Computer Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and Adjunct Research Professor at UIC. Research at the intersection of scientific visualization, HCI, and high-performance computing — currently scaling in-situ visualization and AI-augmented workflows on ALCF supercomputers.
Position
Computer Scientist
Recognition
3× Best Paper
Service
VIS 2027 · ISAV 2026
Output
45+ papers · 2 patents
Education
Ph.D., Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, IL
2009 - 2018
Advisor: Andrew Johnson
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science and Technology
University of Peloponnese — Tripolis, Greece
2002 - 2007
Advisors: George Lepouras, Costas Vassilakis
Selected Awards
2024
- Argonne Impact Award
Argonne National Laboratory - Best Paper Award
ISAV24
2023
- First Place
IEEE SciVis Contest - Best Workflow
IEEE SciVis Contest - Best Paper Award
ISAV23 - Argonne Impact Award
Argonne National Laboratory
2016
- TEDx Speaker
TEDxUofIChicago - Alien of Extraordinary Ability
US Green Card - First Place
UIC, Image of Research Competition
2015
- Dean's Scholar Award
University of Illinois at Chicago
2014
- 20 in their 20s
Crain's Chicago Business - Best Paper Award
IEEE CollaborateCom
2013
- Fifty For The Future®
Illinois Technology Foundation - Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding performance and lasting contribution to Wearable Technology
MIT Enterprise Chicago - Best Augmented Reality Hardware (Finalist)
Augmented World Exposition - Image of Research (Finalist)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Patents
- Mixed Reality Social Interaction — US9818228B2 (granted 2017, active). Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. View patent →
- Application for Assisting a Hearing Device Wearer — EP3796673B1 (granted 2025, active). GN Hearing A/S. View patent →
Professional Service
- General Co-Chair, ISAV 2026
General Co-Chair of the 12th Workshop on In Situ Infrastructures for Enabling Extreme-Scale Analysis and Visualization at SC26, Chicago. - Co-Chair, IEEE VIS 2027
Co-Chair of the upcoming IEEE VIS 2027, Chicago. - Founder and Chair, ChicagoCHI
Established and led a SIGCHI local chapter to promote HCI research and interaction design in Chicago. - Khronos Group Member
Active participant in the ANARI Working Group, contributing to standardization efforts for 3D graphics. - Senior IEEE and ACM Member
Recognized for exceptional contributions to computer science and engineering. - ACT-SO Mentor
Mentor high-school students through the NAACP's ACT-SO program at Argonne, supporting their original research projects in STEM.
Students Supervised
Graduate Students
- Colleen Heinemann — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Hal Brynteson — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Andres Sewell — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Andres Sewell — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2023)
- Qi Wu — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2022)
- Jason Ortiz — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2022)
- Yue Ma — Research Intern (Co-supervised with Maoyuan Sun), Argonne National Laboratory (2022)
- Isaac Nealey — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2021)
- Isaac Nealey — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2020)
Undergraduate Students
- Athena Angara — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Faith Gabrielle Salinas — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Ricky Massa — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Abdullah Ali — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- Aaqel Shaik — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- James Morrissette — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2024)
- James Morrissette — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2023)
- Anthony Buccaro — Research Intern, Argonne National Laboratory (2021)
- Jagrut Patel — Research Intern, University of Illinois at Chicago (2014)
- Panagiotis Karvounis — Thesis, National Technical University of Athens (2009)
- Constantinos Kolovos — Thesis, National Technical University of Athens (2008)
Middle-School / K-12 Students
- Daniel J. Mason — ACT-SO, Argonne National Laboratory (2023) 🏅 1st place at ACT-SO State level
- James Morrissette — ACT-SO, Argonne National Laboratory (2021) 🏅 1st place at ACT-SO State level, 2nd place at Nationals
- Glen Poole — SPARK, University of Illinois at Chicago (2014)
- Dexter Wells — SPARK, University of Illinois at Chicago (2014)
- Antwan McBee — SPARK, University of Illinois at Chicago (2013)
- Andrew Lewis — SPARK, University of Illinois at Chicago (2013)
- Joshua Gartley — SPARK, University of Illinois at Chicago (2013)
Teaching
Creative Coding CS/DES 427/450
Co-Instructor (with Daria Tsoupikova) — University of Illinois Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
Spring 2026
Advanced interactive media and VR for design and CS students. Hands-on Unity development, 3D interaction, audio design, and creative coding using EVL's CAVE2 and SAGE3 environments.
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