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Sajjad is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UW. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley in 2018 and his B.S. from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013. Prior to joining UW, he was a postdoctoral research scientist in the Bioelectronic Systems Lab at Columbia University from 2018 to 2020.
email: smoazeni@uw.edu
Sanskriti received her M.Eng.(2020) and B.S. (2019) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University. Her research interests are quantum and cryogenic photonics. In her freetime, Sanskriti enjoys baking, rock climbing and hiking. She is the recipient of the 2021 QuantumX AQET fellowship. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021)
Dan received his B.S. (2019) in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. Prior to joining UW, he was working in California in the RF industry, first at a wireless power startup “GuRu” and then at Apple. His research interests are novel circuit design for optical phased arrays, interconnects, and neural network processors. When not concerned with light and electricity, he likes to play sports, sing, and enjoy the outdoors. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021)
Marziyeh received her B.S. (2020) in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran with a focus on Electronic IC Design. She was a Research Assistant at RPI lab at Chinese University of Hong Kong in summer 2019 working on wireless capsule endoscopy. Her research interests are Integrated Circuits and Systems and Optical Devices. (joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021)
Uthkarsh received his B.E. (2020) in Electronics and Communications from R.V College oF Engineering, Banglore, India. Prior to joining UW, he worked as a research assistant in the Photonics Research Lab at CeNSe, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research interests are integrated and quantum photonics, with a focus on scalability. He is currently working on photonic VLSI automation and EPDA tools. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021 as M.S., and started Ph.D. in Spring 2022)
Pengyu received his B. Eng. (2023) in Electronic Information Engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He was a research assistant at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests are analog and photonics circuits. He likes sports and movies in his free time. (joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2023)
Asha received her BTech (2021) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India. Prior to joining UW, she worked as a Graduate Engineer at Maveric Systems, Bangalore, India. Her research interests are Integrated Circuits and Systems. (joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2022 as M.S., and started Ph.D. in Fall 2024)
Sridhar recieved his Bachelor’s and Master’s (2023) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, India. Prior to joining UW, he was working at TI, Bangalore as an Analog Design Engineer in the IO team. His research interests are integrated photonics and chip design. He enjoys playing soccer and music in his free time. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2024)
Weijun received his B. Eng. (2024) in Microelectronic Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and M.S. (2026) in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington. His research interests are analog and mixed-signal circuits. (joined EMIT lab in Fall 2024)
Shuchi received her B.Tech. in ECE from IGDTUW, Delhi, India, in 2018 and her M.S. in Computer Engineering from NYU in 2025. Prior to NYU, she worked at NXP Semiconductors on RTL-to-GDSII implementation and design automation for advanced technology nodes, and her research interests include AI-assisted VLSI design automation and hardware acceleration. (joined EMIT lab in Spring 2026)
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