Rate My Professor Payam Heydari

Heydari's research interests center on the design of terahertz, millimeter-wave, radio-frequency, and analog integrated circuits for emerging applications such as brain-machine interfaces, sensing and imaging, and gigabit wireless communications. He is the co-author of two books, three book chapters, and more than 200 journal and conference papers. Notable publications include “Millimeter-wave massive MIMO: The next wireless revolution?” published in IEEE Communications Magazine in 2014, “A CMOS 210-GHz fundamental transceiver with OOK modulation” in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits in 2014, and “A single-chip dual-band 22–29-GHz/77–81-GHz BiCMOS transceiver for automotive radars” in the same journal in 2009. His work has earned prestigious recognitions, including IEEE Fellowship for contributions to silicon-based millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems, National Academy of Inventors Fellowship in 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship, the 2024 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Darlington Best Paper Award (co-recipient), 2023 IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Educator Award, 2021 IEEE SSCS Innovative Education Award, NSF CAREER Award in 2005, and numerous best paper and teaching awards. Heydari has delivered keynote speeches, such as at IEEE GlobalSIP 2013, served as Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE SSCS (2014-2016) and MTT-S (2019-2022), and contributed editorially as Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, among others. He is a member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society AdCom and various conference technical program committees, underscoring his significant impact in the field.