Professor Christopher Saetia

Research Interests

• Low-power wireless communications, sensing, and identification
  • Backscatter communications
  • Exotic devices and circuits for low-power wireless communications
  • Integrated-sensing and communications (ISAC)
• Hardware-intrinsic identification
• Efficient spectral usage
  • Non-orthogonal multi-access implementation

Career

• Wake Forest University
  • Tenure-track assistant professor of engineering (2026-Present)

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2026)
    • PhD Dissertation: Next-generation RFID for Adaptive Modulation, Harmonic Identification, and Simultaneous Communications
  • Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2023)
    • MS Thesis: Design of a Long-Range and Retrodirective Tunneling Tag
  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (2022)

Publications:

• Google scholar profile
• IEEE Xplore profile

Awards and Recognition:

• Georgia Tech ECE Outstanding Service and Outreach Award Co-recipient (2026)
• IEEE AP-S Fellowship Recipient (2025)
• William C. Brown Fellowship Recipient (2024)

Leadership and Service:

• Co-technical program chair for IEEE RFID 2027
• Vice-chair of the IEEE Atlanta AP/MTT joint chapter (2024-2026)
• Workshop chair for IEEE RFID 2026
• Publicity chair for IEEE Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence 2025
• Patrons chair for IEEE RFID-TA 2024