Panicos Kyriacou

Prof Kyriacou received a BESc degree 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. Following completion of his MSc (1995), he joined the medical devices industry where he worked as a Senior Biomedical Engineer specialised in Draeger Medical Intensive care Devices. He returned to St. Bartholomew’s Medical College, where he engaged in research training for a PhD degree in the field of medical optics and bioinstrumentation. Following the completion of his PhD in 2001 he was appointed Lecturer in Medical Electronics and Physics at Queen Mary, 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 London where he was subsequently appointed Senior Lecturer (August 2004) and then Reader (July 2007). 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. Professor Kyriacou 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 with a primary role to strengthen and develop further the role of Biomedical Engineering in Academia. Professor Kyriacou is also an Adjunct Professor at Yale medical School (2010 – present), Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India (2015 - ) and an Honorary Senior Research Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and St Bartholomew’s Hospital (2001 – present). He has also served as Honorary Professor at St Andrew’s Burns and Plastic Centre at Broomfield Hospital (2004-2014). Since 2011 Prof Kyriacou 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 both nationally and internationally. He is a fellow of IoP, IPEM and The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). Professor Kyriacou 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. In March 2015 Professor Kyriacou has been elected to the prestigious post of President-Elect of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science (EAMBES); he will assume his presidency in March 2017.
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