Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou

Dr. Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, with a focus on communication theory and network coding. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held academic roles at NTNU, Cambridge University, and Lancaster since 2010.

• Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (1997)
• MSc in Satellite Communications Engineering, University of Surrey (2000)
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge (2007)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Lancaster University (2011)

His research centers on communication theory, particularly random linear network coding, noise decoding (e.g., GRAND), and physical-layer security. Recent work explores throughput optimization in massive MIMO systems, burst error resilience, and security implications of partial packet recovery.

Key scientific awards include:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since 2012
• IEEE Senior Member since 2015
• Full member of the EPSRC Peer Review College since 2018
• Member of Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (2025-2027)

He has supervised PhD students and co-edited a EURASIP Journal special issue on network coding. His grants include EPSRC-funded Network error control for Rapid and Reliable Data Delivery (R2D2) (2014-2015) and Royal Society collaboration Improving wireless information security via physical layer dynamics (2015-2017).