Nefeli Maria (Dimitriadi) Bachara is a visual artist, artist of virtual, augmented and mixed reality works, with professional experience in directing and producing audio-visual and augmented reality media.

In 2020 she was elected as an Assistant Professor of “Virtual/ Augmented/ Mixed Reality and Cinema” in Film School of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2023, she was promoted to the position of tenured Assistant Professor, and in 2024 to Associate Professor.

Dr. Nefeli Maria (Dimitriadi) Bachara is entitled with a PhD in “Aesthetics, Science and Technology of Art” (Université de Paris 8, 2008), a Master’s degree (D.E.A.) in “Art of the Image and Contemporary Art” (University of Paris 8, 2003) and a diploma of visual arts (School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2002) while holding academic certification from the French Ministry of Education (“qualification”) for the position of Assistant Professor in the “Art” Sector.

She teaches the courses “Introduction to Augmented-Virtual-Mixed Reality”, “Cinema and Augmented-Virtual-Mixed Reality”, “Augmented/Mixed Reality II” and “Augmented/Mixed Reality I” at the Film School of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2020-2023) (https://www.film.auth.gr/en/nefeli-dimitriadi/)

She also supervises the course “VirtualReality in Rehabilitation: theory and laboratory” of the interdisciplinary Master’s Program “Clinical ergospirometry, exercise, advanced technology and rehabilitation” of the Department of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ( 2019-2022), (https://ceerehab.edu.gr/didaskontes/).

Dr. Dimitriadi (Nefeli Maria Bachara) has extensive teaching experience in the Master’s Program Creative Writing, jointly offered by the Department of Film of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Western Macedonia (2020–2023), where she taught the course New Narrative Forms, at the Hellenic Open University in the Master Program “Graphic Arts-Multimedia” as a member of the cooperating educational staff (2017-2022), in the Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication of the University of Western Attica as an academic scholarship holder (2018), at the School of Fine Arts in the European Master’s Program “Art, virtual reality and multi-use systems of artistic expression” of A.S.F.A. and of the Univ. Paris 8, and in the undergraduate course of A.S.F.A. “Multimedia – Hypermedia and Video Art” (2011-2015 & 2018-2019), as well as in the Course “Multimedia Content Creation” of the Greek-French Master’s “Informatics, Image Composition and Graphic Design” of the IT Engineering Department of T.E.I. of Athens (2011-2013). She has also taught at the Ecole d’Architecture Nationale Supérieure Paris-Malaquais, as a responsible teacher of the intensive program (2016), as well as at the “Art et Technologie de l’Image” Department of the Univ. Paris 8 in the context of European Erasmus Intensif Programs and summer universities (2004-2008).

She is the Principal Investigator of the research project “Upgrade of the Computer Laboratory of the Department of Film of the School of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for Extended Reality and Virtual Production Projects” (Film XR & VP), funded through the 2nd call of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation for large-scale research equipment procurement (October 2025 – April 2027).

She has worked at Research projects:

• Research and Development Activities “Combining Safety, Fun and Physical Activity – Walking Bus” (2024) Project implemented by the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• “Development of Curricula and Definition of Required Infrastructure for a State School of Film and Audiovisual Media Technicians” (2024) Commissioned by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Principal Investigator: Professor Apostolos Karakasis, Department of Film, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• as the Scientific Supervisor of the research project (ELKE/AUTH.) “Utilization of game engines and augmented reality technologies in film production” (2021 – 2022),
• as a member of the research team of the project “ARCON: Augmented Reality Content Management System” implemented by the University of Patras, DATAVERSE Ltd. and the Film Department of the University of Athens, within the framework  of RESEARCH-CREATE-INNOVATE program, (2019-2021)
• as Coordinator of the project “Virtual Reality applications in Medical Rehabilitation” REACT (“Virtual Reality applications in Medical Rehabilitation”) (www.react-vr.gr) which was successfully implemented by the Medical School of E.K. P.A., STRATIS Ltd and NOUS VR within the framework  of RESEARCH-CREATE-INNOVATE program, (2018-2023),
• as a team member of the European Erasmus Plus project “@postasis” of A.S.K. .T. (2019),
• the “Hellenic Digital Culture” project by Fournos Center for Digital Culture (2006),
• and the “e-class” project (Program 98) of A.S.F.A. (2005).

Nefeli Dimitriadi also holds important professional experience in directing documentaries and television series, having worked as “on-the-road” producer in international audiovisual productions (in USA, Canada, Latin America, Europe , Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji Islands) for over 200 television episodes (2008-2013) and she has directed and produced domestic television documentaries in the context of dissemination of European project results and cultural heritage documentaries (2012-2024).

Nefeli Dimitriadi also has many years of professional experience in the production of virtual, augmented and mixed reality projects as the Director of NOUS VR (www.nousvr.com) (2012-2019) and as a director and producer of virtual reality film projects (2020-2024). In particular, he has produced and directed 360-degree documentaries for virtual reality interfaces and documentaries for viewing in stereoscopic vision glasses, and the 360-degree virtual reality fiction films with mixed technique integration of real actors in virtual settings “Abstract Orchid” directed by Duncan Skinner, and the film “NEUROSYNAPSES” written and directed by Nefeli Maria Bachara (2022-2026).

As part of her first feature fiction film NEUROSYNAPSES, she utilized game engines and digital sets to produce a linear narrative film with CGI VFX, and an immersive interactive version of the film for viewing in a Virtual Reality interface (the film is in post-production -production), (NEUROSYNAPSES_movie).

She has also been the coordinator of European inter-university programs and summer universities (2004-2008) and has delivered educational seminars within the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Unit of ASFA (2014-2015).

Finally, he has worked in the editing of publications as well as in the organization of international conferences, artistic actions and festivals, such as “The Space Age: Electric and Electronic Art in Greece 1957-1989” (2017), the “Gaming Realities” International Conference in the context of Mediaterra festival (2006) in which he co-edited the book “Gaming Realities, A challenge for digital culture”, etc.

The research of Dr. Dimitriadi (Nefeli Maria Bachara) has been published in 47 scientific announcements and articles in international conferences and scientific publications in Greece and abroad, such as: the international journal N. Health & Research Journal and the international conference International Neuropsychological Society 2019 Annual Meeting (New York City), the IEEE VR 2015 in France (2015), the IEEE ICALT – 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies in Japan (2007) etc., while he is the author of the chapter “Video-art: the shaping of the environment for the dialogue of art and technology in Greece” in the book “The Space Age. Electrical and electronic art in Greece 1957-1989” (Editorial editor: Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Konstantinos Vassiliou, Asini Publications, 2016, Athens) and co-author of a scientific teaching manual on the production of virtual reality works which was published in 2015 by the Hellenic Academics Electronic Publications (Action: KALLIPOS), (Kallipos: From composite arts to hypermedia and new virtual-potential spaces. A handbook for the artist engaged in digital art.).

 The artistic work of Nefeli Maria (Dimitriadi) Bachara includes works of virtual, augmented and mixed reality and has been presented in 34 exhibitions and international festivals in Greece and abroad, such as: VR Plane Trip – Immersive Virtual Reality Project designed for feedback based on measurements from a smart watch that counts the user’s heart rate and stress levels, exhibition INSIDE THE IMAGE – Re-enacting Cinema with Extended Media, Alphaville Cinema (2023), “Ludic Virtual Choreography” Multi-use interaction project (Real-time 3D) with gamification elements, 4TH Multiplier event of @postasis Virtual Artistic laboratory, ARGENIA Association, Rome, augmented reality project Eden PoVs, KINONO festival, Tinos (2018), virtual reality project PLANESCAPES VR, solo exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art Ileana Tounda (2016), collaborative virtual reality project Select in Crisis, Digital Storytelling in Times of Crisis International Exhibition, Hellenic-American Union, Athens (2015), project selected as a demo by the experts in Virtual Reality Oculus Rift & by the international digital art awards Lumen Prize, Computational Aesthetics, London , UK (2010), Biennial of Young Mediterranean Artists (2003), etc.

Q1 publications of the last 5 years: 1. h-index (of 10-year works): N. Dimitriadi, h-2 (scopus). Scientific journal with the highest impact factor: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience: 3.8