I was born in Athens. I earned my bachelor's degree at the Department of Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Ioannina. I continued my studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where I earned my Post-graduate (M.A.) Specialisation in Byzantine Archaeology and subsequently defended my PhD thesis, and at Philipps Universität Marburg (Germany), where I wrote my Habilitation. I was employed for two years as an Archaeologist at the Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens). I taught independent courses on Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History at Philipps Universität Marburg, where I have been a privatdozent since 2010. Since 2009, I have served as an assistant professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Art at the Department of History and Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Ioannina. Selected publications: Το Εικονογραφικό Πρόγραμμα του Ιερού Βήματος των Μεσοβυζαντινών Ναών της Ελλάδας (843-1204), Athens 2001. Die Ikonographie der Gleichnisse Jesu in der ostchristlichen Kunst (5.-15. Jh.), Leiden 2010.  Parables and Eschatology in Eastern Christian Art, Cahiers Archéologiques, 2016, p. 47-58.  Discrepancies in copying and searching for a lost model: on three miniatures of the Gospel Džruči II, in: Λεπέτυμνος Studies in Archeology and Art in Memory of Georgios Gounaris, Thessaloniki 2018, 547-561. Representations of Parables in Codex Skevophylakio 3 of the Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos (in press). Some Remarks on Calming the Storm and Personifications of Winds in three Georgian Gospels (in press).