Research Interests
• Biological nanonetworks & molecular/nano communication systems
• Diffusion and reaction–diffusion modeling, stochastic performance analysis
• Communication protocols for IoT, LoRa/LoRaWAN & low-power wireless networks
• Networks and applications in healthcare: hospital information systems, emergency departments, e-Health
• Optical access networks, PON/FiWi & hybrid optical–wireless infrastructures
• Learning automata and machine learning techniques applied to communication protocols
Education
• PhD in Informatics, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2018
o Dissertation: “Modeling and Performance Analysis of Information Propagation in Communication Nanonetworks”
• MSc in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2012
• MSc in Computer Systems Technology, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2006
• BSc in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2003
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Academic & Research Experience
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Informatics, AUTH (2020–2022)
o Topic: Performance improvement of optical, wireless, biological and hybrid networks using adaptive communication protocols
• Participation in research projects (AUTH/ELKE), indicative:
o Google Cyber Security 2024-2026
o IntelTriage – Intelligent system for Emergency Departments and hospital clinical units (2019–2020)
o MAESTRO – Forest fire management using IoT technologies (2021–2022)
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Teaching Experience
• Teaching : Communication Networks, Biological nanonetworks, Digital Communications, Applied Mathematics , Advanced subjects in Biological Nanonetworks (MSC)
• Co-lecturer, Interdisciplinary MSc in Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, AUTH
o Course: “Networks and Internets” (academic years 2020–2021, 2021–2022)
• Instructor, TEE/IEK XINIS (Vocational Training), 336 teaching hours in Informatics (2005–2006)
Professional Experience
• Assistant Professor, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, 8/2023 – present
(Industry)
• Application Developer – Manager, Piraeus Bank (2014–2023)
• System Administrator, Marfin–Egnatia Bank (2007–2014)
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Scientific Service
• Reviewer for international journals, including:
o IEEE Communications Letters
o IEEE Internet of Things Journal
o Nano Communication Networks
o and others
• Reviewer for international conferences, including:
o IEEE ICC
o CECNET
o CITS
o CCCI, etc.
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles

1. T. Grammenos, K. Kantelis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou,
“Two-way chemotaxis-based communication for biological nanonetworks,”
International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, 2022 (accepted).
2. K.F. Kantelis, P. Nicopolitidis,
“Message exchange dynamics in wireless biological nanonetworks,”
International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, 2022 (accepted).
3. K. Kantelis, G. Papadimitriou, et al.,
“Graph theory-based simulation tools for protein structure networks,”
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol. 121, 2022.
4. G. Beletsioti, K. Kantelis, et al.,
“Multilevel TDMA approach for IoT applications with WuR support,”
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 (accepted).
5. K. Kantelis, G. Papadimitriou,
“Bacterial communication systems: A mathematical formulation of negative chemotaxis,”
International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 30, no. 18, 2017.
6. K. Kantelis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou, A. Pomportsis,
“Fick’s law model revisited: A new approach to modeling multiple sources message dissemination in bacterial communication nanosystems,”
IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 89–105, 2017.
7. K. Kantelis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou,
“On the use of FDTD and ray-tracing schemes in the nanonetwork environment,”
IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1823–1826, 2014.
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Conference Papers (Indicative)
1. K. Kantelis, P. Nicopolitidis, G. Papadimitriou,
“Poster: Ligand-receptor-based wireless biological nanonetworks,”
ACM NANOCOM 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 2022.
2. K. Kantelis, G. Beletsioti, et al.,
“Adaptive protocol with weights for fair distribution of resources in healthcare-oriented PONs,”
CITS 2020 (virtual conference), 2020.