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Professor Yang Hao of Queen Mary University of London has been awarded the IEEE John Kraus Antenna Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of antennas and propagation.

Professor Hao led world-class research on "body-centric wireless communications," which refers to networking between wearable and implantable wireless sensors on the human body. His pioneering work in this area began in 2003, focusing on characterizing and understanding the human body as a communication medium.

He demonstrated that radio propagation on the human body's surface is subject to significant path loss and time variations (dispersion), requiring the use of surface and creeping waves for reliable communication between body sensors. Professor Hao further developed the theory for modeling these waves and designed antennas specifically for on-body communications.

The John Kraus Antenna Award is one of the highest honors in the field of antenna research. Professor Hao's receipt of this award is a testament to his exceptional achievements and his lasting impact on the development of antenna technology.

More on the award here.