Peter Excell received a BSc degree in Engineering Science from the University of Reading in 1970, a PhD from the University of Bradford in 1980 and a DSc from Wrexham Glyndwr University and the University of Chester in 2020.

Until 2007, he was an Associate Dean of research with the School of Informatics at the University of Bradford and Emeritus Professor of Communications at Wrexham Glyndwr University, where he was the Deputy Vice Chancellor until 2015.

He was a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional and he published over 500 articles. His academic interests were concentrated in the areas of wireless technologies, electromagnetics and antennas, plus broader interests in future communications applications, and technological evolution.

Peter Excell was IEEE Life Member, a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the British Computer Society, and the Higher Education Academy; and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Bioelectromagnetics Society, and the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society.