Work Experience

• Assistant Professor in Radio Electronics for Sensors and Wireless Communications Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (June 2024-Present).
• Co-Founder in Green IoT Solutions ltd, Edinburgh, UK (December 2022-Present).

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• Senior Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Engineer at Cirrus Logic, Edinburgh, UK (April 2024-June 2024).
• Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Engineer at Cirrus Logic, Edinburgh, UK (November 2021-March 2024).
• Hardware Design Engineer at Celestia UK, Heriot-Watt Research Park, Edinburgh, UK (January 2021–October 2021). Work on Monitor and Control (M&C) system for eScan Gateway project.
• Electronics Engineer at Mixed Signal Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK (November 2020–December 2020).
• Telecommunications Engineer at Greek Army, Compulsory military services, Athens & Crete, Greece (March 2020–November 2020).
• Research Fellow at Adaptive Techniques in Hybrid Electromagnetic Numerical Applications (ATHENA) Group, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 (November 2018 - March 2019).
• COST WiPE, Short Term Scientific Mission, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (October 2016 - December 2016).
• Fab Lab Manager, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece (September 2015 - July 2016).
• International Spring School on Electromagnetics and emerging technologies for pervasive applications and emerging technologies for pervasive applications: Internet of Things, Health and Safety, Villa Griffone - Guglielmo Marconi Foundation, Bologna, Italy (April 2016). Online Materials: Presentations
• European School of Antennas (ESoA), Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (October 2015). Online Materials: Presentations
• COST WiPE, Short Term Scientific Mission, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain (June 2015 - July 2015).
• Research Assistant, Project: BLASE (Backscatter Networks for Large-Scale Environmental Sensing), School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece (December 2014 - September 2015).
• Internship in Maintenance Department of Wind Park, Company: IWECO MV SA, Megali Vrysi, Heraklion, Greece (June 2012 - August 2012).
• Internship in Renewable Energy Company, Aenaos Energy Systems, Heraklion, Greece (June 2011 - August 2011).

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Education

• PhD: Doctor of Philosophy (3-year program)

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences; Sensors, Signals & Systems, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom, (February 2017- March 2020)
Thesis: Ambient Backscatterers For Low Cost and Low Power Wireless Applications
PhD Advisors: Honorary Prof. Apostolos Georgiadis, Prof. George Goussetis, Prof. Manos M. Tentzeris

• MSc: Master of Science (2-year program)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, (October 2014 - July 2016)
Thesis: Environmental Scatter Radio Sensors with RF Energy Harvesting
GPA: 9.67/10.0

• Diploma of Engineering (5-year program)

School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, (September 2009 - September 2014)
Thesis: Energy Harvesting and Sensing for Backscatter Tags
GPA: 8.66/10.0 (Excellent) - Class Ranking: 1^st (out of 27)

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Awards and Distinctions

• Total citations: 1350 (Google Scholar), H-index: 18, Reads: 40452 (Research Gate), Jun. 2026.
• Awarded with pro² Residency Scheme - Visit overseas (£12,445.43), Title: Open-source RF harvester design and web calculator using vineyard trellis wires as AM antennas, October - November 2026.
• Awarded with Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Summer Scholarships 2026 (£4,200), Title: Plant-Based Nuclear Biosensors: Real-Time Radiation Detection Using Plant Electrophysiology. June - July 2026.
• Elected as IEEE CRFID Associate Vice-President of Conferences, IEEE Council on RFID November 2025.
• Winner of URSI GASS 2021 Young Scientist Award (Co-author), Commission B, Rome, Italy, September 2021.
• Winner of 2nd Year Postgraduate Research Prize 2018 (100£), Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems, Heriot-Watt University, September 2019.
• Recipient of MTT-S Graduate Fellowship for 2019 (6.000$), IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, February 2019.
• Winner of "Heriot-Watt University 1st ISSS Innovation Award" (1.000£), Project: VineSpy, July 2018.
• Winner of 2018 Electronics Travel Awards (800 CHF), Electronics Open Access Journal, February 2018.
• Winner of 1st Year Postgraduate Research Prize 2017, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, October 2017.
• Lloyd's Register Foundation International Consortium of Nanotechnologies Doctoral scholarship, University of Southampton, October 2016.
• Member of Group team ASTRAPI wins Seeding Ideas Harvesting the Future, Israeli Embassy & Technical University of Crete Innovation Contest, July 2016.
• 3rd Student Paper Content Award: Soil moisture Wireless Sensor Network with Analog Scatter Radio Low, Ultra-Low Cost and Low Complexity, COST Action WIPE, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2015.
• Master Scholarship: Onassis Foundation (5400€), Academic Year: 2015/16.
• Short Term Scientific Mission, COST WIPE CTTC, Barcelona, Spain, June-July 2015, (2500 €).
• Co-Founder at Kaloudia Project, Angelopoulos CGIU Fellowship 2015/16 (20.000€).
• Citation for 5 Year Excellent Graduation, Technical University of Crete, 2014.
• Founder of Aristeos Project.
• Fellowship: Angelopoulos Fellowship & Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU), (10.000€), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Project: Aristeos, March 2014.
• Excellence Award: Award for the Top of Class. Technical University of Crete, Academic Year: 2012/13.
• Undergraduate Fellowship Award, Office of Sponsored Research, Awarded to the Top 10 of Class (100€), Technical University of Crete, Academic Year: 2009/10.

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Training

• Ofcom Amateur Foundation Radio Licence: Callsign M7IUS, Jul. 2025.
• Nordic Academy Course, nRF Connect SDK Fundamentals, Aug. 2024.
• Nordic Academy Course, Cellular IoT Fundamentals, Jun. 2024.
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA), Powerboat Level 2, Edinburgh Marine Academy, Jan. 2024.
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA), Essential Navigation and Seamanship, Edinburgh Marine Academy, Jan. 2024.
• Edx.org Course, Machine Learning with Python: A Practical Introduction, Cirrus Logic Inc., December 2023.
• Edx.org Course, ChatGPT101: Introduction to ChatGPT, Cirrus Logic Inc., March 2023.
• Keysight Technologies, Training on 3DEM in ADS (Advanced Design System), Cirrus Logic Inc., November 2021.
• Python Training, Advanced Python Programming, Cirrus Logic Inc., December 2021.
• Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communication Training Course 2018, ESA Academy, ESA ESEC (European Space Security & Education Center), Redu, Belgium, March 2018.
• Trainee of ECOST-TRAINING_SCHOOL-IC1301 School on Electromagnetics for the IoE (Internet of Everything), University of Bologna, Italy, April 2016, (550€).
• Trainee of ECOST-TRAINING_SCHOOL-IC1301 Wireless Networks: From Energy Harvesting to Information Processing, Centre Tecnologic de Telecom. de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain, November 2015, (565 €).

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Patents

• Spyridon N. Daskalakis, George Goussetis, "Long Range Ambient Backscatter", Heriot-Watt University, Greece, Patent Application No: 20200100416, 16 July 2020.
• Spyridon N. Daskalakis, George Goussetis, "Long Range Ambient Backscatter", Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, Patent Application No: GB2016717.7, 21 October 2020.

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Book Chapter

• Spyridon N. Daskalakis, Ricardo Correia, John Kimionis, George Goussetis, Manos M. Tentzeris, Nuno B. Carvalho and Apostolos GeorgiadisAmbient FM Backscattering Low‐Cost and Low‐Power Wireless RFID Applications, Book: Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics, COST WiPE - IC1301, Wiley, April 2020.

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Publications

Journal Publications:

1. 🔜 A. M. Graham, S. N. Daskalakis, V. Fusco, M. M. Tentzeris, O. Mayluskin, S. D. Asimonis, Scalable Milliwatt Ambient RF Energy Harvesting using Circularly Polarized Metamaterial Surfaces, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, July 2026 (submitted).


2. K. Aliqab, A. Armghan, S. N. Daskalakis, M. Alsharari, Pattern-free, Thermally Stable, Broadband ZrN/GZO Metasurface Solar Absorber for High Temperature Applications, Elsevier Sciencedirect, Micro and Nanostructures, Vol. 210, No. 208456, February 2026.


3. K. Aliqab, A. Armghan,S. N. Daskalakis,M. Alsharari Broadband high-temperature metamaterial absorber and thermal emitter composed of fractal geometry, Journal of Computational Electronics, Vol. 25, No. 32, February 2026.


4. K. Aliqab, M. Alsharari, S. N. Daskalakis, A. Armghan, Exploiting Hafnium Nitride Nanostructures for Polarization-Insensitive and Wideband Infrared Absorption, Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, No. 33093, September 2025.


5. A. M. Graham, S. N. Daskalakis, V. Fusco, M. M. Tentzeris, S. D. Asimonis A Highly Efficient, Scalable, Tetra-Band Metamaterial-Based Ambient RF Energy Harvester, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 73, No. 9, pp. 6787-6798, September 2025.


6. 🔥🔥 S. N. Daskalakis, A. Georgiadis, M. M. Tentzeris, G. Goussetis and G. Deligeorgis, The new era of Long-Range “Zero-Interception” Ambient Backscattering Systems: 130 m with 130 nA front-end consumption, in MDPI Sensors, May 2022 (Open Access).


7. R. Torres, R. Correia, N. B. Carvalho, S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, Y. Ding, A. Georgiadis, A. Eid, J. Hester and M. M. Tentzeris, Backscatter Communications, IEEE Journal of Microwaves, September 2021 (Open Access).


8. 👉 👉 J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, S. N. Daskalakis and M. M. Tentzeris, A Printed Millimetre-Wave Modulator and Antenna Array for Backscatter Communications at Gigabit Data Rates, Nature Electronics, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 439-446, June 2021 (Open Access).


9. B. Couraud, R. Vauche, S. N. Daskalakis, D. Flynn, T. Deleruyelle, E. Kussener and S. D. Asimonis, Internet of Things: A review on Theory based Impedance Matching Techniques for Energy Efficient RF Systems, MDPI Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (JLPEA), Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), Vol. 11, No. 2, Art. no. 16, April 2021.


10. B. Couraud, T. Deleruyelle, R. Vauche, D. Flynn and S. N. Daskalakis, A Low Complexity Design Framework for NFC-RFID Inductive Coupled Antennas, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 111074-111088, June 2020.


11. D. Belo, R. Correia, Y. Ding, S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, A. Georgiadis and N. B. Carvalho, IQ Impedance Modulator Front-End for Low-Power LoRa Backscattering Devices, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 67, No. 12, pp. 5307-5314, December 2019.


12. S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, A Rectifier Circuit Insensitive to the Angle of Incidence of Incoming Waves Based on a Wilkinson Power Combiner, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 67, No. 7, pp. 3210-3218, July 2019. Files:


13. S. N. Daskalakis, R. Correia, G. Goussetis, M. M. Tentzeris, N. B. Carvalho and A. Georgiadis, 4-PAM Modulation of Ambient FM Backscattering for Spectrally Efficient Low Power Applications, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 66, No. 12, pp. 5909-5921, December 2018. Files:


14. S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, S. D. Asimonis, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, A uW Backscatter-Morse-Leaf Sensor for Low Power Agricultural Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 18, No. 19, pp. 7889–7898, Oct. 2018 (🌍 Top 25 most downloaded Sensors Journal papers in October 2018, February, March & September 2019). Files:


15. S. N. Daskalakis, J. Kimionis, A. Collado, G. Goussetis, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, Ambient Backscatterers using FM Broadcasting for Low Cost and Low Power Wireless Applications, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 65, No. 12, pp. 5251-5262, December 2017. Files:


16. A. Collado, S. N. Daskalakis, K. Niotaki, R. Martinez, F. Bolos and A. Georgiadis, Rectifier Design Challenges for RF Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting Systems, RADIOENGINEERING, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 411-417, June 2017.


17. S. N. Daskalakis, S.D. Asimonis, E. Kampianakis and A. Bletsas, Soil Moisture Scatter Radio Networking with Low Power, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Special Issue on RFID Sensing & Imaging, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 2338-2346, July 2016. Files:


18. S. D. Asimonis, S. N. Daskalakis and A. Bletsas, Sensitive and Efficient RF Harvesting Supply for Battery-less Backscatter Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 1327-1338, April 2016. Files:

Conference Publications:

1. D. Tyrovolas, S. Majumder, S. N. Daskalakis, G. K. Karagiannidis, S. D. Asimonis, Intersymbol Interference-Free Nyquist Pulse Shaping Using Quadratic Bézier Curves, IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), July 2026, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.


2. S. Majumder, M. S. Reynolds, S. D. Asimonis, S. Joshi, G. Goussetis, S. N. Daskalakis ZeroScatter-LoRa: Microcontrollers Are RFIDs, IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), July 2026, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.


3. S. Majumder, C. Lohr, J. Birk, M. M. Tentzeris, G. Goussetis, S. D. Asimonis, S. Daskalakis, All-Digital CSS Ambient Backscatter with 17.6 µW Power Consumption and a MISO Receiver, IEEE International Microwave Symp. (IMS), June 2026, Boston, USA.


4. G. Psychogiou, D. P. Lynch, S. Daskalakis, M. M. Tentzeris, G. Goussetis, S. D. Asimonis, Single-Feed Circularly Polarized Super Realized Gain Antenna, IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), April 2026, Dublin, Ireland.


5. S. Majumder, J. Birk, C. Lohr, G. Goussetis, S. D. Asimonis, S. Daskalakis, NoLoRa: Ultra-Low-Power LoRa Transmissions Without Active Radios for Battery-Free Devices, IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), April 2026, Dublin, Ireland.


6. A. Simon, S. Rotenberg, J. M. Purushothama, S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, Planar Satellite on the Move Antenna, IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), March 2026, Liverpool, United Kingdom.


7. D. P. Lynch, A. M. Graham, M. M. Tentzeris, S. N. Daskalakis, S. D. Asimonis Steerable Low-Complexity Antenna Array with Super-Realized Gain IEEE RFID-TA, October 2025, Valence, France.


8. J. B. Birk, S. N. Daskalakis, H. Fan, G. GoussetisAn Open-Source, Hybrid Communication System Twin and Tool for CubeSat Applications 38th Annual Small Satellite Conference, August 2025, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.


9. K. Aliqab, M. Alsharari, S. N. Daskalakis, A. Armghan, Differential-mode Bandpass Filter with Wideband Behaviour Featuring Intrinsic Common-mode Suppression in The Twentieth International Conference on Digital Telecommunications ICDT, May 2025, Nice, France.


10. A. Simon, S. Rotenberg, S. Majumder, J. M. Purushothama, S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis, Technology Development for a Cost-Effective SCOM on the Move System for LEO Satellite Constellations, URSI Symposium 2025, March 2025, Durham, United Kingdom Poster.


11. S. Majumder, A. Scholz, G. Goussetis, S. N. Daskalakis, Open Source Python Implementation of CCSDS File Delivery Protocol to Support FileBased Operations, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2025, Montreal, Canada.


12. 👉 👉 F. Yang, A. Georgiadis, S. N. Daskalakis, K. Niotaki, Y. Hu, J. Yang and C. Song, Single-Branch Hybrid Resistance Compression Technique for Enhanced Rectifier Performance, IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), March 2024, Glasgow, UK.


13. K. Kossenas, D. Comite, S. N. Daskalakis, P. Kontou, M. Kuznetcov and S. K. Podilchak, A Remote Microwave Thermal Sterilization Approach for the Coronavirus and Other Pathogens by Wireless Power Transmission, URSI GASS 2021, August-September 2021, Rome, Italy (🌍 URSI GASS 2021 Young Scientist Award).


14. P. Kontou, S. B. Smida, S. N. Daskalakis, S. Nikolaou, M. Dragone and D. E. Anagnostou, Heartbeat and Respiration Detection Using a Low Complexity CW Radar System, European Microwave Week 2020 (EuMW), January 2021, Utrecht, The Netherlands.


15. S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis and A. Georgiadis, NFC Hybrid Harvester for Battery-free Agricultural Sensor Nodes, IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (RFID-TA), September 2019, Pisa, Italy (Presentation).


16. B. A. Mouris, W. Elshennawy, P. Petridis, Y. Ding and S. N. Daskalakis, Rectenna for Bluetooth Low Energy Applications, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer conference (WPTC), June 2019, London, UK.


17. S. N. Daskalakis, A. Georgiadis, G. Goussetis and M. M. Tentzeris, Low Cost Ambient Backscatter for Agricultural Applications, International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 2019), September 2019, Granada, Spain.


18. S. N. Daskalakis, S. D. Asimonis, G. Goussetis, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, The Future of Backscatter in Precision Agriculture, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI) 2019, July 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.


19. S. D. Asimonis, S. N. Daskalakis, V. Fusco, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, High Efficiency RF Energy Harvester for IoT Embedded Sensor Nodes, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI) 2019, July 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Presentation).


20. R. Correia, Y. Ding, S. N. Daskalakis, P. Petridis, G. Goussetis, A. Georgiadis and N. B. Carvalho, Chirp Based Backscatter Modulation, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


21. T.-H. Lin, S. N. Daskalakis, A. Georgiadis and M. M. Tentzeris, Achieving Fully Autonomous System-on-Package Designs: An Embedded-on-Package 5G Energy Harvester within 3D Printed Multilayer Flexible Packaging Structures, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


22. S. N. Daskalakis, R. Correia, G. Goussetis, M. M. Tentzeris, N. B. Carvalho and A. Georgiadis, Spectrally Efficient 4-PAM Ambient FM Backscattering for Wireless Sensing and RFID Applications, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Pennsylvania, June 2018, Philadelphia, USA (Student paper competition finalist).


23. S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis and A. Georgiadis, Low Bitrate Ambient FM Backscattering for Low Cost and Low Power Sensing, 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (AT-RASC), May-June 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain (Presentation).


24. S. N. Daskalakis, G. Goussetis and A. Georgiadis, A 2.4 GHz Rectifier Insensitive to the Angle of Incidence of Incoming Waves, 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (AT-RASC), May-June 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain (Presentation).


25. S. N. Daskalakis, A. Georgiadis, A. Collado and M. M. Tentzeris, An UHF rectifier with 100% bandwidth based on a ladder LC impedance matching network, European Microwave Week (EuMW), October 2017, Nuremberg, Germany.


26. S. N. Daskalakis, A. Collado, A. Georgiadis and M. M. Tentzeris, Backscatter Morse Leaf Sensor for Agricultural Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Sensors Conference (SENSORS), October-November 2017, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (Received a Best paper distinction and invitation for publication to the IEEE Sensors Journal).


27. S. N. Daskalakis, J. Kimionis, J. Hester, A. Collado, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, Inkjet printed 24 GHz rectenna on paper for millimeter wave identification and wireless power transfer applications, International Microwave Workshop Series on Advance Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP), September 2017, Pavia, Italy.


28. S. N. Daskalakis, J. Kimionis, A. Collado, M. M. Tentzeris and A. Georgiadis, Ambient FM Backscattering for Smart Agricultural Monitoring, IEEE International Microwave Symp. (IMS), June 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.


29. A. Servent, S. N. Daskalakis, A. Collado and A. Georgiadis, A Proximity Wireless Sensor Based on Backscatter Communication, International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, March 2017, Firenze, Italy.


30. G. Vougioukas, S. N. Daskalakis and A. Bletsas, Could Battery-less Scatter Radio Tags Achieve 270-meter Range?, IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), May 2016, Aveiro, Portugal.


31. S. N. Daskalakis, A. Georgiadis, A. Bletsas, C. Kalialakis, Dual Band RF Harvesting with Low-Cost Lossy Substrate for Low-Power Supply System, IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), April 2016, Davos, Switzerland.


32. S. N. Daskalakis, S. D. Asimonis, E. Kampianakis and A. Bletsas, Soil Moisture Wireless Sensing with Analog Scatter Radio, Low Power, Ultra-Low Cost and Extended Communication Ranges, IEEE Sensors Conference (SENSORS), November 2014, Valencia, Spain.


33. S. D. Asimonis, S. N. Daskalakis and A. Bletsas, Efficient RF Harvesting for Low-Power Input with Low-Cost Lossy Substrate Rectenna Grid, IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (RFID-TA), September 2014, Tampere, Finland.

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Teaching Experience

• Teacher, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Courses:
  B39GD - Electrical Machines and Energy Systems (Part 1) (2026-2027),
  B37GL - Digital Logic and Systems (Part 1) (2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027),
  B39SB - Time Frequency and Signal Analysis (Part 2) (2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027).
• Laboratory Assistant, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Courses:
  B39EE Analogue Electronics (2017),
  B37VA Praxis Electronic Design (2018),
  B38EB Circuits and Analysis (2019).
• Teaching Assistant, Telecom Lab, Technical University of Crete, Course:
  Synthesis and Analysis of Telecommunication Modules (2014 - 2015).

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Student Supervision

• Shayan Majumder, (Linkedin), PhD in Electrical Engineering, Oct 2024 - Present.
• Magan Pekkarinen, (Linkedin) Undergraduate Program, Chemical Engineering. Project: Plant-Based Nuclear Biosensors: Real-Time Radiation Detection Using Plant Electrophysiology, Summer 2026.
• Muhammad Umair Ramzan, MSc Robotics, Project: Battery-Free Smart Mats for Real-Time Inventory Tracking, Summer 2026.

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Research Interests

• Satellite and Backscatter Communications 🛰️
• Agricultural Sensing Applications 👨‍🌾
• RF Energy Harvesting
• Low-cost and Low-energy Wireless Sensor Networks
• RF Engineering and Software-Defined Radios (RTL-SDR) Codes:
• Additive Manufacturing

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Other Activities

• Active GitHub collaborator, contributing to more than 40 open-source projects. Profile:
• Senior IEEE Member
• IEEEMicrowave Theory and Techniques Society (MTTS) Member
• Guest Editor in MDPI Sensors Special Issue on Wireless sensing and Intelligent Reflective Surfaces
• Chair of IEEE TUC Student Branch (2014 & 2015)
• Old Member of TUC Radio Team (Radio Entasi)
• PCB Design, Ink-jet & 3D Printing
• Cryptocurrency trading bots
• Cycling 🚵 & Swimming 🏊

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Conferences/Events

• Special Session Organiser, SS9. Ultra-Low Power Communications for Battery-Free IoT, 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, (CSNDSP) 2026 , July 2026, Edinburgh, UK.
• Vice Chair in subcommittee of 17. WiSNet - Wireless Sensors for IoT Applications, Radio and Wireless Week 2026 (RWW2026), January 2026 Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• Member of Technical Paper Review Committee (TCP), RFTT11. HF/VHF/UHF circuits and technologies IEEE International MTT Symposia (IMS) , June 2026, Boston, USA.
• Student Competition Organiser, IEEE RFID-TA, September 2026, Leuven, Belgium.
• Session Chair, GT-04: 6G Communications, 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) 2026, July 16, 2026, Edinburgh, UK.
• Volunteer in IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, 2018, in European School of Antennas (ESoA), Edinburgh, 2018, and in "open day" events at Heriot-Watt University and Technical University of Crete.
• Co-organizer of student design competition in IEEE IMS 2018 (Philadelphia) & IMS 2019 (Boston).
• Edinburgh Postgraduate Conference (PGCon), Edinburgh UK, October 2019 (Presentation).
• ICON Summer School 2019, Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, Singapore, July 2019 (Presentation).
• IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2019, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 2019 (Presentation).
• ICON & Lloyd's Register Foundation International Conference 2018, London, UK, May 2018 (Poster).
• ICON Conference 2017, Athens, Greece, April 2017 (Poster).

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Selective Ebooks

• Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility - In a Nutshell, Reto B. Keller (PDF).
• RF Microelectronics, Behzad Razavi (PDF).
• Intro To Bluetooth Low Energy v1.1, Mohammad Afaneh (PDF).
• Foundations of Electromagnetic Compatibility, Bogdan Adamczyk (PDF).
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering, Henry W. Ott (PDF).
• Introduction to Python, John Strickler (PDF).
• Intermediate Python, John Strickler (PDF).
• Pragmatic Version Control Using Git, Travis Swicegood (PDF).
• Software Defined Radio using MATLAB Simulink and the RTL-SDR, Robert W. Stewart, Kenneth W. Barlee, Dale S.W. Atkinson, and Louise H. Crockett (PDF).
• Software Receiver Design, C. Richard Johnson, Jr, William A. Sethares, Andrew G. Klein (Files).
• Electromagnetic Waves and Antenna, Sophocles J. Orfanidis (Files).
• Digital Modulation and Coding, Stephen G. Wilson (Files).
• The RF in RFID Passive UHF RFID in Practice, Daniel Dobkin (PDF).
• Digital Communications, John G. Proakis, Masoud Saleni (PDF).
• RFID AND SENSOR NETWORKS Architectures, Protocols, Security and Integrations, Yan Zhang, Laurence T. Yang, Jiming Chen (PDF).
• Antenna Theory Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, Constantine A. Balanis (PDF).
• Foundations_of_Machine_Learning, Mehryar Mohri, Afshin Rostamizadeh, and Ameet Talwalkar (PDF).
• Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design (3rd_edition), Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic (PDF).
• Schaum's Outline of Signals and Systems, (2nd_edition), Hwei Hsu (PDF).

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Guide Docs

• Apply for UK citizenship (Full Guide PDF).
• Εγγραφή στην εφορία κατοίκων εξωτερικού για κατοίκους UK (Οδηγός PDF).