Konstantinos Kokkoros

Konstantinos kokkoros

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  • About me

    MRes: Fundamental Neuroscience

  • Education

    • University of the west of scotland

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor's degree psychology first class honours

      Dissertation Topic: Identification of the Convergence Point where Cross-Modal Associations no Longer Function in the Bouba-Kiki Effect.Description: An experiment assessing sensory integration in the sound-symbolic Bouba-Kiki paradigm and the influence of phonemes on cross-modal matching. Can a convergence point be found where cross-modal associations are arbitrary instead of cued by sound-symbolism?

    • Universiteit maastricht

      2022 - 2024
      Master's degree research master in fundamental neuroscience

      Activities and Societies: Volleyball Team Currently undergoing the second year of my postgraduate degree in Fundamental Neuroscience. I have gained experience in basic biochemical techniques, experimental animal models, neuroanatomy, neuroimmunology, and neurodegeneration among others.

  • Experience

    • Greek military

      Jan 2021 - Sept 2021
      Assistant psychologist

      Fulfilled my national service joining the Health Department of the Greek Military as a Psychologist, offering psychological support to fellow soldiers, carrying out regular psychological evaluations and assessments, while providing reports and referrals to Doctors and Psychiatrists.

    • Universiteit maastricht

      Feb 2023 - Mar 2024
      Student assistant

      Assisted ongoing research on the effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy CGRP-PGP9.5 Fiber Sprouting & Glial Activation.

    • King's college london

      Dec 2023 - now
      Research intern

      I am currently carrying out my own project as part of my internship at the Centre of Developmental Neurobiology at KCL in the Berninger Lab, where the main goal is to facilitate neurogenesis both in-vitro and in-vivo via direct lineage reprogramming of astrocytes into induced cortical interneurons.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Understanding the brain: the neurobiology of everyday life

      Coursera
      Sept 2021
    • Teaching english to speakers of other languages (tesol)

      International open academy
      Aug 2019
    • Certificate of proficiency in english

      Cambridge university press & assessment
      May 2014
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Translator

      Issued by Symplexis on Oct 2021
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