Biography
J.-C. Chiao (M’04–SM’11–F’20) received his B.S. degree in the Electrical Engineering Department, National Taiwan University in 1988, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology in 1991 and 1995, respectively. He was a Research Scientist in the Optical Networking Systems and Testbeds Group at Bell Communications Research; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Hawaii, Manoa; and Product Line Manager and Senior Technology Advisor with Chorum Technologies. Dr. Chiao was Janet and Mike Greene endowed Professor and Jenkins Garrett Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas – Arlington from 2002 to 2018.
Dr. Chiao is currently Mary and Richard Templeton Centennial Chair professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU).
Dr. Chiao has been chair of several international conferences including 2018 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC). He was the chair for the IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 10 “Biological Effect and Medical Applications of RF and Microwave”, technical program chair of 2019 IEEE International Wireless Symposium, and associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology. Dr. Chiao has published and edited numerous peer-reviewed technical journal and conference papers, book chapters, proceedings and books. He holds 16 patents in RF MEMS, MEMS optical, liquid crystal, nano-scale fabrication and wireless medical sensor technologies. His research works have been covered by media extensively including Forbes, National Geographic magazine, National Public Radio and CBS Henry Ford Innovation Nation.
Dr. Chiao was the recipient of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award; Tech Titans Technology Innovator Award; Research in Medicine award in the Heroes of Healthcare; IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator award; IEEE Region 5 Excellent Performance award; 2012-2014 IEEE MTT Distinguished Microwave Lecturer; 2017-2019 IEEE Sensors Council Distinguished Lecturer; and the 2011 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.
More information is at http://faculty.smu.edu/jcchiao/