Biography
David Gonzalez-Ovejero
David González-Ovejero (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree in telecommunication engineering from Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Universitcatholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Research Associate with the University of Siena, Siena, Italy. In 2014, he joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, where he was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. Since 2016, he has been a tenured Researcher with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Institut d’Electronique et des Technologies du numRique (IETR), Rennes, France. His current research interests include computational electromagnetics, large phased arrays, periodic structures, metasurfaces, and submillimeter wave antennas.,He was a recipient of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship from the European Commission, in 2013, the Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, in 2016, the Best Paper Award in Antenna Design and Applications at the 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, in 2017, and the Best Paper Award in Electromagnetics at the 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, in 2021. Since 2019, he has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and the IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology.
Anthony Grbic
Tony Grbic is a Professor in the Department of EECS. He received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He joined the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor in 2006. His research spans applied electromagnetics, microwave engineering, circuits and optics. His interests include engineered electromagnetic structures (metamaterials, metasurfaces, electromagnetic band-gap materials, frequency-selective surfaces), antennas, microwave circuits, wireless power transmission, and analytical electromagnetics/optics. He leads a research group of 8 Ph.D. students, 2 postdoctoral researchers, and 2 undergraduate researchers. Tony Grbic has taken on various leadership and service roles at the University of Michigan. They have included being elected to the ECE Executive Committee for three separate terms and serving on the Lurie Nanofabrication Council, the ECE Internal Review Committee, and the ECE Faculty Search Committee. This academic year, he is a member of the advisory group to the Associate Dean for Research, the ECE faculty search committee, and the ECE new building committee. Tony has also been active in external service. He is currently an IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Microwave Lecturer and is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Congress of Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials). He is a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Fellows Selection Committee, and just completed three years on the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Field Awards Committee. Tony has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters and as Vice Chair of Chapter IV of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan section. He has been Technical Program Chair, Topic Chair and a member of the steering committee for several flagship conferences in the areas of applied electromagnetics and microwave engineering. For his contributions to research, teaching and service at the university, he has received several awards including the Rackham Henry Russel Award, the Ernest and Bettine Kuh Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, the University of Michigan Faculty Recognition Award, and the CoE David E. Liddle Research Excellence Award. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and his external recognitions include a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists, an AFOSR YIP Award, NSF Faculty Career Award, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award and a Booker Fellowship from the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science.
Silvio Hrabar
Silvio Hrabar (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.Ing. and M.S. degrees from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1986 and 1991, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Brunel University of West London, London, U.K., in 1999, all in electrical engineering.,In the past, he was employed with various consulting, development, research, and teaching positions both in industry and academia, in the fields of microwave electronics, electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility, computational electromagnetics, and electrostatics. Since 1999, he has been with the Department of Wireless Communications, University of Zagreb, where he is a Professor of applied electromagnetics. He is the author of several book chapters, and many conference reports and journal articles. His research interest includes applied electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility, antennas, and microwave engineering.,Prof. Hrabar is a Senior Member of IEEE Societies on Antennas and Propagation, Microwave Theory and Techniques, and Instrumentation and Measurements. He also serves as a reviewer for dozens of journals in electrical engineering and applied physics. He is the Chair of the Metamaterial group with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), University of Zagreb.
Enrica Martini
Enrica Martini (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Spilimbergo, Italy, in 1973. She received the Laurea degree (cum laude) in telecommunication engineering from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in informatics and telecommunications from the University of Florence, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, under joint supervision, in 2002.,She worked with the University of Florence, under a one-year research grant from Alenia Aerospazio Company, Rome, Italy, until 1999. In 2002, she was appointed as a Research Associate with the University of Siena, Siena, Italy. She worked with the Electromagnetic Systems Section, Ørsted•DTU Department, Lyngby, Denmark, until 2007. From 2007 to 2017, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Siena. From 2016 to 2018, she was the CEO of the startup Wave Up Srl, Siena, which she co-founded in 2012. She is currently an Associate Professor with the University of Siena. Her research interests include metasurfaces, metamaterial characterization, electromagnetic scattering, antenna measurements, finite-element methods, and tropospheric propagation.,Dr. Martini was a co-recipient of the 2016 Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award, the Best Paper Award in Antenna Design and Applications at the 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation in 2017, the Best Poster Award at the Metamaterials Congress in 2019, and the Best Paper Award in Electromagnetics at the 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation in 2021. She received the Hans Christian Ørsted Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, in 2005. She was the General Chair of the 16th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials 2022).
Eva Rajo
Eva Rajo-Iglesias was born in Monforte de Lemos, Spain, in 1972. She received the M.Sc. degree in telecommunication engineering from the University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunication engineering from the University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2002.
She was a Teaching Assistant with the University Carlos III of Madrid, from 1997 to 2001. She joined the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain, as a Teaching Assistant, in 2001. She joined the University Carlos III of Madrid, as a Visiting Lecturer, in 2002, where she has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, since 2004. She has been a Full Professor, since 2018. She visited the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, as a Guest Researcher, from 2004 to 2008, where she has been an Affiliated Professor with the Antenna Group, Signals and Systems Department, from 2009 to 2016.
She has coauthored over 70 papers in JCR international journals, and more than 120 papers in international conferences. Her current research interests include microstrip patch antennas and arrays, metamaterials, artificial surfaces and periodic structures, gap waveguide technology, MIMO systems, and optimization methods applied to electromagnetism. She was a recipient of the Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference Best Paper Award, in 2007, the Best Poster Award in the field of metamaterial applications in antennas at the Metamaterials Conference, in 2009, the Excellence Award to Young Research Staff at the University Carlos III of Madrid, in 2014, and the Third Place Winner of the Bell Labs Prize, in 2014. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, and the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.