Graduate Students
Tyler Aldrich Brown
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kirsten Masselink
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abeer A Alsaggaf
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhongdi Peng
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mohammad H. Enjavi
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Roy Makkar Gabriel
Ph.D. Student,
Machine Learning (ML-ECE)
Reza Marzban
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abhirupa Saha
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hamed Abiri
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Saeed Javadizadeh
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abhishek Jain
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tristan Thrall
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mengqi Huang
Ph.D. Student,
Physics
Jiu Chang
Ph.D. Student,
Physics
Nattakorn (Topto) Kittisut
Ph.D. Student,
Machine Learning (ML-ECE)
Jamshid Hassanpour
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ishaan Ganguly
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sparsh Balabadrapatruni
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Albert Gong
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abanoub Abdelmalak
Ph.D. Student,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Galarnyk
Ph.D. Student,
Machine Learning
Alumni
Research Engineers:
Amin Khavasi
Mar 2023 – Dec 2024
Research Scientist, Northeastern University
Ali Asghar Eftekhar
Jan 2010 – Jan 2020
Principal Optical Network Engineer, AWS
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Amir H. Atabaki
Tenure: Aug 2011 – Dec 2013
Current Position: CEO and Co-Founder, Perceptra Technologies
Siva Yegnanarayanan
Tenure: Oct 2004 – Dec 2009
Current Position: Senior Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Babak Momeni
Tenure: Aug 2007 – Apr 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor, Boston College
Omid Momtahan
Tenure: Apr 2007 – Feb 2008
Current Position: Principal Network Engineer, AWS
Hong-Yih Tseng
Tenure: Oct 2004 – Oct 2006
Current Position: Director of R&D, BeyondPV
Jaindong Huang
Tenure: Sep 2003 – Nov 2006
Current Position: Senior Researcher, Sharp Labs of America
Sina Khorasani
Tenure: Jul 2002 – Feb 2004
Current Position: Full Professor, Sharif University
Students:
Rakesh Krishna
Graduation Date: Dec 2023
Current Position: Optical Network Development Engineer, AWS
Mohammad Reza Zandehshahvar
Graduation Date: Sep 2023
Current Position: Research Engineer II, Georgia Tech
Sajjad Abdollahramezani
Graduation Date: Dec 2022
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Muliang Zhu
Graduation Date: Dec 2022
Current Position: Senior Model Validation Analyst, Citi
Xi Wu
Graduation Date: May 2022
Current Position: Optical Scientist, Meta
Yashar Kiarashinejad
Graduation Date: Dec 2021
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University
Hossein Maleki
Departure Date: Aug 2021
Current Position: PhD student, UC Irvine
Tianren Fan
Graduation Date: May 2021
Current Position: Network Development Engineer II, AWS
Ali Eshaghian Dorche
Graduation Date: Mar 2021
Current Position: Silicon Design Engineer, AMD
Hossein Taghinejad
Graduation Date: Aug 2020
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Iman Taghavi
Graduation Date: 2019
Current Position: Senior Photonic Integrated Circuit Engineer, Photonic Inc.
Hamed Shams Mousavi
Graduation Date: Dec 2018
Current Position: Silicon Photonics Design Engineer, Intel
Razi Dehghannasiri
Graduation Date: Dec 2018
Current Position: Silicon Photonics Integration Engineer, Intel
Ahmad Usman
Graduation Date: Jul 2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Habib University
Hesam Moradinejad
Graduation Date: Aug 2017
Current Position: Senior Quantum Research Scientist, AWS
Hossein Taheri
Graduation Date: Feb 2017
Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, UC Riverside
Reza Pourabolghasem
Graduation Date: Dec 2015
Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer, Apple
Majid Sodagar
Graduation Date: Aug 2015
Current Position: Senior Optical Network Development Engineer, AWS
Zhixuan Xia
Graduation Date: Dec 2014
Current Position: Optical Network Engineer, AWS
Farshid Ghasemi
Graduation Date: Dec 2014
Current Position: Founder, Weddell Technologies
Payam Alipour
Graduation Date: Jan 2014
Current Position: Quantitative Finance Analyst, Bank of America
Ye Luo
Graduation Date: Jul 2014
Current Position: Associate Professor, Xiamen University
Ali Behrooz
Graduation Date: Nov 2013
Current Position: Imaging Hardware & User Interfaces, NanoInk Imaging
Qing Li
Graduation Date: May 2013
Current Position: Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Alexander Dobranich
Graduation Date: Dec 2013
Current Position: Avionics Hardware Engineer
Maysamreza Chamanzar
Graduation Date: Aug 2012
Current Position: Career Development Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Ali Asghar Eftekhar
Graduation Date: Nov 2011
Current Position: Principal Optical Network Engineer, AWS
Charles H Camp Jr.
Graduation Date: Aug 2011
Current Position: Electrical Engineer, NIST
Yasser Zaghloul
Graduation Date: Mar 2011
Current Position: Chief Technology Officer, SIM IP
Amir H. Atabaki
Graduation Date: Jul 2011
Current Position: CEO and Co-Founder, Perceptra Technologies
Ehsan S. Hosseini
Graduation Date: May 2011
Current Position: Silicon Photonics Lead, Apple
Murtaza Askari
Graduation Date: May 2011
Current Position: Senior Director of Engineering, Skorpios Technologies Inc.
Fengtao Wang
Graduation Date: Dec 2010
Saeed Mohammadi
Graduation Date: Aug 2010
Current Position: AI Network Developer, Amazon
Ali Hashmi
Graduation Date: May 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan
Charles M. Reinke
Graduation Date: May 2010
Current Position: Sandia National Laboratories
Mohammad Soltani
Graduation Date: May 2009
Current Position: Raytheon BBN Technologies
Majid Badieirostami
Graduation Date: May 2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Tehran
Arash Karbaschi
Graduation Date: May 2008
Current Position: Principal Hardware Engineer, Broadcom Inc.
Chaoray Hsieh
Graduation Date: May 2008
Babak Momeni
Graduation Date: Aug 2007
Current Position: Associate Professor, Boston College
Elric O Von Eden
Graduation Date: Aug 2007
Aliakbar Jafarpour
Graduation Date: Aug 2006
Omid Momtahan
Graduation Date: Aug 2006
Current Position: Principal Network Engineer, AWS
Pouyan Mohajerani
Graduation Date: May 2004
Current Position: Self-Employed Software Developer
Cheryl Reid