Panagiotis K. Siogkas received his diploma in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece, in 2009. He is currently a Phd candidate in biomedical engineering at the department of materials science engineering at the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. He has authored or coauthored 14 papers in scientific journals, more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings as well as one chapter of a book. His research interests specialize in blood flow modeling in arterial segments. He has also worked for six research and development projects funded by the EC and other bodies.