Robert Weigel was born in Ebermannstadt, Germany, in 1956. He received the Dr.-Ing. and the Dr.-Ing.habil. degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from the Munich University of Technology in Germany, in 1989 and 1992, respectively.
From 1982 to 1988, he was a Research Engineer, from 1988 to 1994 a Senior Research Engineer, and from 1994 to 1996 a Professor for RF Circuits and Systems at the Munich University of Technology. In winter 1994/95 he was a Guest Professor for SAW Technology at Vienna University of Technology in Austria. From 1996 to 2002, he has been Director of the Institute for Communications and Information Engineering at the University of Linz, Austria. In August 1999, he co-founded DICE - Danube Integrated Circuit Engineering, Linz, meanwhile an Infineon Technologies Development Center which is devoted to the design of mobile radio circuits and systems. In 2000, he has been appointed a Professor for RF Engineering at the Tongji University in Shanghai, China. In 2002, he has moved to Erlangen, Germany, to overtake the Directorship of the Institute for Electronics Engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
He has been engaged in research and development on microwave theory and techniques, integrated optics, high-temperature superconductivity, SAW technology, and digital and microwave communication systems. In these fields, he has published more than 400 papers and given more than 200 international presentations. In 2002, he received the German ITG award. His review work includes European and Asian research projects and international journals.
Dr. Weigel is a Fellow of IEEE, a member of the Institute for Components and Systems of The Electromagnetics Academy, and a member of the German ITG and the Austrian ÖVE. Within IEEE MTT-S, he is a member of AdCOM, Chair of the Austrian COM/MTT Joint Chapter, Region 8 Coordinator, Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, and Vice-Chair of MTT-2 Microwave Acoustics.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing.habil. Robert Weigel
Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik
Zimmer-Nr.: 4.21
Cauerstr. 9
D-91058 Erlangen
Phone: ++43 9131 85-27200
Fax: ++43 9131 302951
Email: weigel@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
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