Aydin Babakhani

Aydin Babakhani is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is also the Director of the UCLA Integrated Sensors Laboratory.13

Professional Experience

Babakhani has an extensive background in academia and industry:

• He joined UCLA in 2017 as an Associate Professor and became the Director of the UCLA Integrated Sensors Laboratory.13
• Prior to UCLA, he was an Associate Professor at Rice University from 2011 to 2017, where he directed the Rice Integrated Systems and Circuits Laboratory.12
• He worked as a Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center from 2010 to 2011.1
• Babakhani completed his postdoctoral scholarship at the California Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2010.1

Entrepreneurship and Advisory Roles

Babakhani has co-founded several companies:

• Founder and Board Member of Nervonik, Inc. (since 2021)1
• Co-founder and Board Member of Maxwell Biomedical Inc. (since 2018)1
• Co-founder and Board Member of MicroSilicon Inc. (since 2016)1

He also served as a Member of the DARPA Microsystems Exploratory Council from 2017 to 2021.1

Research and Expertise

His research focuses on:

• Silicon-based integrated sensors
• On-chip antennas
• Millimeter-wave and THz integrated systems and sensors
• Wirelessly-powered CMOS sensors and actuators
• Biomedical circuits and medical implants45

Education

Babakhani received his education from prestigious institutions:

• Ph.D. in Integrated Circuits and Antennas from Caltech (2008)
• M.S. from Caltech (2005)
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (2003)23

Achievements and Recognition

Babakhani has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout his career, including:

• Multiple Best Paper Awards at IEEE conferences
• NSF CAREER Award (2016)
• DARPA Young Faculty Award (2012)
• Wilts Prize for the Doctoral Dissertation at Caltech (2009)4

He has also been a plenary speaker at international conferences and has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as 30 issued or pending patents.3