Andrea Goldsmith, PhD
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University
Andrea Goldsmith, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of wireless communications whose discoveries have influenced cellular and WiFi networks all over the world: from powering the latest generations of high-speed wireless, to enabling smart home appliances, to preventing cell phone calls from dropping when we walk or drive down the street.
- First woman to win the Marconi Prize, the highest honor in telecommunications research.
- Founded and served as Chief Technical Officer of Plume WiFi and of Quantenna, Inc.
- Research interests in information theory, communication theory, signal processing, and their applications to wireless communications, interconnected systems, and neuroscience.
- Member of U.S. National Academy Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.