Curriculum Vitae

Below is a structured overview of my academic background, research, professional experience, publications, and services.
For a complete and up-to-date list of publications, please see my Google Scholar profile.

🎓 Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA
  Research in wireless communications, spectrum sharing, non-terrestrial networks, and hybrid VLC-RF systems.
• M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
  Research in quantum key distribution and underwater optical communication.
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

💼 Industry Internships

• Propagation Simulation and Analysis Intern, CableLabs, Colorado, USA (Feb. 2025 – Apr. 2025)
  Integrated advanced propagation and channel models into system-level wireless simulators.

• Spectrum Utilization Study Intern, CableLabs, Colorado, USA (May 2024 – Aug. 2024)
  Developed spectrum analysis setups for protocol-independent testing and evaluated spectrum efficiency for dynamic sharing.

🔬 Research Projects

• Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW), NC State University (Oct. 2022 – Present)
  Led spectrum analysis and altitude-dependent modeling for UAV-based wireless systems.

• CNS Core: Towards Surge-Resilient Hybrid RF/VLC Networks, NC State University (Jan. 2022 – Sep. 2024)
  Optimized dual-hop hybrid VLC/RF networks; derived outage and energy harvesting models with random orientation.

• Innovative Optical Wireless Communication Technologies for 5G and Beyond, Ozyegin University, Turkey (Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2021)
  Developed theoretical and simulation models for underwater quantum key distribution and optical wireless links.

• Caching in Wireless Communication Systems, Ozyegin University, Turkey (Sep. 2013 – Dec. 2017)
  Designed cache replacement and coding schemes for efficient wireless delivery.

📖 Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, USA
  • LTE and 5G Communications (Fall 2023)
  • Introduction to Signals, Circuits and Systems (Spring 2022)
• Teaching Assistant, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Linear Algebra (2018–2021)
  • Calculus for Engineering (2018–2021)

📚 Publications

See Publications page for complete list. Highlights:

• Altitude-dependent spectrum survey (IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutor., under review, 2025)
• Spectrum usage monitoring (IEEE Netw., 2025)
• Hybrid VLC/RF outage analysis (IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett., 2024)
• Underwater QKD systems (JOSA B, multiple papers, 2020–2022)

🌍 Membership, Volunteering, and Service

• Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Wireless Communications Symposium (2022)
• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (since 2021)
• Reviewer, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Applied Optics, Optics Express (since 2020)
• Reviewer, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (2019)
• Volunteer Organizer, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) (Sep. 2019)
• Student Member, IEEE (2016–Present)
• Project Manager, HIV/AIDS Prevention Project, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2011)
• Member, IUT Football Team, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2010)