Mauro Ettorre of Michigan State University

Biography:

Mauro Ettorre received a Laurea degree “summa cum laude” in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in
Electromagnetics from the University of Siena, Italy, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Part of his Ph.D. work
was developed at the TNO, the Netherlands. Since 2023, he has been a Professor at Michigan State
University, East Lansing, USA. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at the CNRS, IETR laboratory in
France. From 2014 until 2020, he co-led the multi-beam antenna activity for satellite applications in the joint
laboratory between IETR and Thales Alenia Space, France. From 2016 until 2021, he led the mm and sub-
mm waves team at IETR, and co-chaired from 2021 to 2023 the department ADH (Antennas and Microwave
Devices Department) at IETR.
Dr. Ettorre’s research interests include the analysis and design of quasi-optical systems, periodic structures,
wideband arrays, millimeter-wave antennas, non-diffractive radiation, and localized waves. He has authored
over 97 journal papers and 250 conference communications and holds 14 patents (2 licensed) on millimeter-
wave antenna technology. Dr. Ettorre is a Fellow of IEEE. From 2017 until 2023, he served as Associate
Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. Since 2023, he has served as Track Editor
for the same journal. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Magazine. Dr. Ettorre is the 2024 IEEE MTT-S and AP-S Inter-Society Distinguished Lecturer.
The research activities of Dr. Ettorre have been recognized with several prizes, including the 2009 French
Ministry of Research award for the most innovative project in all natural sciences, the Young Investigator
Award from the French National Research Agency in 2014, the Innovation Award at the 2018 ESA Antenna
Workshop in the Netherlands, the Best Paper ‎Award in Electromagnetics and Antenna Theory at EuCAP
2018, UK, the Best Antennas Paper Award at EuCAP 2021, Germany and Best Paper Award at the iWAT
2023, Denmark.‎

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Luis Jofre-Roca of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Biography:

Luis Jofre-Roca (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the M.Sc. (Ing.) and Ph.D. (Doctor Eng.) degrees in electronic engineering (telecommunication engineering) from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 1978 and 1982, respectively. He was a Visiting Professor with École Supérieure d’Electricité, Paris, France, from 1981 to 1982, Fulbright Scholar with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, from 1986 to 1987, and was also with the University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, from 2001 to 2002. He was the Director with Telecommunication Engineering School, UPC, from 1989 to 1994, Vice President of the UPC, from 1994 to 2000, and General Director and Secretary with Catalan Universities and Research, from 2011 to 2016. He was also the Director with the Catalan Research Foundation, from 2002 to 2004, Director of the UPC-Telefonica Chair on Information Society Future Trends, since 2003, Principal Investigator of the 2008–13 Spanish Terahertz Sensing Lab Consolider Project, Director of the UPC-SEAT Chair on the Future of Automotive, Research Leader of the 2017–2020 CommSensLab Maria de Maeztu Project, Academic Director of the European Consortium for Future Urban Mobility (Carnet), and the Chairperson of the EIT-Urban Mobility European Association. He has authored more than 200 scientific and technical papers, reports, and chapters in specialized volumes. His research interests include antennas, electromagnetic scattering and imaging, system miniaturization for wireless and sensing for industrial, and scientific and medical applications. His current research interests include connected reconfigurable autonomous vehicles for urban mobility, massive MIMO antennas, and microorganism wireless interaction.

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Mauricio Rodriguez

Biography:

Mauricio Rodríguez (Senior Member, IEEE) recevied the Ingeniero Civil Electrónico and M.Sc. degrees in electronics engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile, in 2011, and the Doctoral degree in electronics engineering from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile, in 2017. Since August 2016, he has been working with the Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso. His main research interests include RF channel modeling, RF measurement, and microwave system design.