Hossein Mosallaei

Hossein Mosallaei is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University's College of Engineering, leading the Metamaterials Laboratory. His research focuses on electromagnetics, photonics, quantum systems, and metamaterials, with emphasis on active nanoantennas, metasurfaces, and multiscale computational models. He holds a PhD from UCLA (2001) and previously worked at the University of Michigan.

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001

Research Interests: His work integrates nanoelectromagnetics, plasmonics, and AI-driven design methods to develop transformative electromagnetic systems. Notable areas include time-modulated optical nanoantennas for communication, THz-IR devices, and quantum materials. His group pioneered adaptive metasurface technologies featured in top journals like Advanced Optical Materials and Physical Review B.

Awards & Recognition:

• 2025 Optica Fellow (outstanding contributions to active optical nanoantennas)
• Repeatedly ranked in Stanford's Top 2% Global Scientists by citations (2022-2024)

Advising & Grants: Advised over 10 graduate students, including Mohammad Mahdi Salary who won the 2019 APS/URSI Honorable Student Paper Award. His research is funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and other agencies.

Labs & Teams: Director of the Metamaterials Laboratory, a hub for solving Maxwell's equations through advanced computational techniques. The lab collaborates on projects like photonic propulsion systems and AI-based metamaterial design frameworks.