HAGIT MESSER received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University (TAU), ISRAEL, and after a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University, she joined the faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University in 1986, where she is currently Professor Emerita in the school of Electrical Engineering. Over the years she has held leading positions, including the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Science, the Vice President for Research at TAU, the President of the Open University, and the Vice Chair of the Council of Higher Education, Israel. She was also co-founder of a startup company ClimaCell (2016).
Prof. Messer, Life Fellow of the IEEE, is the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies “For contributions to sensing of the environment using wireless communication networks.” She has published numerous journal and conference papers, and has supervised tens of graduate students. She has been an active volunteer of the IEEE both within the Signal Processing Society various technical activities and in BOG’s committees.
Beyond her technical accomplishments, Hagit Messer is deeply involved in higher education and science policy, with a particular interest in promoting women in science and technology, in technology transfer, and addressing ethical considerations in these fields.
