Faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers working from materials to systems.
Faculty Graduate Undergraduate Alumni Genealogy
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Faculty
Milad Koohi
Principal Investigator · Texas A&M University
Prof. Koohi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2020, and led the integration of ferroelectric nitrides into acoustic wave devices as an R&D Technical Lead at Qorvo’s BAW Research Center. In January 2025 he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University, with a courtesy appointment in Materials Science and Engineering. His research connects multiphysical interactions in emerging materials to innovative devices, microsystems, and integrated circuits for communication, computation, and sensing.
Graduate Researchers 10
Abdullah Hammami
PhD Student
B.Sc. in ECE, JUST, 2025
RF circuits, quantum microsystems, semiconductor fabrication
Abdelmajeed Hamdan
PhD Student
B.Sc. in ECE, JUST, 2025
Nanoscience, advanced manufacturing, applied electromagnetics, analog circuits
Ryan Ozelton
MS Student
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2025
Analog circuit design, RF and microwave systems, device physics
Siang-Chi Wang
MS Student
M.Sc. in Physics, NTU, 2022
Superconductor physics, quantum acoustics, applied electromagnetics
Axton Grams
MS Student
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2026
Analog circuits, device physics, mixed-signal IC design
Wenzhe “Jerry” Xu
MS Student
B.Sc. in ECE, B.A. in Physics, Texas A&M, 2025
RF, quantum, and photonic circuits and devices
Ted Atera
MS Student
B.Sc. in ECE, LSU, 2026
Analog circuits, RF systems and characterization, materials physics
Sophia Vargas
MS Student
B.Sc. in BME, UT Dallas, 2026
Analog circuits, neural interfaces, mixed-signal IC design
Pranav Varanasi
MS Student
B.Sc. in Physics, RPI, 2025
Device physics, semiconductor fabrication, RF systems
Undergraduate Researchers 7
Ganesh Sadasivan
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2026
Semiconductor fabrication and design, analog circuits, power electronics
Jase Schmalz
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2027
Applied electromagnetics, RF and microwave systems, interferometry
Atharva Panse
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2025
Analog circuits, RF and microwave systems, device physics
Reed Clardy
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2026
Semiconductor fabrication, digital and analog device design
Aaron Smith
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2027
Analog circuits, RF and microwave systems, mixed-signal IC design
Gaurav Nimmagadda
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2027
VLSI design, device physics, RF systems, electro-optics
Alyssa Chadee
Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc. in ECE, Texas A&M, 2029
Semiconductor fabrication, analog circuits, and device physics
Alumni 3
Now at Keysight
Now at Samsung Semiconductors, Austin
Undergraduate researcher
KRG Genealogy
From Carl Gauss to the Koohi Research Group
Eleven generations of doctoral advising across 226 years — tap any portrait to expand.
A founding contribution
1799Carl Friedrich GaussHelmstedt
Proved the fundamental theorem of algebra and developed least squares, Gaussian curvature, and Gauss’s law.
Advised Johann Listing (Göttingen, 1834).
1834Johann Benedict ListingGöttingen
Coined the word “topology” and independently described the Möbius band.
Advised Edward L. Nichols (Göttingen, 1879).
1879Edward L. NicholsGöttingen
Founded the Physical Review at Cornell in 1893 and edited it for two decades.
Advised Ernest Fox Nichols (Cornell, 1897).
1897Ernest Fox NicholsCornell
With Gordon Ferrie Hull, measured the pressure of light in 1901 using the Nichols radiometer.
Advised Frederic Blake (Columbia, 1906).
1906Frederic C. BlakeColumbia
Measured the reflection and transmission of electric waves through screens of resonators and grids.
Advised William Everitt (Ohio State, 1933).
1933William L. EverittOhio State
Developed design theory for Class B and C radio amplifiers and wrote the standard 1932 communication-engineering text.
Advised George Sinclair (Ohio State, 1946).
1946George SinclairOhio State
Pioneered scale-model measurement of aircraft antenna patterns and founded Ohio State’s ElectroScience Laboratory.
Advised Raj Mittra (Toronto, 1957).
1957Raj MittraToronto
Advanced computational electromagnetics, including conformal FDTD and generalized scattering-matrix methods.
Advised Tatsuo Itoh (Illinois, 1969).
1969Tatsuo ItohIllinois
Originated the spectral-domain method for planar lines and composite right/left-handed leaky-wave antennas.
Advised Amir Mortazawi (UT Austin, 1990).
1990Amir MortazawiUT Austin
Developed spatial and quasi-optical power-combining arrays and ferroelectric BST frequency-agile microwave circuits.
Advised Milad Koohi (Michigan, 2020).
2020Milad KoohiMichigan
Proved that mechanical waves can be excited at high frequencies through a spatially and temporally varying piezoelectric medium, extending mechanical (acoustic) waves as a platform for microwave and mmWave signal processing.
Founded the Koohi Research Group at Texas A&M in 2025.
Texas A&M, 2025 · kHz to THz · Materials to Systems
Join us: open positions are listed on the Openings page. Questions? Email koohi@tamu.edu.
