Elaheh Ahmadi

Research

 

 

Biography

 

Ahmadi joined UCSB as an Associate Professor in 2025. Prior to that, she was an Associate Professor at UCLA (2023-2025), and an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan (2018-2023). She has received several awards, including the Young Investigator Award in 2020 from both the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. In 2021, she received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and DARPA Young Faculty Award. She also received the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors Young Scientist Award. Very recently, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. 

Honors

2020 Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research and Air Force Office of Scientific Research

2021 NSF CAREER Award

2021 DARPA Young Faculty Award

2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

 

Education

BS & MS: Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology in Iran
PhD: Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (2015)