Dr. Alexandru TAKACS
Dr. Alexandru TAKACS (M'12) was born in Simleu Silvaniei, Romania, in March 1975. He received the Engineer diploma in electronic engineering from the Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania, in 1999, and the Master degree and Ph.D. degree in microwave and optical communications from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (INPT), Toulouse, France, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Lecturer with the Military Technical Academy of Bucharest, and an Associate Researcher with the Microtechnology Institute of Bucharest. From 2008 to 2010, he occupied a Postdoctoral position with the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France. During 2011, he was an R&D RF Engineer with Continental Automotive SAS France, where he was in charge of antenna design and automotive electromagnetic simulation. Since 2012, he has been an Associate Professor with the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, where he performs research within LAAS–CNRS. He has authored or coauthored 5 international patents, 30 papers in refereed journals, one book, one book chapter, and over 90 communications in international symposium proceedings. His research interests include the design of microwave and RF circuits, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer, small antenna design, electromagnetic simulation techniques, and optimization methods.