Professor Christos Manolas PhD, MSc, MA, PGCert, SFHEA

Professor Manolas' research focuses on music and audio production, immersive and spatial sound, and virtual and augmented reality. He is also interested in multimodal perception and how digital technologies are shaping media and education. Professor Manolas is a member of the Audio Engineering Society. 

He is also certified as an Avid Pro Tools Professional (Dolby Atmos), Unity Certified Programmer (User), and Unity Certified VR Developer (User).

Professor Manolas joined Ravensbourne in 2019 after teaching as a Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader in Audio Production at Rose Bruford College (2018 to 2019) and as an Audio Production Lecturer at SAE Institute (2017 to 2019). 

Before that, Professor Manolas worked at the University of York (2010 to 2015) as an Associate Lecturer and Laboratory Leader in Sound Design and Music Technology. From 2000 to 2006, he taught IT and software development at universities and colleges in Greece. 

His academic career began in 1992, teaching undergraduate music performance and theory.

Professor Manolas serves as an External Examiner for the University of Hertfordshire and is a reviewer for Sage Publications, IAFOR, and Routledge/Informa UK.

He holds a PhD in Stereoscopic 3D Media (Sound), along with postgraduate degrees in Post Production (Sound Design) and Music Technology. 

His academic background also includes undergraduate degrees in Music Performance, Computing, and Creative Media.

• Sound Design in VR Filmmaking: Opportunities and Challenges in a New Medium
  (May 2025)
   
• Doorway to the Subconscious: An Exploration of Health, Well-being, Mind, Body and Spirit through VR. (June 2024)
   
• Perspectives on Creative Media Practice at the Age of Automation
   
• Doorway to the Subconscious:
  A reimagining of a meditation-based creative practice through the VR medium
   
• Assessing the Impact of Collaborative Virtual Environments on Students Performance in a Higher Education Setting
   
• Subjective Evaluation Tests of Audiovisual Quality in VR

• Manolas C, Raptis P & Durham M (2025). Sound Design in VR Filmmaking: Opportunities and Challenges in a New Medium. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Under review)
   
• Gooderson M, Anderson I and Manolas C (2024) Human/Robot: Collaborative Composition with Artificial Intelligence. Southeast Cultural Innovation Forum - Symposium 24, London, UK, July 10, 2024.
   
• Orme C and Manolas C (2024) 
  Doorway to the Subconscious: An Artistic Interactive Experience Embodying the Body, Mind and Spirit through VR. 
  MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2024: Exploring the Intersection of Creative Practice and Intelligent Technologies, London, UK, June 27, 2024.
   
• 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.
   
• Xanthidis D, Wang, HI & Manolas C (2022). 
  Data Analytics and Data Visualization 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, Paul S & Xanthidou KO (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.
   
• Xanthidou OK, Xanthidis D, Manolas C & Wang H (2021). 
  Security and Privacy Consideration for the Deployment of Electronic Health Records: A Qualitative Study Covering Greece and Oman. 
  Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective, 
  DOI: 10.1080/19393555.2021.2003914
   
• 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, Xanthidou OK, Adnan O & Jamal K (2020). 
  Smart Health: Sensors, Big Data, and Cloud Computing in the Health Sector in the UAE. 2020 24th International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers (CSCC). 2020, pp. 45-51, doi: 10.1109/CSCC49995.2020.00017
   
• 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.
   
• Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Koutzampasopoulou-Xanthidou O & Paul S (2020). Triple Helix in Higher Education in the U.A.E.: Current Standing and Research Directions. 2020 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SysCon47679.2020.9275926.
   
• Xanthidis D, Manolas C, Xanthidou-Koutzampasopoulou O & Wang H (2020). Information Privacy and Emerging Technologies in the UAE: Current State and Research Directions. International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), 11(2).
   
• 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.