Marios Akritas, Ph.D.
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Greek Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Elementary proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Speaking Confidently and Effectively
LinkedInAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
S2DS Spring 2023
Science to Data Science (S2DS)Apr, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Supervised Machine Learning: Classification
CourseraFeb, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Supervised Machine Learning: Regression
CourseraJan, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine Learning
CourseraNov, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Advanced Open Water Diver
PADIJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Certificate in Education Leadership
SSAT -
Open Water Diver
SSI Scuba Schools International
Experience
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LifeArc
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Technology Transfer Fellow
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Jun 2023 - Present
Year-long fellowship for technology transfer (TT) in the life sciences. Rotations are taken with each of the partners (LifeArc, UCLB, Imperial Enterprise, and Queen Mary Innovation) with specialization in all aspects of TT: due diligence, IP law, business and commercialization strategy, negotiations and deals . Year-long fellowship for technology transfer (TT) in the life sciences. Rotations are taken with each of the partners (LifeArc, UCLB, Imperial Enterprise, and Queen Mary Innovation) with specialization in all aspects of TT: due diligence, IP law, business and commercialization strategy, negotiations and deals .
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Deutsche Welle
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Germany
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Scientist
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Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
- Worked with text data (articles from the client) in order to provide the client with tools to understand which topics and themes they tend to publish more or less timely and satisfactorily on. - Worked in a team of 5 in agile/scrum environment to deliver a pipeline for the project. - Did thorough text cleaning, used a pre-trained word2vec model to create embeddings and paired it with simple classification methods to achieve an accuracy of >75% on the task. - Used pytrends to webscrape information from google searches worldwide, and compared those with what the client was publishing. Show less
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UCL
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Working on publishing and communicating to the scientific community results from my doctoral work Working on publishing and communicating to the scientific community results from my doctoral work
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The Ear Institute
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1 - 100 Employee
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PhD Candidate
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Aug 2018 - Jan 2022
My PhD project is co-supervised by Prof Jennifer Linden (The Ear Institute/ Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology Department at UCL) and Prof. Maneesh Sahani (The Gatsby Unit for Computational Neuroscience). The project was about contextual processing of acoustic input to the mouse A1. A second project that came up has to do with spontaneous facial movements of the mice at triggered by acoustic stimuli, and how they relate to neuronal signal. Publications are at final stages before submission. Show less
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The Brilliant Club
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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National Catch-up Chemistry Tutor
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Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Recruited as a paid tutor by the Brilliant Club. Participated in the National Catch-up effort for pupils that missed content during the pandemic-related closures of schools. I was responsible for designing tutorials, monitoring progress and reporting back. The programme is expected to bridge the gap between the achievements of pupils from different socioeconomic backgrounds during and the after the COVID19 pandemic. Recruited as a paid tutor by the Brilliant Club. Participated in the National Catch-up effort for pupils that missed content during the pandemic-related closures of schools. I was responsible for designing tutorials, monitoring progress and reporting back. The programme is expected to bridge the gap between the achievements of pupils from different socioeconomic backgrounds during and the after the COVID19 pandemic.
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NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH
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Berlin, Germany
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Neuroscience Application Specialist Intern
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Conducted a literature review which summarised the unique and innovative research conducted using the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) equipment of the company, used to demonstrate to prospective customers the capability of the equipment. Conducted a literature review which summarised the unique and innovative research conducted using the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) equipment of the company, used to demonstrate to prospective customers the capability of the equipment.
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The Ear Institute
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1 - 100 Employee
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Graduate Student Researcher
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Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Rotation Project undertaken as part of my PhD programme, supervised by Prof Jeniffer Linden Project: Using pupillometry to investigate how a rodent brain makes use of sound statistics During my rotation I: - Built a flexDrive implant- used for chronic neural recordings (see link) - Used an existing set-up to study the reaction of mice passively listening to auditory stimuli, some of which included transitions from random to regular patters and vice versa. - Proved that high running speeds in mice abolish the pupillary effect seen at the stimulus onset. - Contributed to my lab's analysis script for this project (python). - Attended the Basic Auditory Science meeting in 2018, in Newcastle, to present my findings in the form of a poster (see below). Show less
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Institute of Neurology (Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy)
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London, United Kingdom
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Graduate Student Researcher
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Oct 2017 - Feb 2018
Rotation Project undertaken as part of my PhD programme, co-supervised by Prof Dimitri Kullmann (FRS) and Dr Aman Saleem Project: (Preparing to) investigate the contribution of gamma oscillations in a cognitive task in rodents During my rotation I: - Co-designed a setup for training mice in eye-blink conditioning - The set-up involved two Raspberry Pi computers which controlled the display for the stimulus presentation (unconditioned stimulus), a solenoid valve for the air puff delivery (conditioned stimulus) and a camera for the eye-blink monitoring. - Used custom-made python scripts for the analysis of the videos. - Trained four mice in eye-blink conditioning. Show less
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Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
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London, United Kingdom
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Undergraduate Researcher
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Sep 2016 - May 2017
Dissertation project under the supervision of Prof. John N. Wood (FRS) Title: Investigating the role of NFAT5 in the upregulation of endogenous opioids in Nav1.7(-/-) knockout mice During my project I: - Worked with cell lines and primary cell cultures from mice to elucidate a molecular pathway associated with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP)- a syndrome seen in humans characterised by unusual insensitivity to pain. - Used qPCR to quantify the RNA levels of my gene of interest in the cells - Used Western Blots to quantify the protein levels of the product of my gene of interest in cells - Used a confocal microscope to study slides on which I perfomed immunohisto- and immunocyto-fluorescence experiments. Show less
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Enjoy Education
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United Kingdom
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Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chemistry Tutor
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
- Paid chemistry tutor; working with an agency - I tutored A'level Chemistry one-to-one over the summer - Responsible for designing and delivering the lesson at the student's house - Paid chemistry tutor; working with an agency - I tutored A'level Chemistry one-to-one over the summer - Responsible for designing and delivering the lesson at the student's house
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Team Up
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London, United Kingdom
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Volunteer Chemistry Tutor
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Nov 2014 - May 2015
Tutoring a group of 5 students in Chemistry (KS5 level), at a Secondary School in London. - Responsible for independently creating lesson plans, delivering tutorials, providing feedback and monitoring the progress of students weekly. - Using software like Microsoft Word and Excel to create evaluation and feedback forms and sharing them on file hosting services like Google Drive. Tutoring a group of 5 students in Chemistry (KS5 level), at a Secondary School in London. - Responsible for independently creating lesson plans, delivering tutorials, providing feedback and monitoring the progress of students weekly. - Using software like Microsoft Word and Excel to create evaluation and feedback forms and sharing them on file hosting services like Google Drive.
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Aristos Loucaides Chemical Laboratory Ltd
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Nicosia, Cyprus
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Chemistry Lab Intern
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Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
- Two-month internship that combined office-based and laboratory work. - Entrusted with the collection of samples for analysis. - Laboratory activities included carrying out routine chemical procedures by following a set of instructions for the analysis of water, soil and sewage samples as well as assessing the microbiological quality of food samples. - Introduced to good laboratory practise and its vast importance. - Learnt to record, handle and manipulate scientific data using Microsoft Excel. Show less
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Education
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2017 - 2021
UCL
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Auditory Systems Neuroscience -
2014 - 2017
UCL
BSc, Pharmacology -
2006 - 2012
The Philips European Hellenic School
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