Biosensors & Bioelectronics

Biography

Panicos Kyriacou received a BESc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and MSc and PhD degree in Medical Electronics and Physics from St. Bartholomew’s Medical College, University of London. In January 2004, he continued his academic career as Director of the Undergraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering (2004-2014) and Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Group (2004-2014) at City, University of London. In August 2006 he was appointed Assistant Dean in Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering (EEIE) at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (SEMS), a post he held until 2009 when he was promoted to Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Studies (2009-2014). In 2014, he was appointed Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise at the newly formed School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering and Director of its Biomedical Engineering Research Centre. He served as Chair of the Physiological Measurement Group (2006-2008) and Chair of the Engineering Advisory Group (2010-2012) at the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and as Chair of the Instrument Science and Technology (ISAT) Group (2009-2012) of the Institute of Physics (IoP). Very recently he was elected to the prestigious position of Vice President Academia at IPEM. Since 2011, he is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering panel for Biomedical Engineering and the Healthcare Science Advisory Group at NHS London where he acts as an Ambassador for Biomedical Engineering (National and International). He is a fellow of IoP, IPEM and The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Physicist (CPhys) and Chartered Scientist (CSci). He also offers his charitable services to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNESCO in the field of medical equipment management in developing countries. He is Editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal Biomedical Signal Processing and Control and Deputy Editor of the IoP journal Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express. In March 2017, he has been elected to the prestigious post of President of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science (EAMBES).

Research Interest

His main research activities are primarily focused upon the understanding, development and applications of medical instrumentation, biosensors and clinical measurements to facilitate the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of disease with a focus in the design of non-invasive optical sensors for the early screening of cardiovascular diseases and monitoring of blood gases and tissue biochemistry. His research pushes the frontiers of current optical and electronic technologies and demonstrates how such technologies can be used as non-invasive medical “tools”. He has authored and co-authored over 200 publications, and holds six patents with inventions in medical optical sensors. He has over 20 years of experience in leading major research projects funded by the main UK research bodies, EU and industry, and in the last decade, has attracted external funding of more than £4m as principal investigator to support all his research activities.