Mark Leach Ph.D.

Associate Professor

An accomplished Engineering researcher and lecturer with over 15 years of related experience.

Research background is focused on RF Engineering with specific interests in the following areas:
Microwave antenna design, Wearable antenna design, RF energy harvesting, Microwave imaging technologies, Microwave holography, Microwave antenna Near-Field Far-Field Measurement Techniques.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching interests cover a broad range of the Telecommunications Engineering discipline, with previous experience in teaching the following subjects:
RF Engineering, Electromagnetics, Antenna Theory, Telecommunication Systems, Telecommunication Circuits, Data Communications, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing, Integrated Circuit Design, Image Processing, Analogue and Digital Electronic Circuits, C Programming and Experimental Studies, Engineering Physics, Optoelectronics and Guided Wave Optics.


  • Ph.D. , Northumbria University, - 2005
  • BEng , University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcaatle - 1999


  • Associate Professor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept. XJTLU, 2014 - Present
  • Associate Professor, Manufacturing Systems and Design Engineering, Seoul Tech. 2008 - 2014
  • Research Associate, School of Engineering, Northumbria University, 2003 - 2008


  • Wearable Antenna
  • Wireless Power Transfer in RF
  • Microwave Imaging and Holography
  • Microwave Antenna Design
  • Microwave Antenna Measurements
  • Radio Frequency Engineering


  • 2018 EEE Department Deputy Head


  • EEE311 Final Year Project
  • EEE218 RF Engineering and Applied Electromagnetics
  • EEE101 C Programming and Software Engineering 1


  • 1999 Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • 1999 Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
  • 2002 Member of Antenna Measurement Techniques Association
Mark Leach