Hossein Mosallaei
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- hosseinm@ece.northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 332 Dana Research Center
- 617.373.7354
Research Focus
Electromagnetics and optics, quantum systems, nanoscale materials and metamaterials, nanoantennas, THz-IR Devices, multiscale computation and mathematical-numerical models
About
Hossein Mosallaei is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. He received his PhD degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in June 2001. From 2002-2005 he was on the faculty of EECS Department at the University of Michigan as an Assistant Research Scientist. He joined Northeastern in 2005 and is the Director of Metamaterials Laboratory. He leads research activities in the areas of electromagnetics and optics, RF/optical metamaterials and metasurfaces, wireless antennas and sensors, microwave/millimeter-wave electronics, photonics and plasmonics, quantum optics and materials, and multiscale computation and AI. His research group is well recognized in the area of active and time modulated photonics. His research is also highly cited and has been featured in various prestigious journals.
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
Honors & Awards
Research Overview
Electromagnetics and optics, quantum systems, nanoscale materials and metamaterials, nanoantennas, THz-IR Devices, multiscale computation and mathematical-numerical models
Selected Research Projects
- Nanoantennas for Engineering Waves on the Surface
- – Principal Investigator, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- A. Forouzmand, H. Mosallaei, A Tunable Semiconductor-Based Transmissive Metasurface: Dynamic Phase Control with High Transmission Level, Laser & Photonics Review, 14(6), 2020, 1900353
- H. Barati Sedeh, M.M. Salary, H. Mosallaei, Topological Space-Time Photonic Transitions in Angular- Momentum-Biased Metasurfaces, Advanced Optical Materials, 8(11), 2020, 2000075
- M.M. Salary, H. Mosallaei, Time-Modulated Conducting Oxide Metasurfaces for Adaptive Multiple Access Optical Communication, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat, 68(3), 2020, 1628-1642
- M.M. Salary, H. Mosallaei, Inverse Design of Radiative Thermal Meta-Sources Via Discrete Dipole Approximation Model, Journal of Applied Physics, 125, 2019, 163107
- M.M. Salary, S. Jafar-Zanjani, H. Mosallaei Nonreciprocal Optical Links Based on Time-Modulated Nanoantenna Arrays: Full-Duplex Communication, Physical Review B, 99, 2019, 045416
- M.M. Salary, S. Inampudi, K. Zhang, E.B. Tadmor, H. Mosallaei, Mechanical Actuation of Graphene Sheets Via Optically Induced Forces, Physical Review B, 94, 2016, 235403
Feb 03, 2025
Mosallaei Selected as Optica Fellow
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei was selected as an Optica Fellow (formerly OSA) for outstanding contributions in active and time-modulated optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces. Optica Fellows are chosen based on several factors, including outstanding contributions to research, business, education, engineering, and service to Optica and its community.
Jan 31, 2025
2024 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those who published a paper in 2024 or later.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
A group of COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Apr 01, 2022
Mosallaei’s Research Featured on Cover of Nanoscale Advances
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s research on “Multifunctional metasails for self-stabilized beam-riding and optical communication” was featured on the cover of Nanoscale Advances. Abstract: The photonic propulsion of lightsails can be […]
Dec 23, 2021
COE Professors Selected in Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The […]
Feb 09, 2021
Mosallaei’s Research Featured on Cover of Advanced Theory and Simulations
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s research on “Machine Learning: TCO‐Based Active Dielectric Metasurfaces Design by Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks” was featured on the cover of Advanced Theory and Simulations.
May 23, 2019
Mosallaei's Article Featured as Best of Advanced Optical Materials 2018
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s paper on “A Tunable Multigate Indium‐Tin‐Oxide‐Assisted All‐Dielectric Metasurface” is one of the featured articles in the Best of Advanced Optical Materials 2018.
Mar 14, 2019
PhD Student Wins Honorable Paper Award in 2019 APS/URSI
ECE PhD student Mohammad Mahdi Salary from Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s group receives Honorable Student Paper Award in the 2019 IEEE AP-S/URSI Conference, held in Atlanta, GA. The work is on […]
Jan 04, 2019
Mosallaei to Work on Optical Links for Space
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei was awarded a $500K grant, in collaboration with California Institute of Technology, for “Optical Links for Space” from the NASA Innovative program.