Prof. EMMANUEL DRAKAKIS
Manos is a specialist in Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design and Biomedical Instrumentation. Currently a Professor of Bio-Circuits & Systems with the Dept. of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. His research has been funded by EPSRC, BBSRC, the Royal Society, the Bagrit Trust, Wellcome Trust, the Dept. of Health, the Human Frontier Science Program, ERC, FSRF, CiC scheme, the Motor Neuron Disease Association, UK and US Industry (Medtronic). His Group’s research focuses on “Circuits and Systems from and for Biology (and Medicine)”.
Key bio-circuits and systems achievements: Medtronic-sponsored ultra-low-noise high-performance front-ends for artefact suppression in local field potential recordings during Deep-Brain-Stimulation (doi:10.1088/1741-2552/ab2610); wireless sensing nodes for bioelectric, physical and neurochemical patient monitoring (doi:10.1186/s12984-0190629-2); synthetic aperture microchips for miniaturised ultrasound imaging systems (doi:10.1109/ TBCAS.2018. 2836915; First Prize in Imperial’s 2017 Venture Catalyst Challenge, the UK’s largest university innovation contest); the world’s first nanopower cytomorphic chips computing in real time nonlinear cellular/molecular dynamics (e.g. intracellular calcium oscillations and mammalian cell cycle dynamics (doi:10.1002/cta.2514, 10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2450021); Human Frontier Science Program-sponsored neural recording microchip for placement in blowfly’s brain recording (doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2018.01.022); Wellcome Trust and Dept of Health- sponsored high-performance, wired and wireless, medical poly-instruments, behind-the-ear micro-instruments and customised microchips for combined neuro/electro/chemical monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury patients in the ICU (doi: 10.1186/s12984-020-00742-x ; doi: 10.1002/cphc. 201701119, 10.1016/j.measurement. 2018.05.115, 10.3389/ fnhum. 2016.00212); EPSRC and BBSRC-sponsored research on the world’s first instrument (up to 128 channels) for the physicochemical monitoring of stem cell cultures (doi:10.1109/TBCAS.2008.925639; IEEE ISCAS International Prize and Rector’s Research Excellence Award); EPSRC-sponsored research on the world’s lowest power (6 μW per channel) and highest performance (80-120 dBs) biomimetic cochlear implant processor filterbanks and techniques (doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2325907 , 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2011039; IEEE MWSCAS International Prize); UK industry-sponsored and world’s first low power pulse-oximetry front-end which consumed less than 1mW of power (doi:10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2200677); optoelectronic/optobionic chips for the photostimulation of photosensitised cells (doi:10.1016/j.mejo.2009. 04.003, 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2081988, 10.1109/TBCAS. 2016.2623949).
EMD has authored or co-authored ~ 180 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters (EMDrakakis list of publications). EMD and his Group have won 17 prizes, distinctions and awards for educational and research excellence. Long-standing Associate Editor with IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (2007- 2019). Editor with Measurement-Elsevier (2018-2020) and Editorial Advisor with BMC Biomedical Engineering, Springer Nature. He has a cumulative editorial service to the research community of close to thirty-two years (Associate Editor for IEEE TCASI, IEEE TCASII, IET El.Letters, Inter. Journal of Electronics, Frontiers in Neuromorphic Eng.)