Yonina Eldar Appointed Joseph E. Aoun Professor
ECE Professor and Joseph E. Aoun Chair Yonina Eldar has dedicated her work to developing meaningful and impactful solutions to improve the healthcare and biomedical technology industry. She now joins Northeastern’s College of Engineering as one of the Joseph E. Aoun Chairs to continue working on impactful projects.
This article originally appeared on Northeastern Global News. It was published by Tanner Stening. Main photo: Yonina Eldar, who joined Northeastern University this fall, is a pioneer in the field of signal processing, with a deep background in electrical engineering and applied physics. Courtesy photo
World-renowned radar expert Yonina Eldar appointed Joseph E. Aoun Professor
Yonina Eldar has spent the better part of two decades thinking about ways of integrating physics and signal processing to better human life.
Her work has focused on designing systems that capture data and developing engineering solutions that could transform health care, biomedical technology and medical devices. One innovation from her lab is a device called the Bio-Radar Health Monitoring System, which can track patients’ vital signs remotely and noninvasively.
“To me, the human aspect is very important,” Eldar tells Northeastern Global News. “At the end of the day, I’m an engineer, and I get excited over equations and problems we can solve.”
Eldar, who joined Northeastern University this fall, is a pioneer in the field of signal processing, with a deep background in electrical engineering, applied physics and radar applications.
Adding to a long list of accolades, she recently received the 2025 Israel Prize in Engineering, an honor bestowed on individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of science, technology and national innovation.
Now, she’s bringing her breadth of experience to Northeastern’s College of Engineering as one of the Joseph E. Aoun Chairs. Eight professorships pledged in honor of Aoun have been made possible by a $25 million gift from Alan McKim, vice chair of the university’s Board of Trustees.
Tina Eliassi-Rad was installed as the inaugural Joseph E. Aoun Professor in September 2023. Eliassi-Rad is a professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and holds core faculty appointments in the university’s Network Science and Experiential AI institutes. Lorenzo Torresani, a professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, was also recently named a Joseph E. Aoun Chair.
For Eldar, the opportunity allows her to continue bridging fundamental science with real-world applications, advancing both ends of the research spectrum in an end-to-end fashion.
“I’m really excited by the science, by the engineering, by the interdisciplinary nature of it,” Eldar says. “That means really looking at, on a system level, how we go from the basic physics, to building sensors, to applying the data — and, again, using the physics and engineering — to develop effective algorithms.”
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