People
Principle Investigator
Prof. Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil
Background
Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boston University. She is leading the Wireless Integrated Systems and Extreme Circuits (WISE-Circuits) Laboratory since August 2018.
Rabia was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the EECS Department of MIT working with Professor Anantha P. Chandrakasan from March 2016 to August 2018.
Education
Rabia received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, NYC, in 2016 under Professor Peter R. Kinget and co-advised by Professor John Wright. She was a member of the Analog & RFIC Design Research Group housed in the Columbia Integrated Systems Laboratory.
She received her M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, in 2011. Her Master thesis was advised by Professor Christian Enz on Platform Circuit Technology Underlying Heterogeneous Nano and Tera Systems program.
She obtained her B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Sabanci University, Istanbul, in 2009. For her undergraduate thesis, she worked with Professor Yasar Gurbuz, Sabanci University and Professor Yusuf Leblebici, EPFL.
- Director of WISE Circuits Group [2018-Present]
- Assistant Professor, Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering [2018-Present]
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Boston University Center for Information & Systems Engineering [2020-Present]
- Core Faculty Member, Boston University Biological Design Center [2022-Present]
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Boston University Biomedical Engineering [2023-Present]
- Faculty Member, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry (MCBB) Program [2023-Present]
- Network Faculty, Sabanci University EE [2020-Present]
- Visiting scholar, MIT EECS [2019-2023]
Team Members
Ph.D. Students
✉ timurz@bu.edu
Research Interest: Analog and Mixed-Signal electronics, Analog-to-Digital converters and Readout circuits, RFIC T/R modules, architectural and physical layer communication circuits design.
✉ ayasar@bu.edu
Research Interest: RFIC, analog/digital IC, and FPGA designs.
✉ armantan@bu.edu
Research Interest: RFIC and Analog IC design.
✉ zecek@bu.edu
Research Interest: Developing fully integrated circuits for all-in-one data decoders to enable energy-efficient and secure wireless communications.
✉ dilarac@bu.edu
Research Interest: CMOS analog front ends for resource-constrained bioelectronic systems; in situ chemical/electrical sensing; wireless systems for deployable platforms such as microfluidics, bioreactors, and wastewater surveillance systems.
✉ abali@bu.edu
Research Interest: Digital Circuit Design and Hardware implementation of Experimental Algorithms.
✉speccoud@bu.edu
Research interests: Designing electronic and computational methods that enable precise sensing and control of biological systems.
✉ pately@bu.edu
Research Interest: Developing novel biosensing technologies using application-specific integrated circuits to enable resource-constrained, biological measurement systems.
✉ fadik@bu.edu
Fadi is a Senior at BU studying Computer Engineering. His interests include digital circuit design and machine learning hardware acceleration.
✉ yangwu@bu.edu
Research Interests: Mixed-Signal/RF, Bio-Integrated System and Data Interfaces Design
✉ziruojin@bu.edu
Research Interests:Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF circuit and system design.
Ph.D. Alumni
✉ liuq@bu.edu
Current Position: Philips Research NA, Ultrasound ASIC Engineer.
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Low-Power CMOS Electronics Coupled with Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics for Hybrid Bioelectronic Systems”
Research Interest: Fully-integrated hardware solutions specifically for extreme low-power and scalable biomedical applications.
✉ arslanr@bu.edu
Current Position: NVIDIA
Research Interest: Development of energy-efficient and secure digital systems.
Master’s Students
✉ lchen122@bu.edu
Research Interest: Hardware Implementation of Algorithms, Customized Instruction Set Expansion, Digital Design Automation Tools
✉ zhaoyimo@bu.edu
Research Interest: Devin is a Masters student at BU studying ECE. His reasearch interests include digital and mixed signal IC design.
Undergraduate Students
✉ siarap@bu.edu
Siara is a junior electrical engineering student at BU. She is interested in hardware design, chip development, and the PCB prototype process.
✉ leojb@bu.edu
Leo Boisvert is an undergraduate student in the class of 2026 studying Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in nanotechnology. His research interests include biosensor design and materials science for biomedical applications.
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Researchers
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Furkan Ercan | Intel, Research Scientist/Engineer |
MS Researchers
| Name | Graduation Year | First Position After Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| Yimo Zhao | 2024 | ZTE |
| Long Chen | 2024 | Horizon Robotics |
| Dean Pappedemos | 2023 | MITRE |
| Saraja Kadambari | 2022 | Apple, SoC Physical Design Engineer |
| Kevin Vogt-Lowell | 2022 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Artificial Intelligence Engineer |
| Vaibhav Bansal | 2020 | AMD, Silicon Design Engineer |
Undergraduate Researchers
| Name | Graduation Year | First Position After Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| Ananya Pemeraj | 2025 | Capra Biosciences, Research Scientist |
| Karl Naba | 2025 | John Hancock, Associate Software Engineer |
| Ryan Flynn | 2025 | M.S. in ECE at Northeastern University |
| Houjie Xiong | 2025 | N/A | Yumin Wei | 2023 | Texas Instruments, Field Application Engineer |
| Eric Cho | 2023 | Analog Devices (ADI), Associate Product Engineer |
| Yidi Wu | 2023 | Georgia Tech, M.S. Student |
| Sunwoo Park | 2023 | Analog Devices (ADI), Associate Product Applications Engineer |
| Peter Crary | 2023 | University of Michigan, Ph.D. Student |
| Seifallah Ibrahim | 2023 | imec, Design Engineer for superconducting Electronics Research |
| Giacomo Coraluppi | 2023 | Innovatech Associates, Engineer |
| Jonathan Ngo | 2022 | Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Engineer |
| Elizabeth Diamond | 2022 | Trend Micro, FPGA Verification Engineer |
| Christianna Roggeveen | 2022 | Emory University School of Medicine, Research Specialist |
| Zachary Capone | 2022 | Wolf Creek Federal Services, Electrical Engineer |
| Daniel Kao | 2022 | TRUMPF Hüttinger, Application Engineer |
| Dylan Nash | 2020 | Anokiwave, Staff RFIC Layout Design Engineer |