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'''Christofer''' "'''Chris'''" '''Toumazou''', [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|CEng]] ({{lang-el|Χριστόφορος Τουμάζου}}, born 5 July 1961) is a [[British Cypriot]] [[electronic engineer]]. He is perhaps best known for inventing a fast and portable means of [[Whole genome sequencing|genome sequencing]], following his 13-year-old son's diagnosis with end stage [[kidney failure]] through a rare genetic mutation.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |title=CNN,Chris Toumazou and Genalysis® on CNN Make Create Innovate |url=http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/06/12/spc-make-create-innovate-genalysis.cnn.html |ref=CNN}}</ref>
'''Christofer''' "'''Chris'''" '''Toumazou''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]], [[Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering|FREng]], [[Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences|FMedSci]], [[Institution of Engineering and Technology|FIET]], [[Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|FIEEE]], [[City and Guilds of London Institute|FCGI]], [[Royal Society of Medicine|FRSM]], [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|CEng]] ({{lang-el|Χριστόφορος Τουμάζου}}, born 5 July 1961) is a [[British Cypriot]] [[electronic engineer]].


In 2013 he became London's first [[Regius Professor]] of Engineering conferred to [[Imperial College London]].
In 2013 he became London's first [[Regius Professor]] of Engineering conferred to [[Imperial College London]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-30 |title=Imperial gets a diamond of a gift from The Queen {{!}} Imperial News {{!}} Imperial College London |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/118551/imperial-gets-diamond-gift-from-the/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Imperial News |language=en}}</ref>


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For his inventions in semiconductor-based [[genetic testing]] he won the [[Gabor Medal]] of the Royal Society (2013) and European Inventor Award (2014).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Toumazou|first1=Chris|title=Invention: Microchip for quick DNA testing|url=https://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/toumazou.html|website=European Patent Office}}</ref> He is the first British winner of the prize in this contest since 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Technology for the common man' Financial Times, Engineering the future, 18 June 2014|newspaper=Financial Times |date=17 June 2014 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56f0ac62-efc5-11e3-bee7-00144feabdc0.html}}</ref>
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He has been involved in developing new technologies, mainly in the medical field, creating a research institute and a number of commercial ventures to commercialise his research. Toumazou invented and licensed Portable and Rapid Semiconductor Genome Sequencing which has now become a multimillion-dollar industry. One of his motivators was the diagnosis of his 13-year-old son with end stage kidney failure through a rare genetic mutation.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web|title=CNN,Chris Toumazou and Genalysis® on CNN Make Create Innovate|url=http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/06/12/spc-make-create-innovate-genalysis.cnn.html|ref=CNN}}</ref>

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For his inventions on semiconductor based [[genetic testing]] he won the [[Gabor Medal]] of the Royal Society (2013) and European Inventor Award (2014).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Toumazou|first1=Chris|title=Invention: Microchip for quick DNA testing|url=https://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/toumazou.html|website=European Patent Office}}</ref> He is the first British winner of the prize in this contest since 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Technology for the common man' Financial Times, Engineering the future, 18 June 2014|newspaper=Financial Times |date=17 June 2014 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56f0ac62-efc5-11e3-bee7-00144feabdc0.html}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


===Early life===
===Early life===
Born to Greek-Cypriot parents in Cheltenham, it was expected he would follow his family by going into catering. He later trained to become an electrician, and was inspired by an English uncle who was an electrical engineer.<ref>"Chris Toumazou", BBC Discovery podcast, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017</ref>
Born to [[Greek Cypriots|Greek-Cypriot]] parents in Cheltenham, Toumazou trained to become an electrician, inspired by an English uncle who was an electrical engineer.<ref>"Chris Toumazou", BBC Discovery podcast, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017</ref>


===Academic career===
===Academic career===
Toumazou began undergraduate studies in 1980. He obtained both his undergraduate degree and doctorate at the then Oxford Polytechnic (now [[Oxford Brookes University]]).<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last1=McKie|first1=Robin|title=Newly crowned: Europe's top inventor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/15/who-will-be-crowned-european-inventor-award-dna-chris-toumazou|access-date=18 June 2014|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 2014}}</ref> He moved to [[Imperial College London]] in 1986 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering becoming the youngest professor at Imperial in 1994 at the age of 33. He was appointed Head of the Circuits and Systems Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and then Head of the Department of Bioengineering in 2001.
Toumazou began undergraduate studies in 1980. He obtained both his undergraduate degree and doctorate at the then Oxford Polytechnic (now [[Oxford Brookes University]]).<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last1=McKie|first1=Robin|title=Newly crowned: Europe's top inventor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/15/who-will-be-crowned-european-inventor-award-dna-chris-toumazou|access-date=18 June 2014|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 2014}}</ref> He moved to [[Imperial College London]] in 1986 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering becoming the youngest professor at Imperial in 1994 at the age of 33. He was appointed Head of the Circuits and Systems Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and then Head of the Department of Bioengineering in 2001.


In 2003 he raised a total of £22m to create the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at [[Imperial College London]], a multidisciplinary research institute focusing on personalised medicine and bionanotechnology.<ref name = "ingenia">{{cite web
In 2003 he raised a total of £22m to create the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at [[Imperial College London]], a multidisciplinary research institute focusing on personalised medicine and [[nanobiotechnology]], becoming its first director and chief scientist.<ref name = "ingenia">{{cite web
| title = Bio-Inspired Technologies
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120221224848/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issues/issue37/toumazou.pdf
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}}</ref> He became its first Director and Chief Scientist. His own specialism is in the field of personalised healthcare, providing worn or implantable devices for early diagnosis and detection of disease.
}}</ref> His own specialism is in the field of personalised healthcare, providing worn or implantable devices for early diagnosis, and detection of disease.

===Regius Professorship===
Toumazou was awarded a Regius professorship, recognising the highest standard of research and teaching in the Faculty of Engineering.<ref>http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_30-1-2013-17-4-29</ref>


===Commercial career===
===Commercial career===
He has co-founded technology-based companies using silicon technology for early detection and management of chronic disease: Toumaz Technology Ltd and DNA Electronics Ltd. These companies are examples of the successful translation of innovative inter-disciplinary research into disruptive market-driven products with practical benefits for patients.<ref name="ftarticle">[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/511a4946-d411-11dc-a8c6-0000779fd2ac.html Interview with Clive Cookson] ''Financial Times''</ref>
Toumazou co-founded two companies which use silicon technology for early detection and management of chronic disease: Toumaz Technology Ltd and DNA Electronics Ltd.<ref name="ftarticle">[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/511a4946-d411-11dc-a8c6-0000779fd2ac.html Interview with Clive Cookson] ''Financial Times''</ref>


===Honours and awards===
===Honours and awards===
*2022 [[UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/innovation-genetic-technologies-rewarded-unesco-equatorial-guinea-international-prize|title=Innovation in genetic technologies rewarded by UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences}}</ref>
*2022: awarded [[UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/innovation-genetic-technologies-rewarded-unesco-equatorial-guinea-international-prize|title=Innovation in genetic technologies rewarded by UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences}}</ref>
*2020 Joint Entrepreneur of the Year Award, UK BioIndustry Association (BIA)
*2020: awarded Joint Entrepreneur of the Year Award, UK BioIndustry Association (BIA)
*2016 Honoured with Lifetime Achievement accolade at Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-news/elektra-awards-2016-winners-2016-12/
*2016: honoured with Lifetime Achievement accolade at Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Alun |date=2016-12-02 |title=Elektra Awards 2016 – The Winners |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/elektra-awards-news/elektra-awards-2016-winners-2016-12/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Electronics Weekly |language=en}}</ref>
*2014 Awarded [[IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award]] 2015 http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/tfas/biomed_eng.html
*2014: awarded [[IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award]] 2015<ref>IEEE. (2024). ''IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award Recipients.'' https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/biomedical-engineering-rl.pdf</ref>
*2014 Awarded [[Faraday Medal]] of the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]] (IET)
*2014: awarded [[Faraday Medal]] of the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]] (IET)
*2014 Honorary Fellowship, Cardiff University [https://web.archive.org/web/20140726062511/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-exceptional-individuals-13200.html]
*2014: honorary fellowship, [[Cardiff University]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-26 |title=News Centre - Honouring exceptional individuals |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726062511/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-exceptional-individuals-13200.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*Winner of 2014 [[European Inventor Award]]<ref name=EPO>{{cite web |title=Christofer Toumazou (United Kingdom): Winner of the European Inventor Award 2014 in the category research|url=http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/toumazou.html |website=European Patent Office}}</ref> of the European Patent Office
*2014: winner of the [[European Inventor Award]] of the [[European Patent Office]]<ref name="EPO">{{cite web |title=Christofer Toumazou (United Kingdom): Winner of the European Inventor Award 2014 in the category research |url=http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2014/toumazou.html |website=European Patent Office}}</ref>
*2013 Awarded [[Gabor Medal]] of the Royal Society<ref>{{cite web| url = http://royalsociety.org/awards/gabor-medal/|title= Gabor Medal|publisher= Royal Society|access-date = 12 September 2013}}</ref>
*2013: awarded [[Gabor Medal]] of the Royal Society<ref>{{cite web| url = http://royalsociety.org/awards/gabor-medal/|title= Gabor Medal|publisher= Royal Society|access-date = 12 September 2013}}</ref>
*2013 Awarded [[Regius Professorship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_30-1-2013-17-4-29|title=Imperial College London has been awarded a prestigious Regius professorship, recognising the highest standard of research and teaching in the Faculty of Engineering.|publisher=Imperial|date=30 January 2013|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>
*2013: awarded [[Regius Professorship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_30-1-2013-17-4-29|title=Imperial College London has been awarded a prestigious Regius professorship, recognising the highest standard of research and teaching in the Faculty of Engineering.|publisher=Imperial|date=30 January 2013|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>
*2013: elected [[Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Christofer Toumazou {{!}} The Academy of Medical Sciences |url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Christofer-Toumazou-0033z00002qIIm5AAG |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=acmedsci.ac.uk}}</ref>
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*2008 Elected Fellow of [[The Royal Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10073023-toumaz-professor-chris-toumazou-elected-to-prestigious-fellowship-of-the-royal-society.html|title=Toumaz's Professor Chris Toumazou Elected to Prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society|publisher=PRLog|date=19 May 2008|access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref>
*2011: awarded the J J Thomson medal from [[Institution of Engineering and Technology|The Institution of Engineering and Technology]]<ref>The IET. 2022. ''Recipients of the J J Thomson Medal for Electronics.'' https://www.theiet.org/media/10776/winners-of-the-j-j-thomson-medal.pdf </ref>
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*2008: elected [[Fellow of the Royal Society|Fellow of The Royal Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10073023-toumaz-professor-chris-toumazou-elected-to-prestigious-fellowship-of-the-royal-society.html|title=Toumaz's Professor Chris Toumazou Elected to Prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society|publisher=PRLog|date=19 May 2008|access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref>
*2008: elected [[Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-10 |title=Six Imperial academics among new Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering {{!}} Imperial News {{!}} Imperial College London |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/40354/six-imperial-academics-among-fellows-royal/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Imperial News |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Christofer Toumazou
Born (1961-07-05) 5 July 1961 (age 62)
Cheltenham, England
Alma materOxford Brookes University
Scientific career
FieldsElectronic Engineering/Medical Technology
InstitutionsImperial College London
ThesisUniversal current-mode analogue amplifiers (1986)
Doctoral advisorFrancis John Lidgey

Christofer "Chris" Toumazou, CEng (Greek: Χριστόφορος Τουμάζου, born 5 July 1961) is a British Cypriot electronic engineer. He is perhaps best known for inventing a fast and portable means of genome sequencing, following his 13-year-old son's diagnosis with end stage kidney failure through a rare genetic mutation.[1]

In 2013 he became London's first Regius Professor of Engineering conferred to Imperial College London.[2]

For his inventions in semiconductor-based genetic testing he won the Gabor Medal of the Royal Society (2013) and European Inventor Award (2014).[3] He is the first British winner of the prize in this contest since 2008.[4]

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Born to Greek-Cypriot parents in Cheltenham, Toumazou trained to become an electrician, inspired by an English uncle who was an electrical engineer.[5]

Academic career[edit]

Toumazou began undergraduate studies in 1980. He obtained both his undergraduate degree and doctorate at the then Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University).[6] He moved to Imperial College London in 1986 as a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering becoming the youngest professor at Imperial in 1994 at the age of 33. He was appointed Head of the Circuits and Systems Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and then Head of the Department of Bioengineering in 2001.

In 2003 he raised a total of £22m to create the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, a multidisciplinary research institute focusing on personalised medicine and nanobiotechnology, becoming its first director and chief scientist.[7] His own specialism is in the field of personalised healthcare, providing worn or implantable devices for early diagnosis, and detection of disease.

Commercial career[edit]

Toumazou co-founded two companies which use silicon technology for early detection and management of chronic disease: Toumaz Technology Ltd and DNA Electronics Ltd.[8]

Honours and awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CNN,Chris Toumazou and Genalysis® on CNN Make Create Innovate".
  2. ^ "Imperial gets a diamond of a gift from The Queen | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ Toumazou, Chris. "Invention: Microchip for quick DNA testing". European Patent Office.
  4. ^ "Technology for the common man' Financial Times, Engineering the future, 18 June 2014". Financial Times. 17 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Chris Toumazou", BBC Discovery podcast, 17 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017
  6. ^ McKie, Robin (15 June 2014). "Newly crowned: Europe's top inventor". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Bio-Inspired Technologies" (PDF). Ingenia Issue 37 December 2008. Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  8. ^ Interview with Clive Cookson Financial Times
  9. ^ "Innovation in genetic technologies rewarded by UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences".
  10. ^ Williams, Alun (2 December 2016). "Elektra Awards 2016 – The Winners". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  11. ^ IEEE. (2024). IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award Recipients. https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/biomedical-engineering-rl.pdf
  12. ^ "News Centre - Honouring exceptional individuals". web.archive.org. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Christofer Toumazou (United Kingdom): Winner of the European Inventor Award 2014 in the category research". European Patent Office.
  14. ^ "Gabor Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  15. ^ "Imperial College London has been awarded a prestigious Regius professorship, recognising the highest standard of research and teaching in the Faculty of Engineering". Imperial. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  16. ^ "Professor Christofer Toumazou | The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  17. ^ The IET. 2022. Recipients of the J J Thomson Medal for Electronics. https://www.theiet.org/media/10776/winners-of-the-j-j-thomson-medal.pdf
  18. ^ "Toumaz's Professor Chris Toumazou Elected to Prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society". PRLog. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  19. ^ "Six Imperial academics among new Fellows of Royal Academy of Engineering | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

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