The Future of Education
Paraskevi Papadopoulou
Institution: Deree-The American College of Greece
Address: 6 Gravias Street
Postal Code: 15342
Country: Greece
Papadopoulou, Paraskevi, Ph.D. Professor, Deree-The American College of Greece
Dr. Papadopoulou holds Biology degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles and from the University of Athens and a PhD in Biophysics and Cell Biology from the University of Athens. Her research interests are focused in the fields of Structural Biology/Molecular Biophysics and Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, on structural and self-assembly studies of fibrous proteins, which form extracellular, proteinaceous structures of physiological importance like lepidopteran, dipteran and fish chorions. Model structures of chorion proteins and their interactions have been proposed. Her current engagement includes the development of genetic testing protocols for genetic diseases such as Tuberous Sclerosis and of Neurofibromatosis type 1. She contributed to the development of the Biology Minor and the Environmental Studies program at DEREE. She has been the Head of the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics at DEREE from fall 2008 until summer 2014 and has served in various appointed or elected College Committees. She currently serves as Assistant Head of the Department of Science and Mathematics. She has a long career in the teaching of Introductory Biology for mainly Psychology majors as well as of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Human Genetics and Introduction to Molecular Biology courses for Biology Minors at DEREE. She teaches Introduction to Biology and Human Biology together with part of the Integrated Methods of Environmental Analysis course of the Environmental Studies program.
Dr. Papadopoulou holds Biology degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles and from the University of Athens and a PhD in Biophysics and Cell Biology from the University of Athens. Her research interests are focused in the fields of Structural Biology/Molecular Biophysics and Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, on structural and self-assembly studies of fibrous proteins, which form extracellular, proteinaceous structures of physiological importance like lepidopteran, dipteran and fish chorions. Model structures of chorion proteins and their interactions have been proposed. Her current engagement includes the development of genetic testing protocols for genetic diseases such as Tuberous Sclerosis and of Neurofibromatosis type 1. She contributed to the development of the Biology Minor and the Environmental Studies program at DEREE. She has been the Head of the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics at DEREE from fall 2008 until summer 2014 and has served in various appointed or elected College Committees. She currently serves as Assistant Head of the Department of Science and Mathematics. She has a long career in the teaching of Introductory Biology for mainly Psychology majors as well as of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Human Genetics and Introduction to Molecular Biology courses for Biology Minors at DEREE. She teaches Introduction to Biology and Human Biology together with part of the Integrated Methods of Environmental Analysis course of the Environmental Studies program.
