Karampelas, Antonios, Faculty, Science and Technology, Division Chair of Technology
Dr. Antonios Karampelas holds a B.Sc. in Physics, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics, from the University of Athens. He has been a post-graduate researcher at the University of Athens and the National Observatory of Athens, mainly contributing to the preparation of the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. Dr. Karampelas has teaching experience in secondary and higher education and has been an ACS Athens Academy teacher since 2016. The courses he is teaching include IB Physics, Physics 1, and Physics 2, as well as Artificial Intelligence and STEAM-Modern Technology Topics, which he designed and developed himself.
Dr. Karampelas is a scholar with a record of more than 80 articles, including 30 journal articles and 5 book chapters. Dr. Karampelas is also a manuscript reviewer and has attended more than 30 conferences and workshops with 15 contributions. His research work in education has been published or featured in, among others, AIP Publishing, IGI Global, The Irish Journal of Technology-Enhanced Learning, the European Distance and E-Learning Network, the Proceedings of EdMedia Innovate Learning, the International Schools Journal, Medium, Business Partners, the MSA Accreditation Newsletter, and the Inside Learning podcast series. His research work in Astrophysics has been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, with his articles having been cited more than 17,000 times.
Dr. Karampelas is a strong proponent of the inclusion of Generative AI and Learning Analytics in Education, and the development of AI curricula. At ACS Athens, he has been leading and serving in different capacities as a Division Chair of Technology, Artificial Intelligence Framework Coordinator, Accreditation Internal Coordinator, and Action Research Coordinator. He also led the "spACS" program of high school students’ experiments that were conducted in space in two consecutive space flights of Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule (2019), with both events being covered by media in Greece and the US. Moreover, he led a team of high school students that won first place in the first Aerospace Contest, organized by the Hellenic Physical Society in 2018, and coordinated students’ research projects from inception to publication.
Dr. Karampelas is a Fellow of the Institute of ACS Athens, and a co-coordinator of the “STEM and Artificial Intelligence in Education” Working Group of the Hellenic Educational Society of STEM.
email: karampelasa@acs.gr