Zaher Dawy received the B.E. degree in Computer and Communications Engineering with high distinction from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1998. He received his M.Sc. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in Electrical Engineering with excellent distinction from Munich University of Technology (TUM) in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Between 1999 and 2000, he worked as a part-time Communications Engineer at Siemens AG research labs in Munich focusing on the development of enhancement techniques for UMTS. At TUM, between 2000 and 2003 he managed and developed a research project with Siemens AG where he designed advanced multiuser receiver structures for UMTS base stations. Since September 2004, he is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Dawy is the recipient of AUB 2008 teaching excellence award, best graduate award from TUM in 2000, youth and knowledge Siemens scholarship for distinguished students in 1999, and distinguished graduate medal of excellence from Harriri foundation in 1998. He is a senior member of the IEEE, Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Lebanon Chapter, and a member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers.

Research interests: My research interests are in the general areas of computational biology, information theory, and wireless communication networks with particular emphasis on the following topics: genomic coding theory, gene expression modeling, genetic mapping, gene network estimation, protein-protein interaction inference, distributed and cooperative communications, cellular technologies (WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, WiMAX), radio network planning and optimization, and multimedia transmission over communication networks.

Students: I am always looking for motivated students who are interested in research work in the above areas of interest. For open research topics click here and for graduate application information click here.