Antonis is a generalist engineer with over 15 years of experience on applied research and innovation on IoT and smart systems. He is the Innovation Director at CYRIC, and the former Manager of Electronics and Networks Department, working on new product development and innovative R&D technologies in the areas of the Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial IoT , LPWAN/LoRaWAN, 5G/6G, SatComms, SatIoT , Wearables, Instrumentation and Bio-Photonics. Antonis received the PhD degree from the University of Surrey, UK and a first-class honours Diploma in Electrical and Computer