Hala A. Elsadek (SM'11) graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1991, and received the Master's degree from the University of Gunma, Japan, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree through a collaboration between Cairo University and the University of California, Irvine, in 2002. Currently, she is the Microstrip Department Head and an Associate Professor at the Electronics Research Institute, Cairo. Her research interests are in the field of wireless communications, electromagnetic engineering and microstrip antenna systems. She published three books and holds two patents in wireless communications and antenna systems. She acts as a single author and as a coauthor on more than 70 research papers in highly cited international journals and in proceedings of international conferences in her field, such as the IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, etc. She participated in more than 10 research projects at the national and international levels as Egypt-NSF-USA joint fund program and the European Committee programs of FP6 and FP7 program. She is a supervisor on Master and Ph.D. theses in different universities in Egypt and abroad (Japan and USA). Dr. Elsadek was awarded the 2006 Egyptian Government Encouragement Prize for Young Scientists in Engineering Science and Technology. She is included in the Marquis Who's Who Encyclopedia in 2008–2010 as one of the worldwide scientists who demonstrate outstanding achievement in her field. She is also a reviewer for many international societies in the area of antennas and propagation.