Martin P. Mintchev

Mintchev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and received his M.Sc. in Electronics from the Technical University of Sofia in 1987 with a specialization in Medical and Nuclear Electronics. In 1990, immediately after the fall of the Iron Curtain, he was supported by the British Council on an invitation by Professor David L. Wingate[3] to work as visiting scholar in his Gastrointestinal Science Research Unit of the Royal London Hospital (now Wingate Neurogastroenterology Institute at Queen Mary University of London). While in London, he applied for and received full graduate scholarship from the University of Alberta in Canada, and in January 1991 started his Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering there under the joint supervision of Professors Y. J. Kingma (Department of Electrical Engineering) and K. L. Bowes (Department of Surgery). In early 1994 Mintchev defended his doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta. In the same year, he trained as a post-doctoral fellow in experimental surgery at the Surgical Medical Research Institute in Edmonton, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Kenneth L. Bowes. In 1997 Mintchev received his Professional Engineer registration from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

In 1995 Martin Mintchev became assistant professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, with a joint appointment in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Surgery. In 1997 he won the Whitaker Foundation Chair position in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Calgary, where he is currently Professor Emeritus.[4] Mintchev is the author of hundreds of articles in leading international scientific journals and conferences, and of dozens of patented inventions[5] in the fields of biomedicine, electronics, intelligent microsystems, inertial navigation, computer and software engineering, and Internet of Things. His scientific publications are widely cited by the international scientific community (Hirsch index > 30, and over 3000 external citations).[6] He is the creator of the concepts of Enhanced Electrogastrography,[7] Controlled Pseudobezoar technology for the treatment of obesity,[8] Leakless Pipes,[9] Microanimal Farming,[10] Wearable Antiviral Garments,[11][12] and other technological innovations. He has been president, Chief executive officer and Chief scientific officer of public and private companies.

in 2007, for particularly significant contributions to the development of biomedical instruments, Martin P. Mintchev was elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Washington, DC, United States.[13] He is a Senior Member of IEEE,[14] member of the American Gastroenterological Association, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE (2010–2011), and a registered Professional engineer (APEGA). He was a member of the Scientific Grants Evaluation Committees of the National Science Foundation (United States) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada).

Professor Mintchev has been interviewed by many TV and radio stations in the world, including CTV,[15] CBC,[16] Yahoo News,[17] Associated Press,[18] KTAB-TV[19] and more.[20][21] Articles about his scientific developments have been published in many newspapers and magazines around the globe, including Los Angeles Times,[22] Chicago Tribune, Investing News Network,[23] TechCrunch,[24] Huffington Post,[25] Smithsonian Magazine[26], HazMat Management Magazine,[27][28] IEEE Spectrum,[29] etc. He has been a guest speaker at many universities and scientific forums across the globe.