Professor Vadim Issakov has been awarded as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. Also abbreviated as “DML”, the title belongs to the cosmos of the largest engineering network in the world. More specifically, the network branch “Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society” honours innovators in their metrology-heavy field as DML so that they inspire local organisations, called chapters, with their lectures. For Vadim Issakov, head of the Institute of CMOS Design, this means above all: pack your bags! For the next three years he will be travelling the globe as an ambassador for our region.