Thursday 3 May 2018

18:30

Professor Chris Toumazou

Nudgeomics: A new paradigm for consumer healthtech

Hear about the breakthrough science taking place at Imperial College London from Professor Chris Toumazou with an introduction by Professor David Gann, Imperial’s Vice-President (Innovation) and Professor of Innovation and Technology Management.

This event will take place at Imperial’s South Kensington campus.

Professor Chris Toumazou

Chris is London’s first Regius Professor of Engineering and Founder of Imperial’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering. At 33, he was the youngest ever professor to be appointed at the College.

He is also founder and chairman of DNA Electronics and a multi-award winning inventor whose innovations have included implantable cochlear chips for born deaf children and an artificial pancreas.

A serial entrepreneur, his invention of semiconductor DNA sequencing revolutionised genetic testing. In recognition, he received the prestigious 2014 European Inventor Award and the Royal Society Gabor Medal as well as the Faraday Medal.

Chris is a Trustee at the Royal Institution and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has published over 400 research papers and holds over 70 international patents in the field of semiconductors and healthcare.

Chris’s newest venture is start-up company dnaNUDGE which is developing the first saliva-based, user-operated genetic ‘self-test’ to personalise consumers’ shopping experience and encourage healthy choices.

Professor Chris Toumazou

Chris is London’s first Regius Professor of Engineering and Founder of Imperial’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering. At 33, he was the youngest ever professor to be appointed at the College.

He is also founder and chairman of DNA Electronics and a multi-award winning inventor whose innovations have included implantable cochlear chips for born deaf children and an artificial pancreas.

A serial entrepreneur, his invention of semiconductor DNA sequencing revolutionised genetic testing. In recognition, he received the prestigious 2014 European Inventor Award and the Royal Society Gabor Medal as well as the Faraday Medal.

Chris is a Trustee at the Royal Institution and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has published over 400 research papers and holds over 70 international patents in the field of semiconductors and healthcare.

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