Senior Research Associate

Nick Chimitt

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 2017
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
Author of the turbulence book
Tutorial at CVPR 2022 and ICIP 2022
Research: Turbulence, wavefront estimation, phase retrieval, computational optics, metalens
Website: https://nchimitt.github.io/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1SMtjFIAAAAJ

Postdoc

Xijun Wang (Postdoc, 2024-now)

B.S. Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), 2017
M.S. Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2019
Ph.D. Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2024
Research: Generative restoration, GAN, diffusion models
Website: https://xijun-w.github.io/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=dYVWIxsAAAAJ

Dasong Li (Postdoc, 2025 - now)

Current Students

1 Harshana Weligampola (PhD, 2022 - now)

B.S. (Computer Engineering) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2020
Research: Computational optics, metalens
Website: https://harshana95.github.io/

2 Prateek Chennuri (PhD, 2022 - now)

B.Tech and M.Tech, (Electrical Engineering) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2021.
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, 2021-22.
Research: Quanta image sensor, photon counting
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3 Hashan (Kavinga) Weerasooriya (PhD, 2022 - now)

B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2020.
Research: Single-photon LiDAR signal processing.
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4 Yu Yuan (PhD, 2023 - now)

B.Eng. (Aeronautical Engineering) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020
M.S (Aeronautical Engineering) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023
Research: Generative photography
Website: https://yuyuanspace.com/

5 Weijian Zhang (PhD, 2023 - now)

B.Eng. (Optoelectronic Information Science), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2021
M.S. (Electrical Engineering), UCLA, 2023
Exchange student, UC Berkeley, 2019
Research: Single-photon LiDAR Modeling
Website: https://wjzhang5464.github.io/

6 Ali Almuallem (PhD, 2023 - now)

B.S. (Computer Science) Arizona State University 2023.
Research: Phase retrieval, wavefront estimation
Website: https://almuallem.github.io/

7 Tharindu Wickremasinghe (PhD, 2024 - now)

B.Sc. (Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2023
Research: Generative image restoration
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8 Bole Ma (PhD, 2024 - now)

B.Eng. Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2021
M.S. Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024
Research: Long-range passive depth estimation
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9 William Chi-Kin Yau (PhD, 2025 - now)

B.A. Physics and B.S. Computer Science, UC Berkeley, 2025
Hong Kong SAR Government Scholarship (Undergrad study overseas)
Research: Computational lithography.
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10 Weiheng Tang (PhD, 2025 - now)

B.S. Physics, Peking University, 2025
Research: Computational optics
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11 Joonyeoup Kin (MS, 2025 - now)

B.S. (Electrical Engineering) Purdue University, 2025
Research: Image super-resolution
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12 Ryan Chen (MS, 2025 - now)

B.S. (Electrical Engineering) Purdue University, 2024
Research: Image denoising
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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
Website: https://abdullahalshabili.github.io/
Now: Sony

PhD 1 Joon Hee Choi (PhD, 2018)

B.E. in Electronics Engineering, B.B.A. in Business Administration, Sogang University in 2004
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2014
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2018
Website: https://mllab-skku.github.io/
Assistant manager at Samsung Electronics in South Korea from 2003 to 2012
Assistant professor at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2020-2023
Now: Principal Engineer / Manager at Samsung Semiconductor.

PhD 2 Omar A. Elgendy (PhD, 2019)

B.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cairo University, 2010
M.Sc. Engineering Mathematic, Cairo University, 2015
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2019
IEEE ICIP Best Paper Award 2016 (for Quanta image sensor)
IEEE SPS Best Paper Paper Award 2022 (for Plug and play ADMM)
Purdue Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship 2018
Now: Apple

PhD 3 Xiran Wang (PhD, 2019)

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 2013
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2019
IEEE SPS Best Paper Paper Award 2022 (for Plug and play ADMM)
Now: Video Algorithm Engineer at Zoom

PhD 4 Chengxi Li (PhD, 2021)

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, 2016.
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2021.
Website: https://cicelyli.github.io/index.html
Now: Research Scientist at Meta.

PhD 5 Abhiram Gnanasambandam (PhD, 2022)

B.S. Electrical Engineering from India Institute of Technolongy, Madras, 2017
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2022
Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award 2022
Now: Senior Engineer at Samsung Research America.

PhD 6 Xiangyu Qu (PhD, 2023)

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 2017
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
Now: Senior Engineer at Apple.

PhD 7 Zhiyuan Mao (PhD, 2023)

B.Eng. Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong UST, 2017.
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2023
Now: Senior Engineer at Samsung Research America.

PhD 8 Yash Sanghvi (PhD, 2024)

B. Tech and M. Tech Electrical Engineering, India Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2019
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 2024
Website: https://sanghviyashiitb.github.io
Now: Senior Engineer at Qualcomm.