Group Members

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.

Email: s.sonmezoglu@northeastern.edu ECE Profile LinkedIn

Research Staff

Yichuan Tang

Yichuan's research interests lie in Ultrasound and Photoacoustic imaging device development, signal processing algorithm design. He earned his Ph.D. in Robotics Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA. He has a Master's degree in Robotics Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. (e-mail: yic.tang@northeastern.edu)

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.

YuXuan Sun

Yuxuan Sun earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Northeastern University. He has served as a research assistant in Harvard’s Lichtman Lab and Northeastern’s Sonmezoglu Lab, and completed an electrical engineering internship at Insulet. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Northeastern, focusing on wireless neural interfaces. Outside the lab, he enjoys skiing and playing board games with friends.

Francesco Venza

Francesco received is B.Sc. and M.S. from Politecnico di Torino in 2021 and 2024 respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD at Northeastern, with an interest in nanofabrication, integrated and quantum photonics and physical neural networks.

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.

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.

Master and Undergraduate Students

Kennedy O'Neil

Kennedy is a master’s student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She received her B.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry from the College of William & Mary and is currently pursuing her graduate degree at Northeastern. She has worked as a software engineer intern at Teradyne. In her free time, she enjoys Crossfit and running.

Paul Culaj

Paul is a junior Electrical Engineering undergraduate student at Northeastern University. He plans on pursuing a Masters in ECE with a concentration in Microsystems, Materials, and Devices. He is interested in circuit design and nanofabrication. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with friends and playing basketball.

Group Alumni

Aral Balsari, Undergraduate Student, ECE Department, 2024-2025, Now PhD student at George Washington University

Amin Khavasi, Research Scientist, Now Senior Photonics Engineer at Flexcompute

Saurabh Dixit, Associate Research Scientist

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

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