Laila Salman

Dr. Laila Salman received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics and communication engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, in 2003 and 2005, respectively, and the PhD. degree in electromagnetic and antenna design from the University of Mississippi, USA in 2009. She also worked as a post-doctoral student at the Université de Quebec en Outaouais, Canada till 2010. Her research was on dielectric resonator antennas, wearable antennas, microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and systems, microwave imaging for early detection of breast cancer and scattering from left-handed metamaterials.

Dr. Salman joined Ansys Canada Ltd. (part of Synopsys Inc.) in August 2010 as a Principal Application Engineer for High Frequency Electromagnetics. She has close to 50 academic and industrial publications on various applications and won the outstanding paper award at EDI CON 2018. Her current expertise is mainly in high frequency RF microwave applications, antenna design, 5/6G & millimeter wave applications, Automotive Radar, and IoT Applications. As part of the Ansys Women in Technology Leadership team, Dr. Salman has been hosting and participating in many workshops, panel discussions and events targeting EDI&B & women empowerment in workspace. Dr. Salman has been recognized as the “Ansys Engineer of the Year” for the year of 2024 and the “Ansys Canada Engineer of the Year” for the year of 2025.