Dimitrios Airantzis

Dimitrios Airantzis is a Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, within the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. He holds a BEng in Electrical Engineering (Imperial College London, 1988), an MSc in Industrial Robotics and Manufacturing Automation (Imperial College London, 1990), an MRes in Healthcare Engineering for an Ageing Population (UCL, 2013), and a PhD in Light Assisted Antimicrobial Therapies (UCL, 2020).

His research focuses on embedded systems for medical applications, including developing devices like the antimicrobial blood plasma treatment prototype, the iCycle rehabilitation device for spinal cord injury patients, and the FetalSense-M placenta sensor. These projects involved collaborations with UCL's Medical Physics and Bioengineering departments. He teaches modules such as the BSc Computing Project and Introduction to Web Authoring. Administrative roles include Programme Director for the BSc Business Computing and marker for the Computer Science MSc Aptitude Test.

A member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Airantzis emphasizes translating industry experience into education, particularly in training hardware and software engineers.