Zak Kassas is the TRC Endowed Chair in Intelligent Transportation Systems and a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is also the Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Automated Vehicle Research with Multimodal AssurEd Navigation (CARMEN+) and the Director of the Autonomous Systems Perception, Intelligence & Navigation (ASPIN) Laboratory. His research focuses on navigation in GNSS-challenged environments via signals of opportunity, cognitive sensing, and intelligent transportation systems. A Fellow of IEEE and the Institute of Navigation, Professor Kassas has authored over 200 publications and holds multiple patents. He was awarded by President Biden the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers; the IEEE AESS Richard Kershner Award for pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of PNT with terrestrial and non-terrestrial signals of opportunity, and more than 60 scientific and governmental awards. He was ranked as the top scholar in the world in the field of Navigation. His research has attracted more than $28M in competitive grants, has been featured in dozens of international media outlets, and has shaped government programs, policies, and investments.