Hossein Mosallaei

Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

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  • 332 Dana Research Center
  • 617.373.7354

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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 Physics and Modeling of Metamaterials, Hybridized Materials, Microwave and Photonic Systems, Nanoscale Plasmonics, and Quantum/Molecular Phenomena.

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001

Research Overview

Electromagnetics and optics, quantum systems, nanoscale materials and metamaterials, nanoantennas, THz-IR Devices, multiscale computation and mathematical-numerical models

Selected Research Projects

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

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Cover of Nanoscale Advances journal

Faculty

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 used to accelerate spacecraft to relativistic velocities, providing a feasible route for the exploration of interstellar space in the human lifetime. Breakthrough Starshot is an […]

Faculty

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 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 […]

cover of publication Advanced Theory and Simulations

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Students

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 full-duplex NIR communications.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

Dec 12, 2018

Mosallaei's APL Article Selected as Editor's Pick

ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s article on “Neural Network Based Design of Metagratings” published in Applied Physics Letters was selected as Editor’s Pick.

Faculty

Oct 17, 2018

Mosallaei Awarded $600K AFOSR Grant

ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei was awarded a $600K Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant for “On-Demand Controllable Photonic Processors and Networks.”

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