ZAHARIS D. Zaharias (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in physics, the M.Sc. degree in electronics, the Ph.D. degree in antennas and propagation modeling for mobile communications, and the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1987, 1994, 2000, and 2011, respectively. From 2002 to 2013, he was with the Administration of the Telecommunications Network, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2013, he has been with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has participated in several national and European projects. He is the principal investigator of the Horizon 2020 projects MOTOR5G and RECOMBINE, and also the coordinator of the Horizon Europe projects 6G-ICARUS and ISAC-NEWTON. He is the author of 91 scientific journal articles, 119 international conference papers, one national patent, five book chapters, and one textbook. His current research interests include design and optimization of antennas and microwave circuits, signal processing on smart antennas, development of evolutionary optimization algorithms, and neural networks. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. He is Chair of the Electron Devices/Microwave Theory and Techniques/Antennas and Propagation Joint Chapter of the IEEE Greece Section. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE ACCESS.