Awards
- First and second best MRes poster awards, Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, 2019
- Best Surgical Robotics Paper, (Electrical Impedance Tomography concept), shortlisted., International Conference in Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2019, Montreal, 2019
- Best Paper Presentation Award, (Soft robotic concept), 8th Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery – CRAS 2018, London, UK, 2018
- Best Poster Presentation Award (SIMPLE robotic concept), 8th Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery – CRAS 2018, London, UK, 2018
- EAES Gerhard Buess Technology Award, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, EAESWith the presentation entitled "Robotic Wide-field Optical Biopsy Imaging for Flexible Endoscopy", co-authored by F.B. Avila-Rencoret, G. Mylonas, and D.S. Elson., 2018
- Gerhard Buess Best Technology Award (EndoDrone robot), 26th International EAES Congress, London, UK, 2018
- SMIT Advanced Technology Award, International Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (iSMIT), 2017
- Best Paper and Presentation Award, 6th Workshop on Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery - CRAS, 2016
- Best Innovation Award, B.E.S.T. Innovation Symposium, IRCAD/IhU, Strasbourg, France, 2016
External Positions
- Member, Technology Committee of the EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques), EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques), 2018
- Organising Committee, CRAS, Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery Symposium
- Member of the scientific commitee, CRUK Imperial Centre, Theme 2 commitee - Increasing the Precision of Cancer Care, CRUK Imperial Centre
- Expert reviewer, FP7/H2020, European Commission
- Executive Committee Member, Imperial Robotics Forum, Imperial College London
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) and other interventional techniques
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Member, International Society for Medial Innovation and Technology (iSMIT)
Editorial Boards
- Applied Sciences Journal, special issue on Biomedical Applications of Soft Robotics, Guest Editor
- Journal of Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies (MITAT), Member of the editorial board
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Biomedical Robotics, Research Topic: Cooperative Control Techniques in Surgical Robotics, Guest Editor
- International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Associate Editor