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Stavroula obtained a Chemical Engineering degree from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and a PhD from King’s College London. She started her academic career in 2011 at University College London, where she leads an experimental fluid mechanics group. Her research is focused on complex flow phenomena, particularly involving complex fluids. Stavroula specializes in flow characterization, with particular applications in laser-based diagnostics to study transport phenomena at both macroscale and microscale levels. Her current research interests include energy, healthcare, and manufacturing, specifically studying fluid-structure interaction, microscale technologies for energy recovery, and drug delivery in cardiovascular systems. She has received funding from EPSRC, the EU, Innovate UK, and various charities. Her research has appeared in prestigious fluid mechanics journals, and she is a member of the EPSRC College, a Fellow of IChemE, and serves as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy.