Gregory J. Pottie received his B.S. degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1984, and his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1985 and 1988, respectively.

From 1989 to 1991, he worked in the Transmission Research Department at Codex/Motorola in Massachusetts, where he was involved in development of high-speed digital subscriber lines and coding and equalization schemes for voice-band modems. He joined the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department in 1991.

Professor Pottie has been Associate Dean of Research and Physical Resources for the School since July 2003. In the prior four years, he served as a vice chair of the Electrical Engineering Department, responsible successively for undergraduate programs (three years) and graduate programs (one year). He is currently deputy director of the NSF Center for Embedded Networked Sensors.

His research interests include wireless sensor networks, channel coding theory and wireless communication systems. Current projects include information theoretic issues in sensor networks and the effects of constrained mobility on sensor network performance.

From 1997 to 1999 he was secretary to the board of governors for the IEEE Information Theory Society. In 1998 Professor Pottie was named the faculty researcher of the year for the School of Engineering.

He is a member of the Bruin Master's Swim Club (butterfly), the St. Alban's Choir (2nd bass), and is a co-founder of Sensoria Corporation.