Leo P LigthartProf. Dr. ir. Leo P. Ligthart was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on September 15, 1946. He received an Engineer's degree (cum laude) and a Doctor of Technology degree from Delft University of Technology. He is Fellow of IET and IEEE and Academican of the Russian Academy of Transport. He received Honorary Doctorates at MSTUCA in Moscow, Tomsk State University, and MTA Romania. Since 1988, he held a chair on Microwave transmission, remote sensing, radar and positioning and navigation at Delft University of Technology. He supervised over 50 Ph.Ds. He founded the International Research Centre for Telecommunications and Radar (IRCTR) at Delft University. He is a founding member of the EuMA, chaired the first EuMW in 1998, and initiated the EuRAD conference in 2004. Currently, he is emeritus professor of Delft University, guest professor at Universities in Indonesia and China, Chairman of CONASENSE, Member BoG of IEEE-AESS. His areas of specialization include antennas and propagation, radar and remote sensing, satellite, mobile, and radio communications. He gives various courses on radar, remote sensing, and antennas. He has published over 600 papers, various book chapters, 4 Patents and 6 books. Read More Read Less