Dr Konstantinos Kapnisis (PhD), is a Special Teaching Staff at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT and lab manager of the BioLISYS lab. He holds a Diploma (BSc & MSc equivalent) in Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences from the National Technical University of Athens and a Masters (MSc) Degree in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine from Imperial College London. He received his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at CUT while on scholarship from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation (2008-11) and A.G. Leventis Foundation (2011-2012 and 2012-2013). Dr Kapnisis’ research activities are primarily concerned with the multilevel assessment of the functionality of cardiovascular implants and novel biomaterials such as to promote enhancements in design characteristics, material and surface properties that will lead to improved performance and biofunctionality. His core expertise focuses on the development of animal models that enable the in vivo assessment of implant biocompatibility and allow the investigation of biological markers and mechanisms associated with cardiovascular as well as cancer and other inflammatory diseases.