Emil Valchinov was born in Pazardjik, Bulgaria, in 1972. He received his M.Sc. Degree in Electronics in 1997 from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1995-1997, he followed the European Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering organized by the Department of Medical Physics, University of Patras, Greece. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in 2004 at the University of Patras, Greece.

Main scientific interests:

Biomedical Electrodes, Sensors and Amplifiers, Wireless Monitoring Technologies, Electrical Safety of Medical Device and Patient Safety, Biomedical Engineering Education, Medical Lasers

Selected publications:

An Active Electrode for Biopotential Recording from Small Localized Bio-sources. Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. Biomedical Engineering online , 3(25), 2004.

Wearable Wireless ECG System With Hybrid Dry Electrode. Valchinov E, Papavasiliou G, Pallikarakis N. European Medical Physics and Engineering Conference — EMPEC 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 18–20, 2012, p71.

Novel Wireless Hybrid Electrode for ECG/EEG Measurements. Valchinov E, Rutkovskis A, Pallikarakis N. Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference. International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Riga, Latvia, October 10-12, 2012.

Training on Electrical Safety of Medical Equipment. Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. 1st Intenational Conference on Medical Education Informatics — MEI2012, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 6-7, 2012.

Novel Hybrid Sensor for Zero-Prep ECG/EEG Measurements. Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. 4th Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technologies National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, January 20-21, 2012.
Wireless Dry-Contact Biopotential Electrode. Valchinov E, Rutkovskis A, Pallikarakis N. 3rd International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering, Iasi — EHB 2011, Romania, November 24-26, 2011.

Real-Time Detection of Pathological Cardiac Events for a Wearable Wireless ECG Monitor. Chaves A, Encarnação P, Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, — EMBEC5, Budapest, Hungary, September 14-18, 2011, IFMBE Proceedings Vol. 37, 2012, pp. 921-924.

A Wearable Wireless ECG Sensor: A Design With a Minimal Number of Parts. Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. MEDICON 2010 — XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, satellite event: 7th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering — ESBME 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece, May 27-30, 2010, IFMBE Proceedings Vol.29, pp. 288-291.

Wearable Wireless Biopotential Electrode for ECG Monitoring. Valchinov E, Pallikarakis N. MEDICON 2007 — XI Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 26-30, 2007, IFMBE Proceedings Vol. 16, pp. 373-376.