2008, she returned to the University of Oviedo as Juan de la Cierva Researcher and later as Ramón y Cajal Researcher. Since November 2020, she is a PhD Hired Professor in the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry.
Beatriz Fernández is co-author of 75 scientific articles, as well as author of six book chapters and one patent. She is the principal investigator of different national projects and with companies through which her research is financed. Its scientific objectives are focused on the field of spatial resolution analysis using elemental mass spectrometry techniques. His current research is mainly directed towards imaging studies in tissues of biomedical interest for the detection of heteroatoms and proteins.

Carmen Sánchez – Pedrouzo Pérez
University of Oviedo
Department: Industrial Chemical Engineering
Areas of interest: Surf and volleyball
Bio
My name is Carmen Pedrouzo, I am 18 years old and was born in A Coruña but live in Gijón. I am currently in my first year of Industrial Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Gijón. From a very young age, my dream was to be a pilot but due to the covid-19 pandemic I decided to study Chemistry. Besides aviation, I always saw myself in a lab, researching and discovering the cure to a disease for example, understanding the reasoning behind a lot of things, since we live surrounded by chemistry or creating my own cosmetic brand to improve my skin.

María Paz Fernández
University of Oviedo
Department: Physics
Areas of interest: Materials science; Magnetic nanomaterials for bio applications and energy.
Bio
Doctor in Physical Sciences (2010) and HE instructor in Applied Physics at the University of Oviedo (2016-).

María González de la Vega
University of Oviedo
Department: Science
Areas of interest: Physics and Mathematics

Carlos Castaño Nieto
University of Oviedo
Department: Commerce and Marketing
Areas of interest: Economy

Lucía Novoa Rodríguez
University of Oviedo
Department: Commerce and Marketing
Areas of interest: Economy
Bio
1st year student of Commerce and Markting, Lucía is interested in the economy and its impact on society and would like to work in the future as a market analyst.

Vanesa Nieto Bertol
University of Oviedo
Department: Industrial and Automatic Electronic Engineering
Areas of interest: Robotics
Bio
1st year student of Electronic Engineering at the University of Oviedo, Vanesa is interested in the Automation area.