Jan Steckel received the degree in electronic engineering from University College “Karel de Grote,” Hoboken, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree from the Active Perception Laboratory, University of Antwerp, in 2012. His Ph.D. dissertation titled “Array Processing for In-Air Sonar Systems -Drawing Inspirations From Biology.” During this period, he has developed state-of-the art sonar sensors, both biomimetic and sensor-array based. During his postdoctoral period, he was an Active Member of the Centre for Care Technology, University of Antwerp, where he was in charge of various healthcare-related projects concerning novel sensor technologies. Furthermore, he pursued industrial exploitation of the patented 3-D array sonar sensors, which was developed in collaboration during the Ph.D. study. In 2015, he became a Research Professor with the Co-Design of Sensors and Systems Laboratory (Cosys-Lab), University of Antwerp, where he carry out research on sensors, sensor arrays, and signal processing algorithms using an embedded and constrained systems approach. He is also a member of Flanders Make, the network for innovation in the manufacturing industry in Belgium.