He received his B.S. degree in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 with Summa Cum Laude and M.S.E.C.E and Ph.D degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He has published many papers in wireless and interplanetary networks and won the “2003 Best Tutorial Paper Award” from IEEE Communications Society. His past experience includes lunar image compression at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and chip design at IBM. Currently, he is a IEEE Senior Member and the President of the IEEE Monterey Bay Subsection. His current research interests are sensor networks, cyber security and interplanetary networks.