Kominea, Xenia is a biologist with expertise in molecular and cellular biology, neurobiology, reproductive genetics, and biomedical ethics. She holds a BSc in Biology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine from the Medical School of the University of Athens. Her master’s thesis examined genetic and molecular mechanisms associated with reproductive outcomes. Her research experience includes experimental and translational work conducted at major academic and clinical institutions in Greece, including the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens and Alexandra General Hospital of Athens. She is the author and co-author of peer-reviewed publications on genome editing and ethical frameworks in human health research. Her scholarly work emphasizes evidence-based research, interdisciplinary scientific integration, and the application of biological knowledge to questions in human health and behavior. She is an adjunct faculty member in the General Education program.
Manos Markantonis is a Greek composer and music theorist. He holds a PhD in Music Composition from Trinity College Dublin (School of Creative Arts), having been awarded the Home Hewson Scholarship for his doctoral studies under the supervision of Dr. Evangelia Rigaki. He also earned an MPhil in Composition from Trinity College Dublin and a BM in Theory and Composition from Hellenic American University. He completed a Composition Diploma under Prof. Theodore Antoniou, in addition to degrees in Harmony, Counterpoint, and Fugue from the Hellenic Conservatory of Music and Arts and attended the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. His creative output focuses on contemporary classical music, experimental music theater, and music for film and media. His works have been performed in Greece, the United States, and Ireland, by ensembles such as the Hellenic Contemporary Music Ensemble, ALEA III, L’Anima String Quartet, Parabasis Ensemble, and the Metallon Quintet of the Athens State Orchestra. He has been commissioned to compose music for television and historical documentaries, with projects featured on the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation and other organizations. Alongside his compositional activity, he is involved in music education and research, with interests in new music, theatricality, and symbolism. He is an adjunct faculty member in the Music program.
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Salomi Boukala is Assistant Professor of Critical Discourse Analysis at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece, and Visiting Scholar at Newcastle University, UK. Her research specializes in Greek political discourse, with a broader focus on argumentation theory and Critical Discourse Studies, where she has published extensively. She is the author of European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press: Argumentation and Media Discourse (Palgrave, 2019) and co-author of the forthcoming book The Language of Politics and the Greek Paradigm (Springer, 2025). In 2020, she co-edited the first volume on Critical Discourse Analysis published in Greece (Nissos Academic Publishing). Her research interests include the discursive construction of political and (supra)national identities, political rhetoric, discriminatory discourse, antisemitism, ethnographic approaches, and media discourses. She is also Principal Investigator of the research project CRITIC (Crisis Narratives: Beyond Pandemic Discourses in Greece), funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2025-28). She is a visiting faculty member and teaches in the Doctoral program at Hellenic American University.
Nicholas Zouvanis holds a BA in Transcultural Communication from the University of Vienna and an MA in Conference Interpreting from the Aristotle University Thessaloniki. After completing his studies, in 2019, he has been working as a freelance conference interpreter and translator, with Greek, English, and German as his working languages. Nicholas is an adjunct faculty member teaching in the MACI program.
Teresa Asoniti studied Greek Literature at NKUA and holds an Advanced Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and a B.A. in English Language and Literature, both from Hellenic American University. She has been teaching English and Greek as a foreign language since 2001 to young children, adolescents and adults. Ms. Asoniti teaches in the General Education program at Hellenic American University as an adjunct faculty member.