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Professor
University of Adelaide (Australia)
Withawat Withayachumnankul earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electronic engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He later obtained a doctoratedegree in electrical engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in 2010. Following the completion of his doctoral study, Dr. Withayachumnankul was honoured with a prestigious 3-year Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2010. In 2015, he further expanded his global research experience as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Dr. Withawat Withayachumnankul serves as Professor at Adelaide University and is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow. He is the Founding Leader of the Terahertz Engineering Laboratory, where he currently mentors around 12 PhD students and 3 postdoctoral researchers. Since 2017, he has also been a Visiting Researcher at Osaka University. Demonstrating strong service to the academic community, Dr. Withayachumnankul served on the ARC College of Experts from 2023 to 2025. He also holds the position of Track Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. His scholarly output includes more than 140 journal publications. In recent years, he has led four ARC Discovery Projects. His research spans terahertz integration, metasurfaces, antennas, radar, communications, and non-destructive evaluation. Among his recognitions, he received the IRMMW‑THz Society Young Scientist Award in 2020 and the National Measurement Institute (NMI) Barry Inglis Medal in 2024. He is an IEEE Fellow (Class of 2026) as well as an Optica Fellow (Class of 2024).