Marek E Bialkowski (IEEE Fellow*) was born in Sochaczew (**), Poland. He received the M.Eng.Sc degree (1974) in applied mathematics and the Ph.D. degree (1979) in electrical engineering (telecommunications) both from the Warsaw University of Technology and the Doctor of Engineering (higher doctorate) degree (2000) in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Queensland.

In 1977 he joined the Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, as a Teaching Assistant and in 1979 became an Assistant Professor there. In 1981, he was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by the Irish Department of Education and spent one year at the University College Dublin carrying out research in the area of an analysis and optimisation of microwave circuits. In 1982, he won a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, where he worked on electromagnetic models of waveguide mounts for Gunn and Impatt diode oscillators and amplifiers. In 1984, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, as a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer in the field of communications. In 1988, he was a Visiting Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, U.K. In 1989, he joined the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. In 1994, he held an appointment as a Visiting Professor in the University of Victoria, Canada. In 1998-99, he held an appointment as a Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2001, he was a Visiting Professor with the City University of Hong Kong.  In 2003, he was a Visiting Professor with the National University of Singapore and with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He holds a tenured Professor appointment in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland. 

His research interests include industrial and medical applications of microwaves, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for wireless communications, phased array antennas for mobile cellular and satellite communications, low profile antennas for reception of satellite broadcast TV programs, electromagnetic modelling of waveguiding and radiating structures, and conventional and space-level power combiners for solid-state oscillators and amplifiers.

His work in these areas led to the development of theories and working prototypes of single and dual six-port network analysers, microwave liquid level gauging systems, full EM and approximate scattering models for MIMO systems, working prototypes of wideband smart antennas, phased and switched beam array antennas for Mobilesat, radial line slot array antennas for receiving DBS TV programs, reflection and transmission type space-level power combiners.

The results of his work appear in over 550 refereed technical papers, several book chapters, one book, one patent, and several research reports. Majority of his publications are accessible via international biographical databases such as INSPEC, IEEE Xplore, ISI Web of Science, Wiley Interscience, and freepatentsonline. There, one can also find an extensive record of citations of his works.

He was a co-recipient of the Best Paper in Mathematical Methods in Electrical Engineering awarded by the Polish Association of Theoretical and Applied Electrotechniques (PTETiS) in 1976. Also he was awarded the 2000 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Honorable Mention for a paper published in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION in 1999. Also he was a co-recipient of best paper/presentation awards at various international conferences.

In 2002, he was elected an IEEE Fellow with the following citation: for contributions to the modeling, design, and testing of microwave guiding and radiating structures.

He has acted as a reviewer to many international journals and conferences and is a member of editorial boards for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, and the International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology. He has been a member of advisory committees to many international conferences including Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Progress in Electromagnetic Research (PIERS), International Wireless Communications Symposium (IWTS), International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology, and many more.  Also he has been a member of TPC to many international conferences including International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Phased Array Systems and Technology, Vehicular Technology (VT-C), International Communications (ICC). 

In 2002-2003, he was a Chair of the IEEE Joint Chapter of Microwave Theory and Techniques/Antennas and Propagation Societies in Queensland.   

His name appears in a number of international biographical references including Marquis Who’s Who in the World (USA), Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (USA), International Biographical Dictionary (UK) and Polonia 2000 (France).

More information about the current research activities of Professor Bialkowski can be found under the University of Queensland website UQ reSEARCHers: 

http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/bialkowskime.html 

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Here you can find a bit of history concerning the Bialkowski family.

Sochaczew is a city of about 700-year history and is located 55 km from Warsaw: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochaczew 

5km from Sochaczew is located Zelazowa Wola - the birth place of Frederic Chopin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Żelazowa_Wola