Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou

Personal Profile: Computational neurosciences doctoral graduate with 7 years of experience

in data science. Background in physics, signal processing and modelling.
Skills include network theory, deep learning and time series.

Education:
2013 - 2016 PhD in Predictive Modelling of Neurological Conditions
King’s College London & University of Patras | Grade: Distinction

2010 - 2013 MRes in Computational Neurosciences

University of Patras | Grade: Distinction

2004 – 2010 BSc in Physics and Digital Signal Processing

University of Patras | Grade: Equivalent to upper second class

Technical Experience:
Data Time series, neural networks, deep learning, causal inference and directionality
metrics, graph-theoretic modelling

Python, MATLAB Keras, numpy, pandas, sklearn, matplotlib, seaborn, plotly. In-house scripts and
standalone apps.

Grants:
Mar 2019 NVIDIA GPU Grant Award £5,499 (PI)
‘Enhancing the value of Electroencephalography; automated modelling of
epileptic brain networks for diagnosis and outcome prediction’

Feb 2018 MRC Confidence In Concept Grant Award £58,139 (PI)

‘Is epilepsy a progressive disease? – seeking predictive markers of disease-
stage and treatment responsiveness’

Employment History:
Aug 2017– Present Richardson Lab, King’s College London (UK)
(full-time) Postdoctoral Researcher: MRC confidence in concept

Feb 2017 – Jul 2017 Sleep and Brain Plasticity Centre, King’s College London (UK)
(full-time) Postdoctoral Researcher: Wellcome Trust & GSK

Oct 2014 – Jul 2015 Richardson Lab, King’s College London (UK)
(full-time) Research associate: ARMOR FP7 European Research Grant

Oct 2012 – Jul 2014 Neurophysiology Unit, University of Patras (GR)

(full-time) Research associate: ARMOR FP7 European Research Grant

Publications: Sakellariou DF and Richardson MP (2019). Gazelle: Software for complex

microscale brain network dynamics. (in submission)

Sakellariou DF, Dall’Orso S, Burdet E, Lin JP, Richardson M and McClelland VM

(2019) Increased connectivity of theta ERP networks in cerebral palsy (submitted
in Human Brain Mapping)

Sakellariou DF, Koutroumanidis M, Richardson MP, Kostopoulos GK (2018).

Cross-subject network investigation of the EEG microstructure: a sleep spindles
study. J Neurosci Meth. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.11.001
 Sakellariou DF, Richardson MP, Kostopoulos GK and Koutroumanidis M (2017).
Topography of Generalized Periodic Epileptiform Discharges in Post-anoxic Non-
Convulsive Status Epilepticus. Epilepsia Open. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12073

Koutroumanidis M, Sakellariou DF, Tsirka V (2016). Oxford Textbook of Clinical

Neurophysiology Chapter 11, 10th edition.

Sakellariou DF, Koupparis AM, Kokkinos V, Koutroumanidis M and

Kostopoulos GK (2016). Connectivity measures in EEG microstructural sleep
elements. Front. Neuroinform. 10:5. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2016.00005

Koutroumanidis M and Sakellariou DF (2015). Low frequency non-evolving

generalised periodic epileptiform discharges and the borderline of hypoxic
nonconvulsive status epilepticus in comatose patients after cardiac arrest.
Epilepsy and Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.060

Koutroumanidis M, Sakellariou DF, Tsirka V (2014). "Paradoxical" EEG response

to propofol may differentiate post-cardiac arrest non-convulsive status
epilepticus from diffuse irreversible cerebral anoxia. Epileptic Disorders
16(4):510-7. doi: 10.1684/epd.2014.0711

Talks: Sakellariou DF, Richardson MP, Kostopoulos GK, Koutroumanidis M: Invited

talk Topography of Generalized Periodic Epileptoform Discharges as a
diagnostic biomarker in Post Anoxic Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus. 11th
Panhellenic Epilepsy Congress, Thessaloniki GR, 25-28 May 2017

Sakellariou DF, Richardson MP, Kostopoulos GK, Koutroumanidis M: Platform

presentation GPED voltage maps as distinctive biomarkers between Non-
Convulsive Status Epilepticus and Anoxic Brain Injury. 12th European Congress
On Epileptology, Prague CZ, 11-15 Sep 2016

Koutroumanidis M and Sakellariou DF: Invited talk Low frequency non-evolving

generalised periodic epileptiform discharges and the borderline of hypoxic
nonconvulsive status epilepticus in comatose patients after cardiac arrest. 5th
London-Innsbruck Colloquium on Status Epilepticus and Acute Seizures,
London UK, 9-11 Apr 2015