Group Members
We are always looking for new students and postdocs to join the team!
Principal Investigator
Soner Sonmezoglu, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Northeastern University. He received his PhD in the ECE department from the University of California, Davis. He received his BS degree with a minor in solid-state physics and MS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Prior to joining Northeastern University, he was a research scientist in the EECS department at the University of California, Berkeley.
Prof. Sonmezoglu is a recipient of numerous awards, including the UC Davis Graduate Division Fellowship and the Graduate Fellowship provided by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. He has published several research publications, which were highlighted by UC Berkeley News, ScienceDaily, and many more, and given presentations in the most reputed platforms in the field.
Postdocs
Amin Khavasi
Dr. Amin Khavasi is a Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He earned his PhD, MSc, and BSc in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, where he graduated as the top student in his class. Prior to joining Northeastern, he held research positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Duisburg-Essen and served as a faculty member at Sharif University, leading innovative projects in integrated photonics, biosensors, and quantum optics. His expertise spans integrated optics, metamaterials, and quantum photonics, enabling him to design high-performance, scalable photonic systems with applications in biomedical imaging and sensing.
Saurabh Dixit
Dr. Saurabh Dixit is an Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Northeastern University. His research interests include fabrication and design of metamaterial and meta-surfaces for the application of chip-integrable nano-photonics and opto-electronic devices. Dr. Dixit has completed his Ph.D. in 2018 from Department of Physics of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, INDIA. He received his degree in Master of Science Electronics from Delhi University, INDIA in 2013. He has published more than 15 peer-reviewed research articles in an international journal and contributed to several conference proceedings. He is an active member of Optica.
Graduate Students
Alp Derin
Alp received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2023. In the same year, he joined Northeastern University as a PhD student. He did an internship at ASELSAN, where he worked on IR detector design and fabrication. Additionally, he did undergraduate research in Bilkent MEM Group, where he implemented DSP algorithms with FPGA and designed analog circuits. He enjoys making music with the clarinet and playing basketball.
Mei Yang
Mei received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Science and Technology from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2009 and 2012. She worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and as a staff engineer at Samsung Research Center- Beijing (SRCB). She is currently working towards the PhD degree at Northeastern University, with interests in SoC design, energy harvesting, and machine learning algorithms for implantable and wearable devices.
Mohamed Heikal
Mohamed received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2016. In 2018, he worked as a Junior Analog/Mixed signals layout design engineer at Si-Vision, Egypt. Then, in 2020, he joined Analog Devices, Egypt, as a Senior design engineer. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. degree at Northeastern University, with interests in Analog/Mixed signals design and low-power SoC design. He enjoys traveling and swimming.
Ahmed Zikrallah
Ahmed received a B.Sc. degree (with honors) in electronics and communication engineering from Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt, in 2014. He received his M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2024. Before joining MIT, he worked as a product development engineer at Si-Ware Systems in Egypt. He is currently pursuing his PhD at Northeastern University, where he is exploring implantable biosensors. He enjoys classical music concerts, hiking, and skydiving.
Undergraduate Students
Aral Balsari
Aral is a senior student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He recently interned at IDEXX, where he worked on PCB design in Cadence. He is particularly interested in FPGA design for biomedical MEMS applications. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and chess.
YuXuan Sun
Yuxuan is a 5th-year student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He was a research assistant at the Harvard Lichtman Lab and worked as an electrical engineer at Insulet. Currently, he is interested in FPGA design and algorithmic 3D image reconstruction.
Group Alumni
Abhiram Pulavarthi, Undergraduate Student, ECE Department, 2023-2024
Adrian Whitten, Undergraduate Student, ME Department, 2023-2024
Kruthi Narayana, M.S. Student, ECE Department, 2023-2024