Michael Chrysomallis

Michael Chrysomallis is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace. He belongs to the Microwave Laboratory within the Telecommunications and Space Sector and has been actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching for decades.

• Education: Diploma in Electrical Engineering (1981) and PhD (1988) from Democritus University of Thrace

His research focuses on telecommunications and electromagnetics, particularly in microstrip antennas, RF-MEMS, reconfigurable/ smart antennas, beamforming algorithms, and wireless propagation channel modeling. His scientific work (>85 publications, >900 Google Scholar citations) includes collaborations with international academics like Prof. Peter S. Hall (University of Birmingham) and Prof. Christo G. Christodoulou (University of New Mexico).

The articles highlight his work in antenna design, RFID systems, and propagation modeling, with recent trends emphasizing compact antenna solutions, measurement-based channel optimization, and MIMO-WCDMA complexity reduction. He has managed research programs like RF-EIGEN-SDR (€4,000) and RFID-CORE (€480,000).

• Best Paper Award at SEST 2022
• Best Paper Award at MEDPOWER 2020
• NASA Letter of Appreciation

He has supervised >75 undergraduate theses, 12 master's theses, and one PhD thesis (with three ongoing). Administrative roles include 5-year Sector Director, 4-year Department Vice-Chairman, and 4-year Postgraduate Studies Program Director. He has served as a reviewer for IEEE, IEE, ACES, and other journals.