People

Principal Investigator

Firooz Aflatouni

Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Undergraduate Chair, ESE
firooz@seas.upenn.edu

  • Andrew Richardson

    Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    Perelman School of Medicine
    University of Pennsylvania
    Lab website: https://www.med.upenn.edu/richardsonlab/

  • Brian Edwards

    Senior Research Investigator
    Postdoc at and PhD from
    University of Pennsylvania
    www.brian-edwards.com

  • Diedra Krieger

    Lab Manager
    Artist, Curator
    MFA, Vermont College of Fine Art
    MA, Monash University

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Neil MacFarlane

    Received his Ph.D (2022) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Johns Hopkins University, USA.

PhD Students

  • Ali Pirmoradi

    Received his B.Sc (2018) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Sharif Univeristy of Technology, Iran.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2018.

  • Beril Tayfun

    Received her B.Sc (2019) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Bilkent University, Turkey.
    She started her Ph.D in Fall 2019.

  • Alexander J. Geers

    Received his B.Sc (2020) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2020.

  • Henry Love

    Received his B.Sc (2018) and M.Eng (2019) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2020. website

  • Jaeung Ko

    Received his B.Sc (2020) in
    Physics from
    Hanyang University, South Korea.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2020.

  • Mertcan Erdil

    Received his B.Sc (2017) and M.Sc (2020) in
    Electrical & Electronics Engineering from
    Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
    He started his Ph.D in Spring 2021.

  • Claire Kendell

    Received her B.Sc (2021) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Michigan State University, USA.
    She started her Ph.D in Fall 2021.

  • Amirreza Shoobi

    Received his B.Sc (2021) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Sharif Univeristy of Technology, Iran.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2021.

  • Zhehao (Bryce) Yu

    Received his B.Sc (2022) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2022.

  • Anish Mondal

    Received his B.Tech and M.Tech (2023) in
    Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
    He started his Ph.D. in Fall 2023.

  • Mohammad Alimadadi

    Received his B.Sc (2023) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2023. website.

  • Flame Feng

    Received his B.Sc (2023) in
    Physics from University of
    California, Santa Barbara, USA.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2023.

  • Taisiia Geints

    Received her B.Sc (2021) in Physics and M.Sc (2023) in
    Nonlinear optics and Laser physics from
    Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
    She started her Ph.D in Summer 2024.

  • Ella Klein

    Received her B.Sc and M.Sc (2024) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.
    She started her Ph.D in Summer 2024.

  • Raha Riazati

    Received her B.Sc (2024) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    California Institute of Technology, USA.
    She started her Ph.D in Fall 2024.

  • Mehdi Dehghani

    Received his B.Sc (2022) and M.Sc (2024) in
    Electrical Engineering from Shiraz University, Iran
    and Sharif University of Technology, Iran respectively.
    He started his Ph.D in Fall 2024.

Master’s Students

Undergraduate Students

Sukhamani Grover B.Sc candidate in Electrical Engineering, May 2026.
Parisa Khashayar B.Sc. candidate in Electrical Engineering, May 2026

Postdoctoral and PhD Alumni

  • Zhe Xuan

    Intel Corporation Research Scientist
    Received his Ph.D (2019) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Shermin Arab

    Senior Staff Engineer
    Stealth Mode Startup Company
    Post-doc from 2015-2017.

  • Farshid Ashtiani

    Post-doc from May 2020 to June 2022.
    Received his Ph.D (2020) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Mohamad Hossein Idjadi

    Post-doc from May 2020 to August 2022.
    Received his Ph.D (2020) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Han Hao

    Intel Corporation Research Scientist
    Received his Ph.D (2022) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Pouria Sanjari

    Post-doc from Feb 2023-July 2024.
    Received his Ph.D. (2023),
    B.Sc and M.Sc (2015) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Kaisarbek Omirzakhov

    Received his Ph.D (2024) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

  • Vasant Iyer

    Post-doc from July 2024-Jan 2025.
    Received his Ph.D (2024) in
    Electrical Engineering from
    University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Master's and Undergraduate Alumni

Angela Rodriguez Received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering, May 2024.
Andy Liu Received his B.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering, May 2024.
Aaron Lee Received his B.Sc (2022) in Electrical Engineering.
Michael Rosa B.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2021).
Hangxing Liu M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2021); Pursuing Ph.D degree at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Vinay Kumar Peddireddy M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2019); RFIC Design Engineer at pSemi.
Jiahe Chen M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2019); Pursuing Ph.D degree in ECE at Cornell University.
Lixiong Du M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2018); Pursuing Ph.D degree at University of Texas at Dallas.
Martin Deng B.Sc & M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2018); Pursuing Ph.D degree at University of Colorado Boulder.
Adam Engelson M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2017); Bresslergroup Electrical Engineer.
Andrew Botelho M.Sc in Electrical Engineering (2015); Lockheed Martin RFIC Design Engineer.