2025: George Xiao, Ph.D

George Xiao is a Principal Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), where his work focuses on printed electronics and wireless technologies. His current research includes printed antennas, 5G and IoT solutions for precision farming, and stretchable and superflexible conductive and dielectric inks. He is also developing low-loss dielectric inks with both low and high dielectric constants.

Dr. Xiao received his PhD from Loughborough University in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Engineering Institute of Canada (2023), and the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2024).

His work has earned national and international recognition. In 2022, he received an R&D 100 Award for Process Innovation and a Gold Edison Award for Materials Breakthrough in the Consumer Solutions category. He has also received several NRC-AEP awards, including Technology to Market Awards (2014, 2021) and a Research and Technology Breakthrough Award (2022). Within IEEE, he has been honored by the Instrumentation and Measurement Society with a Technical Award (2014), a Distinguished Service Award (2018), and a Career Excellence Award (2024).

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