Christos Salonikas, PhD

Neuroscientist | Author | Lecturer | Thinker

📍 Budapest, Hungary | 🌐 www.salonikas.site | ✉️ info@salonikas.net

Profile Summary

A multidisciplinary mind with a scientific foundation and a philosophical core. Christos Salonikas is a neuroscientist, writer, and lecturer with extensive studies in Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuropsychology. His work explores the intersection of brain, self, consciousness, and the illusion of existence.

With a career spanning from executive leadership in multinational corporations to teaching in higher education, he bridges rational analysis with existential depth. His books aim not only to inform but to transform — to crack open the foundations of perception, identity, and meaning.

Academic Background

• PhD in Neuroscience
• MSc in Neuropsychology
• BA in Psychology
• BSc in Computer Science

Professional Affiliations

• Hellenic Society for Neuroscience
• Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
• International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
• American Association of Professional Hypnotherapy

Work Experience

• University Lecturer – Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
  Various Academic Institutions – EU
  Taught courses on:
  • The Brain as a Constructive Engine
  • Consciousness and Perception
  • Neurophilosophy and Free Will
• Executive Consultant – Multinational Corporations
  Former senior-level strategist and systems analyst in international business environments.

Author of:

• From the First Breath to the Last (2025)
  An existential exploration of life’s stages — biological, psychological, philosophical, spiritual and neurological.
• The Illusion of Existence (in progress)
  A deep inquiry into the nature of self, perception, and reality.

Languages

• Greek (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• Hungarian (Basic)

Personal Mission

“I write to disturb what is settled. I teach to awaken what is dormant. I think to unthink the given.”