Robi Polikar is the Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Professor at Rowan University, having previously served as an Associate Professor in the same department. Polikar also held positions as a Visiting Associate Professor and Visiting Professor at Drexel University's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. Additionally, Polikar worked as a Post-doctoral research associate at Iowa State University. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Iowa State University, obtained between 1995 and 2000, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Electronics and Communications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, completed in 1993.