Konstantina S. Nikita

Konstantina S. Nikita received the Diploma in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Her Ph.D. thesis dealt with the development of microwave phased array hyperthermia techniques. She then received the M.D. degree from the Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.

Since 1990, she has been working as a Researcher at the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, NTUA. In 1996, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA, where she is currently a Professor, teaching courses on microwaves, bioelectromagnetics and biomedical engineering. Her current research interests include computational bioelectromagnetics, biological effects and medical applications of electromagnetic waves, medical imaging, biomedical signal and image processing and analysis, biomedical informatics, simulation of physiological systems. Dr. Nikita has authored or co-authored 120 papers in refereed international journals and chapters in books, and more than 210 papers in international conference proceedings. She is co-author of one book (Medical Imaging Systems) in Greek and co-editor of one book (Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trends) in English published by Springer. She holds two patents. She has been the technical manager of several European and National Research and Development projects in bioelectromagnetics and biomedical engineering. She has been chair/member of the program/organizing committee of international conferences on the same fields. She is member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Nikita was the Recipient of the 2003 Bodossakis Foundation Academic Prize for exceptional achievements in "Theory and Applications of Information Technology in Medicine". She is member of the National Council for Research and Technology. Dr. Nikita is a Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and of the Athens Medical Association. She is also the chair and ambassador of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Greece chapter. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic National Academic Recognition Information Center, and of the National Council of Research and Technology.