Giovanni Geraci is a Senior Applied Scientist at Nokia Standards and an Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. He was previously with Telefónica Scientific Research and Nokia Bell Labs. He received the IEEE Communications Theory Early Achievement Award (2023), the IEEE ComSoc EMEA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2018), and Best Paper Awards at IEEE ICC (2025), IEEE Globecom (2022), and IEEE PIMRC (2019).

 

Current Positions

  • Nokia, Spain
    Senior Applied Scientist – AI (2025–present)

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
    Wireless & Secure Communications Group
    Associate Professor (2023–present)
    Head of Telecommunications (2020-2024)
    Assistant Professor (2018–2023)

 

Previous Positions

  • Telefónica Research, Barcelona, Spain
    Principal Research Scientist (2023–2025)

  • Nokia Bell Labs, Dublin, Ireland
    Research Scientist (2016–2018)

  • Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
    Postdoctoral Fellow (2014–2015)
    Advisor: Prof. Tony Q. S. Quek

  • The University of Texas at Austin, United States
    Visiting Researcher (2013)
    Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey G. Andrews

  • Supélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
    Visiting Researcher (2012)
    Advisor: Prof. Mérouane Debbah

  • Alcatel-Lucent, Vimercate, Italy
    Research Intern (2009)

 

Education