Biography

Olfa Kanoun graduated in electrical engineering and information technology from the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, in 1996. She carried out her Ph.D. until 2001 and initiated a research group Impedance spectroscopy at the Institute of Measurement and Automation Technology, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Munich. Since 2007, she has been a full professor in measurement and sensor technology with the Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany. Her research addresses impedance spectroscopy, physical and chemical sensors based on carbonaceous nanomaterials, and energy aware wireless sensors. With her team, she has been promoting field application of impedance spectroscopy and developed several sensors and embedded solutions bringing impedance spectroscopy into field application. Prof. Kanoun founded the International Workshop on Impedance Spectroscopy (IWIS) in 2008 and the Technical Committee on Impedance Spectroscopy TC2 within the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Society, together with the international scientists. She has been leading several fundamental research projects and collaborative projects. In 2022 she has been honoured by the Technical Award of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society for "For pioneering the evolution of impedance spectroscopy from laboratory scale to field sensors". She received seven best paper awards of international conferences. She published more than 450 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, book chapters, and international conferences.