VARVARA SALONIKIDOU

Focused researcher with impressive track record in collaborative, cross-functional teamwork within high-pressure environments. Adept at project planning and managing multiple accounts at once. Also, dedicated to improving company sales goals and meeting business objectives.

• 08/05/2022 - 13/05/2022, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, US, MRS Spring Meeting 2022, Fully-Printed Ag/TiO2/Ag Electronic Synapses for Brain-Inspired Computing
• 31/05/2021 - 04/06/2021, Virtual, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2021, Fully-printed a-TiO2 electronic synapses based on functionalised nanoparticle ink
• 02/03/2021 - 03/03/2021, Virtual, MANA International Symposium 2021, a-TiO2 fully-printed electronic synapses
• 07/07/2022 - 08/07/2022, Swasea, Wales, Unconventional Computation: Taking inspiration from natural systems for beyond-next-generation technology, Participated as an external advison
• 27/11/2020 - 04/12/2020, Boston, US (Virtual), MRS Spring/Fall Meeting & Exhibit, a-TiO2 Nanoparticle Suspension Ink For Fully-Printed Electronic Synapses
• 08/07/2019 - 11/07/2019, Dresden, Germany, MEMRISYS 2019, Towards fully solution-processed memories: printed electronic synapse with sol-gel a-TiO2
• 11/11/2012 - 13/11/2012, Larnaca, Cyprus, 12th IEEE Intl. Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering [BIBE 2012], Development and Evaluation of an Open Wearable Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired Users (CYCLOPS)

• 05/03/2021
  ICYS Promising Young Researcher Award. Poster presentation award at MANA Symposium 2021 – NIMS International Center for Young Scientists (Japan)
  
• 10/04/2013
  3rd award for best conference paper for "A smart glove navigation aid for visually impaired users" –
  5th Panhellenic Biomedical Engineering Conference (ELEVIT/IFMBE)
  Link http://elevit.org.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=159
  
• 12/12/2012
  Honors BS in Automation Engineering, Valedictorian speaker, Summa Cum Laude – Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (Greece). Department of Automation
  
• 13/11/2012
  Student Research Competition Finalist Certificate of Recognition – 12th IEEE Intl. Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering [BIBE 2012]
  
• 16/09/2009
  IKY Fellowship of Excellence (Pre-graduate scholarship for best scores in academic year 2006-2007) – State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) - Greece

• 14/10/2019 – 14/10/2019
  ''TiO2 Printed Electronic Synapses''
  Research Center for Organic Electronics (ROEL)
  Printed Device Technology (Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan)
  
• 09/09/2019 – 09/09/2019
  ''Towards Solution processed and fully printed memristive elements"
  Institute of Molecular Science (University of Valencia, Spain)
  
• 22/10/2022 – 26/10/2022
  2nd Workshop on Neuromorphic Organic Devices
  Invited Talk on Neuromorphic Devices

• Highly competent user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project).
  
• Programming : C/C++, python, Arduino Programming, Programming of CNC Machines (BSc cources)
  
• Design : Computer-Aided Design (CAD), basics of assembly language (BSc courses, projects), Autodesk Fusion 360 (board and figurines design: 'Dragons of Afterlands Augmented Reality Board Game'), Autodesk Maya (beginner)
  
• Web development: HTML & CSS, ASP.NET (C#), and JavaScript basics (MSc thesis)

• Photoshooting
• Hiking
• Music
• Gaming