Giuseppe Vecchi received the Laurea and Ph.D. (Dottorato di Ricerca) degrees in electronic engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, in 1985 and 1989, respectively, with doctoral research carried out partly at Polytechnic University (Farmingdale, NY). He was a Visiting Scientist with Polytechnic University in 1989-1990. In 1990, he joined the Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, as an Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) where, from 1992 to 2000, he was an Associate Professor and, since 2000, he has been a Professor. He was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in 1992, and has been an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, since 1997.

Prof. Vecchi is a Fellow of the IEEE, member of the Board of the European School of Antennas (ESOA), member of the IEEE-APS Educational Committee, and the Chairman of the IEEE AP/MTT/ED Italian joint Chapter.  He serves as reviewer for several IEEE, IET, and IOP publications, for research projects of various agencies, and has been on the final evaluation committees in several EU countries.

His current research activities concern analytical and numerical techniques for analysis, design and diagnostics of antennas and devices, RF plasma heating, electromagnetic compatibility, and imaging.