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.
Arman Akbari
My research centers on Efficient Deep Learning. I develop methods to accelerate genrative models like LLMs, MLLMs, and Diffusion Models.
Zohreh Azizi
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM), optical system design, fluorescence and phase-based imaging, computational imaging, photonics,and biomedical
Eeshan Basu
Air Quality, Atmospheric Modeling, Air Pollutant & GHG interactions, Plume Rise Modeling, HPC, Anthropogenic Emissions Analysis
Nishant Biyani
Analog Computing, Ultra-low-power Analog Design, Mixed-Signal IC Design, PLLs, ADC/DAC, Digital Design, Regulators & Energy Harvesting Circuits
Duschia Bodet
Terahertz Communications, Modulation and Coding, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, Channel Measurement and Modeling
Rohit Bokade
Multi-agent RL, Deep Learning, Time-series models, Anomaly Detection, Multi-modal Sensor Fusion, Manufacturing Quality Control, Python/PyTorch, LLMs
Xavier Cantos Roman
Terahertz (THz) & 6G Wireless Systems, Spectrum Sharing, Atmospheric Propagation, Physical Layer Algorithms, Graphene Plasmonics
Alfredo Cardenas-Rivera
Neurovascular coupling, cortical metabolism, and modeling of oxygen dynamics to understand and prevent vascular failure in neurodegeneration
Chiderah Chukwuka
Polymer composites, carbon-based materials, thermal analysis, process modeling, structure–property relationship, materials characterization
Donya Dabiri
Scientific AI, Generative AI, Rheology, Physics-Informed machine learning
Dana Diaconu
FPGAs in the cloud and on edge devices,
FPGA-based Machine Learning Accelerators,
FPGA and ML Applications in robotics, medical devices, etc.
Michael Finocchiaro
Oncology, Immunology, Research and Development, Device Fabrication, CAD Modeling, Biomaterials, Synthetic and natural polymers, Optics
Kayland Harrison
analog integrated circuit design, power management, application specific integrated circuits, mixed signal, integrated circuit layout
Jie Huang
Coastal and estuarine modeling of waves, sediment, and morphology under storms to enhance resilient and sustainable shoreline management.
Sepehr Ilami
Network Science, Multi-agent Systems, Human Behavior, Computaional Social Science, Agentic AI, LLMs, Game Theory, AI Agents
Tooba Imtiaz
Computer vision, 3D computer vision, novel view synthesis, 3D reconstruction, diffusion models, generative modeling, robustness
Turner Jennings
Computational brain modeling, injury biomechanics, high-strain-rate mechanics, protective equipment design, scientific software development
Mahsa Karamzadeh
Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, Medical Device, MRI, Brain Research, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Ultrasound, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Consultant, ML
Thomas Keller
Materials Science and Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, Magnetic Materials, Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Materials Characterization, Data Analytics
Liat Kugelmass
Polymer science, chemistry, recycling, sustainability
UTKARSH KUMAR
High-speed, low-power Analog, RF & Mixed-Signal IC design; PLLs, LNAs, PAs, ADC/DACs, regulators, and energy harvesting circuits.
Natesan Mani
Molecular dynamics, Drug discovery, Computational Biology, AI in drug discovery, Machine learning
Danish Mansoor
Hydroclimatic extremes, Climate networks, Flood modeling, Traffic modeling, geospatial analysis, time-series forecasting, critical infrastructure risk
Shaghayegh Mesforoush Mashhad
biosensors, tattoo electrodes, OECTs, EGOFETs, printed organic electronics, physiological signal extraction, microfabrication, bioelectronics
Jacob Miske
robotics, mechanics, materials, artificial intelligence, ML, auxetics, gaussian process regression, chemistry, RF, antennas, moulding, machining
Josh Pace
Medical Imaging, Cancer diagnostics, medical devices, bioinformatics,consulting, biotechnology investment banking
Amin Pishehvar
RF systems, PCB design, Computational electromagnetics, Hybrid magnonics, Integrated photonics, Quantum sensing and communication, Lab automation
Samin Riasat
Coding theory, number theory, combinatorics
Fereshteh Sadeghian
cell and molecular biology, genetics, genetic engineering, biochemistry, proteomics, imaging, biotechnology, immunology, oncology, drug development
Ali Saeizadeh
Digital twins, O-RAN, AI/ML, deep learning, channel modeling, PHY/MAC layer protocols, signal processing, MIMO, 5G/6G networks
Uthandi Selvarasu
DC/DC & DC/AC converters, grid integration of renewables & utility-scale battery, modular multilevel converters, grid-tied inverter technologies.
Elifnur Sunger
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, ML for Healthcare, Generative AI
Tiffany Tang
Drinking Water, Water Treatment, Private Wells, Disinfection By-Products, Geospatial Analysis, Equity
Jack Watson
Risk & resilience, geospatial statistics, time series forecasting, complex networks/systems, optimization, AI/ML, algorithm design, data visualization
Christopher Wozny
RF machine learning, AI/ML, deep learning, signal processing, radar, PHY layer
Peng Wu
machine learning, federated learning, mixed Reality, indoor localization, and multi-agent reinforcement learning
Tianhong Xu
Hardware Security, Power & Microarchitectural Side-channel attacks, DNN/GNN/LLM side channel attacks and secure implementations, TEEs.
Xianzhe Zhang
Optical activity, Chiral Sensing, Biomedical Optics, Metasurface Design, Photonics Material, Inverse Design, Condensed Matter Physics, Semiconductors
PhD candidates and postdocs please submit your profile to be included in the talent portal.