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 Communications 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 the UMTS cellular technology. 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. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at AUB in September 2004 where he is currently an Associate Professor.

Dr. Dawy is recipient of the IEEE Communications Society 2011 Outstanding Young Researcher Award in Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region, 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, Founding Member of the IEEE Communications Society Lebanon Chapter, Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Lebanon Chapter between 2009 and 2012, Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Executive Editor for Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT), and a member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers. He has co-authored a book on resource allocation in OFDMA wireless systems published by Wiley Press - IEEE Series on Digital and Mobile Communication. Moreover, he has over 100 research publications in the general areas of wireless communications and computational biology. He acted as a Co-Principal Investigator for a TEMPUS Grant from the European Commission during 2004-2008. He is currently the Lead Principal Investigator for three international research projects funded by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). Moreover, he is a Principal Investigator for a regional research project funded by Ericsson.

Research interests: My research and teaching interests include distributed and cooperative communications, cellular technologies (WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IMT-Advanced), radio network planning and optimization, radio resource management, context-aware mobile computing, mobile solutions for smart cities, computational genomics, and bioinformatics.

Students: There are opportunities for motivated masters and PhD students who are interested in research work in the above areas of interest. For more details, please contact me.