Ioannis Krikidis

Ioannis Krikidis received a diploma in Computer Engineering from the Computer Engineering  and Informatics Department (CEID) of the University of Patras, Greece, in 2000, and the M.Sc  and Ph.D. degrees from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (ENST), Paris,  France, in 2001 and 2005, respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 2006 to 2007 he  worked, as a Post-Doctoral researcher, with ENST, Paris, France, and from 2007 to 2010 he was  a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh,  Edinburgh, UK. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer  Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. His current research interests include  wireless communications, cooperative networks, 6G communication systems, wireless powered communications, and intelligent reflecting surfaces.  

Dr. Krikidis serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications  and Senior Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications LeWers. He is also the Founding Specialty  Chief Editor for Communication Theory in Frontiers Communications and Networks. He was  the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from the Research Promo9on Foundation,  Cyprus, in 2013, the recipient of the IEEEComSoc Best Young Professional Award in Academia,  in 2016, and the IEEE Signal Processing LeWers Best Paper Award in 2019. He has authored/co authored more than 300 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He has  been recognized by the Web of Science as a Highly Cited Researcher for 2017-2021. He is an  IEEE Fellow (class 2019) and he has received the prestigious ERC consolidator grant.