[PIO] Award of the Republic of Cyprus awarded by the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts

The Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, at its 46th Ordinary Plenary Session, on 17 May 2023, unanimously decided, on the recommendation of the Class of Sciences, to award the Award of the Republic of Cyprus 2023 to Kyriakos Athanasiou, a distinguished Cypriot Mechanical Engineer specializing in Biomedical Engineering.

Kyriakos Athanasiou studied at the New York Institute of Technology (B.Sc.), and Columbia University, (M.Sc., Ph.M., and Ph.D.) in the United States of America (USA). He taught at the University of Texas San Antonio, USA, Health Science Center and Mechanical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedics and Department of Bioengineering, at Rice University, USA, as Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, at the University of California Davis as Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and at the University of California, Irvine, USA as Distinguished Professor and Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering. His research involves interdisciplinary fields between engineering, medicine, surgery, veterinary surgery and biomedical sciences.

Professor Kyriakos Athanasiou is a world-renowned eminent scientist in the field of Biomedical Engineering, with numerous awards and major distinctions for his pioneering work, notably for helping to improve global health in three different fields of science, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine.

The award ceremony of the Order of the Republic of Cyprus will take place at the Academy's Gala Session, at a time and place to be announced in a new announcement.

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