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Nicos Makris
Professor Nicos Makris, commonly referred to in-show as either Professor Makris or simply Professor, is a Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University.

Education
- Diploma in Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, June 1988,

- Master of Science in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States, January 1990,

- Doctorate in Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States, January 1992

Research Area
The research interests of Nicos Makris include the design and protection of structures against natural and man-made hazards in association with the development and testing of response-modification devices, the analysis and design of seismic isolated and rocking structures—from tall valley bridges, rocking walls in buildings and historic structures together with soil-structure interaction.

Makris has also research interests in rheology and fractional calculus; while from 2003 to 2009 he directed the reconstruction of the North-East corner of the 4th century BC Temple of Zeus in Nemea, Greece:

Legacy
In 2020, a new species of snake from the Western Ghats of India, Ahaetulla farnsworthi, was named after the character. One of the researchers, Achyuthan Srikanthan, was a fan of the show and character, and the species was named after Farnsworth as a reference to the character's attempts to revive barking snakes from extinction.