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Editorial Board

Hany Elgala

Editor-in-Chief

Affiliation:
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University at Albany
Albany, New York
USA

Biography:
Dr. Hany Elgala is an Associate Professor at the University at Albany - SUNY. He received the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Experienced Research Fellow at TU-Berlin. Dr. Elgala served as Editor for the IEEE (TCOM, Access, and TCCN), Editor at Frontiers (Optical Communications and Networks), and a Chair at Optica SPPCOM Advanced Photonics Congress.

Interests:
Visible light communications (VLC) technology and LiFi networks, coexistence in wireless heterogeneous networks (HetNets), localization, Internet-of-Things (IoT) security, backscatter communication, artificial intelligence in wireless communications.
Mohammed Elamassie

Regional Editor

Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ozyegin University
Istanbul 
Turkey

Region:
Middle East

Interests:
Visible Light Communications, Optical Turbulence, Underwater Acoustic Communication, Diversity techniques for fading channels, Performance analysis over fading channels and time-varying channels, Channel estimation and equalization, Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communications, HAPS/UAV-Based Optical Wireless Communication, Attenuation Models for Visible and Infrared Wavelengths, Optical Turbulence

Affiliation:
School of Engineering 
Ulster University
Belfast 
United Kingdom

Region:
Europe

Interests:
Optical Communication, Radio over Fiber, O-RAN, Fibre Wireless Communication, Machine Learning for Optical Communication, Optical Sensing, RAN
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computing Engineering 
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales
Manizales
Colombia

Region:
South America 

Interests:
Telecommunications, Optical fiber, digital signal processing.

Michael B. Rahaim

Section Editor

Affiliation:
Department of Engineering 
College of Science and Mathematics
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston
United States

Section Title:
Sensors/Hybrid/non-conventional networks

Interests:
Cooperative heterogeneous wireless communication systems, dynamic / adaptive networks, and software defined radio (SDR).
Tianwai Bo

Section Editor

Affiliation:
School of Optics and Photonics 
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing
China

Section Title:
Fiber and Free-Space Networks 

Interests:
Fiber-optic communication system and network. digital signal processing for optical communication systems, free-space optical communication and network,  datacenter interconnect, subsystem for transmission, microwave photonics, and optical signal processing.
Vuong Mai

Section Editor

Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies
University of Bradford
Bradford
United Kingdom 

Section Title:
Aerial and Space Networks 

Interests:
Optical wireless, free-space optics, B5G/6G, aerial communications, and space communications.
Faissal El Bouanani

Editorial Board Member

Affiliation:
Ensias College of Engineering 
Mohammed V University in Rabat
Rabat
Morocco

Interests:
Performance analysis, Optical wireless Communication, Channel coding, Cryptography, PHY Layer Security.

Hanaa Abumarshoud

Editorial Board Member

Affiliation:
James Watt School of Engineering 
University of Glasgow
Scotland
UK

Interests:
LiFi and visible light communications, Intelligent communications, Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, Physical layer security.