Rate My Professor Michael Boers

Professor Michael Boers is an Industry Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University. He leads the Silicon Platforms Lab (SiP Lab), which develops advanced silicon-based hardware platforms, including system-on-chip and system-in-package technologies for applications in space, biotechnology, communications, sensors, and computing. Established in partnership with Atto Devices, where Boers serves as co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, the lab bridges industry expertise with academic research to strengthen Australia's semiconductor sector. Boers' academic and professional career centers on RF and mm-wave integrated circuits, phased-array transceivers, power amplifiers, and emerging bioengineering technologies. He completed his PhD at Macquarie University in the Department of Electronic Engineering, focusing on 60 GHz silicon transmitters.

Boers has made significant contributions to wireless communications through key publications, including 'A 16TX/16RX 60GHz 802.11ad chipset with single coaxial interface and polarization diversity' in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (2014), 'A 60-GHz 144-element phased-array transceiver for backhaul application' also in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (2018), and 'A 60GHz 144-element phased-array transceiver with -51dBm maximum EIRP and ±60° beam steering for backhaul application' presented at ISSCC (2018). More recently, he co-authored 'The coming wave of confluent biosynthetic, bioinformational and bioengineering technologies' in Nature Communications (2025). In 2007, Boers won first prize at the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society's High Efficiency Power Amplifier Competition. He currently serves as Primary Chief Investigator on the UTS-led SRN project for dual-band power amplifier design using Gallium Nitride technology for satellite communication systems (2025-2026). Boers has delivered public lectures, such as the July 2025 Discover Public Lecture on the role of microchips in modern technology, highlighting his influence in semiconductor research and education.