Education

Ph.D. Communications Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain (2007)

MA Economics and Business administration, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (2005)

M.Sc. Mobile Communications, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (2004)

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan (2002)

Short Biography

Dr. Nizar Zorba received the Ph.D. degree in signal processing for communications from UPC Barcelona, Spain, in 2007, the M.Sc. Degree in data communications and the M.B.A. degree from the University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. He finished his high school at IES Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain. He was born in Nablus, Palestine.

He is currently a Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. He has authored six international patents, two books, contributed to seven book chapters, and co-authored over 160 papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.

He is associate EiC of the IEEE Communications Magazine, an Area Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. He is also an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer 2024-2025. Dr. Zorba is a Former Chair of the IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee on Communications Systems Integration and Modelling.