George Panagopoulos

George Panagopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He holds a BSc in Computer and Communications Engineering from the University of Thessaly (2006) and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University (2012), specializing in semiconductor device variability and reliability modeling.

His research focuses on analog/RF circuit design for communication systems, including front-end wireless systems, device characterization, and energy-efficient co-design strategies. He also explores spin-based devices for machine learning applications.

At Intel Corp. (2012–2018), he led device modeling teams for analog/high-frequency applications, contributing to WiFi, Thunderbolt, Bluetooth, RADAR, and CPU timing solutions. He has participated in over 20 tape-outs across semiconductor technologies from 65nm to 1.8nm.

• Awards: Bakalas Scholarship, State Scholarships Foundation Award, Technical Chamber of Greece Award, Public Electricity Enterprise S.A. Award
• Teaching: Undergraduate courses in electronics, digital systems, VLSI design, and analog systems; postgraduate course on integrated circuit design for telecommunications

He actively promotes academic-industry collaboration and mentors students in integrated circuit design.