{Theodoros A. Tsiftsis} (S'02, M'04, SM'10) received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Patras, Greece, in 2006. He is currently a professor in the Department of Informatics \& Telecommunications, University of Thessaly, Greece, and also Visiting Professor of Wireless Communications at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests span the broad fields of communication theory and wireless communications, with a particular focus on wireless communications theory, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, optical wireless communications, and physical layer security.

Dr. Tsiftsis has served on the Editorial Boards of several prestigious IEEE journals, including the \textsc{IEEE Transactions on Communications}, \textsc{IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology}, \textsc{IEEE Communications Letters}, and \textsc{IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing}. He is currently an Associate Editor of the \textsc{IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications}. Recognized for his contributions to the field, Dr. Tsiftsis was appointed an IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer for two consecutive terms (2018–2022) and was named an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer for the 2024–2025 term.