Tsaopoulos Dimitris

Dimitrios Tsaopoulos is a Research Director (Grade A) in the field of Biomechanics in CERTH/IBO.
He graduated with a BSc from the University of Thessaly, Greece, in the field of Sports Science. He holds a PhD in Biomechanics from Manchester Metropolitan University. After the end of his PhD studies, he was appointed as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Structure & Motion Lab (SML) at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in University of London. His research interests are in the areas of Biomechanics of bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion and in the latest modelling and simulation techniques to analyse 3D musculoskeletal system dynamics in humans and animals.

Dimitris aspires to the advancement of research and technologies in areas of human and animal-movement biology, aiming at diagnosis, assessment and treatment of locomotor dysfunction. He has participated in more than 25 National and European research projects.