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Dr Iasonas Triantis

Senior Lecturer

School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

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Dr Iasonas Triantis C127, Tait Building [C]
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Dr Iasonas* F. Triantis a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering and Microelectronics conducting interdisciplinary research in medical devices with a focus on electroceuticals for neural engineering and bioimpedance sensing. His research encompasses the development of targeted diagnostic and therapeutic technology; new sensing methods for point-of-care diagnostics; and empowering patients by improving therapy management. He has worked on technology aimed at spinal cord injury, vagus nerve stimulation, lung and bowel cancer imaging, mental health therapy management, peripheral vascular disease, and wound healing. His research work is documented in more than 70 journal (mostly Q1, with IF up to 16.8) and international conference papers, book chapters and patents. Further to research, his activities have included setting up branded laboratories and award-winning teaching. He has raised approx. £2.8M in income from research grants – including in collaboration with industry - and other funding sources as a PI and a co-I, including from the EPSRC, NiHR and others. He has supervised and co-supervised more than 10 PostDoc and PhD (8 completed) Researchers.

From 2012 he has been with the Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (RCBE), SST, City, University of London, as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer (2014). His activities included various posts of leadership and administration, including being a Programme Director for two MSc courses in Biomedical Engineering - an IPEM accredited terminated programme, and a second one currently in preparation. He is currently the EEE department’s Senior Tutor for Research, supporting all its PhD students. He served as the departmental representative in the School’s Board of Studies as well as the Academic Laboratory Coordinator. He completely re-designed and re-equipped the departmental electronics labs and the RCBE research lab, having raised £400k internally for equipment; furthermore he secured a deal with Keysight for laboratory branding and a £1.2M equipment contribution. He has been shortlisted in the top 3 of both the University’s Academic Impact Awards and President Awards and he has been awarded a departmental annual Teaching Award. He has taught 10 different modules, several as module lead from conception to delivery, ranging from microelectronics and analogue electronics to biomedical instrumentation and introduction to biomedical engineering. Having taught at all levels from years 1-4 UG to MSc, he has achieved excellent evaluation scores of up to 4.9/5. He has peer reviewed a significant number of journal papers for publishers including IEEE and Nature Methods. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and twice an invited member of IEEE BioCAS technical committee. He has examined 10 PhD vivas (internal / external), including at Imperial College, UCL, Newcastle and Brunel Universities and he has been invited to be external examiner for University of West London’s MSc in Biomedical Eng. and previously for University of East London (UEL) – AKMI Electronic Engineering BEng in Greece. He is in the editorial Board of the MDPI Applied Sciences journal. He has actively collaborated with colleagues from University of Cambridge, Imperial College, University of Surrey, BARTS Hospital, Freiburg IMTEK and UAE Khalifa University amongst others.

He was previously a Senior Research Associate at University College London (UCL) in the Analogue & Biomedical Electronics Group in the EEE dep. (2010-12: Electrical Impedance Tomography); a Research Associate at Imperial College London - Institute of Biomedical Engineering (2005-10: Neuroprostheses); and a Research Assistant at the above group at UCL (2000 -05: Implantable Devices), during which he also completed his PhD in implantable neuroprostheses for spinal cord injury patients. He graduated in 2000 with an MEng in Electronics from the EEE department at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

He was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1976 and received his basic education in Ioannina, Greece.

(*Iasonas, Iason or Jason)

Qualifications

  • PhD Electronic Engineering (Biomedical Microelectronics), University College London, United Kingdom, 2005
  • MEng Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2000

Employment

  • Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, 2014 – present
  • Lecturer, City, University of London, 2012 – 2014
  • Senior Research Associate, University College London, 2010 – 2012
  • Research Associate, Imperial College London, 2005 – 2010
  • Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant, University College London, 2000 – 2005

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Senior Member, IEEE, 2002 – present

Research

Dr Triantis is conducting interdisciplinary research in analogue bioelectronics and medical devices with a focus on electroceuticals for neural engineering and bioimpedance sensing. His research encompasses the development of targeted diagnostic and therapeutic technology; new sensing methods for point-of-care diagnostics; and empowering patients by improving therapy management. He has worked on technology applicable to spinal cord injury, vagus nerve stimulation, lung and bowel cancer imaging, mental health therapy management, peripheral vascular disease, and wound healing. His research work is documented in more than 70 journal (mostly Q1, with IF up to 16.8) and international conference papers, book chapters and patents.

Publications

Publications by category

Chapters (3)

  • TRIANTIS, I., Radomska-Botelho Moniz, A., Michelakis, K., Sharma, S., Trzebinski, J., Garner, B. … Eftekhar, A. (2011). Ionic Neural Sensing. In Kramme, R., Hoffmann, K.-.P. and Pozos, R.S. (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Medical Technology Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-74657-7.
  • Demosthenous, A., TRIANTIS, I. and Liu, X. (2008). Circuits for Implantable Neural Recording and Stimulation. In Iniewski, K. (Ed.), VLSI Circuits for Biomedical Applications Artech House Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59693-317-0.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Demosthenous, A., Donaldson, N. and Rahal, M. (2007). ENG recording amplifier configurations for tripolar cuff electrodes. In Akay, M. (Ed.), Handbook of Neural Engineering (pp. 555–567). Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN 978-0-470-06828-1.

Conference papers and proceedings (40)

  • Ioakim, P. and Triantis, I.F. (2020). On-Demand MEMS Accelerometer Dynamic Response Acquisition and Output Dithering via Self Test Pin Actuation. 2020 IEEE SENSORS 25-28 October. doi:10.1109/sensors47125.2020.9278789
  • Sunny, A.I., Kallos, E., Kosmas, P., Rahman, M., Koutsoupidou, M., Cano-Garcia, H. … Triantis, I. (2019). Feasibility Experiments to Detect Skin Hydration Using a Bio-Impedance Sensor. 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) 23-27 July. doi:10.1109/embc.2019.8857470
  • Hantschke, M., Sideris, D., Panayiotis Kyriacou, A. and Triantis, A.I.F. (2018). Optimization of Tetrapolar Impedance Electrodes in Microfluidic Devices for Point of Care Diagnostics using Finite Element Modeling. 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 18-21 July. doi:10.1109/embc.2018.8513467
  • Hanuschek, A., Hantschke, M., Triantis, I.F. and Sideris, D. (2018). Simulation of Temperature Profiles due to Joule Heating in Microfluidic Systems. 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 27-30 May. doi:10.1109/iscas.2018.8351502
  • Ioakim, P. and Triantis, I.F. (2018). Auto-zero baseline correction circuit for MEMS accelerometer based seismic sensor. 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL) 26-29 March. doi:10.1109/isiss.2018.8358160
  • Constantinou, L., Kyriacou, P.A. and Triantis, I.F. (2017). Towards an optimized tetrapolar electrical impedance lithium detection probe for bipolar disorder: A simulation study. 2017 IEEE SENSORS 29 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017. doi:10.1109/icsens.2017.8234225
  • Ioakim, P. and Triantis, I.F. (2017). The challenges of deriving displacement trends from MEMS accelerometric data. 2017 IEEE SENSORS 29 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017. doi:10.1109/icsens.2017.8234152
  • Hashim, Z.Q., Constantinou, L., Kyriacou, P.A. and Triantis, I.F. (2016). A novel approach to transcutaneous localization of blood vessels using a dynamically reconfigurable electrode (DRE) array. 2016 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS) 17-19 October. doi:10.1109/biocas.2016.7833822
  • Shen, Y., Tsang, K.F., Triantis, I.F. and Lee, T.C.C. (2016). High frequency sensors for robust transmission in telemedicine system. 2016 IEEE 14th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) 19-21 July. doi:10.1109/indin.2016.7819307
  • Yi Shen, , Kim-Fung Tsang, , Faan Hei Hung, and Triantis, I.F. (2016). A 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifier. 2016 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) 8-10 June. doi:10.1109/isie.2016.7745057
  • May, J.M., Hickey, M., Triantis, I., Palazidou, E. and Kyriacou, P.A. (2014). Optical analysis of lithium carbonate: Towards the development of a portable lithium blood level analyzer for bipolar disorder patients. 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 26-30 August. doi:10.1109/embc.2014.6944025
  • Kassanos, P. and Triantis, I.F. (2014). A CMOS multi-sine signal generator for multi-frequency bioimpedance measurements. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 1-5 June. doi:10.1109/iscas.2014.6865112
  • Kassanos, P., Triantis, I.F. and Demosthenous, A. (2011). A novel front-end for impedance spectroscopy. IEEE Sensors 2011 October, Limerick, Ireland.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Constantinou, L., Kassanos, P., Demosthenous, A. and Bayford, R. (2011). Towards the development of a fully integrated circuit for multi-frequency impedance measurements. 12th International Conference EIT Bath, UK.
  • Triantis, I.F., Demosthenous, A., Rahal, M., Hong, H. and Bayford, R. (2011). A multi-frequency bioimpedance measurement ASIC for electrical impedance tomography. doi:10.1109/ESSCIRC.2011.6044974
  • Constantinou, L., Demosthenous, A., Langlois, P., Bayford, R. and Triantis, I. (2011). An improved CMOS current driver for electrical impedance tomography. doi:10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043343
  • (2011). "Capacitive" pulse shapes for platinum cuff electrodes.
  • Hong, H., Demosthenous, A., TRIANTIS, I., Langlois, P. and Bayford, R. (2010). A high output impedance CMOS current driver for bioimpedance measurement. IEEE BioCAS Paphos, Cyprus.
  • Sharma, S., Radomska, A., TRIANTIS, I., Michelakis, K., Trzebinski, J., Field, B.C.T. … Cass, A.E.G. (2010). Ion sensitive field effect transistor based micro-fluidic devices for monitoring physiological changes. 20th World Congress Biosensors Glasgow, UK.
  • Liu, X., Demosthenous, A., Triantis, I. and Donaldson, N. (2010). A current generator circuit for tripolar stimulation and insensitive to temperature and supply variations. doi:10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537387
  • Hong, H., Demosthenous, A., Triantis, I.F., Langlois, P. and Bayford, R. (2010). A high output impedance CMOS current driver for bioimpedance measurements. doi:10.1109/BIOCAS.2010.5709613
  • Eftekhar, A., Constandinou, T.G., Abbruzzese, D., Woods, V., TRIANTIS, I., Drakakis, E.M. … Toumazou, C. (2009). A Programmable Neural Interface for Investigating Arbitrary Stimulation Strategies. 14th Annual Conference IFESS.
  • Woods, V.M., TRIANTIS, I. and Toumazou, C. (2008). A reconfigurable and automated system for the study of stimulus waveform parameters. 13th Annual Conference IFESS 21-25 September, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Schuettler, M., TRIANTIS, I., Rubehn, B. and Stieglitz, T. (2007). Matrix cuff electrodes for fibre and fasicle selective peripheral nerve selective recording and stimulation. Proceedings of 12th Annual Conference IFESS 10-14 November, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Li, X., Constandinou, T., Eftekhar, A., Georgiou, P., TRIANTIS, I. and Toumazou, C. (2007). Towards a bionic neural link for implantable prosthetics. 3rd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering 2-5 May, Kohala Coast, Hawaii.
  • Eftekhar, A., Constandinou, T.G., Triantis, I.F., Toumazou, C. and Drakakist, E.M. (2007). Towards a reconfigurable sense-and-stimulate neural interface generating biphasic interleaved stimulus. doi:10.1109/CNE.2007.369703
  • Georgiou, P., Triantis, I.F., Constandinou, T.G. and Toumazou, C. (2007). Spiking Chemical Sensor (SCS): A new platform for neuro-chemical sensing. doi:10.1109/CNE.2007.369628
  • TRIANTIS, I. and Demosthenous, A. (2006). Bioelectric field simulations for studying cuff-electrode interface errors in peripheral nerve signal recordings. IEEE ITAB 26-28 October, Ioannina, Greece.
  • TRIANTIS, I. (2006). An implantable system for nerve signal recording to treat spinal cord injury. 1st IDEALeague Summer School 17-22 September, Ascona, Switzerland.
  • Triantis, I.F. and Demosthenous, A. (2006). Interference severity in nerve cuff recordings due to muscle source relative proximity.
  • Triantis, I.F. and Demosthenous, A. (2005). An improved, very long time-constant CMOS integrator for use in implantable neuroprosthetic devices. doi:10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1523049
  • Triantis, I.F. and Demosthenous, A. (2005). A bicmos ENG amplifier with high SIR output. doi:10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464695
  • TRIANTIS, I. and Demosthenous, A. (2004). An adaptive ENG amplifier for FES applications. IFESS/FESnet Bournemouth, UK.
  • Triantis, I.F. and Demosthenous, A. (2004). A high-performance adaptive ENG amplifier.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Demosthenous, A. and Donaldson, N. (2003). Comparison of three ENG tripolar cuff recording configurations. IEEE EMBS CNE 2003 20-22 March, Capri, Italy.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Demosthenous, A., Donaldson, N. and Struijk, J. (2003). Experimental assessment of imbalance conditions in a tripolar cuff for ENG recordings. IEEE EMBS CNE 20-23 March, Capri, Italy.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Demosthenous, A. and Donaldson, N. (2003). An ENG amplifier for EMG cancellation and cuff imbalance removal. EPSRC PREP '03 Exter, UK.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Rieger, R., Taylor, J., Demosthenous, A. and Donaldson, N. (2002). A CMOS adaptive interference reduction system for nerve cuff recordings. 28th IEEE ESSCIRC 24-26 September, Florence, Italy.
  • TRIANTIS, I., Donaldson, N. and Demosthenous, A. (2002). Saline-bath testing of a system for removing artifact from ENG signals. FESnet '02 Glasgow, UK.
  • Triantis, I., Rieger, R., Taylor, J. and Donaldson, N. (2001). Adaptive interference reduction in nerve cuff electrode recordings.

Internet publication

  • Triantis, I.F. Home Page.

Journal articles (22)

Patents (3)

  • TRIANTIS, I. and Vekinis, S. (2011). An In-Vivo Plant Monitoring with Integrated in Real-Time Remedial Management and Certification System. Patent no. GB1116167.6
  • TRIANTIS, I. and Toumazou, C. (2007). Methods and apparatus for stimulating activity in the peripheral nervous system. Patent no. GB0709542.5
  • TRIANTIS, I. and Toumazou, C. Method and apparatus for measuring activity in the peripheral nervous system. Patent no. WO/2008/007065

Other

  • TRIANTIS, I., Woods, V., Eftekhar, A., Georgiou, P., Constandinou, T.G., Drakakis, E.M. … Toumazou, C. Advances in neural interfacing.