Dr. Chedlia Ben Naila received her Ph.D. from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2012. She is currently a Serra Húnter Assistant Professor at UPC BarcelonaTech in Spain. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor at Nagoya University (2020–2024), a Junior Lecturer at Iset’Com, Tunisia (2005–2008), and an Adjunct Lecturer at Waseda University, Japan (2014–2019). She is a Senior member of IEEE and a member of OPTICA (formerly OSA). She was the recipient of the 2011 Waseda University Ono Azusa Memorial Academic Award medal, the Best Paper Award of IIEEJ Journal (2012), the 26th Telecom System Technology Award from the Japanese Telecommunication Advancement Foundation (TAF) of Japan (2011), and the IEEE ITU-T Kaleidoscope Best Paper Award (2011). Her current research interests include optical wireless communications (OWC), free-space optics (FSO) systems, optical reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), and underwater communications.