Maria Christofi earned her Ph.D. in Virtual Reality from the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology (2021). She holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science (2014) from the University of Cyprus and an M.Sc. in Computer Game Design and Development of Interactive Technologies (2015) from both the Cyprus University of Technology and the University of Cyprus. With her knowledge and experience, she supports the program in areas related to video games, 3D virtual worlds, virtual character animation, virtual and augmented reality, and programming.