Sotiris Plainis, MSc, PhD, FBCLA
Optician-Optometrist, Research Fellow

Sotiris Plainis completed his undergraduate studies in Optics and Optometry in Greece and UK. These were followed by postgraduate and postdoctoral research at the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, UMIST, UK. Since then he has been employed as a Principal Research Scientist at the Laboratory of Optics and Vision, University of Crete, being a faculty member of two postgraduate courses and having an active research group in visual psychophysics and electrophysiology.

He is appointed as Visiting Research Fellow at Aston University, UK. He forms a Faculty member of the Basic Optics course organised by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) and a past member of the Education Committee of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO). He is a member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) and a fellow the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA). Since 2015 he forms an International Vision Impairment (VI) Classifier, IPC. He has published widely in his field in peer-reviewed Journals (60) and edited a book (“Presbyopia: origins, effects and treatment”, SLACK Incorporated). He is the manager of Optical House in Heraklion.

Orestis Loukaides, MSc
Optician-Optometrist

Orestis is the director of Optical House in Rhodes since 1996. Είναι απόφοιτος (1992) του τμήματος Οπτικής της σχολής ΣΕΥΠ των ΤΕΙ Αθηνών. Το 1993 παρακολούθησε σειρά μαθημάτων στο τμήμα Οπτομετρίας του πανεπιστημίου UMIST (Μάντσεστερ, Ενωμένο Βασίλειο) για την αναβάθμιση του πτυχίου του σε Οπτομέτρη. Στο ίδιο πανεπιστήμιο ολοκλήρωσε τις μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές του: τον Ιούλιο του 1995 του απονεμήθηκε το πτυχίο του Μάστερ με τίτλο εργασίας «Παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν την αντίληψη του βάθους πεδίου». Έχει εργασθεί στην Κύπρο ως οπτομέτρης και εφαρμοστής θεραπευτικών και κερατοκωνικών φακών επαφής.

In January 2000 he was awarded the Business Excellence Award from the Chamber of the Dodecanese as a reward for the business policy pursued for the creation and development of his company.

Jenny Spaho, MSc
Optician – Optometrist

Jenny graduated from the Department of Optics & Optometry, TEI of Aigion in 2016. In October 2017, she enrolled in the postgraduate program “Optics & Vision” of School of Medicine, University of Crete, which she completed in April 2020.

During her postgraduate studies she visited Aston University as an Erasmus scholar to take part on a postgraduate study on: “An investigation of the change of depth of focus with pupil constriction, using pilocarpine” as a method of treating presbyopia. She is a member of Optical House since September 2018.

Constantine Spelas
Optician-Optometrist

Constantine has graduated from the University of West Attica. His work experience ranges from clinical environments to independent practices. His continuous education is achieved through seminars and he is also a member of the Hellenic Academy of Optometry.