Dr. Makki is is currently a tenure professor with an endowed chair professorship and an Associate Dean. Dr. Makki received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Davis , and two M.S. degrees from The Ohio State Universities and West Coast University.

Previously he was a tenured faculty with an O'Krepki Chair Professorship at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, the Director of the Center For Telecommunications Studies, and the Co-Director of the NOMAD and Advanced Computer Laboratory which is partially funded by NSF and NASA.

His technical interests include wireless and optical telecommunications. He has over hundred refereed publications and his work has been extensively cited in books and papers. Dr. Makki has been Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Guest Editor of several International Journals including Editorial Board Member of several telecommunication journals. Dr. Makki has been involved in numerous conferences as a Steering Committee Member, General Chair, Program Chair, Program Vice-Chair and Program Committee Member.

His current professional activities include Steering Committee Member and General Chair of the IEEE Tenth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, and Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conf. He has received Outstanding Achievements Awards from the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, and ACM conferences for his technical contributions. He is a member of University Accreditation Commission. Dr. Makki is the co-author of an upcoming book on wireless Internet computing.