Nick Timmons (MIEEE) holds a Ph.D. (2011) in Wireless Body Area Networks from Queen's University Belfast, an M.Sc (1994) in Satellite Engineering Design from the University of Surrey, and a B.Eng (Hons)(1989) from the University of Ulster, Jordanstown. He joined Atlantic Technological University (LyIT) in 1997 is co-founder and Director of the WiSAR Lab. Prior to that, he had 10 years industrial experience as a RF engineer including roles in research for Connaught Electronics (Valeo) developing low-power RF transceivers for the automobile industry, and as a Senior Principal RF Engineer in Siemens working on Satellite Communications RF/microwave design. His current research interests are in the areas of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), 5G and beyond, Body Area Networks (BAN), wearable antenna design, ultra-low-power communication protocols: MAC and Network/Routing protocols.