Sam Agneessens was born in Belgium in 1986 and received the M.S. and PhD
degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ghent, Ghent,
Belgium, in 2011 and 2015.
He is currently a postdoctoral fellow of Research Foundation-Flanders
(FWO-V), and is affiliated with the electromagnetic group of the department
of Information technology (INTEC) and the Centre for Microsystems (CMST) of
the department of Electronics and Information System (ELIS) at Ghent
University. His research focuses on antennas for wearable applications,
active antennas, and integrated mm-wave antennas for space applications and
5G systems.
Sam Agneessens received the URSI Young Scientist Award at the 2014 URSI
General Assembly and was awarded the 2014 Premium Award for Best Paper in
IET Electronics Letters, and is received an honorable mention in the Student
Paper competition at the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and
Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting.