The JALALI-LAB @ UCLA consists of the director, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, development engineers, undergraduate students, and visiting scientists. The JALALI-LAB occasionally hires undergraduate students as interns. We currently have open research positions and are accepting applications from interested candidates.
PEOPLE
Director

Bahram Jalali, Ph.D.
Professor, Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair
Departments of Electrical Engineering & Bioengineering
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine
California NanoSystems Institute
email: jalali [ at ] ucla.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mohammad H. Asghari, Ph.D.
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, INRS-EMT
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif
B.S., Electrical Engineering, KNTU
email: asghari [ at ] ucla.edu

Mohammad H. Asghari, Ph.D.
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, INRS-EMT
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif
B.S., Electrical Engineering, KNTU
email: asghari [ at ] ucla.edu

Staff Scientists

Eric Diebold, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering
California NanoSystems Institute
Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Duke
email: ediebold [ at ] ucla.edu
Daniel R. Solli, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D., Physics, Berkeley
B.S., Physics, Berkeley
email: solli [ at ] ucla.edu

Graduate Students

Cejo Konuparamban Lonappan
Department of Electrical Engineering
MS, Electrical Engineering, UCLA
B.Tech., ECE, Model Engineering College, Kochi, Kerala
email: cejo [ at ] ucla.edu
Visiting Scholars
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Cathy (Yunshan) Jiang
Department of Electrical Engineering
B.S., Zhejiang University, Optical Engineering, 2013
email: yunshanjiang [ at ] gmail.com
Madhuri Suthar
Department of Electrical Engineering
B.Tech., ECE, ISM Dhanbad
email: madhurisuthar@ucla.edu


Amy (Yutong) Lu
Department of Electrical Engineering
B.S., Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
email: amylyt@ucla.edu

Ali Ayazi, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
(Former Graduate Student)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
Nanophotonics Laboratory
University of Washington
email: ali.ayazi [ at ] gmail.com

Yukin(Yueqin) Li
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Institute of Lightwave Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
email: yukinleeing[ at ] gmail.com
Sifeng He
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Center for Photonics and Electronics
Department of Precision Instruments
Tsinghua University
email: hsf215kg[ at ] gmail.com


Zhuoya Bai
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Institute of Lightwave Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
email: zhuoyabai[ at ] hotmail.com
Sally (Saili) Zhao
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Hunan University
email: zhaosaili521[ at ]gmail.com
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Tianwei Jiang
Visiting Scientist
Assistant Professor
Beijing university of Posts and Telecommunications
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical communications
email: twj[ at ]ucla.edu
Akito Chiba
Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology
Gunma University
email: akito.chiba[ at ]osamember.org


Jonathan Mendelson
Visiting Student
Student
Brentwood High School
Los Angeles
email: jmendelson2018[ at ] bwscampus.com
Wai Ting (Carol) Hung
Department of Physics
email: carolhungwt [ at ] ucla [ dot ] edu
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Alumni
Jacky Chan, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student
Post Doc, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
M.S., Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA
B.S., Nanoengineering, University of Waterloo
email: jckchan [ at ] ucla.edu


Sebastian (Nino) Karpf
Former PostDoc
Professor
Ph.D., Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Department of Electrical Engineering
email: nino.karpf [ at ] ucla.edu
Ata Mahjoubfar, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student and PostDoc
Department of Electrical Engineering
California NanoSystems Institute
Ph.D., UCLA
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tehran
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tehran
email: ata [ at ] ee.ucla.edu
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Ali Ayazi, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
(Former Graduate Student)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
Nanophotonics Laboratory
University of Washington
email: ali.ayazi [ at ] gmail.com

Undergraduate Students

David Borlaug, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student
Senior PIC Development Engineer at Infinera
M.S., Electrical Engineering, UCLA
B.S., Electrical Engineering, UCSB
email: dborlaug [ at ] ucla.edu
Claire Chen, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student
Application Engineer at Lumentum
Department of Bioengineering
B.S., Optical Engineering, Fudan
email: lchen [ at ] seas.ucla.edu

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Kevin (Hongbiao) Gao
Former Visiting Scientist
TsingHua University
Ph.D. Student
email: ghb10 [ at ] mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Tony (Haochen) Yuan
Former Undergrad
Morgan Stanley
Peking University
Undergraduate Student
email: halcyonyuan [ at ] gmail.com
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Li-Chia (Jerry) Tai
Former Undergrad
Ph.D. Student at UCB
Department of Physics
email: talktotai [ at ] gmail.com
Najva Akbari
Former Grad Student
Ph.D. Student at Cornell
Department of Electrical Engineering
B.S., Electrical Engineering, UCLA
email: njakbari [ at ] ucla.edu


Vahid Asadpour, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Former PostDoc
Industry in Iran
Ph.D., Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic
Master's Degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic
email: v [ dot ] asadpour [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
Jost Adam, Ph.D.
Former Postdoc
German Research Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering
California NanoSystems Institute
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, CAU zu Kiel
M.S., Mathematics, CAU zu Kiel
email: adam [ at ] ee.ucla.edu


Peter DeVore, Ph.D.
Former Grad Student
Department of Physics
M.S., Physics, UCLA
B.S., Physics, Berkeley
email: pdevore [ at ] ucla.edu
Daniel Lam, Ph.D.
Former Grad Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S., Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
email: dwlam [ at ] ucla.edu


Haeri Park
Former Grad Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University
email: wawa610 [ at ] ucla.edu

Allen Huang
Former Undergrad
Department of Electrical Engineering
email: huang.allen [ at ] gmail.com
Christopher Carmona
Former Undegrad
Department of Physics
email: carmona.christopher [ at ] gmail.com

Michael Lynch
Former Undergrad
Department of Computer Science / Physics
email: michaellynch628 [ at ] gmail.com

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Kate (Jiawen) Feng
Former Undergrad
Department of Electrical Engineering
email: fengj [ at ] ucla.edu
Brandon Buckley
Former Graduate Student
Department of Physics
Ph.D., Physics, UCLA
M.S., Physics, UCLA
B.S., Physics, Cornell
email: buckley1729 [ at ] gmail.com


Akhil Shah, Ph.D.
Former Staff Scientist
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D., Physics, UCLA
B.S., Physics, UCLA
email: akhil137 [ at ] gmail.com
Akio Yazaki
Former Visiting Scientist
Hitachi Corporation
Staff Scientist
M.S., Physics, Chuo University
B.S., Physics, Chuo University
email: akiosushi.nandesu [ at ] gmail.com

Farid Fayaz
Former Graduate Student
RF Design Engineer at Blue Danube Labs, Warren, NJ
M.S., Microwave & Photonics, Sharif
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif
email: faridfayaz [ at ] ucla.edu


Taira Miyatake
Former Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechano Informatics Engineering, Univ of Tokyo
email: tairamiyatake [ at ] gmail.com
Xi (Nancy) Li
Former Undergraduate Student
Department of BioEngineering
email: xi.nancy.li [ at ] gmail.com
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Zhenzhou (Aaron) Cheng
Former Exchange Student
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. Candidate
M.S., Optics, Nankai University
B.S., Physics, Nankai University
email: zhenzhoucheng [ at ] gmail.com
Koichiro Kishima, Ph.D.
Former Visiting Scientist
Sony corporation, Senior manager
Ph.D., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
email: koichiro.kishima [ at ] jp.sony.com


Abe Ellison
Former Undergraduate Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
email: ellisona [ at ] ucla.edu
Karma Sonam Bhutia (Former Graduate Student)
Design Engineer at Silicon Labs, Austin, Tx
email: karma.nitc [ at ] gmail.com

Sean Huang (Former Lab Assistant)
Department of Electrical Engineering
email: hyprul [ at ] ucla.edu

Jason Liu (Former Undergraduate Student)
Department of Chemical Engineering
email: jayqliu [ at ] ucla.edu


James Chung (Former Undergraduate Student)
Department of Chemical Engineering
email: jamessc [ at ] ucla.edu
Hongwei Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Tsinghua University
Homepage
email: chenhw [ at ] tsinghua.edu.cn
link

Keisuke Goda, Ph.D. (Former Program Manager)
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Tokyo
Homepage
email: goda [ at ] chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
link


Rebecca Brown (Former Undergraduate Student)
Medical Student
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
email: rebeccabrown3 [ at ] gmail.com
Ali Fard, Ph.D. (Former Graduate Student)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
email: motafakk [ at ] ee.ucla.edu


Niusha Sarkhosh, Ph.D. (Former Postdoctoral Researcher)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Shimon Weiss Group
UCLA
email: niusha [ at ] ucla.edu
Zhongwei Tan, Ph.D. (Former Visiting Scientist)
Associate Professor
Institute of Lightwave Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
email: tanzwei [ at ] hotmail.com


Alexander Weidel (Former Visiting Scientist)
Graduate Student
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
email: A.Weidel [ at ] ucla.edu

Shalabh Gupta, Ph.D. (Former Graduate Student)
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
email: shalabh [ at ] ee.ucla.edu
link

Sasan Fathpour, Ph.D. (Former Postdoctoral Researcher)
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Integrated Photonics & Energy Solutions Laboratory
University of Central Florida
email: fathpour [ at ] creol.ucf.edu
link
Varun Raghunathan, Ph.D. (Former Graduate Student)
Agilent, (Santa Clara, CA)
email: varunr196 [ at ] gmail.com


Prakash Koonath, Ph.D. (Former Postdoctoral Researcher)
Senior Engineer
OE Waves, Inc.
email: prakash.koonath [ at ] gmail.com
Jason Chou, Ph.D. (Former Graduate Student)
Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
email: chou8 [ at ] llnl.gov


Gilbert Fu (Former Undergraduate Student)
Graduate Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Omer Malik (Former Undergraduate Student)
Graduate Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University


Alan Quach (Former Undergraduate Student)
Graduate Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Evan Chen (Former Undergraduate Student)
Graduate Student
Department of Electrical Engineering
Duke University


Adam Weinstein (Former High School Intern)
Undergraduate Student
Princeton University
email: adw9911 [ at ] yahoo.com

Rick C. J. Hsu (Former Graduate Student)
Broadcom
Dimitri Dimitropoulos (Former Graduate Student)
Imagination Technologies, (London, UK)

