Dr. Werner Wiesbeck is a Professor and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Werner Wiesbeck (SM 87, F 94) received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.S.E.E.) and the Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.E.E.) degrees from the Technical University Munich in 1969 and 1972, respectively. From 1972 to 1983 he was with product responsibility for mm-wave radars, receivers, direction finders and electronic warfare systems in industry. From 1983 to 2007 he was the Director of the Institut fur Hochstfrequenztechnik und Elektronik (IHE), University of Karlsruhe (TH) and he is now Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Research topics include antennas, wave propagation, Radar, remote sensing, wireless communication and Ultra Wideband. He is author and co-author of several books and of more than 900 publications, supervisor of more than 90 PhDs, and responsible supervisor of over 600 Diploma/Master theses and he holds over 60 patents. He was Chairman of the GRS-S Awards committee 1993-2017, Vice President IEEE GRS-S (1998-1999), President IEEE GRS-S (2000-2001). He has been General Chairman of several conferences. He received a number of awards, lately the IEEE Millennium Award, the IEEE GRS Distinguished Achievement Award, the Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.) from the University Budapest Hungary, the Honorary Doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) from the University Duisburg/D, the Honorary Doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) from the Technische Universitat Ilmenau/D and the IEEE Electromagnetics Award 2008. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, an Honorary Life Member of IEEE GRS-S, a Member of the Heidelberger Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a Member of the German Academy of Engineering and Technology (acatech).