Ethungshan Shitiri is a researcher in wireless and nanoscale communication systems whose work focuses on intrabody nanonetworks for biomedical sensing and health monitoring. He is currently a Group Leader at the NaNoNetworking Center at Catalunya (N3Cat), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, where he leads the HUMAN group.

He received the B.S. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology in 2010, the M.S. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Christ University in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering from Kyungpook National University in 2018, under the supervision of Prof. Ho-Shin Cho. Following his Ph.D., he held postdoctoral research positions from 2018 to 2023 at the IDEC Center and the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Advancement Institute at Kyungpook National University.

His research has evolved from conventional wireless communication systems toward nanoscale and molecular communication for healthcare applications. His current work investigates biomarker sensing in the bloodstream, communication among intrabody nanomachines, and communication between intrabody systems and external devices. His broader research experience includes resource allocation, synchronization, handshaking protocols, and multiple access techniques for cellular, machine-to-machine, underwater acoustic, and nanoscale communication systems.

He was a recipient of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship for the BeNiFIt project and currently serves as Work Package Leader for the CoRe 5G project. He also serves as General Chair of the 11th Workshop on Molecular Communications, to be held at UPC in Barcelona in April 2027. In 2025, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and conducted research with Ilangko Balasingham’s group at the Intervention Center, Oslo University Hospital.

He has authored or coauthored more than 25 scientific publications and has secured more than €0.5 million in competitive national and international research funding. His distinctions include the 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, the 2021 Best Paper Award at the KICS Fall Conference, the 2018 Outstanding Thesis Award from Kyungpook National University, the 2016 KNU-Qualcomm Paper Innovation Award, and the 2014 KNU Honors Scholarship.

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Ethungshan Shitiri received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics and communication engineering in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from Kyungpook National University, South Korea, in 2018. He is currently a Group Leader at the NaNoNetworking Center at Catalunya (N3Cat), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, where he leads the HUMAN group. His research focuses on intrabody nanonetworks, molecular communication, and biomarker sensing for biomedical applications. He was a recipient of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship for the BeNiFIt project and serves as Work Package Leader for CoRe 5G and General Chair of the 11th Workshop on Molecular Communications in 2027. He has authored or coauthored more than 25 scientific publications. His distinctions include the KNU Outstanding Thesis Award, the KNU-Qualcomm Paper Innovation Award, and the KICS Best Paper Award.