Alexander Koelpin

Alexander Koelpin (Senior Member, IEEE) received the diploma degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. and habilitation degrees from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, in 2005, 2010, and 2014, respectively. From 2005 to May 2017, he was with the Institute for Electronics Engineering, FAU. From 2007 to 2010, he was a Team Leader, from 2010 to 2015, a Group Leader of Circuits, Systems, and Hardware Test, and since 2015, he has been a Leader of the Group Electronic Systems. From June 2017 to February 2020, he was a Professor and the Head of the Chair for Electronics and Sensor Systems with the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany. Since March 2020, he has been with the Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, as a Professor and the Head of the Institute of High-Frequency Technology. He has authored or coauthored more than 300 publications in his areas of interest. He serves as a reviewer for several journals and conferences. His research interests are in the areas of microwave circuits and systems, radar and wireless sensing, wireless communication systems, local positioning, and six-port technology. Dr. Koelpin was the Chair of the IEEE MTT-S technical committee MTT-24, form 2018 to 2020, an Elected Member, since 2018, the Vice Chair of the IEEE MTT-S/AP German Chapter Executive Board, since 2020, a member of the Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology of U.R.S.I., from 2012 to 2017, the Conference Co-Chair of the IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, the Conference Chair for the 2020 German Microwave Conference, the Technical Program Chair for IEEE Radio and Wireless Week 2021, and the General Chair for IEEE Radio and Wireless Week 2023. He was awarded the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award in 2016 and the ITG Award of the German VDE in 2017.