Professor & Director C4ISRDefense & Intelligence Bioengineering Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering Director, Global Center for Neurological Networks
In 1990, Salvatore D. Morgera was elevated to fellow of the IEEE for contribution to finite-dimensional signal processing methods.[2]
He is the Director of the Global Center for Neurological Networks. The Global Center for Neurological Networks is a merger of several leading research laboratories, conducting research and development within the new frontiers of brain mapping, diagnostics, and therapeutics. The Center's mission is to enhance neurological function and combat neurological dysfunction through a better understanding of the structure and function of the neurological networks of the brain.
Previously, he served as Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Bioengineering Program at Florida Atlantic University, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Information Networks and Systems Laboratory at McGill University, and held multiple leadership roles in industry, government, and academia in both Canada and the United States for over 45 years.[3]
He has focused on networks his entire professional life. He, and the teams he has directed, are responsible for the Canadian oceanographic data gathering networks, the acoustic networks for American submarine tactical and strategic communications, the worldwide CAT3 auto-landing networks for commercial aircraft, and the military wireless networks used in sensitive and challenging parts of the world. In the last decade, he has turned his attention to the neurological networks of the brain and its electric near-field and bio-metamaterial structures. Understanding these extraordinary near-field networks and the bio-metamaterial human brain structure in which they operate will enable the development of advanced therapeutics and procedures for neurological diseases.
From 1968 to 1978, Morgera was employed by Raytheon in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, as a Senior Scientist and Project Manager within the submarine signal division. During these early years of his career, his accomplishments at Raytheon led to the creation of a patent for an innovative ocean bottomtopography system (U.S. Patent 4207620 A) and deployment of a new acoustictelemetry system.[3][4]
Florida Atlantic University then appointed Morgera as Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering in 1998,[5] where he worked to establish and innovate the University's bioengineering eminence and served as the Director of the Bioengineering Program. His substantial meritorious service was recognized by Florida Atlantic University through the conferral of the Emeritus Professor honorary title.[1] Since 2009, Morgera has served as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the C4ISR Defense & Intelligence and Bioengineering Laboratories at the University of South Florida. During these later years of his career, his accomplishments at the University of South Florida led to the creation of a patent for an innovative breath collection device that can detect changes associated with pathogenesis of a disease, such as COVID-19, including biomarkers of immune response for respiratory symptoms, central nervous system injury, and/or peripheral nervous system injury in user breath and/or odor (U.S. Patent 11129545). This device was created in rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
