Research Interests

• Terahertz/Millimeter-Wave Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Novel Materials
• Microwave Photonics and Ultrafast Electro-Optics
• Terahertz/Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy

Affiliations

• Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of California Los Angeles
• California Nanosystems Institute

Education

09/2003 - 09/2007,	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
09/2001 - 09/2003,	M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
09/1996 - 09/2000,	B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Appointments

07/2022 - present,	Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair University of California, Los Angeles Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
07/2017 - present,	Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
07/2015 - 12/2020,	Vice Chair for Graduate Program University of California, Los Angeles Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
07/2013 - 06/2017,	Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
07/2008 - 06/2013,	Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
10/2007 - 06/2008,	Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of California Berkeley Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
09/2001 - 09/2007,	Research Assistant, Stanford University Electrical Engineering Department

Honors and Awards

• 2024 - IEEE Photonics Society Aron Kressel Award
• 2023 - IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
• 2023 - Advanced Photonics Editor-in-Chief Choice Paper Award
• 2023 - Europa Science Photonics100
• 2022 - Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
• 2022 - Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• 2022 - International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (2nd place)
• 2022 - SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics
• 2021 - IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize
• 2021 - UCLA Faculty Innovation Fellow
• 2020 - Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP)
• 2020 - Catalyzing Pediatric Innovation Award
• 2019 - Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Innovations in Regulatory Science Award
• 2019 - Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• 2018 - Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• 2018 - Sharif University of Technology Alumni Achievement Award
• 2018 - UCLA Biomedical Innovation Fund
• 2017 - Fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA)
• 2017 - Okawa Foundation Research Award
• 2017 - Watanabe Excellence in Research Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science
• 2016 - Moore Inventor Fellowship
• 2016 - Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
• 2016 - Sharif University of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award
• 2015 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
• 2015 - Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award from IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)
• 2015 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
• 2015 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Lecturer
• 2014 - Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences
• 2014 - Booker Fellowship from the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (USNC/URSI)
• 2014 - IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Award in Nanotechnolog
• 2014 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award
• 2014 - Senior Member of Optical Society of America (OSA)
• 2013 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
• 2013 - National Academy of Engineering, Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award
• 2013 - Senior Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• 2013 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Microwave Symposium
• 2013 - Best Student Paper Award, 2nd place, International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
• 2012 - Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award
• 2012 - National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering
• 2012 - Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
• 2012 - Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan
• 2012 - Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• 2011 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early CAREER Development Award
• 2010 - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
• 2008 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Microwave Symposium
• 2008 - Best paper award Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center industry advisory board meeting
• 2007 - Best Student Paper Award, 1st place, International Microwave Symposium
• 2005 - Photonic Technology Access Program Research Award
• 2002 - Robert Bosch Fellowship
• 1995 - Silver medal, Iranian National Physics Olympiad

Honors and Awards Received by the Group Members

• 2022 - International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (2nd place) received by Ping Keng Lu
• 2022 - UCLA ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award received by Deniz Turan
• 2022 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Research Award received by Ping Keng Lu
• 2020 - UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship received by Deniz Turan
• 2019 - Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2019 - SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2019 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award received by Deniz Turan
• 2019 - Invitation to the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to Yen-Ju Lin
• 2019 - Irma Polaski Fellowship received by Shao-Shiuan Chiang
• 2018 - Grace Hopper Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2018 - Yin-Chin Foundation Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2018 - UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean's Scholar Award received by William Fong
• 2018 - SMART Scholarship from Department of Defense's National Defense Education Program received by William Fong
• 2018 - Chinese American Engineers and Scientist Association of Southern California Scholarship received by Xurong Li
• 2018 - Chinese American Engineers and Scientist Association of Southern California Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2018 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Graduate Fellowship Received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2017 - Taiwanese Government Studying Abroad Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2017 - Taiwanese Government Studying Abroad Scholarship received by Ping-Keng Lu
• 2017 - Chinese American Engineers and Scientist Association of Southern California Scholarship received by Ping-Keng Lu
• 2017 - Chinese American Engineers and Scientist Association of Southern California Scholarship received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2016 - UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean's Scholar Award received by Yen-Ju Lin
• 2016 - Invitation to the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to Shang-Hua Yang
• 2015 - International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Best Student Paper Award (3rd place) received by Nezih Tolga Yardimci
• 2015 - Taiwanese Government Studying Abroad Scholarship received by Shang-Hua Yang
• 2015 - SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics received by Nezih Tolga Yardimci
• 2015 - University of Michigan Rackham Award received by Shang-Hua Yang
• 2015 - Optical Terahertz Science & Technology Conference Best Poster Prize (2nd place) by Ning Wang
• 2014 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award received by Shang-Hua Yang
• 2013 - IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation Best Student Paper Award (2nd place) received by Christopher Berry
• 2013 - International Microwave Symposium Best Student Paper Award (3rd place) received by Christopher Berry
• 2012 - Michigan Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship received by Christopher Berry
• 2012 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award received by Christopher Berry
• 2012 - SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics received by Shang-Hua Yang
• 2011 - Michigan Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship received by Christopher Berry
• 2011 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship Received by Sung-Ho Park
• 2010 - Michigan Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship received by Christopher Berry

Professional Societies and Services

• Professional Memberships:
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Fellow Member
• IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Honorary Member
• Institute of Physics (IOP), Fellow Member
• Optical Society (OPTICA), Fellow Member
• International Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), Fellow Member
• American Physical Society (APS), Fellow Member
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Member

• Professional Services:
• 2023-2024, Chair of the 2023 Rising Stars of Light
• 2023-present, Chair of the Terahertz Emitters, Receivers, and Applications Conference at SPIE Optics + Photonics
• 2023, Chair of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Winter College on Optics: Terahertz Optics and Photonics
• 2023-2025, Member of the Advisory Council of RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
• 2022-present, Member of the Program Committee of Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics, SPIE Photonics West
• 2021-2023, Editorial Advisory Board Member of APL Photonics
• 2021-present, Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports
• 2021, Guest Editor for Nanotechnology special issue on Spectral Control Technologies based on Nanostructures
• 2020-2024, Chair of the THz Photonics Conference at SPIE Photonics Europe
• 2020, Guest Editor of Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics special issue on Optical Antennas
• 2019-present, Editorial Board Member of eLight, Springer Nature publishing group
• 2019-present, Co-founder and Member of Board of Directors of Lookin, Inc.
• 2018-present, Member of the Program Committee, SPIE Photonics West
• 2015-present, Member of the Technical Program Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
• 2015-2017, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Lecturer
• 2015-present, Ad hoc member of the Technical Program Committee, International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology
• 2014-present, SPIE Visiting Lecturer
• 2014-present, OSA Traveling Lecturer
• 2014, Guest Editor of IEEE Microwave magazine special issue on Terahertz Technology
• 2013-2018, Editorial board member of Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
• 2012-present, Ad hoc member of the Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
• 2012-present, Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium
• 2011-present, Ad hoc member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
• 2011-present, Member of the Terahertz Technology and Applications Committee of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
• 2009-2013, Founder and vice-chair of technical activities for IEEE Photonics Society, Southeast Michigan Chapter
• 2009-present, Ad hoc proposal reviewer for National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation