Omar ELMAZRIA received his Ph.D. degree in electronics from MetzUniversity, France, in 1996 and he joined the University of Nancy I as associate Professor of electronic and communication systems in 1997 and as a full Professor in 2003. He was the Head of the Micro and Nanosystems Group within the Institut Jean Lamour. His current research focuses on layered structures based on surface acoustic waves (SAW) devices for communication systems and sensing applications. He has co-authored more than150 papers in refereed international journals and in proceedings of international conferences. In 2017, he received the medal of URSI-France (International Union of Radio Science).