Bram Nauta was born in Hengelo, The Netherlands. In 1987 he received the M.Sc degree (cum laude) in electrical engineering from the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. In 1991 he received the Ph.D. degree from the same university on the subject of analog CMOS filters for very high frequencies. In 1991 he joined the Mixed-Signal Circuits and Systems Department of Philips Research, Eindhoven the Netherlands. In 1998 he returned to the University of Twente, as full professor heading the IC Design group. His current research interest is high-speed analog CMOS circuits.

He served as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems –II (1997-1999). He was Associate Editor(2001-2006) and later the Editor-in-Chief (2007-2010) of IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. He is member of the technical program committees of the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) where he is the 2012 Program Committee vice-Chair, the European Solid State Circuit Conference (ESSCIRC), and the Symposium on VLSI circuits. He is co-recipient of the ISSCC 2002 and 2009 "Van Vessem Outstanding Paper Award", is distinguished lecturer of the IEEE, elected member of IEEE-SSCS AdCom and is IEEE fellow.