Professor Stan Skafidas, career spans more than 15 years in electrical and electronic engineering. He is recognised for his vision, leadership and major technical accomplishments in industry, research institutions, academia and international standardisation committees. Adaptive frequency-hopping technology that he developed now forms a critical part of the Bluetooth standard and has been incorporated in several billion devices. His research in nano-electronics has advanced the disciplines of wireless communications, single chip radars and medical diagnostic systems, and has permitted researchers to build a single-chip retinal prosthesis that may restore sight in vision impaired individuals.