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Prof. Yianneskis obtained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from UMIST in Manchester in 1976 and subsequently a MSc in Heat Transfer Engineering from Imperial College, London, in 1978. He carried out his PhD research work on the fluid mechanics of internal combustion engines and inlet ducts in Imperial College and was awarded the PhD degree by the University of London in 1982. He was a Research Assistant (1978-1983) and Research Fellow (1983-1985) in Imperial College, before taking up an EPSRC "New Blood" lectureship at King's in 1985. He was promoted to Reader in Fluid Mechanics in 1991 and Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 1996. He was Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department (1994-1996, 2003-2004) and of the Department of Electronic Engineering (2000-2004) and Head of the Division of Engineering (1996-2004); since 2004 he is Head of the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering.

Professor Yianneskis is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Scientist, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of King's College London. He is Chairman of the Fluid Mixing Processes Subject Group of the IChemE, he represents UK on the Working Party on Mixing of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and King's College London on the Associated Parliamentary Engineering Group, a member of the EPSRC College, a member of the Cyprus Council for Degree Recognition (KYSATS), a member of the Boards of Experts of the Committee for Research Evaluation (CIVR) and of the Ministry for Education, University and Scientific Research (MIUR) of Italy, and the Director of the Experimental & Computational Laboratory for the Analysis of Turbulence (ECLAT).