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Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan (MEng, MSc, PhD, SMIEEE) is a radio scientist with more than 20 years of experience working on experimental research on signal processing and communications, leading the Communications Laboratory (COMMLAB) at the SIGCOM group, Interdisciplinary Centre of Security, Reliability, and Trust (SNT), University of Luxembourg.

The conception, design, and implementation of end-to-end communication systems and sensing systems gave him a deep and global understanding of the research and implementation challenges and critical points. He has demonstrated the feasibility of ground-breaking technologies by bravely facing the associated challenges. 

His leading role at COMMLAB allowed him to perform independent research, acquire and manage projects, supervise Ph.D. students, and interconnect the theoretical studies with applied research projects in collaboration with industrial partners. Dr. Duncan ultimate goal is that telecommunication systems created in research projects help improve people's daily lives and contribute to the progress and development of society

He has authored 100 technical papers in refereed international journals, conferences, and scientific books and has received several awards.