Momin Uppal is a tenured associate professor of electrical engineering at Lahore University of Management Sciences. He received his PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2010 and 2006, respectively. Earlier, he received his BS in Electronic Engineering with highest distinction from GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences, Pakistan in 2002. At LUMS, he serves as the director of the Advanced Communications (AdCom) Lab and the Smart Data Systems and Applications (SDSA) Lab. He has published over 50 papers in leading IEEE Journals and Conferences, and has two US patents to his name. During his time at LUMS, he has secured research funding from national and international agencies including Ignite (formerly National ICT R&D Fund), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, National Instruments, and United Kingdom’s Grand Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). His research interests lie in prototyping of novel communication strategies using software defined radios (SDRs), non-orthogonal multiple access, machine learning for wireless communications, back-scatter communications, and environmental sensing using radio signals.

Momin is living his dream of a rewarding career in academia in his home country, continuing cutting edge research, and at the same time striving to impart quality education to his students.