Prof Frank Leferink received his B.Sc. in 1984, his M.Sc. in 1992 and his PhD in 2001, all electrical in engineering, at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. He has been with THALES in Hengelo, The Netherlands since 1984 and is now the Technical Authority EMC. He is also manager of the Network of Excellence on EMC of the THALES Group, with over 100 EMC engineers scattered over more than 20 units, worldwide.
In 2003, he was appointed as (part-time, full research) professor, Chair for EMC at the University of Twente. In 2013, he became Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau. In 2019, he was named IEEE Fellow. Over 400 papers have been published at international conferences or peer reviewed journals, and he holds five patents, and 29 derived patents. He is referred in over 30 patents.