Christina Kolyva

Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1994:
Graduation from Senior High School of Gythion, Greece with an average grade of 19,5 (out of 20).

1995-2000:
Admission to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (N.T.U.A.).
Diploma Thesis in the field of Biomedical Engineering with title 'Viscous Flow in Oscillating Tubes', which was graded with 10 ('excellent') and awarded the Thomaithiou prize for the best Diploma Thesis in the year 2000.
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with an average score of 7,99 (out of 10).

2001-2002:
Admission to the Department of Bioengineering at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine of the University of London, U.K. (I.C.).
MSc Thesis in the field of Haemodynamics with title 'Waves in Elastic Tubes: The effect of Velocity', which was graded with 75%.
MSc degree in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine. First-class honors degree with an average score of 73.1%.

2003 to date:
Admission to the PhD program of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

SCHOLARSHIPS:
Scholarships awarded by the Greek Scholarship Foundation for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of studies at the N.T.U.A.

CONFERENCES:

2001:
4th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Göttingen, Germany. Kolyva C. and Mathioulakis D.S.: PIV Measurements Downstream of an Artificial Bileaflet Heart Valve (poster).

2004:
Experimental Biology 2004, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Kolyva C., Siebes M., Verhoeff B., Piek J.J. and Spaan J.A.E.: Increase in Diastolic Time Fraction as Beneficial Adjunct of Alpha-Blockade After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (poster).

2004:
Medicon and Health Telematics 2004, Naples, Italy. Kolyva C., Verhoeff B., Piek J.J., Spaan J.A.E. and Siebes M.: Separating Diastolic Duration as Confounding Variable in the Haemodynamic Effect of Coronary Vasodilation (poster).

PUBLICATIONS:
Tsangaris S., Matioulakis D., Marinakis G., Kolyva C.: Viscous Flow in Oscillating Angulated Tubes. Acta Mechanica 160:61-70, 2003

EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE:

Previous Appointment:
[1/11/2000-31/7/2001] Junior research assistant at the N.T.U.A.
Participation in the project 'Study of Fluid-Mechanical and Haemodynamic Effects of Artificial Organs in the Cardiovascular System During Use', funded by the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology, under the supervision of Professor Socrates Tsangaris.

Present Appointment:
[1/2/2003 to date] Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of Medical Physics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Research subject: Dynamic analysis of coronary pressure and flow velocity waveforms with the goal to develop improved methods for assessing the functional severity of coronary artery stenosis and its impact on the coronary microcirculation. Supervised by Dr. Maria Siebes and Prof. Jos Spaan.