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We are delighted to announce that Professor Kamran Ghorbani has been elected as President-Elect of IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) for 2027 at the AdCom election held in Dublin, Ireland, on October 11, 2026. He will serve as President in 2028.
Kamran Ghorbani received the B.Eng (Hons.) and PhD degrees from RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in 1994 and 2001, respectively. From November 1994 to 1996, he was a graduate RF Engineer at AWA Defence Industries, working on early-warning radar systems. In June 1996, he joined RMIT University to pursue his PhD studies. From December 1999 to March 2001, he was a senior RF Engineer with Tele-IP working on VHF transceivers for commercial aircraft. He joined the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering (now the School of Engineering) at RMIT University in 2001 as a continuing Academic.
Prof. Ghorbani is currently the research leader of the RF and Antennas group at RMIT University. He is responsible for strategic planning and managing the research group. His research interests include multifunctional microwave structures, microwave sensors, radar systems, metasurfaces, and phased array antennas. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has contributed to the following IEEE and other associations’ activities:
* IEEE MTT-S Treasurer, 2023-2026
* IEEE MTT-S MGA Committee Chair, 2018-2019
* IEEE MTT-S MGA, TCC, and M&S Vice-Chair, 2017-2019
* Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2015-2019
* General Chair, Asia Pacific Microwave Conference APMC2011 (MTT-S hosted).
* Technical Program Committee Chair, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, IMaRC2014.
* Technical Program Committee Chair, Asia Pacific Microwave Conference APMC2016 (MTT-S hosted).
* Member of Technical Program Committee, IMS, 2016-2023.
* Chair, 1st Australian Microwave Symposium AMS2014 (MTT-S Australian Chapters hosted).
* Chapter Chair, IEEE-MTT-S Victoria (Australia), 2006-2014.
* Associate Editor, IET Microwave, Antennas and Propagation, 2014-2018
* Member of International Steering Committee, Asia Pacific Microwave Conference APMC, 2007-present.
* Member of Technical Program Committee, European Microwave Conference