Foez Ahmed received the B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in Information and Communication Engineering from the University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the M.Eng. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China, in 2013. He is currently a research fellow with the School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, NSW, Australia. From 2012 to 2014, he was a lecturer with the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, RU, where he has been an assistant professor since 2014 (now on study leave). He was also a lecturer at the Northern University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2008 to 2011, and King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, from 2009 to 2011.

Mr. Ahmed was a recipient of several prestigious scholarships and awards, including the Commonwealth-funded International Research Training Program (iRTP) Scholarship, the International Research Scholarship (IRS), the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Scholarship, the Chinese Government Scholarship, the Gold Medal from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, the District Council Scholarship, the Excellence Award, the Academic Achievement Award, the Excellence Award for the Best Thesis Defence in the Master of Engineering studies; the First Place Award in the Research Showcase – a school-wide HDR research competition organised by the School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; the First Prize Winner for the Bushfire Grand Challenge Masterclass from CSIRO Australia’s National Science Agency, and the Finalist for the Oral paper presentation competitions at IEEE 5th Australian Microwave Symposium, Australia, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation, Australia, and Faculty of Engineering and IT Research Competition, UTS. On top of that, he also received faculty-wide highly competitive research grants and travel funds, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Fund, the Faculty Conference Fund, the Post Thesis Scholarship, the School Travel Fund, from UTS and the Postgraduate Research Fund from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.