Panos is a tech entrepreneur with a background in economics and finance. Panos co-founded Multiwave with his brother Tryfon in 2015. He has since chaired the Company’s board, oversaw Multiwave’s pivot from a metamaterial software company to a medical imaging innovator, led the company’s investment strategy helping it raise more than CHF 23m since inception in dilutive (CHF 11.5m) and non-dilutive capital (CHF 11.5m) and leads the company’s commercial and business strategy.

His entrepreneurial journey started at McGill when he founded the Sunrise Fund, a micro-fund which we co-led for more than 2 years while Vice-President of the McGill Entrepreneur’s Club. He started his career as an economist at the World Trade Organization (2002-2010) managing the organization’s only multi-agency $400m fund on least developed country trade programs. While at the WTO, he was elected director of the WTO Pension Fund with $300m under management. Prior to co-founding Multiwave, Panos established the international trade practice at an international FMCG Company in London (2010-2014). Panos was elected investment director at the company’s pension fund where he oversaw investment decisions for the $3 billion fund portfolio.

Since 2015, Panos has leveraged his network in tech and venture capital to gather momentum in support of cutting-edge science, engages in training to help young deep-tech entrepreneurs and is opportunistically an angel investor.

Panos speaks French, English and Greek and is proficient in Spanish. He was recently captain of the Swiss national tennis team at the ITF World Tennis Masters Championships, being ranked 6th in his age category (45+) in Switzerland.

He earned his BA and MA in Economics at McGill University and Concordia University, respectively. He played Varsity Tennis and Soccer at McGill in consecutive years between 1996 and 2000.

Tryfon is a scientist and ex-professional athlete turned serial entrepreneur with a background in engineering and applied mathematics.

From metamaterials to multi-physics software to bioengineering, Tryfon leads Multiwave Technologies’ interdisciplinary research efforts. He leverages an ability to connect the dots between different scientific fields to build Multiwave’s portable MRI intellectual property portfolio. His scientific expertise enables him to bring answers to some of the big challenges in the field of healthcare.

Tryfon started his career as a professional skier competing at world championships and world cup mogul competitions. He stopped competing in 2010 to follow his passion for science. He joined the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) as a research associate to design particle beam dumps for the Large Hadron Collider. While at CERN, he completed a PhD in applied mathematics at Imperial College London and went on to work at that university as a post-doctorate research associate for a year. At the same time, he was tempted by algorithmic finance and joined hedge fund 80 capital from 2013-2014. Like all professional athletes, he is driven by perfection and applies that discipline across Multiwave’s scientific portfolio. Prior to taking a turn for applied mathematics in the field of metamaterials, Tryfon earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and a master’s degree in fluid mechanics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He was awarded the Yael Dowker Centenary Prize for the best PhD thesis in the Department of Mathematics of Imperial College London a few years later. Apart from setting himself apart as the first Greek professional mogul skier, Tryfon competed for the McGill Track & Field Varsity Team from 2001-2002. In his spare time, Tryfon enjoys track and field, tennis and basketball.

Michael joined Multiwave in 2025 as Vice President of Engineering, based in Massachusetts, USA.

Prior to Multiwave, he was VP Engineering at Samsung Neurologica from 2012 to 2023. While at Samsung Neurologica, Michael was an integral part of the executive team, leading the vision, design and development of numerous industry-leading CT imaging scanners. Devices like BodyTom, SmartMSU and OmniTom for mobile CT Stroke Units have differentiated the company and positively impacted P&L performance and market share.

From 2004 to 2012, Michael was with Neurologica. A founding member, he held numerous roles including Principal Engineer, Clinical Affairs Manager and Product Manager. By leading the development of CereTom, the world’s first full-body mobile CT scanner, he was central in securing startup funding, making a name for the company in the competitive medical device space and gaining the attention of Samsung, resulting in a profitable acquisition. Additionally during this time, Michael was charged with launching and managing the Clinical Affairs department. Building the organization from scratch, he designed processes, outlined policies, recruited team members and authored training materials as the first employee in the company to travel to client sites and work hand-in-hand with physicians and other healthcare professionals across the global to provide on-site training and patient care.

Prior to Neurologica, Michael was a Senior Software Engineer with Analogic. Working with industry frontrunners such as Phillips Medical Systems, Siemens and the TSA on the development of mission-critical technologies, he quickly gained valuable insights into the workings of big corporations while collaborating with key stakeholders of these Fortune 500 companies to resolve problems and streamline product functionality.

Michael has an MS in Organizational Leadership from Norwich University and a BS in Computer Science from Salem State University. He’s a member of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA).

Amira heads Multiwave’s operations in our R&D facility in Marseille, France since 2024. She joined Multiwave in 2022 as an MRI and usability engineer after several years of experience as a clinical researcher and research engineer for various renowned institutions in France.

At Multiwave, she oversees all activities related to the development of our portable MRI scanner, including the implementation of our quality management system, and leads a team of dedicated researchers and engineers to develop and bring to market our portable MRI device. In her previous role she managed Multiwave’s technical documentation and usability studies for the portable MRI system, including records for quality management system and design of gradient and magnets for the system.

Prior to Multiwave Imaging, Amira worked as Research engineer at Institut Fresnel, a leading CNRS laboratory specialising in electromagnetic, metamaterial and imaging applications. Her work focused on RF shimming in Ultra-high field MRI and safety assessment of metallic implants in MRI acquisition. Amira has also worked as a Clinal Researcher in the Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine, a co-funded CNRS and AMU research facility specialised in developing and applying preclinical and clinical MR methods. Her work focused on developing semi-supervised post-processing tools to optimise prognosis and diagnosis for healthy and pathological cases of central nervous, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems.

Amira obtained her Engineering Degree in Industrial Biology from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Tunisia, in 2015 and her master’s degree in Cognitive and Integrative Neurosciences from Aix-Marseille University, in 2017. She then completed her Animal experimentation training in 2019.

Outside science, Amira enjoys travelling, video games and practices boxing and Aikido.

Aris joined Multiwave as AI researcher in 2017. Previously, he was at Piraeus Bank, where he worked as a back-end developer, applying big data technologies to financial transaction processing, developing constrained optimization algorithms for asset management, and working on subsystem integration using micro-services and messaging middleware.

Prior to that, he worked with a leading cable network in Greece to develop software for automatic video classification, scene detection, content summarization, and news broadcast caption OCR, to be used for storing, tagging and retrieving videos from the network’s archives.

Aris has a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a PhD in Machine Learning from National Technical University of Athens. His work focused on applications of evolutionary algorithms to pattern recognition and multi-objective optimization problems.

His current research interests include using deep learning techniques for medical imaging applications.

Outside his interests in science, Aris is a professional classical guitarist and amateur piano player.

Chloé joined Multiwave Imaging in 2021 to lead the mechanical and design product development. She oversees the evolution of our MRI devices from functional ergonomic protototype to scalable industrial product and supports our production and QMS activities.

Chloé is an expert in product design and user experience design. She obtained her engineering degree in Mechanics and Industrial Design at UTC (University of Technology of Compiègne), in 2013, and an MSc in User eXperience Design, in 2014.

Chloé is customer and industry oriented thanks to her multiple experiences in various industrial fields such as autonomous solar lighting, metallic packaging and industrial design for medtech and household appliances. In 2014, she joined L’Oréal Group as an Innovation Engineer, in Paris, to develop new products and technologies for worldwide cosmetic brands. She developed a strong expertise in thermoplastic injection molding and 3D printing, and she authored 7 patents. In 2020, she partnered on start-up project to develop a 3D-printed arm exoskeleton for patients suffering from muscular distrophy diseases.

When she isn’t working, Chloé loves hiking, snorkelling and backpacking around the world.

Tangi joined Multiwave Technologies in 2024 as an MRI physicist within the MRI4All industrial Chair with France’s National Research Agency (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University. He is in charge of the development of imaging sequences dedicated to low-field MRI.

Tangi completed his PhD in electronics and signal processing at the University of Lyon I in 2012 with a focus on in vivo multi-dimensional MR spectroscopic techniques. His postdoctoral research focused on the development of novel MR imaging and spectroscopic sequences on preclinical and clinical MRI systems with magnetic fields ranging from 4.7 T to 21.1 T. He developed various MR acquisition methods for ultrafast, metabolic and functional imaging applications. His latest research projects at the CRMBM-CEMEREM CNRS lab (imaging department at Marseille’s hospital) focused on phosphorus 3D brain imaging at 7T for epilepsy diagnosis.

After work, Tangi enjoys analog photography, brewing beer and fixing stuff.

Sandra MARTIN joined Multiwave in 2022 as a junior engineer and is currently completing her PhD thesis with CRMBM and Institut Fresnel, a joint lab of the French National Research Agency and Aix-Marseille University in France. Her research interests include signal processing, machine learning and the development of deep learning tools.

In her research, Sandra develops deep learning segmentation methods to access different biomarkers, as well as deep learning methods to accelerate MRI acquisitions for neuromuscular pathologies.

Prior to Multiwave, Sandra earned her engineering degree in Telecom Physique Strasbourg, specializing in image processing and robotics for health.

Outside of science, she enjoys swimming, running, volleyball and reading.

Hugo is working at Multiwave in the context of a partnership with Institut Fresnel, a joint lab of France’s National Research Agency and Aix-Marseille University. His work focuses on the development of radiofrequency antennas for MRI and the study of innovative metasurfaces.

Hugo first joined the team during his master’s degree thesis in 2021, after three years of training at Ecole Centrale Marseille. He earned his engineering degree from this institution, as well as a master’s in physics for following the Europhotonics program. He is presently working toward the completion of his PhD in physics.

Outside of work Hugo enjoys playing music and is part of a brass band.

Jana joined Multiwave in 2024 as part of an industrial Chair of medical imaging with France’s National Research Agency and Aix-Marseille University. At Multiwave, she is developing scanner technologies for neurological and musco-squeletal applications. In parallel, she is pursuing her PhD in Physics with the Center of Medical and Biological Magnetic Resonance (CRMBM) and institut Fresnel to develop MRI acquisition strategies and data reconstruction.

Prior to Multiwave, Jana earned a master’s degree in complex systems engineering from Ecole Centrale Marseille in 2024 within a double diploma program with her university in Lebanon where she completed a biomedical engineering degree. In her years of study, she developed a passion for physics in the medical imaging field.

She did internships in France related mainly to applications of optics in the biological field at the European Center for Medical Imaging (Cerimed) and the Adhesion and Inflammation lab (LAI), and in the semiconductors inspection field at Unity Semiconductors.

When she’s off work, Jana enjoys painting, reading and hiking.