Kamran Entesari is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, holding the Texas Instruments Engineering Professorship. His research focuses on RF/microwave/mm-wave integrated circuits, integrated RF photonics, and biochemical sensing systems. He leads projects in silicon photonics, millimeter-wave communication, and dielectric spectroscopy. Education: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005) M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic University (1999) B.S., Sharif University of Technology (1995) Research Interests: RFIC and mm-wave systems for 5G and beyond Photonic-integrated circuits for next-gen communication Biomedical sensing via microwave dielectric spectroscopy Low-power, high-linearity transceiver architectures His work bridges silicon photonics with traditional RF systems to enable high-speed, low-power solutions. Recent Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize hybrid CMOS-silicon photonics for mm-wave front-ends, full-duplex transceivers, and ultra-wideband sensing systems. Key innovations include reconfigurable photonic filters, beamforming networks, and interferometric sensors. Awards: IEEE Fellow (2025) Qualcomm Faculty Award (2017, 2018) NSF CAREER Award (2011) Outstanding Faculty Award (2012) Grants & Labs: Leads the SpecEES Initiative for energy-efficient mm-wave platforms. Collaborates with Texas Instruments on silicon photonics integration. His lab develops prototypes ranging from chip-scale sensors to phased array systems. Facility Affiliations: Based in the Wisenbaker Engineering Building (WEB 315C), part of Texas A&M's College of Engineering. Active in the Department's photonics and RFIC research clusters.










