Mona Jarrahi

Mona Jarrahi (Persian: مونا جراحی; Jan 1979) is an Iranian Engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She investigates novel materials, terahertz/millimeter-wave electronics and optoelectronics, microwave photonics, imaging and spectroscopy systems.[1]

Mona Jarrahi
Born1979
Tehran
NationalityIran
Alma mater
  • Stanford University (Ph.D.), 2007
  • Stanford University (M.S.), 2003
  • Sharif University of Technology (B.S.), 2000
Known forTerahertz Optoelectronics
Scientific career
Institutions
  • University of California
  • University of Michigan
  • Stanford University

Jarrahi was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2013 for her work on Terahertz Optoelectronics.

Early Life and Career
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2014

Jarrahi was born in Tehran and received her high school education in Iran. In 1995 she got a silver medal, Iranian National Physics Olympiad. She got her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2000. She then joined Stanford University[1] in 2001 as a graduate student where she got her MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2003 and 2007, respectively. In 2016 she received the "Sharif University of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award".

She served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California Berkeley from 2007 to 2008.[2] After getting her Ph.D. Jarrahi joined University of Michigan Ann Arbor as an assistant professor (2008-2013). Afterward, she joined UCLA as an associate professor (2013-2017) and from 2017 she became a professor at UCLA in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Prof. Jarrahi has made contributions to the development of ultrafast electronic/optoelectronic devices and integrated systems for terahertz/millimeter-wave sensing,[3] imaging, computing, and communication systems by utilizing novel materials, nanostructures, and quantum well structures as well as innovative plasmonic and optical concepts.[2] The use of advanced terahertz imaging systems for early-stage detection of cancerous tumors is a subject she has been working on it.

Jarrahi is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an Honorary Member of the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), and Fellow Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), a Fellow Member of the International Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE) and a Member of the American Physical Society (APS).[4]

Awards and Recognition

On 23 December 2013, Jarrahi was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award from the President of the United States, Barack Obama.[1][5][6] She was one of 102 scientists and engineers to receive this award in 2013. The presidential award committee cited her work in Terahertz Optoelectronics.[7]

Among the many awards and recognition Prof. Jarrahi received are in this table[8][4]

Year Award/Recognition
2005 Photonic Technology Access Program Research Award
2007 Best Student Paper Award, 1st place, International Microwave Symposium
2008 Best paper award Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center industry advisory board meeting
2010 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award
2012 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
2012 Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award
2012 Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan
2013 National Academy of Engineering (NAE), The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award
2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
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
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
2016 Sharif University of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 Moore Inventor Fellowship
2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
2017 Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
2017 Okawa Foundation Research Award
2017 Watanabe Excellence in Research Award from UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science
2018 Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
2019 Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Innovations in Regulatory Science Award

References
  1. Memarian, Jahandad (2016-12-08). "Mona Jarrahi: A World Leader in Terahertz Applications". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  2. "Prof. Mona Jarrahi | SPIE Homepage: SPIE". spie.org. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  3. Saeedkia, Daryoosh (16 Jan 2013). Handbook of Terahertz Technology for Imaging, Sensing and Communications. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9780857092359.
  4. "Prof. Mona Jarrahi - Terahertz Electronics Laboratory - Prof. Mona Jarrahi". www.seas.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  5. Kisliuk, Bill (January 8, 2014). "UCLA engineering professor Mona Jarrahi wins Presidential Early Career Award". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  6. "President Obama Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists". whitehouse.gov. 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  7. Sakai, Kiyomi., ed. (2011). Terahertz optoelectronics. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 9783642057434. OCLC 750670985. OL 9054341M.
  8. "Mona Jarrahi". UCLA Samueli School Of Engineering. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
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