Distinguished for innovative silicon technology and integrated circuit design for electronic devices, particularly in the field of devices for medical diagnosis and therapy, Toumazou is pre-eminent among the global community of contemporary medical engineers. Outstanding achievements include an ultra-low power wireless body monitoring system, for management of chronic illness and semiconductor DNA analysis. His pioneering research showed how the natural analogue physics of silicon technology could be used to mimic and replace biological functions. Toumazou’s invention using silicon chip technology to analyse DNA is a fundamental breakthrough in the field of genetics with the potential to transform medicine.