Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos is an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. He holds a Master’s degree (2002) and a PhD in Cognitive Science (2006) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (1999) from Panteion University. His career includes significant research roles at leading institutions such as INSERM in France, the University of Leicester, and King’s College London in the United Kingdom, as well as the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. In 2024, he joined NKUA as an Assistant Professor and concurrently assumed the role of Affiliated Investigator at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA).

His  research  focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms that support cognitive processes, with a particular emphasis on conscious  perception, altered states of consciousness induced by general anesthesia and the predictive processing of sensory information. His work utilizes advanced neuronal recording technologies, such as Utah and Neuropixels electrode arrays, alongside sophisticated signal analysis and machine learning methods. Over the course of his career, he has made significant contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, particularly in clarifying the  role of the prefrontal cortex in conscious visual perception. His findings have been published in leading scientific journals like Neuron, Nature Communications and PNAS.  Additionally,  he  actively  participates  in  international  research collaborations  and  frequently presents his work as an invited speaker at major international conferences.

At the undergraduate level,  he  teaches  Cognitive  Neuroscience,  Biological Basis of Behavior, Psychology of Learning and Psychology of Language, while  his  graduate-level  teaching  focuses  on  the  neural mechanisms of Consciousness.