Research Interests:
Integrated Circuits & Systems for
- Silicon Photonics
- High-Speed Signaling Links
- Radio-Frequency (RF) Transceivers
- Sensing and Compute Interfaces
Awards & Distinctions:
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- 2022-27 Schmidt Science Polymath Award
- 2021-22 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
- 2021-22 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Distinguished Lecturer
- 2019 Young Alumni Achiever Award, IIT Kharagpur
- 2015 IEEE Radio-Frequency IC Symposium, Best Student Paper Award, Third place (co-recipient)
- 2013 Intel Divisional Recognition Award
- 2010 Darlington Best Paper Award of the IEEE Circuits & Systems Society
- 2010 Intel Divisional Recognition Award
- 2007-08 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Predoctoral Fellowship
- 2007-08 Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship
- 2008 Vision & Values Student Leadership Award, University of Washington
- 2008 The Elizabeth Gould Award, FIUTS
- 2006-07 Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship
- 2007 Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award
- 2004 Analog Devices Inc. International Circuit Design Contest, Second place
Experience:
- 2023- Professor, ECE, The University of British Columbia
- 2018-2023 Associate Professor, ECE, The University of British Columbia
- 2013-2018 Assistant Professor, ECE, The University of British Columbia
- 2011-2013 Senior Research Scientist, Signaling Research, Intel Labs, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
- 2008-2011 Research Scientist, Signaling Research, Intel Labs, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
Education:
- 2003-2008 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington.
Thesis: Wideband Frequency Synthesizers
- 2003-2005 M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington.
Thesis: Bandwidth Extension Techniques – Theory and Applications
- 1999-2003 B.Tech., Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Thesis: Spread Spectrum Image Steganography