Metin Akay

Dr Metin Akay
John S Dunn Endowed Professor,
Biomedical Engineering,
University of Houston

Dr Akay is the John S Dunn Endowed Professor of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Houston. He earned his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkiye. Then, he pursued and obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering (BME) from Rutgers University, NJ, the United States.

He received honorary doctorates from Aalborg Silesian and Pécs Universities and professorship from the Technical University of Crete. He has authored more than 20 books and 180 journal papers, along with 200 conference papers and abstracts and delivered over 200 keynote and plenary talks at respected international conferences, including IEEE ICASSP twice.

He is a recipient of the IEEE EMBS Career, Early Career and Service Awards, an IEEE Third Millennium Medal, and the prestigious Zworykin Award from the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). He is a life fellow of IEEE, fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

His research focusses on the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, neurotechnology for addiction and pain, brain cancer chips, and coronary occlusion.. 

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