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Alan V. Sahakian is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. He serves as Senior Advisor to the Dean and has held leadership roles including Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (2011–2018). His research focuses on cardiac electrophysiology, biomedical device development, and beyond-CMOS logic systems.
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984), M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1979), and B.S. in Applied Science and Physics (1976).
Research Interests: Cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, irreversible electroporation for cancer treatment, non-contact vital signs sensing via millimeter waves, and spintronic logic circuits.
Recent Work: His lab develops bioresorbable cardiac pacemakers, transient wireless electrotherapy networks, and machine learning algorithms for atrial flutter classification. Recent publications span Nature Biotechnology, Science, and IEEE journals.
Awards: IEEE Fellow, AIMBE Fellow, John A. Dever Professorship (2015–2018). His work bridges engineering and medicine, with over 100 patents and 200+ peer-reviewed articles.
Grants & Labs: Funded by NIH, NSF, and industry partners. Directs the Biomedical Instrumentation Lab and collaborates with NorthShore University HealthSystem on clinical translations.
