Sema Dumanli received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Ankara, Turkey, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K., in 2010.

She was with Toshiba Research Europe, Bristol, as a Research Engineer and a Senior Research Engineer from 2010 to 2017. She is currently an Associate Professor at Bogazici University, Istanbul. She is the founder and the director of Antennas and Propagation Research Laboratory (BOUNtenna) and Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory (AntennAlive). Her current research interests include antenna design for implantable and wearable devices, in-body sensor design, biohybrid implants, chipless RF-ID sensors and multi-scale communications.

Dr Dumanli is the recipient of Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) 2025, the IEEE APS Donald G. Dudley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award 2022, and three times recipient of "Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Engineering's Excellence in Teaching Award". She currently serves as the chair of IEEE APS/MTT/EMC/ED Turkey Joint Chapter, the vice-chair of the IEEE APS Young Professionals Committee, and the Associate Editor to IEEE AP-S Digital Communications. She is a member of the IEEE AP-S Technical Committee on Health and Medicine, IEEE AP-S COPE, and IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer Committee. Dr Dumanli also serves as a board member and the secretary of URSI Turkey and the chair of URSI Turkey Commission K.

Interest Areas:

Antenna element and array design, and Electromagnetic propagation modelling with applications to Body Area Networks, Implantable and Wearable devices, and eHealth.

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