ProfessorPantelis Georgiou

Pantelis Georgiou currently holds the position of Professor at Imperial College London within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is the head of the Bio-inspired Metabolic and Infection Technology Laboratory in the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology; a multi-disciplinary group that invents, develops and demonstrates advanced micro-devices to meet global challenges in biomedical science and healthcare.

His research includes ultra-low power micro-electronics, bio-inspired circuits and systems, lab-on-chip technology and application of micro-electronic technology to create novel medical devices. Application areas of his research include new technologies for treatment of diabetes such as the artificial pancreas, novel Lab-on-Chip technology for genomics and diagnostics targeted towards infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and wearable technologies for rehabilitation of chronic conditions.

Prof. Georgiou graduated with a 1st Class Honours MEng Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2004 and Ph.D. degree in 2008 both from Imperial College London. He then joined the Institute of Biomedical Engineering as Research Associate until 2010, when he was appointed Head of the Bio-inspired Metabolic Technology Laboratory. In 2011, he joined the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, where he currently holds an academic faculty position. He has made significant contributions to Diabetes technology and has developed the first bio-inspired artificial pancreas for treatment of Type I diabetes using the silicon-beta cell. He has also made significant contributions to the development of integrated chemical-sensing systems in CMOS for Lab-on-Chip applications. He has pioneered the development of the Ion-Sensitive Field Effect Transistor, an integrated pH sensor which is currently being used in next generation DNA sequencing machines and rapid diagnostic systems for detection of infectious diseases.

Prof. Georgiou is a Fellow of the IEEE and serves on the BioCAS and Sensory Systems technical committees of the IEEE CAS Society. In 2013 he was awarded the IET Mike Sergeant Achievement Medal for his outstanding contributions to engineering and development of the bio-inspired artificial pancreas. In 2017, he was also awarded the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement award. He was also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in Circuits and Systems. Prof. Georgiou is a Co-founder and Director of ProtonDx, commercialising technologies for rapid diagnostics for infectious diseases.