
PhD Candidate and Postdoc Talent Portal
Welcome to Northeastern University’s College of Engineering talent portal featuring PhD candidates and postdocs seeking career opportunities in industry and academia. As a leading engineering school and an R1 research institution we are excited to help our industry and academic partners identify skilled talent.

Ronak Ansaripour
Micro-physiological Systems, Organoid biology, Droplet-based Microfluidics, Comparative Genomics, Neuro-Ophthalmology

Xiangyu Bai
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Autonomy Navigation, Autonomy Simulation, Learning with Small Data

Eeshan Basu
Air Quality, Air Quality Modelling, Statistics, Data Science, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gases, High-Performance Computing, Remote Sensing

Andrew Caratenuto
Solar-driven water purification, desalination, passive radiative cooling, naturally-derived functional materials, renewable energy systems

Lauren Cole-Osborn
Genetic engineering, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, plant biology

Justin Crabb
Numerical Modeling, Multiphysics Simulations, Computational Physics, Electromagnetics, Graphene, FETs, FDTD, MATLAB, COMSOL, Semiconductors, THz

Razieh Faghihpirayesh
Data Science, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Medical Imaging, AI in Healthcare

Yunfan Gao
High-speed circuit design;
PMIC;
AD/DA converter

Elaheh Hatamimajoumerd
Computer vision, deep learning, Machine learning
Generative AI, Action recognition
video processing

Xiaofei Huang
computer vision, machine learning, segmentation, pose estimation, action recognition, data synthesis, augmented/virtual reality

Swapna Joshi
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, AI for Good, AI for Public Spaces, Autonomous Vehicle – Pedestrian Interaction, Social Robots.

Vineel Kondiboyina
biomechanics, drug delivery, osteoarthritis, oncology, therapeutics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, implants, cardiovascular, regeneration

Ying Mu
Polymer-nanomaterials composites, polymer-carbon nanotubes/boron nitride nanotubes, fibers, thin films, aerogels, mechanical and thermal properties

Katelyn Neuman
Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials, Bioengineering

Burcu Ozek
data science, machine learning, healthcare systems, uncertainty quantification, statistics

Vitaly Petrov
Wireless communication and networking, terahertz communications, THz, protocols design and analysis, IoT, satellite networks, information security.

Raana Sabri
Silicon Photonics, Metasurface, Optics,

Sepideh Tavakoli
RNA modification, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), RNA sequencing, mRNA-LNP

Raman Vaidya
Structural Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Origami Structures, Structural Design, Numerical Analysis, Material Science, Solid Mechanics

Kirankumar Venkatesan
Developing cathode materials for Li-S, Na/Li-O2/CO2 batteries, In Situ Raman and XPS studies, and Solid-state electrolytes

Duo Wang
System Control, Optimization, Multi-agent Systems, Robotics, Mahine Learning

Yueyang Wang
control theory, system identification, positive system, robotics, image processing, signal processing, probability, machine learning

Zhouping Wang
Computer Vision, Machine Learning

Zifeng Wang
– Iterative Learning Control Methods
– Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Processes

Yanyue Xie
Efficient deep learning, Algorithm/hardware co-design, FPGAs, EDA

Ling Zhu
numerical modeling of coastal processes, using machine learning methods to predict waves and storm surges
PhD candidates and postdocs please submit your profile to be included in the talent portal.