Ioannis Kazanidis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics of the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He is the Director of the international MSc in Immersive Technologies - Innovation in Education, Training, and Game Design and serves as the Vice Director of the Advanced Educational Technologies & Mobile Applications Lab at the same university. He has BSc from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Educators from School of Pedagogical & Technological Education (ASPAITE), BSc from the Dept. of Informatics from the Hellenic Open University, MSc in Computing from Coventry University and PhD in Educational Technology from the Dept. of Informatics of University of Macedonia. He has been actively involved in several internationally funded research projects focusing on immersive technologies in education and educational technology. His research interests include Technology-Enhanced Learning, Game-Based Learning, AR/VR in education, mixed reality environments, AI in education, learning analytics, educational tangible user interfaces and databases. He has authored more than 130 publications in international journals and conferences, with his work receiving over 3,200 citations.