AudioThrive

About Your Host

Hi, I’m Argyrios: the physicist, the accessibility advocate, the occasional chaos magnet, and one of only few blind astrophysics PhDs in the world.

Today I work in data science, build accessible apps, and write stories about the unexpected moments that come with navigating life using audio as a blind person in a very visual world.

What You’ll Find Here

Daily-life stories

Getting lost and found, and all the small adventures in between.

Blind in STEM

How I studied physics without sight, the tools I used, what worked, what didn’t, and what I wish universities and research institutes understood about accessibility.

Accessibility & Tech

Explanations and tutorials about the tools that help me work, learn, and build things.

Career & Professional Life

Job searching strategies that worked for me, how it’s like to work in finance as a blind physicist, how to ask for support at work and much more.

Star Stories

Here I teach you a bit of astronomy in a simple and accessible way no scary words, no math but keep your imagination reserves full because spoiler alert you will need much of this stuff.

Why I Started This Blog

Because the number of blind people studying STEM subjects is embarrassingly low for a world that pretends to care about accessibility.

Because I want to live in a world where people do not just survive their blindness. Because I want to live in a world where people are able to thrive.

I hope audiothrive becomes a platform that lets me share the experiences that helped me throughout my journey and gives me the opportunity to use my technical skills to create accessibility solutions that are not just accessible, but fucking awesome.

If You’re New, Start With These Posts

• How Bone Conduction Headphones Changed How I Use My Phone and Navigate the World
• How a Chessboard Became My Ticket to Social and Academic Life

A Little More About Me

• Born in Greece
• Studied physics in Greece and completed my PhD in astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
• Currently living in Berlin and working at Deutsche Bank, focusing on data science models that detect financial crime
• Always reading books, playing music and chess, working out and much more that you will discover later

Let’s Connect

If you enjoy the stories here, feel free to share them or join my newsletter! I’d love to have you along.
Welcome, and let’s audiothrive together!