Engineering

Jamaliah Aburabie, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Jamaliah.aburabie@nyu.edu
Education: PhD KAUST University

Research Interests: Nanofiltration, Electrically Conductive, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Desalination

Konpal Ali, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: konpal.ali@nyu.edu
Education: PhD King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Research Interests: Wireless communication, stochastic geometry, performance analysis, optimization

Lilas Mhd Salem Alrahis, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: lilas.alrahis@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Khalifa University

Research Interests: Design-for-Trust; Applied Machine Learning; Graph Neural Networks; Hardware Security

Haneen Alsuradi, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: haneen@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Sharjah; MSc Masdar Institute of Science and Technology; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Neurohaptics; BCI; EEG data analysis; machine learning

Sandra Aristizabal, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: SLA9202@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Kaust

Research Interests: Polymer chemistry, membrane technology, sustainability

Xuejian Chen, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: xuejian.chen@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Wuhan University

Research Interests: Geotechnical engineering; centrifuge modelling; large-deformation finite-element analyses; random fi...

Rafael Sanchez Crespo, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rafael.sanchezcrespo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, The University of Northampton; MSc, Silesian University of Technology; Lic, Civil Engineering, ...

Roberto Bomfin, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: roberto.bomfin@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Technische Universität Dresden

Research Interests: Integrated sensing and communication, waveform design, receiver design

Shabin Eriyadan Vellangara Mohammed, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shabin.mohammed@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Monash University

Research Interests: Nanocomposite Membranes, Thin-Film Membranes, Graphene Oxide, Nanofiltration, Water Treatment, Organ...

Joan Esteba, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: joan.esteba@nyu.edu
Education: Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering, Master's in Industrail Engineering, and PhD Summa Cum Lau...

Research Interests: Marine robotics, underwter robotics, autonomous underwater vehicles, long-term deployment, docking s...

Anna Garcia Sabat, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: anna.sabate@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc and PhD BarcelonaTech

Research Interests: Bioengineering, Microgravity, Aerospace Applications, Immunology, Computational Analysis

Vinicius Goncalves, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vmg6973@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

Research Interests: Control, robotics, optimization, discrete event systems, Max-Plus/tropical algebra

Mahmoud Mohamad Ali Hamandi, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mh7281@nyu.edu
Education: BE American University of Beirut, ME American University of Beirut, PhD Universite de Toulouse

Research Interests: Unmanned aerial vehicles, swarm robotics, control applications

Yazan Ibrahim, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ymi212@nyu.edu
Education: BSc An-Najah National University; MSc Khalifa University; PhD New York University, Tandon School of ...

Research Interests: Membrane Fabrication; Membrane Surface-patterning; 3D Printing; Phase separation micromolding (PSμM)...

Nouhaila Innan, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nouhaila.innan@nyu.edu
Education: BS, MS, and PhD Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco

Research Interests: Quantum machine learning, quantum algorithms, quantum applications

Muhammad Kashif, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhammadkashif@nyu.edu
Education: BS Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan; MS Istanbul Sehir University Turkey; PhD H...

Research Interests: Quantum computing; quantum machine learning; quantum algorithms

Nabil Kenan, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nkenan@nyu.edu
Education: BSc American University of Sharjah, MSc Masdar Institute, PhD Masdar Institute

Research Interests: Supply Chain, Logistics, Optimization

Noman Khalid Khanzada, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: noman.khanzada@nyu.edu
Education: BE (Chemical Engineering) NED University of Engineering and Technology; MS (Environmental Engineerin...

Research Interests: Thin-film composite/nanocomposite reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fabrication/modification; Desalinati...

Mohammad Khasawneh, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mak1011@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc Mechanical Engineering , Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)

Muzamil Khatri, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mk8936@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Shinshu University, Japan

Research Interests: Electrospinning, Nanofabrication, Membranes, Advanced Water Treatment, Surface and Interfaces

Vaibhav Kumar, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vaibhav.kumar@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University College Dublin

Research Interests: Wireless communications; signal processing; integrated sensing and communications; physical Layer se...

Wenqing Li, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wl54@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Zhejiang University

Research Interests: Machine learning; Data analytics; Cyber-physical security

Alberto Marchisio, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alberto.marchisio@nyu.edu
Education: BSc and MSc Politecnico di Torino, Italy; PhD Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Research Interests: Hardware and software optimizations for machine learning; brain-inspired computing; VLSI architectur...

Wael Othman, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wael.othman@nyu.edu
Education: BSc United Arab Emirates University; MSc Khalifa University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Microfluidics; Soft Tactile Sensors; Biomedical Devices; Manipulation of Bacterial Biofilm

Samuel Prieto Ayllon, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: samuel.prieto@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Castilla-La Mancha

Research Interests: Robotics; Autonomous Robots; 3D Scanning; Automation in Construction; BIM; Artificial Intelligence; ...

Muhammad Nouman Amjad Raja, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mr6839@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore; MSc Technische Universität München; PhD Edith ...

Research Interests: Geotechnical Engineering; Machine Learning; Geosynthetics; Centrifuge Modeling; Reinforced Soil

Pankaj Rajput, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: prajput@nyu.edu
Education: B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) IIT BHU, MS (Mechanical Engineering) New York University

Research Interests: Jet Propulsion, Jet noise reduction, Fluid Injection Systems, Thermal & Fluid Sciences, Aerodynamics...

Inderjeet Singh, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: inderjeet.singh@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Physics University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; MTech. Solid State Technology and PhD Physics, Indian I...

Research Interests: Materials Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Synthesis, Construction Materials

Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: faizan.tahir@nyu.edu
Education: PhD South China University of Technology

Research Interests: Renewable energy integration, demand response, load management, power system optimization, integrate...

Spyridon Tarantos, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: spyridon.tarantos@nyu.edu
Education: Diploma National Technical University of Athens; PhD Sapienza University of Rome

Research Interests: Robotics; real-time motion generation; mobile robot navigation; mobile manipulation

Prabu Thannasi, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pt2479@nyu.edu
Education: BE Kongu Engineering College; ME College of Engineering Guindy; PhD National Institute of Technology...

Research Interests: Lunar Soil and Simulants, Lunar In-situ Materials, Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Improvement

Junjie Wang, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: junjie.wang@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Queen's University Belfast; MEng, Zhejiang University; BEng, Hunan University

Xiangyu Wang, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: xw1742@nyu.edu
Education: BSc in Civil Engineering Xiamen University; MSc in Civil Engineering Wuhan University; PhD in Civil ...

Research Interests: Sustainable Construction Materials; 3D Concrete Printing; FEM modeling; Low carbon cements

Xinghui Xu, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: xx927@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tsinghua University MA University of Michigan

Research Interests: Construction Automation and Robotics Artificial Intelligence

Yue Yang, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yue.yang@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Science and Technology Beijing; MA Beihang University; PhD The University of Sydney

Research Interests: Shared Mobility; Ride-Hailing Platforms; Electric Vehicle Adoption; Agent-Based Modeling; Reinforcem...

Daniel Yao, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dongchi.yao@nyu.edu
Education: BE Southwest Petroleum University; ME Southwest Petroleum University

Research Interests: Risk Analysis; Cybersecurity; Construction Management; Machine Learning; Deep Learning

Hao Yin, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: hao.yin@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Newcastle University

Research Interests: Virtual Reality Experiment; Social Conformity; Adoption of Innovative Travel Mode

Shuaihang Yuan, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sy2366@nyu.edu
Education: BA StonyBrook University, Computer Science; MA New York University, Computer Science; PhD New York U...

Research Interests: Computer vision, machine learning, multi-robot cooperation

Zihao Zheng, Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: zihao.zheng@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Tongji University

Research Interests: Digital twin; BIM; building industrilization; waste optimisation