Natalia K. Nikolova
Natalia K. Nikolova (née Georgieva) is a Bulgarian and Canadian microwave engineer whose research focuses on microwave imaging and radar imaging for applications including pipeline inspection, breast cancer diagnosis,[1][2] and concealed weapon detection.[3][2] She has also worked on the software analysis of radar and microwaves,[4] and on the design of TEM (transverse electromagnetic) horn antennas for microwave imaging. She is a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University, where she heads the Electromagnetic Vision (EMVi) Laboratory and serves as associate chair for research.[5]
Education and career
[edit]Nikolova was a student of radioelectronics at the Technical University of Varna, where she graduated with a diploma in engineering(the equivalent of a master's degree) in 1989. She completed a Ph.D. in Japan at the University of Electro-Communications in 1997.[5][6]
After postdoctoral research with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, working at Dalhousie University and McMaster University, she took her present position in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University in 1999.[5][6] At McMaster, she was given a Canada Research Chair in High-frequency Electromagnetics in 2008, renewed until 2018.[6]
Books
[edit]Nikolova is the author of Introduction to Microwave Imaging (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and a coauthor of Real-Time Three-Dimensional Imaging of Dielectric Bodies Using Microwave/Millimeter Wave Holography (IEEE Press, 2019, with Reza K. Amineh and Maryam Ravan).
Recognition
[edit]Nikolova was named as an IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer in 2010, and as an IEEE Fellow in 2011.[6] She was elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2015,[4] and to the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2021.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Revolutionizing breast cancer detection with radar imaging: Professor Natalia Nikolova is working on a radar scanner for early stage breast cancer detection", Electrical & Computer Engineering news, McMaster Engineering, 25 October 2017, retrieved 2025-08-28
- 1 2 "Big Ideas: Saving lives, one radar technology at a time; Natalia Nikolova is finding new ways to detect breast cancer and concealed weapons through microwaves", Electrical & Computer Engineering news, McMaster Engineering, 15 February 2018, retrieved 2025-08-28
- ↑ Huang, Sunnie (11 July 2015), "McMaster engineer explores concealed weapon detection in NATO project: Natalia Nikolova 1st McMaster researcher to receive NATO grant", CBC News, retrieved 2025-08-28
- 1 2 Fifty new Fellows and an Honorary Fellow inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (PDF), Canadian Academy of Engineering, 4 June 2015, retrieved 2025-08-28
- 1 2 3 "Dr. Natalia Nikolova", Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty, McMaster Engineering, 7 November 2018, retrieved 2025-08-28
- 1 2 3 4 "Natalia K. Nikolova", Profiles, IEEE Microwave Theory & Technology Society, retrieved 2025-08-28
- ↑ 2021 Award Citation, EIC Fellow: Natalia Nikolova (PDF), Engineering Institute of Canada, retrieved 2025-08-28
External links
[edit]- Electromagnetic Vision (EMVi) Laboratory
- Home page
- Natalia K. Nikolova publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- Living people
- Bulgarian engineers
- Bulgarian women engineers
- Canadian electrical engineers
- Canadian women engineers
- Microwave engineers
- Women electrical engineers
- University of Electro-Communications alumni
- Academic staff of McMaster University
- Canada Research Chairs
- Fellows of the IEEE
- Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
