Materials, Sensors & Devices

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  • Professional Experience
    • Jan 2025–: Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
    • Sep 2021–Dec 2024: Crone Research Fellow, Physics Department (Cavendish Laboratory), University of Cambridge.
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2023: Swiss Physical Society award in Computational Physics sponsored by COMSOL, for ‘contributions to a modern theory of thermal transport in solids’.
    • 2022: EPFL Doctorate Award, issued by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne to up to three PhD theses per year, chosen over >400 STEM theses, to recognize research work of ‘exceptional quality’.
    • 2020: Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Award, issued by the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) to recognize ‘research characterized by its high potential for practical applications’.
    • 2017: Computational thinking award, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
    • 2015: IDEX Paris-Saclay scholarship, awarded by Université Paris-Saclay (France) to “students worldwide to enroll in a prestigious French master’s degree".

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • Ultra-low Power Electronics for Sensory and Cognitive Hardware and the Internet of Things
  • Efficient Implementation of Next-G Wireless Communications Systems: Multi-antenna, Cognitive Radio, Ultra-wideband Pulse Radio
  • Design of Analog and RF Integrated Circuits in Nanoscale CMOS Technologies
  • Design of Ultra-low Voltage and Ultra-low Power Analog and RF Circuits

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  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE, Fellow
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, IEEE, 2011
    • Inaugural Recipient of the “IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Innovative Education Award” (Feb. 2020)
    • Co-recipient of “Best Student Paper Award – 3rd Place” at the 2018 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium for “An 8-Element, 1-3GHz Direct Space-to-Information Converter for Rapid, Compressive-Sampling Direction-of-Arrival Finding Utilizing Pseudo-Random Antenna-Weight Modulation” (with Matt Bajor)
    • Co-recipient “Best Demo Award” at the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on the Internet of Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI) for “An Ultra-Low-Power Custom Integrated Circuit based Sound-Source Localization System” (with D. de Godoy, S. Xia, W. Fernandez, X. Jiang)
    • Co-recipient “Outstanding Student Paper – Runner up (2nd place)” at the 2017 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) for “A-236.3dB FoM Sub-Sampling Low-Jitter Supply-Robust Ring-Oscillator PLL for Clocking Applications with Feed-Forward Noise-Cancellation,” April 2018 (with S. Nagam)
    • Co-recipient “Best Poster Award” at the 2015 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) for "A Field-Programmable Noise-Canceling Wideband Receiver with High-Linearity Hybrid Class-AB-C LNTAs,” Sept. 2015 (with J. Zhu)
    • Co-recipient of the “Best Demo – Runner Up Award” at 14th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems (SenSys) Nov. 2016, (with R. Chandrasekaran, D. de Godoy, S. Xia, M. Islam, B. Islam, S. Nirjon, and X. Jiang)
    • Co-recipient of “Best Student Paper Award – 2nd Place” at the 2015 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium (with Yang Xu)
    • Co-recipient of the “Student Poster Award 2nd Place” for “Metacapacitor: Large Area, Low Cost, High Performance Capacitors for Power Electronics,” FlexTech Alliance Conference, Feb. 2014 (with S. Yang, B. Van Tassell, C. Le, S. Liu, E. S. Leland, D. A. Steingart, S. O'Brien, and I. Kymissis)
    • Co-recipient of the “First Prize ($100K) in the 2012 Interdigital Innovation Challenge (I2C)” for “Ultrasonic Wireless Sensors” (with K. Yadav and I. Kymissis)
    • Co-recipient of the “2011 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication” for an outstanding paper published in any IEEE Communications Society publication in the previous 15 years for the paper entitled “Energy-Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs) for Ubiquitous Object Networking,” (with M. Gorlatova, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein, X. Wang and G. Zussman)
    • Co-recipient of the “Best Student Demo Award” for "Demo: Organic Solar Cell-equipped Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tag (EnHANT) Prototypes" at the ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM SenSys) 2011 (with G. Stanje, P. Miller, J. Zhu, A. Smith, O. Winn, R. Margolies, M. Gorlatova, J. Sarik, M. Szczodrak, B. Vigraham, L. Carloni, I. Kymissis, and G. Zussman)
    • Co-recipient of the “First Prize in the 2009 Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Challenge” for “Active Networked Tags for Disaster Recovery Applications” (with G. Zussman, I. Kymissis, D. Rubenstein and X. Wang)
    • Co-recipient of “Best Student Paper Award – 1st Place” at the 2008 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium (with F. Zhang and R. Gharpurey).
    • IBM Faculty Award (March 2005)
    • Award for the ‘Best Engineering thesis of Applied Sciences for the class of 1990’ (1 award among 360 students) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) granted by the class of 1965 (Oct. 1990).
  • Professional Experience
    • (July 2016 – present) Bernard J. Lechner Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (July 2017 – June 2020) Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (July 2011 – June 2016) Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (July 2014 – June 2016) Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (July 2011 – July 2014) Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (Oct. 2012 – 2014) Founding (co-)Chair of the Smart Cities Center in the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
    • (Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2011) Visiting Research Professor, Institut ICTEAM, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve (Belgium).
    • (July 2002 – June 2011) Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA) [Tenure July 2008].
    • (April 2002 - June 2002)Principal Engineer at Multilink Corporation, Somerset (NJ, USA).
    • (Sept. 2000 - Jan. 2002) Director, VLSI in the ‘VLSI and Integrated Electro-optics Group’ of Celight Inc., Iselin (NJ, USA).
    • (July 1999 - August 2000) Senior Staff Scientist in the ‘Analog and RF Microelectronics Group’ of Broadcom Corporation, Irvine (CA, USA).
    • (Oct. 1996 - June 1999) Member of Technical Staff (Principal Investigator) in the ‘Design Principles Research Department’ of the ‘Wireless Laboratory’ at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill (NJ, USA).
    • (Sept. 1991 - Sept. 1996) Research assistant in the ESAT-MICAS laboratory of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (Belgium).
    • (Sept. 1990 - Aug. 1991) Belgian military service at the “Technical Department of the Army”, Peutie (Belgium).
    • (Spring 1998 and 2002) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA).
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
    • Ir, Electo-Mechanical Engineering, option Electronics, B.S./M.S. equivalent, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Research Areas

  • Devices
  • Materials
  • Nanoscience
  • Neuroscience & Neuroengineering
  • Sensing
  • Nanophotonics
  • Optics
  • Silicon Photonics

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  • Professional Affiliations
    • Advisory Board Member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rice University (2013- )
    • Scientific Board Member, the New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists (2013- )
    • Co-Founder and Board Member, PicoLuz, Inc. (2009- )
    • Board Member, CRANN Nanoscience Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2012- )
  • Honors & Awards
    • Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 2019
    • Comstock Prize in Physics
    • 2019 IEEE Photonics Award
    • R. W. Wood Prize, 2017
    • Thomson-Reuter, top 1% most highly cited researcher in Physics every year since 2014
    • IEEE Fellow, 2013
    • MacArthur Fellow, 2010
    • Blavatnik Award, NY State Academy of Science, 2010
    • Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow, 2007
    • Fulbright Fellowship, 2007
    • IBM Faculty Award, 2006
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2004
  • Professional Experience
    • Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, School of Electrical Engineering, Columbia Nano Initiative, 2015-present
    • Given Professor of Engineering, Cornell University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013-2015
    • Associate Professor, Cornell University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007-2013
    • Assistant Professor, Cornell University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2001 – 2007
    • Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Department of Material Science, 1999 – 2001

Research Areas

  • Computational Methods and Data Analysis
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Advanced Materials

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  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2021–present
    • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–2020
    • Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2015–2016
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2010–2015
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • American Chemical Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2013
    • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2012
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University
    • BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia

Research Areas

  • Mechanics of materials
  • Molecular and nanomechanics of human-made and natural polymers
  • Soft composites
  • Natural materials
  • Bio-inspired materials

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  • Professional Experience
    • Provost of Columbia University, 2021–2023
    • Dean of Engineering, Columbia University, 2013–2021
    • Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2013–2021
    • Ford Professor of Engineering, MIT, 2011–2013
    • Gail E. Kendall (1978) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2000–2011
    • Department Head of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2008–2013
    • Joined the MIT faculty, 1987
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • American Academy of Mechanics
    • National Academy of Engineering
  • Honors & Awards
    • Timoshenko Medal, 2020
    • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
    • Member, National Academy of Engineering
    • Engineering Science Medal, Society of Engineering Science, 2015
    • Honorary Professor, Zhejiang University, 2015
    • MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT
    • Joseph Henry Keenan Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award, MIT
    • ASME Special Achievement Award for Young Investigator in Applied Mechanics, 1998
    • Dupont Young Faculty Award, 1992–1995
    • ALCOA Foundation Award
    • National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1991

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Electromagnetics
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Networking
  • Photonics
  • Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
  • Quantum Computing

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2015–present
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2009–2014
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Honor & Awards
    • DARPA Microelectronics Exploratory Council Member
    • 2017-2019 IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer
    • 2018 IEEE RFIC Symposium Best Student Paper Award
    • 2018 IEEE ISSCC Best Demo Award
    • 2015 IEEE RFIC Symposium Best Student Paper Award
    • 2014 IBM Faculty Award
    • 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award
    • USC Viterbi School of Engineering 2009 Best Thesis Award – Experimental Research Category
    • IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2007 Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper

Research Areas

  • Laser Crystallization of Si Films
  • Energy-Beam-Induced Melting and Solidification of Thin Films
  • Phase Transformations & Nucleation in Condensed Systems
  • ELA (Excimer-Laser Annealing), SLS (Sequential Lateral Solidification), and SBC (Spot-Beam Crystallization) of Si Films
  • Polycrystalline Si Films for Thin-Film Transistor (TFT)-Based Active-Matrix Displays

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  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 2002 - Present
    • Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Program, Columbia University, 2002 - 2014
    • Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 1995 - 2002
    • Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 1991 - 1994
  • Honors & Awards
    • Bohmisch Physical Society
    • Sigma Xi
    • Alpha Sigma Mu
    • Materials Research Society
    • American Physical Society

Research Areas

Development of Mathematical Formulations That Are Required for Studies of Plasmas That Have a Non-Trivial Dependence on All Three Spatial Coordinates

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  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Applied Physics, Columbia, 1994 –
    • Professor, Physics, College of William and Mary, 1986 – 1994
    • Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1974 – 1986
    • Officer, U.S. Air Force, 1970 – 1974
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics
    • Scientific Member, German Max Planck Society
  • Education
    • PhD, Physics, Cornell University
    • BA, Physics, University of Virginia
  • Honors & Awards
    • Chair, APS Division of Plasma Physics, 1998 – 2001
    • President, University Fusion Association, 1992
    • Editorial Board, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 1992-95
    • Associate Editor of the Physics of Plasmas, 1992-94
    • Secretary/Treasurer of APS Division of Plasma Physics, 1989-1990
    • Scientific member, German Max Planck Society (Auswärtiges Wissenschafliches Mitglied der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), 1989
    • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1982
    • First U.S.-Japan fusion-theory visiting professorship, Nagoya University, 1982

Research Areas

  • Neuroengineering
  • Bioelectronics
  • Bioinstrumentation
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Medical Devices and Systems
  • Brain-Machine Interfaces
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics
  • Wearable Devices
  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Computer Architecture
  • Digital Devices
  • Embedded Systems
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Photonics
  • Power Systems
  • Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
  • Sensor Systems
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)

Research Areas

  • Plasma Physics (Controlled Fusion)
  • Energy Science

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  • Professional Experience
    • Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2020-2022
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics
  • Honors & Awards
    • Department of Energy Early Career Research Award, 2023
    • Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, American Physical Society, 2021
    • ARCS Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2019
  • Education
    • PhD, Physics, University of Maryland
    • AB, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University