Dr Christos Manolas PhD MSc MA PGCert SFHEA

Christos made his first steps in music and technology at an early age and has been revolving around these topics ever since. His areas of interest and expertise include music production and technology, audio production, sound design, audiovisual media, and software development, and his career includes work as a musician, sound designer, software developer and educator for over 25 years.

Christos holds a PhD in Stereoscopic 3D Media (Sound) and postgraduate degrees (MA, MSc) in Postproduction (Sound Design) and Music Technology, as well as undergraduate degrees in Music Performance, Computing, and Creative Media. His research interests include music and audio production, audio-visual media, multimodal perception, spatial and immersive audio, virtual and augmented reality, and the impact of digital technologies on media and education.

His academic career began in 1992, when he started teaching music performance and theory to undergraduate level students. Between 2000 and 2006, he taught IT and software development in various further and higher education institutions in Greece. Between 2010 and 2015 he worked as an Associate Lecturer and Laboratory Leader in Sound Design and Music Technology at the University of York (UK).

From 2017 to 2019 he worked as an Audio Production Lecturer at SAE Institute and between 2018 and 2019 as a Subject Leader and Senior Lecturer in Audio Production at Rose Bruford College in London, before joining Ravensbourne University in 2019. Currently, Christos holds the posts of Associate Professor and Course Leader in Music and Sound Production.

Selected Work and Publications: 

• Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou KO & Wang HI (eds) (2022). Handbook of Computer Programming with Python. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. 

• Manolas C, Xanthidou KO & Xanthidis D (2022). Virtual Reality Application Development with Python. In:  Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou KO & Wang HI (eds). Handbook of Computer Programming with Python. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. 

• Wang HI, Manolas C & Xanthidis D (2022). Statistical Analysis with Python. In:  Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou KO & Wang HI (eds). Handbook of Computer Programming with Python. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. 

• Xanthidis D, Manolas C & Ben-Abdallah, H (2022). Application Development with Python. In:  Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou KO & Wang HI (eds). Handbook of Computer Programming with Python. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. 

• Manolas C, Pauletto S & Jang J (2020). Soundtrack Loudness as a Depth Cue in Stereoscopic 3D Media. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies [online]. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520968016. 

• Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou OK & Wang H (2021). Information Privacy and Emerging Technologies in the UAE: Current State and Research Directions. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Privatizing and Securing Data (pp. 1134-1152). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8954-0.ch052 

• Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Paul S & Xanthidou OK (2020). Virtual and Augmented Reality: Enhancing the Learning Experience in Higher Education in the UAE: Current Standing & Research Directions. 7th International Conference on Information Technology Trends (ITT), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2020, pp. 206-211, doi: 10.1109/ITT51279.2020.9320882. 

• Manolas C, Pauletto S & Jang J (2020). Soundtrack Loudness as a Depth Cue in Stereoscopic 3D Media. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies [online]. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520968016. 

• Manolas C & Pauletto S (2019). Designing the Stereoscopic 3D Media Soundscape: An Exploration of the Perceptual Effects of Auditory Cues on Stereoscopic 3D Presentations. In: The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2019: Official Conference Proceedings. [online] UK, Brighton: IAFOR. 

• Storytellers (2019). [Short] UK: Govin Chandran. 

• Manolas C & Pauletto S (2018). Understanding the Stereoscopic 3D Cinema Soundscape. Stereoscopic Media: Research Provocations, [online]. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/ybbjkfuy [Accessed 25.09.2018]. 

• Manolas C & Pauletto S (2014). Volume Attenuation and High Frequency Loss as Auditory Depth Cues in Stereoscopic 3D Cinema. 3D Research, 5(23). 

• Manolas C & Pauletto S (2012) Exploring Sound Design in Stereoscopic 3D Cinema: An Investigation of Potential Uses of Auditory Cues as a Means to Enhance the Sense of Depth in S3D Cinematic Scenes. 3D Storytelling: Moving your story into the third dimension, Ravensbourne College, London, UK, March 22-23, 2012. 

• The Cargate Chronicles (2010). [Short] USA: Renan Fabio Rizzi. 

• Manolas C & Pauletto S (2009). Enlarging the Diegetic Space: Uses of the Multi-channel Soundtrack in Cinematic Narrative. The Soundtrack, 2(1), 39-55. 

• 776 B.C. (2004). [Animation/TV] Thessaloniki, Greece: ERT SA / Minotaur Digital Arts.