Zsolt M. Kovacs Vajna was born in Budapest (Hungary) in 1963. He received the D.Eng. degree with honors from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in "Electronics Engineering and Computer Sciences" from the same University in 1994. From 1989 to 1998 he was with the Department of Electronics Engineering (DEIS) in Bologna, where he was Assistant Professor and Research Associate in Electronics. In 1998 he joined the Department of Electronics Engineering (DEA) of the University of Brescia, Italy. He is currently Full Professor of Electronics and teaches the courses of "Microelectronics" and "Electronics Circuit Design". His research activities include circuit simulation techniques, electromagnetic interference analysis in integrated circuits, several aspects of pattern recognition and integrated voltage converters based on capacitors or on inductors. Currently he is involved in integrated circuit design for innovative applications and technologies, as, for example, integrated UWB radars for civil applications. He is also engaged in the perceived color prediction of pigments and of layers of colored films. He is Senior Member of the IEEE.
