Rolf Jakoby

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Jakoby is a Full Professor and head of the Microwave Engineering Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt since 1997. Previously, he worked as a Researcher and Project Leader at the Research Center of Deutsche Telekom (1991–1996) and as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Microwave Engineering, University of Siegen (1985–1990).

His research focuses on tunable microwave components for satellite and 5G/6G communications, including beamsteering antennas, polarization tuners, and adaptive filters. He also explores microwave liquid crystal technology, ferroelectric devices, chipless RFID sensors for environmental monitoring, and biomedical sensors for theranostics applications.

No specific scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided information. His work is centered at the Microwave Engineering Lab, though no lab team details are given.