{"id":16612,"date":"2022-03-22T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=16612"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T11:13:18","slug":"constantina-theofanopoulou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/speakers-2022\/constantina-theofanopoulou\/","title":{"rendered":"Constantina Theofanopoulou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16612\" class=\"elementor elementor-16612\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571740 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571740\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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80w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 450px, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a30487\" data-id=\"5a30487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c61b95b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c61b95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Constantina Theofanopoulou<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636650 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1636650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Post-Doctoral Researcher, Rockefeller University &amp; Fellow, New York University<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c2cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Theofanopoulou Constantina, postdoctoral researcher at Rockefeller University and Research Fellow at New York University, studies the neurobiological basis of language and, in particular, the mechanisms of social reward in the development and evolution of vocal communication. Her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constantinatheofanopoulou.com\/publications\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been published in scientific journals (e.g.,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-03040-7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/full\/10.1098\/rspb.2017.0988\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceedings of Royal Society B<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and her findings have attracted media\u2019s interest worldwide (e.g., <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/can-these-birds-explain-how-language-first-evolved\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/2016\/07\/23\/science\/i-wkytokini-pisw-apo-tis-lekseis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u03a4\u03bf \u0392\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while she has been invited to give ~60 lectures, including at Harvard Medical School and Columbia University. Dr. Theofanopoulou has received more than 20 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constantinatheofanopoulou.com\/awards\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for her scientific studies, including the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/constantina-theofanopoulou\/?sh=243a5240dbd7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinction in the Forbes list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the 30 most successful scientists under the age of 30. She is also involved in worldwide genomic efforts, such as the Vertebrate Genomes Project, and currently is the leader of the Greek initiative of the European Reference Genome Atlas, a project tthat aims to sequence the genomes of all European species.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constantinatheofanopoulou.com\/\">https:\/\/www.constantinatheofanopoulou.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87da22 elementor-shape-circle e-grid-align-left elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"a87da22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-24d8277\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-constantina-theofanopoulou-4a3649200\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-repeater-item-1b0a997\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Constantinatheo\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06b2162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06b2162\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95f510\" data-id=\"f95f510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8660c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8660c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet our Speakers Constantina Theofanopoulou Post-Doctoral Researcher, Rockefeller University &amp; Fellow, New York University Dr. Theofanopoulou Constantina, postdoctoral researcher at Rockefeller University and Research Fellow at<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":11921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16612","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16612\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}