Nader Behdad received the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 2006. Currently he is the McFarland-Bascom Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Behdad's research expertise is in the area of applied electromagnetics with particular focus on electrically small antennas, phased-array antennas, bio-electromagnetics, microwave periodic structures, and high-power microwaves. He has 21 issued or pending U.S. patents in these areas. Over the years, Dr. Behdad's research has been sponsored by various U.S. Federal agencies including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, National Science Foundation, Defense Health Agency, and the National Institute of Health.