Dr. Emmanuel Maravelakis is an Associate Professor and the head of the Design, Manufacturing & Automation Laboratory (https://dma.hmu.gr/) of the Hellenic Mediterranean University (https://hmu.gr). He earned his diploma from the Electrical Engineering Department at Aristotle University and his Msc and Phd from the Technical University of Crete. Dr. Maravelakis' primary research interests are CAD/CAM systems, 3D Modeling, 3D Documentation of Cultural Heritage, and Reverse Engineering.

As sensory ecologist and bio-acoustician with strong links to bio-inspired engineering professor Holderied’s international research excellence is in the emerging fields of acoustic camouflage and biosonar navigation, with a continued passion for acoustic arms races and wildlife acoustics.