Prof. Andreas Anayiotos, NBRI member
Education
- Boston University BS 1983 Aerospace Engineering
- Georgia Institute of Technology MS 1984 Aerospace Engineering
- Georgia Institute of Technology PhD 1990 Aerospace Engineering
Professional Experience
He is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Cyprus University of technology. He is the Director of the Technology Transfer Office at the “Eratosthenes Center of Excellence”. https://eratosthenes.org.cy/. He is responsible for the IPR policy of the organization and the commercial promotion of the technology applications of the center in the area of Earth observation and Geoinformatics. He has been the Rector of the Cyprus University of Technology 2015-2019. During his Rectorship the University has been ranked between 301-350 best Universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. He has been instrumental in the internationalization of the University and the establishment of INTENT the Innovation and Technology Transfer Office at the University to promote innovation and the exploitation of the research results at CUT. He has also been instrumental in the establishment of CUTing Edge http://cutingedge.cut.ac.cy/ a maker space to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the University. He took the initiative and promoted the efforts to change the founding legislation for the State Universities in Cyprus to allow the establishment of spinoffs and other entrepreneurial activities. He served as a vice Rector at the University 2012-2015 and also a member of the Governing Board of the Open University of Cyprus in 2011. He is the Director of the Biomechanics and Living Systems Analysis laboratory (BiOLISYS) at the Cyprus University of Technology (https://www.cut.ac.cy/biolisys/). He has been the director of the Biofluids Laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biomedical Engineering. The BioLISYS laboratory is involved with research in: a) Novel imaging techniques in cancer and cardiovascular disease, b) Image based cardiovascular fluid dynamics, and c) Cardiovascular implant design, testing and evaluation. Dr. Anayiotos has published more than 150 peer reviewed publications and conference proceedings publications. He has developed numerous courses in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering. He has been an organizer and chairman of numerous technical sessions and panel discussions in the Biomedical Engineering Society, The World Congress of Biomechanics and the Summer Bioengineering Conference. He is an Associate Editor in the “Annals of Biomedical Engineering” and has served on the Editorial advisory board of the “Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology” and “Frontiers of Medical Technology” and a reviewer in numerous other international journals. Dr. Anayiotos has been an expert evaluator in Bioengineering for the European Union, the National Institutes of Health (USA) and the National Science Foundation (USA) since 1999. He has also provided consulting services to numerous cardiovascular implant and devices manufacturers. He has been an evaluator in for the EU programs FP6, 7 Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. He has been an evaluator for the European Innovation Council and Small & Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency (EISMEA) programs since 2022.
The graduates of his laboratory are currently employed at NASA Glenn Research Center, USA Emory University USA, University of Dundee, Boston Scientific Corporation Johnson and Johnson and many other Medical device and technology manufacturers.
He has been a member of the National Board of Research and Innovation of the Republic of Cyprus since 2018 and has been reappointed until 2028.
Previous and Current Positions
- 1991 – 1997: Assistant Professor Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 1997 – 1999: Associate Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 1999 – 2006: Associate Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2007 – 2009: Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Materials Science and Engineering Cyprus University of Technology
- 2009 – Today: Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology