Electromagnetics, Microwave, Optics, Photonics, Metamaterials, Sensors and Systems

Prof. Pai-Yen Chen is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University in 2006 and 2004, respectively. He was a Research Scientist at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory (2013-2014) and a Research Staff in the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (2006-2009). He has been involved in multidisciplinary research on applied electromagnetics, RF/microwave antennas and circuits, wireless sensors and systems, smart skins, bioelectromagnetics, nanophotonics, and nanoelectronics. He has published numerous papers in high-ranked journals including Nature, Nature Electronics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Science Advances, and various IEEE transactions, 1 book, 9 book chapters, and 10 US patents. He has received several prestigious awards, including NSF CAREER Award, IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award (advanced career), IEEE Sensors Council Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award, IEEE AP-S Raj Mittra Travel Grant (RMTG) Award, IEEE Chicago Distinguished R&D Award, SPIE Rising Researcher Award, ACES Early Career Award, PIERS Young Scientist Award, URSI Young Scientist Award, IOP Emerging Leader in Measurement Science and Technology, AFRL Faculty Fellowship, UAAT International Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois Scholar, UIC Researcher of the Year, UIC College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, Donald Harrington Fellowship, United Microelectronics Corporation Scholarship, Phi Tau Phi Honorary Membership, and quite a few best paper and design awards from IEEE flagship conferences. He currently serves as Senior Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors, Topical Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal, Track Editor of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and Associate Editor of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, and Optics Express. He was a former Associate Editor of Advanced Electromagnetics, IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification and IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology. He currently serves as the chair of IEEE Chicago AP-S/MTT-S Joint Chapter. He was the founding chair of the IEEE Chicago Sensors Chapter and the ACES Board of Directors. He is an IEEE Fellow.