Alumni in Academia
Alumni from the Gharib Research Group have achieved success through a wide range of career paths. Some have founded highly successful startup companies or become entrepreneurs and leaders in industry, while others have pursued academic careers at universities and research institutions worldwide.
This list highlights former PhD graduates and postdoctoral researchers from our group who have chosen academic appointments, sorted by year:
Name, Position, University
Dorian Liepmann
Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
University of California, BerkeleyDana Dabiri
Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics
University of WashingtonKamran Mohseni
Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of FloridaPaul Krueger
Dean, College of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of North TexasMichael OL
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
California State Polytechnic University-PomonaMehrdad Zarandi
Professor of Mathematics
The American Public University SystemMatthew Ringuette
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkLavi Rizki Zuhal
Professor of Aerodynamics
Institut Teknologi BandungJohn Dabiri
Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Anna Iwaniec Hickerson
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Keck Graduate InstituteFlavio Noca
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
École de technologie supérieureJijie Zhou
Assistant Professor
Nayang Tech UniversityArash Kheradvar
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, & Medicine (Cardiology)
University of California, IrvineAbbas Nasiraei Moghaddam
Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Amirkabir University of TechnologyIdit Avrahami
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ariel UniversityJoseph Thomas Klamo
Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)Anna Grosberg
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, IrvineDouglas Yung
Teaching Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Syracuse UniversityEhsan Jabbarzadeh
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of South CarolinaFrancisco Huera-Huarte
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Rovira i Virgili (URV)Amir Gat
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyAdrianus Indrat Aria
Senior Lecturer in Functional Nanomaterials
Cranfield UniversityNiema Pahlevan
Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and Medicine
University of Southern CaliforniaDaegyoum Kim
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)Alireza Ramezani
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern UniversityBen Lin
Department of Cardiology, Director of Echocardiography and Structural Echocardiography
University of Southern CaliforniaCecilia Huertas-Cerdeira
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, College ParkChris Roh
Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering
Cornell UniversityCong Wang
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of IowaArian Aghilinejad
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California, MercedXiaozhou Fan
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Energy and Environment
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology