Born and raised in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Dipankar Mitra is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Computer Engineering at UW-La Crosse. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Dakota State University (2021 and 2016). His research spans transformation electromagnetics, metamaterials, 3D-printed antennas, RF circuits for IoT, and machine learning applications in biomedical sensing. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and collaborates with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab, Mayo Clinic, and NASA through the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.