Rytis Jurkonis

Rytis Jurkonis is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), where he has been employed since 2000. He teaches clinical engineering modules in the Department of Electronics Engineering and conducts research at the intersection of ultrasound physics and biomedical applications.

His academic credentials include:

• Bachelor of Electronics Engineering, KTU (1993)
• Master of Electronics Engineering, KTU (1995)
• PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Technology Sciences, KTU (2000)

Jurkonis specializes in ultrasound wave-tissue interaction modeling, ultrasonic biomedical signal processing, and clinical engineering methodologies. His work develops electronic technologies for biological and medical applications, particularly focusing on non-invasive diagnostic systems and therapeutic enhancement through microbubble cavitation. Recent efforts target improving ultrasound-based tissue characterization and drug delivery efficiency.

Analysis of his 2012-2017 publications reveals consistent innovation in ultrasound elastography for tissue elasticity measurement, microbubble-mediated sonoporation for drug delivery, and RF signal processing for ocular diagnostics. His research bridges engineering principles with clinical practice, emphasizing quantitative metrics for therapeutic efficacy and diagnostic accuracy in biomedical systems.

He has secured significant research funding including the Eurostars NICDIT project (2008-2011) for non-invasive eye tumor diagnosis, and two Lithuanian Research Council projects: MIP 119/2010 on electroporation-enhanced drug delivery (2010-2012) and MIP 034/2013 on microbubble cavitation parameters for sonoporation efficiency (2013-2015).

International collaboration features prominently in his work through research stints at Lund University and Linkoping University in Sweden. His methodology integrates laboratory experimentation with computational modeling to advance biomedical ultrasound applications, with publications appearing in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Molecular Pharmaceutics, and Archives of Acoustics.