Biography of Dr. Yuguang "Michael" Fang 

Dr. Fang received the BS/MS degree in Mathematics from Qufu Normal 
University, Qufu, Shandong, China in 1987, a Ph.D 
degree in Systems and Control Engineering from Department of Systems, 
Control and Industrial Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, 
Cleveland, Ohio, in January 1994, and a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering 
from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University, 
Massachusetts, in May 1997. 

From 1987 to 1988, he held research and teaching position in both Department 
of Mathematics and the Institute of Automation at Qufu Normal University. From 
September 1989 to December 1993, he was a teaching/research assistant in 
Department of Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering at Case Western 
Reserve University, where he held a research associate position from January 
1994 to May 1994. He held a post-doctoral position in Department of Electrical 
and Computer Engineering at Boston University from June 1994 to August 1995. 
From September 1995 to May 1997, he was a research assistant in Department of 
Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University. From June 1997 to 
July 1998, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical 
Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. From July 1998 to May 2000, 
he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer 
Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. In  
May 2000, he  joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, where he got early promotion  
to Associate Professor with tenure in August 2003, and to Full Professor in 
August 2005. He holds a University of Florida Research Foundation 
Professorship from 2006 to 2009. His research interests span many areas 
including wireless networks, mobile computing, mobile communications, 
wireless security, automatic control, and neural networks. He has published 
over 200 papers in refereed professional journals and conferences. He 
received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award in 2001 
and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2002. He also 
received the 2001 CAST Academic Award. 

Dr. Fang has actively engaged in many professional activities. He is an IEEE  
Fellow (2008) and a member of the ACM. He is an Editor for IEEE Transactions 
on Communications, an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 
an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, an Editor for ACM Wireless 
Networks, and an Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications. He was an Editor for 
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Wireless Communications Series, 
an Area Editor for ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review, an  Editor 
for Wiley International Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 
and Feature Editor for Scanning the Literature in IEEE Personal Communications.  
He has also actively involved with many professional conferences such as 
ACM Mobihoc'08, ACM MobiCom'02 (Committee Co-Chair for Student Travel Award), 
MobiCom'01, IEEE INFOCOM'08, INFOCOM'07, INFOCOM'06, INFOCOM'05 (Vice-Chair 
for Technical Program Committee), INFOCOM'04, INFOCOM'03, INFOCOM'00, 
INFOCOM'98, IEEE WCNC'04, WCNC'02, WCNC'00 (Technical Program Vice-Chair), 
WCNC'99, IEEE Globecom'04 (Symposium Co-Chair), Globecom'02, and International
Conference on Computer Communications and Networking (IC3N) (Technical Program
Vice-Chair).