Vadim E. Issakov (M'07) was born on August 10, 1981 in The Russian Federation. In 2006 he received the M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in microwave engineering from the Technical University Munich, Germany. From 2006 to 2010, he worked towards the Ph.D. degree as a Research Assistant in the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department for High-Frequency Electronics at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Currently he is with Infineon Technologies AG.