Sensen Li

Sensen Li received the B.Eng. (Hons.) and B.A. from Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the UT-Austin Circuits and Electromagnetics (UT-ACE) Lab. Previously, he was with Samsung Research America, developing 6G wireless communication systems. His research focuses on developing analog, RF, and millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems for wireless communication and sensing applications, as well as AI-enabled RFIC design automation.

Dr. Li serves on the Technical Program Committees (TPC) of the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), and the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, and is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (T-MTT). His research group received IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2025 Jack Kilby Award, IEEE IMS Best Paper Finalist in 2025, IEEE RFIC Symposium Industry Paper Award Finalist in 2023, and Texas Wireless Symposium Student Research Competition Award (First and Second Place) in 2025. He was a recipient of the IEEE Microwave Prize in 2025, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship in 2019, the Best Paper Award at the IEEE RFIC in 2018, the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Doctoral Research Grant in 2018, and the Analog Devices, Inc. Outstanding Student Designer Award in 2018. He was also a co-recipient of multiple best paper awards, including the IEEE RFIC Best Student Paper Award in 2021, the IEEE IMS Best Student Paper Award in 2021, IEEE IMS Advanced Practice Paper Competition Winner in 2021, the IEEE CICC Best Paper Award in 2019, and IEEE RFIC Best Student Paper Award Finalist in 2021 and 2022.