People
Research Scientist
Nick Chimitt
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 2017
- Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
- IEEE Signal Processing Society Best PhD Dissertation Award, 2025
Research: Turbulence, wavefront estimation, phase retrieval, computational optics, metalens
Current PhD Students
1. Harshana Weligampola
PhD Student (2022 - present)
- B.S. (Computer Engineering) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020
Research: Computational optics, metalens
2. Hashan (Kavinga) Weerasooriya
PhD Student (2022 - present)
- B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020
Research: Single-photon LiDAR signal processing
3. Yu Yuan
PhD Student (2023 - present)
- B.Eng. (Aeronautical Engineering) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020
- M.S. (Aeronautical Engineering) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023
Research: Generative photography
4. Weijian Zhang
PhD Student (2023 - present)
- B.Eng. (Optoelectronic Information Science), UESTC, 2021
- M.S. (Electrical Engineering), UCLA, 2023
- Exchange student, UC Berkeley, 2019
Research: Single-photon LiDAR Modeling
5. Ali Almuallem
PhD Student (2023 - present)
- B.S. (Computer Science) Arizona State University, 2023
Research: Phase retrieval, wavefront estimation
6. Tharindu Wickremasinghe
PhD Student (2024 - present)
- B.Sc. (Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2023
Research: Generative image restoration
7. Bole Ma
PhD Student (2024 - present)
- B.Eng. Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, SJTU, 2021
- M.S. Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, SJTU, 2024
Research: Long-range passive depth estimation
8. William Chi-Kin Yau
PhD Student (2025 - present)
- B.A. Physics and B.S. Computer Science, UC Berkeley, 2025
- Hong Kong SAR Government Scholarship (Undergrad study overseas)
Research: Computational lithography
9. Weiheng Tang
PhD Student (2025 - present)
- B.S. Physics, Peking University, 2025
Research: Computational optics
Current MS Students
1. Joonyeoup Kim
MS Student (2025 - present)
- B.S. (Electrical Engineering) Purdue University, 2025
Research: Image super-resolution
2. Ryan Chen
MS Student (2025 - present)
- B.S. (Electrical Engineering) Purdue University, 2024
Research: Image denoising
Alumni
Postdoc Alumni
Postdoc 1. Abdullah Al-Shabili
Postdoc (2022 - 2023)
- PhD (Electrical Engineering), New York University, 2022
- New York University Ernst Weber Fellowship
Research: Inverse problems
Now: Sony
Postdoc 2. Dasong Li
Postdoc (2025 - 2026)
- B.Eng. in Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2019
- Ph.D. Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2024
Now: Hong Kong
Postdoc 3. Xijun Wang
Postdoc (2024 - 2026)
- B.S. Communication Engineering, UESTC, 2017
- M.S. Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2019
- Ph.D. Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2024
Research: Generative restoration, GAN, diffusion models
Now: Microsoft
PhD Alumni
PhD 1. Joon Hee Choi
- B.E. in Electronics Engineering, B.B.A. in Business Administration, Sogang University in 2004
- M.S. in ECE, Purdue University, 2014
- Ph.D. in ECE, Purdue University, 2018
Now: Samsung Semiconductor
PhD 2. Omar A. Elgendy
- B.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cairo University, 2010
- M.Sc. Engineering Mathematics, Cairo University, 2015
- PhD ECE, Purdue University, 2019
- IEEE ICIP Best Paper Award 2016
- IEEE SPS Best Paper Award 2022
- Purdue Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship 2018
Now: Apple
PhD 3. Xiran Wang
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 2013
- PhD in ECE, Purdue University, 2019
- IEEE SPS Best Paper Award 2022
Now: Zoom
PhD 4. Chengxi Li
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, 2016
- PhD ECE, Purdue University, 2021
Now: Meta
PhD 5. Abhiram Gnanasambandam
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, 2017
- PhD ECE, Purdue University, 2022
- Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award 2022
Now: Samsung Research America
PhD 6. Xiangyu Qu
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 2017
- PhD ECE, Purdue University, 2023
Now: Apple
PhD 7. Zhiyuan Mao
- B.Eng. Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST, 2017
- PhD ECE, Purdue University, 2023
Now: Samsung Research America
PhD 8. Yash Sanghvi
- B.Tech & M.Tech Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2019
- Ph.D. ECE, Purdue University, 2024
Now: Qualcomm
PhD 9. Yiheng Chi
- B.S. Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2018
- Ph.D. ECE, Purdue University, 2024
Now: Co-Founder of DeepLux Technology
PhD 10. Xingguang Zhang
- B.S. Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2018
- M.S. ECE, Purdue University, 2020
- Ph.D. ECE, Purdue University, 2025
Now: Apple
PhD 11. Kent Gauen
- B.S. Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2018
- Ph.D. ECE, Purdue University, 2025
- Purdue Magoon TA Award
Now: Postdoc at Georgia Tech
PhD 12. Guanzhe Hong
- B.S. Electrical Engineering (Minor in Math), University of Toronto, 2017
- Ph.D. ECE, Purdue University, 2025
- Purdue Magoon TA Award
Now: Postdoc at Oxford University
PhD 13. Prateek Chennuri
- B.Tech & M.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, 2021
- Research Associate, IISc Bangalore, 2021-22
Research: Quanta image sensor, photon counting
Now: Apple
MS Alumni
MS 1. Kevin Valanarasu
- B.Tech Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, 2018
- M.S. ECE, Purdue University, 2022
Now: Apple
MS 2. Preston Rahim
- B.S. Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
- M.S. ECE, Purdue University, 2023
Now: Co-Founder of DeepLux Technology
Undergrad Alumni
- William Chi-Kin Yau (2024 SURF student). Undergrad at UC Berkeley.
- Maximilian Drach (2023-2024), now MS student at Stanford.
- Vikramaditya Baid (2023-2024).
- Mykhailo Tsysin (2021-present).
- Akshat Bisht (2021-2023).
- Xinyu Yang (2022-2023), now MS student at Purdue.
- Tanon Chokkhanchitchai (2021-2022), now MS student at Stanford.
- Praneeth Medepalli (2019-2021), now MS student at Stanford.
- Natat Sombuntham (2018-2019), now at Facebook.
- Yiheng Chi (2018-2019), now PhD student at Purdue.
- Xiangyu Qu (2016), now at Apple.