Dr. Ion Beratis, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Deree – The American College of Greece

Dr. Ion Beratis is Associate Professor of Psychology at Deree-The American College of Greece, and Scientific Associate of the First Department of Neurology at the ‘Eginition’ University Hospital, a clinical center of excellence for neurological diseases and the largest one in the country. He is also External Supervisor of the Alzheimer Centre of the ‘Nestor’ Psychogeriatric Association. Dr. Beratis’s academic background includes a Psychology Degree from the Department of Psychology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Excellent), a Master of Science in the field of Neuropsychology from the University of Edinburgh (Excellent) and a PhD degree from the 1st Department of Psychiatry of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Excellent). Also, he has completed his clinical training in cognitive psychotherapy by the Hellenic Association of Cognitive Psychotherapies. Dr. Beratis has conducted research in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Patras, the University Mental Health Research Institute of Athens and the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Edinburgh, and the Department of Psychology of the American College of Greece. His research work has been published in international peer reviewed journals and has been presented in Hellenic and International Scientific Congresses. In addition, Dr Beratis has received several scientific awards and is serving as reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals in the field of Neuropsychology.

Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Music, Deree – The American College of Greece

Dr. Tatiana Papageorgiou is a concert pianist, music theorist, orchestrator and scholar. She has maintained an active performing career with appearances on six continents and collaborations as piano soloist with prestigious orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony, Moscow New Opera Symphony, Warsaw Opera Symphony, the Greek National Radio Symphony, the Athens and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestras. As orchestrator she has worked in a wide range of styles from Bach and Chopin to modern Greek music. Renowned orchestras, including the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Sinfonia Varsovia, have performed her orchestrations, and her publishers include Schott Music in Mainz, Germany. Dr. Papageorgiou is a graduate of the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and a recipient of prestigious awards as concert pianist. She also holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Birmingham City University, UK, having completed groundbreaking doctoral research into the piano-symphonic music of legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021), part of which was pursued at Cornell University, New York, while a Fellow Researcher at the School of Mediterranean Studies. Recognized as one of the leading Theodorakis experts today, her research spans performance, editorial practice and scholarly writing, while her close, 23-year collaboration with the composer has resulted in the unearthing of several unpublished works for piano and orchestra, a complete discography and several world premiere performances with the composer himself on the podium. Dr Papageorgiou has been a member of the Deree Music Faculty since 1999, also serving as Coordinator of the Music Program (2000-2008), while contributing to curricular design and cultural initiatives. Her teaching and scholarly work focus on performance, music theory, cultural studies, Greek music and film music aesthetics. Her recent research explores the therapeutic function of music and creativity, as revealed in the cases of composers Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mikis Theodorakis.