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    Chris Toumazou

    Christofer "Chris" Toumazou, CEng (Greek:


    Χριστόφορος Τουμάζου, born 5 July 1961) is a British Christofer Toumazou
    Cypriot electronic engineer. He is perhaps best known
    for inventing a fast and portable means of genome
    sequencing, following his 13-year-old son's diagnosis
    with end stage kidney failure through a rare genetic
    mutation.[1]

    In 2013 he became London's first Regius Professor of


    Engineering conferred to Imperial College London.[2]

    For his inventions in semiconductor-based genetic


    testing he won the Gabor Medal of the Royal Society
    (2013) and European Inventor Award (2014).[3] He is
    the first British winner of the prize in this contest since
    2008.[4] Born 5 July 1961
    Cheltenham, England
    Alma mater Oxford Brookes University
    Biography Scientific career
    Fields Electronic Engineering/Medical
    Technology
    Early life
    Institutions Imperial College London
    Born to Greek-Cypriot parents in Cheltenham,
    Thesis Universal current-mode
    Toumazou trained to become an electrician, inspired by
    analogue amplifiers (https://etho
    an English uncle who was an electrical engineer.[5]
    s.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.b
    l.ethos.372854) (1986)
    Academic career Doctoral Francis John Lidgey
    Toumazou began undergraduate studies in 1980. He advisor
    obtained both his undergraduate degree and doctorate
    at the then Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University).[6] He moved to Imperial College
    London in 1986 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    becoming the youngest professor at Imperial in 1994 at the age of 33. He was appointed Head of the
    Circuits and Systems Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and then Head of
    the Department of Bioengineering in 2001.
    In 2003 he raised a total of £22m to create the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College
    London, a multidisciplinary research institute focusing on personalised medicine and nanobiotechnology,
    becoming its first director and chief scientist.[7] His own specialism is in the field of personalised
    healthcare, providing worn or implantable devices for early diagnosis, and detection of disease.

    Commercial career
    Toumazou co-founded two companies which use silicon technology for early detection and management
    of chronic disease: Toumaz Technology Ltd and DNA Electronics Ltd.[8]

    Honours and awards


    2022: awarded UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life
    Sciences[9]
    2020: awarded Joint Entrepreneur of the Year Award, UK BioIndustry Association (BIA)
    2016: honoured with Lifetime Achievement accolade at Elektra European Electronics
    Industry Awards[10]
    2014: awarded IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award 2015[11]
    2014: awarded Faraday Medal of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
    2014: honorary fellowship, Cardiff University[12]
    2014: winner of the European Inventor Award of the European Patent Office[13]
    2013: awarded Gabor Medal of the Royal Society[14]
    2013: awarded Regius Professorship[15]
    2013: elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences[16]
    2011: awarded the J J Thomson medal from The Institution of Engineering and
    Technology[17]
    2008: elected Fellow of The Royal Society[18]
    2008: elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[19]

    References
    1. "CNN,Chris Toumazou and Genalysis® on CNN Make Create Innovate" (http://edition.cnn.c
    om/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/06/12/spc-make-create-innovate-genalysis.cnn.html).
    12 June 2014.
    2. "Imperial gets a diamond of a gift from The Queen | Imperial News | Imperial College
    London" (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/118551/imperial-gets-diamond-gift-from-the/).
    Imperial News. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
    3. Toumazou, Chris. "Invention: Microchip for quick DNA testing" (https://www.epo.org/learning
    -events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/toumazou.html). European Patent Office.
    4. "Technology for the common man' Financial Times, Engineering the future, 18 June 2014" (h
    ttps://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56f0ac62-efc5-11e3-bee7-00144feabdc0.html). Financial Times.
    17 June 2014.
    5. "Chris Toumazou", BBC Discovery podcast, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February
    2017
    6. McKie, Robin (15 June 2014). "Newly crowned: Europe's top inventor" (https://www.theguar
    dian.com/science/2014/jun/15/who-will-be-crowned-european-inventor-award-dna-chris-tou
    mazou). The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
    7. "Bio-Inspired Technologies" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120221224848/http://www.ingeni
    a.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue37/toumazou.pdf) (PDF). Ingenia Issue 37 December 2008.
    Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original (http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingeni
    a/issues/issue37/toumazou.pdf) (PDF) on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
    8. Interview with Clive Cookson (https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/511a4946-d411-11dc-a8c6-00007
    79fd2ac.html) Financial Times
    9. "Innovation in genetic technologies rewarded by UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International
    Prize for Research in Life Sciences" (https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/innovation-genetic-t
    echnologies-rewarded-unesco-equatorial-guinea-international-prize).
    10. Williams, Alun (2 December 2016). "Elektra Awards 2016 – The Winners" (https://www.electr
    onicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-news/elektra-awards-2016-winners-2016-12/).
    Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
    11. IEEE. (2024). IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award Recipients. https://corporate-
    awards.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/biomedical-engineering-rl.pdf
    12. "News Centre - Honouring exceptional individuals" (https://web.archive.org/web/201407260
    62511/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-exceptional-individuals-13200.html).
    26 July 2014. Archived from the original (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-ex
    ceptional-individuals-13200.html) on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
    13. "Christofer Toumazou (United Kingdom): Winner of the European Inventor Award 2014 in
    the category research" (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/
    toumazou.html). European Patent Office.
    14. "Gabor Medal" (http://royalsociety.org/awards/gabor-medal/). Royal Society. Retrieved
    12 September 2013.
    15. "Imperial College London has been awarded a prestigious Regius professorship,
    recognising the highest standard of research and teaching in the Faculty of Engineering" (htt
    p://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_30-1-20
    13-17-4-29). Imperial. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
    16. "Professor Christofer Toumazou | The Academy of Medical Sciences" (https://acmedsci.ac.u
    k/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Christofer-Toumazou-0033z00002qIIm5AA
    G). acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
    17. The IET. 2022. Recipients of the J J Thomson Medal for Electronics.
    https://www.theiet.org/media/10776/winners-of-the-j-j-thomson-medal.pdf
    18. "Toumaz's Professor Chris Toumazou Elected to Prestigious Fellowship of the Royal
    Society" (http://www.prlog.org/10073023-toumaz-professor-chris-toumazou-elected-to-presti
    gious-fellowship-of-the-royal-society.html). PRLog. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
    19. "Six Imperial academics among new Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering | Imperial
    News | Imperial College London" (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/40354/six-imperial-acade
    mics-among-fellows-royal/). Imperial News. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

    External links
    Official website (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.toumazou)

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Toumazou&oldid=1258573790"

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