I am an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago. From 2009 to 2015, I was a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University Northwest. From 2006 to 2009, I was a Lecturer/Postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. From 1999 to 2002, I was a Research Engineer in the Technology Evolution and Standards group of Microcell, Inc (now ROGERS Wireless), Montreal, surveying and studying radio-communication technology evolution. I also took part in major wireless normalization committees (3GPP, T1P1). In 1998 and 2006 I obtained a M.Sc. and Ph. D. from The University of Quebec (INRS-EMT), Montreal, Canada. Previously, I received the Diplome d'Ingenieur degree in telecommunications from The Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunisia. My research focuses in the area of Wireless Communication.

I currently serve as Area Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTION ON GREEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS and IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY. Previously I served as Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, an Associate Editor for the IEEE COMMUNICATION LETTERS, and a Guest Lead Editor for special issues of the IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS.