Rafael A. Rodríguez Solís
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Center Director; Researcher and UPRM Lead
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; NSF CARSE; NSF SpectrumX
About Rafael A. Rodríguez Solís
Rafael A. Rodríguez Solís is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, where he serves as the Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Advanced Radio Sciences and Engineering (CARSE) and is a researcher and the UPRM lead in SpectrumX, the NSF Spectrum Innovation Center. His research interests include microwave and millimeter-wave antennas and circuits as well as microwave and millimeter-wave remote-sensing systems. He received an NSF CAREER award to work in the characterization of wideband slot-like antennas, and a NASA Glenn Research Center Summer Faculty Fellowship to work in the development of microwave and millimeter-wave antennas using polyimide aerogels. Rodríguez Solís is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Radio Science Union (URSI), and he served as General Chair for the 2025 IEEE MTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference and as General Co-Chair for the 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation.