Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Mona Jarrahi received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2000 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003 and 2007. She served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California Berkeley from 2007 to 2008. After serving as an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, she joined University of California Los Angeles in 2013 where she is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Terahertz Electronics Laboratory. 

Prof. Jarrahi has made significant contributions to the development of ultrafast electronic and optoelectronic devices and integrated systems for terahertz and millimeter-wave sensing, imaging, computing, and communication systems by utilizing novel materials, nanostructures, and quantum well structures as well as innovative plasmonic and optical concepts. The outcomes of her research has appeared in 150 publications and 120 keynote/plenary/invited talks and have received a significant amount of attention from scientific news outlets including Huffington Post, Popular Mechanics, EE Times, IEEE Spectrum, Optics & Photonics News Magazine, Laser Focus world, and Photonics Spectra Magazine. Her scientific achievements have been recognized by several international and national prestigious awards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE); Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Moore Inventor Fellowship by Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation; Kavli Fellowship by the USA National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award from the USA National Academy of Engineering (NAE); Early Career Award in Nanotechnology from the IEEE Nanotechnology Council; Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Booker Fellowship from the USA National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science; Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society; Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award; Okawa Foundation Research Award; Early Career Award from the USA National Science Foundation (NSF); Young Investigator Awards from the USA Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); the Watanabe Excellence in Research Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award from the University of Michigan; Distinguished Alumni Award from Sharif University of Technology; and best-paper awards at the International Microwave Symposium, International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, and International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 

Prof. Jarrahi is actively involved in several professional societies and has been on program committees of several conferences from IEEE, OSA, and SPIE societies. She is a Fellow of OSA and SPIE societies and senior member of IEEE and serves as a member of the Terahertz Technology and Applications Committee of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, an editorial board member of Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, a Traveling Lecturer of OSA, and a Visiting Lecturer of SPIE. In addition, she serves as a panelist and reviewer for the USA National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Energy (DOE)

Research Interests

    Terahertz/Millimeter-Wave Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Novel Materials
    Microwave Photonics and Ultrafast Electro-Optics
    Terahertz/Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy


Affiliations

    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of California Los Angeles
    California Nanosystems Institute


Education

    09/2003 - 09/2007,

    Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    09/2001 - 09/2003,

    M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    09/1996 - 09/2000,

    B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Appointments

    07/2017 - present,

    Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

    07/2013 - 06/2017,

    Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

    07/2008 - 06/2013,

    Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department

    10/2007 - 06/2008,

    Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of California Berkeley
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center

    09/2001 - 09/2007,

    Research Assistant, Stanford University
Electrical Engineering Department

Honors and Awards

    2018 - Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
    2018 - UCLA Biomedical Innovation Award
    2017 - Fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA)
    2017 - Okawa Foundation Research Award
    2017 - Watanabe Excellence in Research Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science
    2016 - Moore Inventor Fellowship
    2016 - Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
    2016 - Sharif University of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award
    2015 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
    2015 - Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award from IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)
    2015 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
    2015 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Lecturer
    2014 - Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences
    2014 - Booker Fellowship from the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (USNC/URSI)
    2014 - IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Award in Nanotechnolog
    2014 - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award
    2014 - Senior Member of Optical Society of America (OSA)
    2013 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
    2013 - National Academy of Engineering, Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award
    2013 - Senior Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
    2013 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Microwave Symposium
    2013 - Best Student Paper Award, 2nd place, International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
    2012 - Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award
    2012 - National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering
    2012 - Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
    2012 - Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan
    2012 - Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    2011 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early CAREER Development Award
    2010 - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
    2008 - Best Student Paper Award, 3rd place, International Microwave Symposium
    2008 - Best paper award Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center industry advisory board meeting
    2007 - Best Student Paper Award, 1st place, International Microwave Symposium
    2005 - Photonic Technology Access Program Research Award
    2002 - Robert Bosch Fellowship
    1995 - Silver medal, Iranian National Physics Olympiad


Professional Societies and Services

    Professional Memberships:
        IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (Senior Member)
        IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (Senior Member)
        IEEE Electron Devices Society (Senior Member)
        IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (Senior Member)
        Optical Society of America (Senior Member)
        International Society of Optical Engineers, SPIE (Senior Member)

    Editorial Services:
        Guest Editor for IEEE Nanotechnology magazine special issue on Plasmonics, 2016
        Guest Editor of IEEE Microwave magazine special issue on Terahertz Technology, 2014
        Editorial board member of Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2013-present
        Guest Editor for International Conference on Luminescence Procedia Issue, 2011

    Conference Committees:
        Member of Technical Program Committee, 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW/THz), Cancun, Mexico, August 27 - September 1, 2017
        Member of the Organizing Program Committee, International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium, Montreal, Germany, August 19 - 26, 2017
        Member of the Organizing Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, San Diego, CA, July 9-15, 2017
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO/Europe), Munich, Germany, June 25 - 29, 2017
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, HI, June 4-9, 2017
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 14-19, 2017
        Member of the Organizing Committee, Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 5-7, 2016
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, June 5-10, 2016
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), San Francisco, CA, May 22-27, 2016
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26 - July 1, 2016
        Member of the International Advisory Committee, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, September 21-23, 2015
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Vancouver, BC, July 19-25, 2015
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Phoenix, AZ, May 17-22, 2015
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 10-15, 2015
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Lisbon, Portugal, April 12-17, 2015
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST), San Diego, CA, March 8-13, 2015
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Optical Society of America Advanced Photonics Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, July 28-31, 2014
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Tampa Bay, FL, June 1-6, 2014
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014
        Member of the Program Committee, Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy From Materials to Devices to System Architecture Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, March 10-14, 2014
        Member of the Program Committee, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 1-6, 2014
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Bordeaux, France, September 16-21, 2013
        Member of the Program Committee, Nano Science and Engineering, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, August 25-29, 2013
        Member of the Program Committee, Optical Engineering and Applications, SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, August 25-29, 2013
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Orlando, FL, July 7-13, 2013
        Member of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, Beijing, China, June 25-27, 2013
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, June 2-7, 2013
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, July 8-14, 2012
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, Optical Society of America Optical Sensors Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 24-28, 2012
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Montreal, Canada, June 17-22, 2012
        Member of Program Advisory Committee, 36th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW/THz), Huston, TX, October 2-7, 2011
        Member of the Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Spokane, WA, July 3-8, 2011
        Member of Technical Program Committee, 16th International Conference on Luminescence (ICL), Ann Arbor, MI, June 27 - July 01, 2011
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Baltimore, MD, June 5-10, 2011
        Member of the Technical Program Committee, International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST), Santa Barbara, CA, March 13-17, 2011
        Member of Technical Paper Review Committee, IEEE International Conference of Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Chicago, IL, April 10-12, 2010

    Journal Review Services:
        Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016-present
        Small, 2015-present
        ACS Photonics, 2014-present
        Optica, 2014-present
        Applied Optics, 2014-present
        IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2014-present
        Optics Letters, 2013-present
        Optical Materials Express, 2013-present
        Applied Physics Letters, 2013-present
        Nature, 2013-present
        IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, 2013-present
        IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science & Technology, 2012-present
        IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2012-present
        Journal of Infrared, Millimeter & Terahertz Waves, 2012-present
        Journal of Applied Physics, 2012-present
        IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2012-present
        IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2012-present
        Nature Photonics, 2012-present
        Nano Letters, 2012-present
        Nature Communications, 2011-present
        ACS Nano, 2011-present
        Nanoscale, 2011-present
        Optics Express, 2010-present
        Journal of Numerical Modeling, 2010-present
        IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2010-present
        IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques, 2008-present

    Proposal Review Services:
        National Institutes of Health, 2015-present
        W. M. Keck Foundation, 2014-present
        Department of Energy, 2012-present
        National Science Foundation, 2009-present

    Other Professional Services:
        IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2015-2017
        Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecturer Program Committee, 2015-2016
        OSA Traveling Lecturer, 2014-present
        SPIE Visiting Lecturer, 2014-present
        Member of the SPIE Membership Committee, 2012-2014
        Member of the Terahertz Technology and Applications Committee of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, 2011-present
        Vice-chair of technical activities for IEEE Photonics Society, Southeast Michigan Chapter, 2009-2013

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