He received his M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Ghent University, Belgium in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from the same university in 2012. He is co-author of over 60 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as 8 submitted patent applications. Since 2007, he has been actively involved in over 15 national and European research projects. His research interests include protocol and algorithm design for low-power wireless, coexistence of wireless networks, and deterministic wireless communications. His current research mainly focuses on 802.11ah and 802.15.4e. He is the recipient of 3 best paper awards and the IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Reviewer Award 2015.