Dirk Plettemeier (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany. Since 2011, he has been a Full Professor with the Chair of Radio Frequency and Photonics Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. He has been involved in several international scientific activities, as a Co-Investigator for ESA and NASA Space Missions, such as Cassini-Huygens, Rosetta and ExoMars, mainly focusing on subsurface imaging. He is currently with the Centre for Tactile, Human-in-the-Loop and 6G-Life Research Hub, where he is involved in electronics for next generation sensor and communications systems. His research interests include millimeter-wave and terahertz systems, antennas and chip-integrated applications, microwave photonics, wave propagation, remote sensing, and imaging solutions for radar applications.