Yasser Samayoa studied Electronic Engineering and obtained his licentiate degree from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, Guatemala. He received a M.Sc. in "Communication & Information Technology" at the University of Bremen, Germany. Since October 2013, he has been working towards his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree at the Institut für Informationsverarbeitung (TNT) of the Leibniz Universität Hannover.
His research interests are in the fields of digital signal processing, information theory and communication systems, more specifically: