Ferdinad Apietu Katsriku received the MEng with distinction degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine in 1989, an MSc in Laser Engineering and Pulsed Power Technology from St Andrews University Scotland, in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from City University of London, UK, in 2000. From 2001 to 2012, he was a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University, London, UK. Since 2012, he has been with the Computer Science department, University of Ghana, Legon as Senior Lecturer. His research interests include security of wireless sensor networks, IoT, propagation modelling and photonic device modelling using the finite element method. F. Katsriku was a recipient of the Alborada award and spent 6 months at Cambridge University UK as a Caprex fellow.