Peter H. Siegel (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the B.A. degree in astronomy from Colgate University, in 1976, the M.S. degree in physics from Columbia University, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (EE) from Columbia University in 1983. He has held appointments as a Research Fellow and Engineering Staff with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, NY, USA, from 1975 to 1983, a Staff Scientist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Central Development Labs, Charlottesville, VA, USA, from 1984 to 1986, a Technical Group Supervisor and Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Pasadena, CA, USA, from 1987 to 2014, and a Faculty Associate in electrical engineering and Senior Scientist in biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA, from 2002 to 2014. At JPL, he founded and led for 25 years, the Submillimeter Wave Advanced Technology (SWAT) Team, a group of over 20 scientists and engineers developing THz technology for NASA’s near and long-term space missions. This included delivering key components for four major satellite missions and leading more than 75 smaller research and development programs for NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense. At Caltech, he was involved in new biological and medical applications of THz, especially low-power effects on neurons and most recently millimeter-wave monitoring of blood chemistry. He was an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and the Vice-Chair and Chair of the IEEE MTTS THz Technology Committee. He is currently an elected member of the MTTS AdCom. He has more than 300 articles on THz components and technology and has given more than 250 invited talks on this subject throughout his career of 45 years in THz. His current appointments include the CEO of THz Global, a small research and development company specializing in RF bio-applications, a Senior Scientist Emeritus of biology and electrical engineering with Caltech, and a Senior Research Scientist Emeritus and a Principal Engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Siegel has been recognized with 75 NASA technology awards, ten NASA team awards, the NASA Space Act Award, three individual JPL awards for technical excellence, four JPL team awards, and the IEEE MTTS Applications Award in 2018. He is honored to continue the responsibilities in 2022, as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE JOURNAL OF MICROWAVES, which he hopes will continue to invigorate the microwave field. Among many other functions, he served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, from 2010 to 2015, and he is the Founder, in 2009, Chair through 2011, and annually elected General Secretary (since 2012), of the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), the world’s largest non-profit society devoted to THz science and technology.
