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Antti V. Räisänen is Professor Emeritus at Aalto University, where he served as a Professor of Radio Engineering from 1987 until his retirement in 2018. He received his Doctor of Science (Tech.) in electrical engineering from Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) in 1981. During his career, Prof. Räisänen supervised 56 doctoral students and authored or co-authored over 500 scientific papers and seven books, including Radio Engineering for Wireless Communication and Sensor Applications (Artech House 2003) and Semiconductor Terahertz Technology: Devices and Systems at Room Temperature Operation (Wiley 2015).

He was a visiting Scientist and Professor with the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory and the University of Massachusetts, University of California, Berkeley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Paris Observatory and University of Paris, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

A Fellow of IEEE and Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including two Decorations from the President of Finland: Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2001) and Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2017), and an Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

In addition to his academic contributions, Prof. Räisänen is a dedicated marathon runner with 185 marathons completed, including winning a silver medal in the Finnish Veterans’ National Championship Marathon in 2020.