Regius Professor of Engineering (Imperial College)
The Regius Professor of Engineering is a Regius Professor of Engineering at Imperial College London founded in 2013 by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her 60th throne anniversary . The chair is the youngest of four chairs for engineering sciences. Exist alongside this
- the Regius Professor of Engineering (Edinburgh) ,
- the Regius Professor of Engineering (Cambridge) and
- the Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics (Glasgow)
History of the professorship
The commission commissioned by the Queen was won over by the technological breakthroughs made by the engineering team at Imperial College to accept the professorship.
The first professor is the developer of electronic components for DNA analysis and the award-winning British-Cypriot Christofer Toumazou . The decision in favor of Toumazou was made when the Imperial College was selected on January 23, 2013 and announced on January 30, 2013. Toumazou markets the components he has developed for DNA analysis in his own company. Toumazou was awarded the Faraday Medal by the Institution of Electrical Engineers for his rapid DNA analysis . For the same invention he was also honored with the European Inventor Award of the European Patent Office .
owner
| Surname | name suffix | from | to | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christofer Toumazou | FRS, FREng, FMEDSci, FIET, FIEEE, FCGI, FRSM, CEng, DEng, PhD, BSc | 2013 | In 1994 Toumazou, then 33, was the youngest professor appointed by Imperial College. In addition to his scientific work and teaching, Toumazou founded several companies to market his countless inventions. His developments include various things such as a cochlear implant , a plaster that can monitor a patient's signs of life or a hand scanner that can perform ad-hoc DNA analyzes, for example to assess the tolerance of drugs. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christofer Toumazou in the list of IET winners of the Faraday Medal ; Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d College Notice: Regius Professor of Engineering ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Imperial College press release on the appointment of Chris Toumazou dated May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Nida Mahmud; Imperial names first Regius Professor on felixonline.co.uk from October 24, 2013.
- ↑ Stuart Nathan, Christofer Toumazou, Regius Professor of medical engineering, Imperial college on The Engineer, August 1, 2014.
- ↑ a b Semiconductor DNA sequencing system for a revolution in healthcare and for saving lives - Professor Chris Toumazou was awarded the Faraday Medal 2014 on FinanzNachrichten.de on October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Semiconductor DNA sequencing system for a revolution in healthcare and for saving lives - Professor Chris Toumazou was awarded the Faraday Medal 2014 on BörsenNews.de on October 2, 2014.
- ↑ a b Curriculum Vita by Christofer Toumazou on the Imperial College website; accessed on March 6, 2017.
