He has received over 10 awards (e.g. the IET Premium Award 2022 for Best Paper, EuCAP2023 Best Antenna Paper, the IET Innovation Award 2018, and BAE Systems Chairman's Award 2017) and many research grants from research councils, government agencies, charities, the EU, and industry, acted as a consultant to various companies, and served on many national and international technical committees (such as the IET, EPSRC, European ACE, COST-IC0603, and COST-IC1102, and EurAAP), and been the UK/Ireland Delegate to EurAAP (2016-2020, 2022-2023), an Associate Editor and Guest Editor of four of international journals (including IEEE AWPL 2016-2022), and the Editor-in-Chief of Wireless Engineering and Technology (2014-2023). He has been a keynote/invited speaker and organiser of many international conferences and workshops (e.g. EuCAP, IEEE iWAT, WiCom, and LAPC). He is at present an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans on Antennas and Propagation, a College member of EPSRC, a member of the New Technology Directions Committee and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE AP-S, a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and a Fellow of IEEE (FIEEE).