Khalid A. Qaraqe (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Bethlehem. He received the B.S. (Hons.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology, Bagdad, Iraq, in 1986, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station, College Station, TX, USA, in 1997. From 1989 to 2004, he has held a variety positions in many companies and he has over 12 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. He has worked on numerous projects and has experience in product development, design, deployments, testing, and integration. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, in July 2004, where he is currently a Professor and the Managing Director with the Center for Remote Healthcare Technology. He has published more than 131 journal papers in top IEEE journals and presented 250 papers at prestigious international conferences. He has 20 book chapters published, four books, three patents, and presented several tutorials and talks. His research interests include communication theory and its application to design and performance, analysis of cellular systems and indoor communication systems. Particular interests are in mobile networks, broadband wireless access, cooperative networks, cognitive radio, diversity techniques, index modulation, visible light communication, FSO, tele-health, and noninvasive bio sensors. He has been awarded more than 20 research projects consisting of more than USD 13M from local industries, Qatar, and the Qatar National Research Foundation. He received the Itochu Professorship Award from 2013 to 2015, the Best Researcher Award from QNRF 2013, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE First Workshop on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy in 2015, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Globecom 2014, the Best Poster Award IEEE Dyspan Conference in 2012, the TAMUQ Research Excellence Award in 2010, the Best Paper Award from ComNet in 2010, the Best Paper Award from CROWNCOM in 2009, the Best Paper Award from the ICSPC’0 in 2007, the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Column Award in 2018, the Best Oral Presentation Award from CECNet 2018, the Best Paper Award, Green Communications, Computing, and Technologies Conference in 2016, the Faculty of the Year (Student Award) in 2016 and 2015, and the Best Faculty Award by the Student Body in 2015.