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Teresa Meng is being recognized for her fundamental technical contributions to and commercial leadership in all-CMOS Wi-Fi technology, leading to its widespread use in practice. Meng’s groundbreaking research, engineering, and entrepreneurial vision have made Wi-Fi technology faster, more energy-efficient, and cost-effective so that it can be a critical part of everyday life.

Teresa Meng is the Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emerita, at Stanford University, joining the faculty in 1988.  Meng dedicated the initial decade of her work to research in low-power circuit and system design, video signal processing, and wireless communications. In 1998, she briefly left Stanford to establish Atheros Communications, Inc., focusing on semiconductor system solutions for wireless networks.

Returning in 2000, Meng continued teaching and research, shifting her focus to biomedical engineering. Collaborating with Professor Krishna Shenoy, she explored neural signal processing and prosthetic systems, alongside leading research into wireless power transfer and implantable biomedical devices.

Retiring from Stanford in 2013, Meng has served on the board of Ambarella and is currently on the Alliance Cultural Foundation International’s board, while advising Atmosic Technologies.

Meng is the first female recipient of the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.  She holds a B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University and MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.