Group Members

We are looking for new students and postdocs to join the team (see openings) !

Principal Investigator

Sajjad Moazeni

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

Ph.D. Students

Alana Dee

Alana Dee received a B.S. (2021) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in Signal Processing and Communications with a minor in Economics. Alana’s research interest lies in photonic and RF integrated circuit design for communication and sensing applications. Alana is the recipient of the UW College of Engineering Dean’s fellowship in 2021. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021)
email: alanadee@uw.edu

Liban Hussein

Liban received his B.S. (2020) in Electrical Engineering with a focus on analog IC design and bioelectroncis from University of Washington, Seattle. He served as an Applications Engineer Intern at Texas Instruments, as well as a Digital IC Design Intern at Berkeley Lab working on chips for neutrino detection. Liban is passionate about circuit design and STEM outreach efforts for minorities in the Greater Seattle area. Liban is the receipient of UW ARCS and GEM fellowships. (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2021)
email: libanh@uw.edu

Sanskriti Joshi

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)
email: sjoshi3@uw.edu

Daniel Sturm

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)
email: dansturm@uw.edu

Marziyeh Rezaei

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)
email: marziyeh@uw.edu

Uthkarsh Adya

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)
email: uthkarsh@uw.edu

Pengyu Zeng

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)
email: pyzeng@uw.edu

M.S. Students

Asha Rashmi Nayak

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)
email: asharashmi15@gmail.com

Duy Vuong

Duy received his BS in Electrical Engineering with concentration in VLSI from University of Washington in 2022. Prior to returning for his MS in Electrical Engineering, he worked as a SoC Design Engineer at Intel. He is interested in learning everything about integrated systems and their applications.(joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2023)
email: duyv@uw.edu

Abhishek Saini

Abhishek received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2016. Prior to joining the MS in Data Science program at UW, he worked in industry at the intersection of software engineering and machine learning. He is currently working on deep learning applications in ultra-low power, on-device image sensors. (joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2022)
email: abhis1@uw.edu

Undergraduate Students

Hongyong (Scott) Li

Scott is a third-year undergraduate pursuing his B.S. in electrical engineering with a concentration in integrated systems at UW. Outside of school, he enjoys playing the violin and piano, biking, and going on hikes with friends. (Joined EMIT Lab in Spring 2023)
email: hongyong@uw.edu

Selim Saridede

Selim is a second-year undergraduate student at UW, majoring in Computer Engineering with a focus on embedded systems and integrated circuits. He has a keen interest in chip design and IC technology. He has experience as a research intern at UW before. Beyond academics, Selim is passionate about technology and enjoys playing soccer and exploring photography. (Joined EMIT Lab in Autumn 2023).
email: sesar@uw.edu

Parsa Raesian

Parsa is a fourth-year undergraduate studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is enthusiastic about integrated systems, analog circuits, and embedded systems. Beyond academics, He enjoy working out, reading, and spending time outdoors! (Joined EMIT Lab in Fall 2023)
email: praeiss@uw.edu

Alumni Members

List of alumni members