IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador Program
2026 IEEE AP-S YP Ambassadors
Objective of IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador Program is to inspire and inform AP-S Young Professionals (YP) on a variety of topics both technical and non-technical to enhance their interest and engagement in the field of Antennas and Propagation by delivering the talks at various chapters/sections "on-demand" virtually. IEEE AP-S Chapters can reach out to the Ambassadors to schedule their talks.
IEEE AP-S YP Sub-committee chaired by Qammer Abbasi and the members, Asimina Kiourti, Debdeep Sarkar, Nacer Chahat and Khaled Obeidat selected the following 12 IEEE AP-S YP Ambassadors (class of 2025) based on the qualification criteria. They are sorted according to their last names as below:
David O. Rodriguez-Duarte
Assistant Professor
Wavision Research Group, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Talk 1: Near-Field Microwave Imaging and Sensing for Medical Applications: Challenges and Opportunities.
Talk 2: Living Antenna Systems: Toward Bio-Integrated Electromagnetic Entities
Apala Banerjee
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE, IMPACT LAB)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Talk 1: Advances in Microwave Bio sensing: From High-Sensitivity Planar RF Sensors to Highly Specific Biomarker Detection for Sepsis and Metabolic Monitoring
Talk 2: Next-Generation Planar RF Sensors: Ultra-Sensitive and Highly Selective Microwave Platforms for Biomedical, Industrial, and Humanitarian Applications
Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz
Research Fellow
IMEC-Ghent University
Department of Information Technology, IDLab/EM Group
Ghent, Belgium
Talk 1: Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology: Unlocking New Antenna Opportunities from Microwave to Terahertz
Talk 2: From Chip to System: A Holistic Approach to 2D Scalable Low-Loss D-Band Active Phased Array Realization
Kentaro Murata
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, Japan
Talk 1: Dilemmas in Microwave Wireless Power Transfer and Solutions Empowered by Multi-Antenna Technologies
Talk 2: LiePH: Life-emulating Intelligent Electromagnetic Phantom
Mohammed Farouk Nakmouche
Senior Microwave and Antenna R&D Engineer
Huawei Technologies Canada Research Center, Ottawa, Canada
Talk 1: The Rise of AI-Based Surrogate Modeling and Optimization: Unlocking Next-Generation Antenna and Microwave Components
Talk 2: Designing Gap Waveguide Based Components with AI: From Concept to High-Performance Prototypes
Anikó Német
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Department of Physics, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
Talk: Frequency Selective Surface (FSS)‑based Antenna Sensing
Arup Ray
Senior Lead Engineer
Wireless Research and Development Technologies— Radio Frequency and Analog
Qualcomm India Private Limited, Bangalore, India
Talk 1: Tiny Antennas, Big Impact: Challenges and Innovations in On-Chip Antenna Design
Talk 2: Wireless Power, Seamless Design: Energy Harvesting Antennas --- the Future of Self-Sustaining Devices
Hadi Mousavi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Queensland, Australia
Talk: Electromagnetic Torso Imaging for Clinical Diagnosis and Monitoring: Challenges and Future Directions
Shu-Lin Chen
Lecturer
Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC)
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Talk 1: Advanced Analogue Multibeam Forming Antennas for Green Wireless
Talk 2: Enabling Large-Angle Beam Steering for Next-Generation Wireless Systems
Hadeel Elayan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Talk 1: Beyond Gaussian Beams: Structured Electromagnetic Fields for Targeted Intra-Body Propagation
Talk 2: Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band: Interfacing Biological Systems Across Scales
Qammer H. Abbasi, SMIEEE, FRSA, FRET, FRAE (Industry), FEAI
Chair, IEEE AP-S Young Professional Ambassador Program Sub-Committee
University of Glasgow, UK