WiMNet Lab Director

Gil Zussman

Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering
Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Science
Member of the Data Science Institute and Computer Engineering Program
Columbia University

Office: 809 CEPSR
Phone: +1 212 854 8670
Email: gil[at]ee.columbia.edu

Postdoctoral Research Scientists

Jhonatan Tavori

Fulbright Fellow and Zuckerman Scholar
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: jt3551[at]columbia.edu

Jhonatan Tavori is a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow and a Zuckerman STEM Leadership Postdoctoral Scholar at Columbia University.

He received the B.Sc. in Computer Science (summa cum laude) from The Open University in 2017, the M.Sc. in Computer Science (magna cum laude) in 2020, and the Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2025, both from Tel Aviv University.

His research interests are stochastic network analysis, networks security, distributed operation of micro-services, and edge-cloud systems.

Dr. Tavori has received several awards, including the Blavatnik Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Fellows in Computer Science, the EU Horizon’s Next Generation Internet Fellowship, the Shmeltzer Smart Transportation Institute Innovation Scholarship, and TAU’s Rector List for Teaching Excellence. He has also been selected as valedictorian at both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. graduation ceremonies.

Doctoral Students

Abhi Adhikari

Ph.D. Student
Columbia University Evergreen Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: aa4832[at]columbia.edu

Abhi Adhikari received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Drexel University in 2021 and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2023 (as part of the M.S./Ph.D. program). He plans to graduate with his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in May 2026. His research interests are in mmWave and sub-THz sensing and communication channel modeling. His technical expertise is in software-defined radio, phased arrays, and radar. He has experience in building large scale data-driven systems for machine learning.

John Drogo

Ph.D. Student
Columbia University Byron Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: j.drogo[at]columbia.edu

John Drogo received a B.S. dual major in Computer Systems Engineering and Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2016 (Summa Cum Laude) and a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2020 (with Honors). Prior to Columbia he has worked as a radar systems engineer at SRC, Inc., specializing in DSP chains for on the move radar/counter-UAS, and as a software tech-lead in the Google Cloud Security team focusing on analysis systems for regulated controls. His research interests include data analytics, distributed computing, software defined radio, digital processing chains, complex signal analysis, and radar backends.

Mahshid Ghasemi

Ph.D. Student
Columbia University Presidential Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: mahshid.ghasemi[at]columbia.edu

Mahshid Ghasemi received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2019. Her research interests include Edge/cloud computing, wireless/wired networks and systems, multimedia streaming, machine learning (ML), reinforcement learning (RL), data and analytics, online optimization, and algorithms.

Kevin Hermstein

Ph.D. Student
NDSEG Fellow and Columbia University Evergreen Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: klh217[at]columbia.edu

Kevin Hermstein received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Cum Laude) from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2023. His research interests include wireless networks, digital signal processing, and software defined radio.

Dror Jacoby

Ph.D. student in Tel Aviv University
(co-advised with Prof. Hagit Messer Yaron)
Email: drorjacoby[at]mail.tau.ac.il

Dror Jacoby received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (Magna Cum Laude) in EE from Tel-Aviv University’s Accelerated Master Program. During his research, he received the Weinstein Prize for his academic achievements and a New Generation Internet (NGI) Enrichers sponsorship to conduct research at Columbia University’s WiMNET lab. His research focuses on environmental sensing with wireless networks and predictive analysis modeling using signal processing and machine learning tools.

Alon S. Levin

Ph.D. Student
NDSEG Fellow and Columbia University Byron Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: asl2228[at]columbia.edu

Alon S. Levin received a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering (magna cum laude) in 2020 and a M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering in 2021, both from The Cooper Union. His research interests are in compressed sensing, PHY layer algorithms, cognitive radio, and network security.

Harris Ransom

Ph.D. student
Higgins Fellow
(Co-advised with Prof. Ethan Katz-Basset)
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: har2142[at]columbia.edu

Harris Ransom received a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 2025. His research interests include network security and privacy, wireless communication systems, and software defined radios.

Kobi Ravid

D.E.S. Student
Email: kobi.ravid[at]columbia.edu

Kobi Ravid received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics from Tel Aviv University in 2003. He Received an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering – Systems from Tel Aviv University in 2008. Kobi is a veteran wireless engineer, leading various Tier-1 industry research projects. His research interests are 5G/6G wireless architectures, mmw Front End, system level optimization, collaborative system attacks, geometrical approach to FEC and more.

Shuyue Yu

Ph.D. Student
(co-advised with Prof. Ethan Katz-Basset)
Office: CEPSR 801
Email: sy3011[at]columbia.edu

Shuyue Yu received her B.S. in Computer Science and Information and Data Science from California Institute of Technology in 2021. Her research interests include networked and distributed systems, Internet of things, design and analysis of network algorithms, information theory, and security and privacy.

Chengbo Zang

Ph.D. Student
(Co-advised with Prof. Zoran Kostic)
Office: 708 CEPSR
Email: cz2678[at]columbia.edu

Chengbo Zang received his B.E. in Automation from Tongji University in 2021 and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2023. His research interests include principles of machine learning, deep learning, optimization and their applications in smart city intersections as well as medicine.