Makrides Gregory

Professor Gregoris A. Makrides, holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the IIT-Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, USA. He taught mathematics in HE since 1986. He worked as a teacher trainer at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (1995-2000), as the Dean of Enrolment Management at the University of Nicosia(2000-2006) and as Director of Research and International Relations at the University of Cyprus(2006-2017), and in parallel he was the Executive Director of the European Office of Cyprus (2007-2016). Since 2017, he holds visiting research professor positions in several universities in Europe, latest the Spiru Haret Unievrsity in Romania and the Pedagogical University of Cracow in Poland. He is the CEO of PROGNOSIS since March 2017. He offered more than 100 courses since 2005.  He has more than 100 publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings and in public press. He coordinated/ing 18 European projects since 2002 and has been a partner in more than 50.  He is the founder of several series of international events including the ERACON – Erasmus Congress and Exhibition, EUROMATH & EUROSCIENCE conference for school students, CAREER-EU conference. He has chaired the organizing committee of more than 50 conferences since 1997 and has organized more than 100 National and Multinational competitions since 1995. He is the president of the following Associations: Cyprus Mathematical Society(CMS) (1998-today), European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators(EAEC) (2004-today), European Association of Career Guidance(EACG) (2010-today), Mathematical Society of South-Eastern Europe(MASSEE) (2013-2019), THALES Foundation of Cyprus (2007-today) and he is the VP of the Education Committee of the European Mathematical Society (2021+). His international recognition contains several awards including the "2014 Award for outstanding achievements in development of the EU through European Projects".