J.-C. Chiao is the Mary and Richard Templeton Centennial Chair professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology. He was a Research Scientist in the Optical Networking Systems and Testbeds Group at Bell Communications Research; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Hawaii, Manoa; and Product Line Manager and Senior Technology Advisor with Chorum Technologies. Dr. Chiao was Janet and Mike Greene endowed Professor and Jenkins Garrett Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas – Arlington from 2002 to 2018.
Dr. Chiao has been chair for several international conferences including 2018 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference and 2022 IEEE Sensors Conference. He was the chair of the IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee “Biological Effect and Medical Applications of RF and Microwave”, technical program chair of 2019 IEEE International Wireless Symposium and 2021 Wireless Power Transfer Conference. He has been an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques; the founding Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology. He is currently a Track Editor for IEEE Journal of Microwaves and Senior Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors; and with the Editorial Board of IEEE Access.
Dr. Chiao has published and edited numerous peer-reviewed technical journal and conference papers, book chapters, proceedings and books. He holds 23 awarded and 4 pending patents. His research works have been covered by media extensively including Forbes, National Geographic magazine, National Public Radio and CBS Henry Ford Innovation Nation. Dr. Chiao was the recipient of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award; Tech Titans Technology Innovator Award; Research in Medicine award in the Heroes of Healthcare; IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator award; IEEE Region 5 Excellent Performance award; 2012-2014 IEEE MTT Distinguished Microwave Lecturer; 2017-2019 IEEE Sensors Council Distinguished Lecturer; Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation Excellence in Research award, and the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas. Dr. Chiao is Fellow of IEEE, IET, SPIE and AIMBE.