Dr. Tryfon Sivenas is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), where he heads the Aerial Robotics unit of the Informatics Laboratory and teaches in the MEd programmes in STEM Education and Educational Robotics and in Mathematics Education. He is Adjunct Lecturer at the University of the Peloponnese and Visiting Lecturer at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT), and has taught undergraduate courses in technology and engineering education at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE). His research focuses on generative AI in education and AI literacy, educational drone robotics and human-drone interaction in learning contexts, and extended reality in learning. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerial Robotics from NKUA, an M.Sc. in Telecommunication Networks and Telematics from Harokopio University of Athens, an M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Patras, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Ioannina. He is a member of the Erasmus+ AI Academy project team, Finance Chair of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), editorial board member of SAGE Open (Education section), and reviewer for journals in educational technology and intelligent systems. Earlier, he collaborated with Fortune 500 technology companies, including Microsoft, on projects in cybersecurity and blockchain analysis.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Attikí, Greece
Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education
University of the Peloponnese
Kórinthos, Peloponnísos, Greece
Department of Social and Educational Policy
School of Pedagogical and Technological Education
Marousi, Greece
University Lecturer
University of the Peloponnese, Kórinthos, Greece
07 Oct 2026 - present
Post Doctoral Researcher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
06 Oct 2025 - present
University Lecturer
ASPETE,Department of Education, Athens, Greece
13 Nov 2023 - 18 Sep 2026