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 Joshua Le-Wei Li (S'91-M'92-SM'96-F'05) was born in Nanjing, China. He received his B.Sc. degree in Physics from Xuzhou Normal University (XNU), Xuzhou, China, in 1984; M.Eng.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation (CRIRP), Xinxiang, China, in 1987; and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, in 1992, respectively.

In 1992, he was a Research Fellow with Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University, sponsored by Department of Physics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Since 1992, he has been with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore where he is currently a Professor and the Director of NUS Centre for Microwave and Radio Frequency. In 1999-2004, he was seconded with High Performance Computations on Engineered Systems (HPCES) Programme of Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) as a SMA Faculty Fellow. In May-July 2002, he was a Visiting Scientist in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA; in October 2007, an Invited Professor with University of Paris VI, France; and in January and June 2008, an Invited Visiting Professor with Institute for Transmission, Waves and Photonics at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. His current research interests include electromagnetic theory (e.g., dyadic Green's functions), computational electromagnetics (e.g., pre-corrected fast Fourier transform - P-FFT method and adaptive integral method -AIM), radio wave propagation and scattering in various media (e.g., chiral media, anisotropic media, bi-anisotropic media and metamaterials), microwave propagation and scattering in tropical environment, and analysis and design of various antennas (e.g., loop and wire antennas and microstrip antennas). In these areas, he has (co-)authored 3 books (namely, Spheroidal Wave Functions in Electromagnetic Theory (New York: Wiley, 2001); Dyadic Green's Functions in Inhomogeneous Media; and Electromagnetic Theory of Complex Media), 48 book chapters, over 300 international refereed journal papers (of which more than 150 papers were published in IEEE Transactions and Letters, and the remaining in Optics Express, Physical Review E or B, Radio Science, IEE Proceedings, and JEWA etc), 47 regional refereed journal papers, and over 330 international conference papers.
 

Dr. Li was a recipient of a few awards including 2 best paper awards from the Chinese Institute of Communications and the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the 1996 National Award of Science and Technology of China, the 2003 IEEE AP-S Best Chapter Award when he was the IEEE Singapore MTT/AP Joint Chapter Chairman, and the 2004 University Excellent Teacher Award of National University of Singapore. He has been a Fellow of IEEE since 2005 and a Fellow of The Electromagnetics Academy since 2007 (member since 1998) and was IEICE Singapore Section Chairman between 2002-2007. As a regular reviewer of many archival journals, he is an Associate Editor of Radio Science and International Journal of Antennas and Propagation; an Editorial Board Member of Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEWA), the book series Progress In Electromagnetics Research (PIER) by EMW Publishing, International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology, and Electromagnetics journal; and an Overseas Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Radio Science and Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in China (for selected papers from Chinese Universities by Springer). He was also a Guest Editor of a Special Section on ISAP 2006 of IEICE Transactions on Communications, Japan. He is an Advisory Professor at State Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environments, Beijing (2002-); a Guest Professor at both Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (2003-2010) and Southeast University, Nanjing (2004-); and an Adjunct Professor at both Zhejiang University, Hanzhou (2004-2006) and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (2006-); all in China. He also serves as a member of various International Advisory Committee and/or Technical Program Committee of many international conferences or workshops, in addition to serving as a General Chairman of ISAP2006 & IWM2009 and TPC Chairman of PIERS2003, iWAT2006 and APMC2009.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1992/11–present:		Firstly Research Scientist, then Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and now Full Professor (with a local tenure of T55 effective on April 1, 1998; and an extended local tenure of T65 effective on January 28, 2005), National University of Singapore, Singapore
2008/07–2008/11:		Visiting Guest Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich - ETHZ), Switzerland (delayed to future)
2008/01–2008/06:		Invited Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL), Switzerland
2007/10–2007/10:		Invited Professor, University of Paris VI (Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6), Paris, France
2002/05–2002/08:		Visiting Scientist, Research Lab of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
1999/04–2004 /06:		SMA Fellow & HPCES Course Coordinator, High-Performance Computations for Engineered Systems (HPCES, now known as CE), Singapore-MIT Alliance, Singapore
1992/05–1992/11:		Research Fellow, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia sponsored by La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMEN

His professional service to the IEEE Singapore MTT/AP Joint Chapter as a Chapter Chairman in 2002 and 2003 has led to "the 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Best Chapter Award" received at the 2004 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI/USNC Radio Science Meeting, in Monterey, California, USA on June 20-26, 2004. 

Present Appointments
2003-present:	Faculty Coordinator, Defence Projects [(a)-Electromagnetics and (b)-Antennas] from MinDef and/or DSTA
2003-present:	Director, NUS Centre for Microwave & Radio Frequency
2002-present:	Member, ECE Dept Ph.D. Task Force Committee
1994-present:	Advisor, Mathematica Software Technical Service, NUS Computer Centre
Previous Appointments
2005-2007:	Supervisor of ECE Dept Workshop
1995-2003:	Member, Faculty of Engineering Social Committee, Sports Activity Chair
1995-2002:	Member, Faculty of Engineering Public Relations Committee, Alumni Affairs Chair
1995-2002:	Member, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Brochure Committee
1995-2000:	Coordinator, Communications & Microwave Division Seminar Organisation
2004-2005:	Member, ECE Dept Curriculum Task Force
2005-2005:	ECE Dept CRC Area Coordinator, Microwave & RF Communications

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