Paul Tasker

{{Infobox academic | name = Paul Tasker | education = BSc., 1979, PhD., 1983, University of Leeds | thesis_title = | thesis_year = | nationality = | workplaces = Cornell University <br> Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics <br> Cardiff University }} '''Paul Juan Tasker''' is an electrical engineer known for his research on microwaves. He is a professor at Cardiff University, Wales, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

==Education and career== Tasker earned his Bachelor of Science and PhD from the University of Leeds.<ref name = "bio">{{cite web |title=Paul J. Tasker |url=https://www.mtt.org/profile/paul-j-tasker/ |work=Profiles|publisher=IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society |accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>

With his PhD, Tasker worked as a research associate at Cornell University from 1984 to 1990, and later as a senior researcher and manager with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF). He eventually joined the faculty of Engineering at Cardiff University in 1995.<ref name = "bio"/>

In 1997, Tasker established the Institute of High Frequency and Communication Engineering at Cardiff University, which was later bought by Focus Microwaves Inc in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian company acquires Cardiff engineering spin-out Mesuro |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/78794-canadian-company-acquires-cardiff-engineering-spin-out-mesuro |work=News|publisher= Cardiff University|accessdate=22 March 2020 |date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>

==Recognition== Tasker was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/paul-tasker/|title=Professor Paul Tasker|work=Fellows|publisher=Learned Society of Wales|accessdate=29 April 2021}}</ref> In 2014, he was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for his contributions to microwave measurements and their application to microwave models".<ref>{{cite web |title=Top engineering honour for Cardiff Professor |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/80351-top-engineering-honour-for-cardiff-professor |work=News|publisher= Cardiff University |accessdate=22 March 2020 |date=27 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/|title=IEEE Fellows directory|publisher=IEEE|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> He and his coauthors Tim Canning and Steve Cripps were later awarded the 2016 Microwave Prize of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society for their paper ''Continuous mode power amplifier design using harmonic clipping contours: theory and practice.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardiff engineers scoop top prize for research paper |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/350196-cardiff-engineers-scoop-top-prize-for-research-paper |work=News|publisher= Cardiff University |accessdate=22 March 2020 |date=15 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mtt.org/past-awardees/|title=Past awardees|publisher=IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society|accessdate=29 April 2021}}</ref>

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