Prof Xiaodong Chen

Xiaodong Chen
BEng, PhD, FIEEE and FIET

Professor of Microwave Engineering

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 7983
www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/chenxiaodong.html
Centre for Electronics

Research

Antennas and Arrays for Wireless Communications and navigation, Magnetrons and gyrotrons, Space-based solar power wireless transmission system, AI diagnosis and RF/EM treatment of mental disorders and tumours

Interests

Professor Chen’s research spans microwave and millimetre-wave source devices and antennas, the biological effects of electromagnetic waves, and medical applications. Over the past 30 years, he has led nearly 30 major research projects, published more than 270 journal papers and 600 conference papers, and authored four academic monographs. He has delivered keynote and invited talks internationally and has received Best Paper Awards at leading conferences. He has chaired more than 10 international conferences in antennas, bioelectromagnetics, and RF/millimetre-wave technologies, including founding the IEEE United Conference on Millimetre-Wave and THz Technologies (UCMMT) in 2008. He currently serves on the European Microwave Association (EuMA) Group 4 and represents Region 4 of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP). He also served on the Executive Committee for the EU Galileo Satellite Navigation System Forward-Looking Study (2005–2007).

Professor Chen is distinguished by his ability to translate complex theory into industrial impact, including:
• Magnetron innovation: Pioneered the use of 3D Particle-in-Cell (3D PIC) simulation for microwave magnetron design, significantly improving R&D efficiency and supporting the UK’s leadership in medical and industrial mi-crowave systems.
• Millimetre-wave & CW high-power sources: Drove innovation in rising-sun long-anode magnetrons for millimetre-wave applications and in continu-ous-wave (CW) high-power sources for fusion plasma heating and particle accelerators.
• Antenna innovation: Developed the first compact planar printed ultrawide-band (UWB) antenna, now used in healthcare body-area networks, IoT, and tracking systems.
• Satellite navigation & energy: Developed multiband circularly polarised an-tennas deployed in satellite navigation and communications; more recently, led UK government-funded Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) research on digital beamforming power transmitters and integrated rectennas.