Dr. Alexandru TAKACS,
Dr Alexandru Takacs (M'12) was born in Simleu Silvaniei, Romania, in March 1975. He received the Engineer diploma in electronic engineering from the Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania, in 1999, and the Master degree and Ph.D. degree in microwave and optical communications from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (INPT), Toulouse, France, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Lecturer with the Military Technical Academy of Bucharest, and an Associate Researcher with the Microtechnology Institute of Bucharest. From 2008 to 2010, he occupied a Postdoctoral position with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France. During 2011, he was an R&D RF Engineer with Continental Automotive SAS France, where he was in charge of antenna design and automotive electromagnetic simulation. Since 2012, he has been an Associate Professor with the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, where he performs research within LAAS–CNRS where he leads from 2021 the Micro and Nanosystems for Wireless Communication research team. He was general co-chair of IEEE Wireless Power Week, July 2022, Bordeaux, France and TPC co-chair of European Microwave Conference, Sept'2019, Paris, France. He has authored or coauthored 5 international patents, 40 papers in refereed journals, one book, one book chapter, and over 100 communications in international symposium