Teresa Meng

Teresa H. Meng is the Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science, Emerita, at Stanford University School of Engineering. She received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1983, M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley in 1988. Joining the Stanford faculty shortly after her doctorate, her initial research focused on low-power circuit and system design, video signal processing, and wireless communications. In 1998, she took a leave of absence from Stanford to co-found Atheros Communications, Inc., where she served as Chief Technology Officer and later Director until 2011. Atheros pioneered all-CMOS Wi-Fi semiconductor solutions, enabling widespread adoption of high-performance wireless networking technologies. Meng returned to Stanford in 2000, redirecting her research toward biomedical applications of signal processing and integrated circuit design. This included neural signal processing and prosthetic systems developed in collaboration with Professor Krishna Shenoy, as well as wireless power transfer techniques for implantable biomedical devices. She retired from active faculty duties in 2013 but continues as Emerita.

Meng's distinguished career is marked by numerous prestigious awards and honors. She received the 2024 Marconi Prize from the Marconi Society for fundamental contributions to and commercial leadership in all-CMOS Wi-Fi technology. Other accolades include the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (2019), election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021), the IEEE Donald O. Peterson Solid-State Circuits Award (2009), membership in the National Academy of Engineering (2007), IEEE Fellowship (1998), and the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation (1989). Key publications highlight her impact, such as 'Portable Video-on-Demand in Wireless Communication' (Proceedings of the IEEE, 1995), 'Design and implementation of an All-CMOS 802.11a wireless LAN chipset' (IEEE Communications Magazine, 2003), 'HermesB: A continuous neural recording system for freely behaving primates' (IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2007), 'Optimal Frequency for Wireless Power Transmission Into Dispersive Tissue' (IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2010), and 'A mm-Sized Wirelessly Powered and Remotely Controlled Locomotive Implant' (IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2012). She also contributed to leadership roles as Director of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies (2003-2009) and Trustee of the Computer History Museum (2006-2008), influencing policy and preservation in computing and communications.

Professional Email: thm@stanford.edu