Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou (corresponding author) has addressed significant societal needs through the development of life-saving technologies. He is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is also the holder of the Henry Samueli Chair and the Director of DELTAi (Driving Engineering and Lifescience Translational Advances at Irvine). He has served as a faculty member at the University of Texas, Rice University, and the University of California (first at Davis and now at Irvine). Prof. Athanasiou obtained his PhD in Bioengineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Columbia University in 1989. He has published over 800 peer-reviewed publications, including 400 papers, 370 conference proceedings or abstracts, 20 books, and multiple patents. He has also served as President of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering and has received numerous awards. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024, the National Academy of Medicine in 2020, and the National Academy of Inventors in 2014.