Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Dr. Maria Constantinou is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cyprus (2020-present). She obtained a BSc(Hons) in Neuroscience with Industrial/Professional Experience (2012) and a PhD in Neuroscience (2016) at The University of Manchester, UK. Before joining UCY, she was postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroscience and functional neuroimaging at the Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Rovereto, Italy (2017-2020). She has expertise in large data analysis (MRI, fMRI, electrophysiology, two-photon calcium imaging), neuropsychological tests, statistics, digital signal processing, machine learning, neural network models, information theory and transfer entropy. Her research interests are to decipher the mechanisms underlying cognitive processes; identify biomarkers of brain pathology; and assist in developing interventions that will improve patients’ health outcomes.