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Asimina Kiourti, PI

Asimina Kiourti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University where she leads the Wearable and Implantable Technologies group. From 2013 to 2016 she served as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and then a Senior Research Associate at Ohio State’s ElectroScience Laboratory. Prior to that, she received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2013) and the M.Sc. degree from University College London, UK (2009). Her research interests lie in bio-electromagnetics, wearable and implantable antennas, sensors for body area applications, and flexible e-textiles. Her publication record includes 11 book chapters, 5 awarded patents, 62 journal papers, and over 110 conference papers and abstracts. Her work has been recognized with over 40 awards, including the 2021 40 Under 40 recognition, the 2021 Buckeye Leadership in Innovation Award, the 2020 Lumley Research Award, and the 2018 URSI Young Scientist Award. Her mentees have received another 40 awards at an international, national, and local level. Her research contributions have been featured by TechCrunch, Gizmodo, the Times of India, Australia Network News, and the ALN Magazine, among others. Prof. Kiourti is active in IEEE and USNC-URSI, where she serves in several elected and appointed roles, including: Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Meetings Committee, Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Young Professionals Committee, Secretary of USNC-URSI Commission K, and Founding Member of the USNC-URSI Women in Radio Science Chapter. She is the Senior Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP), Editor of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine “Bioelectromagnetics” column, and Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (TAP), the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (JERM), and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine.

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Undergraduate Researchers

Ian Anderson Student Research Assistant anderson.3577@osu.edu	Chris Cosma Student Research Assistant cosma.5@osu.edu	Kelsey Edwards STEP Fellow edwards.1555@osu.edu
Tony Han Student Research Assistant han.1454@osu.edu	Roope Ketola Student Research Assistant ketola.2@osu.edu

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