Biography
Olga Borić –Lubecke (S’90–M’90–SM’0-F’15) received the B.Sc. degree from the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1989, the M.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1995, all in electrical engineering.
She is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Prior to joining UH, she was with Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Sendai, Japan, and NASA JPL, where she conducted research in RFIC technology and biomedical applications of wireless systems. She has authored over 250 journal and conference publications, two books, and several book chapters, and co-founded two start-up companies. She holds three patents, and her research has been featured by various media outlets. Prof. Borić-Lubecke is a Fulbright Scholar, an IEEE Fellow, a Foreign Member of the Academy of Engineering of Serbia, and a Distinguished Member of the National Academy of Inventors. She was the adviser and author of several award-winning IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB-S) student papers. She has served as the Workshop Chair for the 2003 IEEE IMS, the Technical Program Vice-Chair for the 2007 IEEE IMS, the Technical Program Co-Chair for the 2017 IEEE IMS, and a 2018 IEEE IMS Technical Program Advisor. She has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters and the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
Olga is currently a member of TC-23 and TC-28. Her Adcom roles are BPC Co-Chair and TCFDC Co-Chair. She is also in the IMS RFSA leadership rotation, namely the TPC co-chair for 2027, the TPC chair in 2028, and the General Chair in 2029. In 2026, she is serving as the IMS RFSA Dialog Co-Chair and IMAS TPC Advisor, and she served as the IMAS TPC Co-chair in 2025.
Prof. Borić –Lubecke is an IEEE Fellow and Foreign Member of the Academy of Engineering of Serbia.