Biography

Andreas F. Molisch received the Dipl. Ing., Ph.D., and habilitation degrees from the Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, in 1990, 1994, and 1999, respectively. He subsequently was with AT&T (Bell) LaboratoriesResearch (USA); Lund University, Lund, Sweden, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs(USA). He is now a Professor and Solomon-Golomb – Andrew-and-Erna-Viterbi Chair at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His current research interests are the measurement and modeling of mobile radio channels, multi-antenna systems, ultra-wideband communications and localization, novel modulation and multiple access systems, and wireless video distribution. He has authored, coauthored, or edited four books (among them the textbook Wireless Communications, Wiley-IEEE Press), 19 book chapters, more than 200  journal papers, some 300 conference papers, as well as more than 80 patents and 70 standards contributions. Dr. Molisch has been an Editor of a number of journals and special issues, General Chair, Tecnical Program Committee Chair, or Symposium Chair of multiple international conferences, as well as Chairman of various international standardization groups. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, Fellow of the AAAS, Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the IET, an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards, among them the Donald Fink Prize of the IEEE, and the Eric Sumner Award of the IEEE.