WiMNet Lab Director
Gil Zussman
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Science
Member of the Data Science Institute and Computer Engineering Program
Columbia University
Phone: +1 212 854 8670
Email: gil[at]ee.columbia.edu
Postdoctoral Research Scientists
Dr. Igor Kadota
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: ik2496[at]@columbia.edu
Igor Kadota received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), Brazil, in 2010, the S.M. degree in telecommunications from ITA in 2013, the S.M. degree in communication networks from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree from the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at MIT in 2020. His research is on modeling, analysis, optimization, and implementation of modern communication networks, with the emphasis on wireless networks and time-sensitive traffic.
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 (Magna Cum Laude) from Drexel University in 2021. His research interests are in software-defined/cognitive radio, 5G/6G networks, mmWave, and radar.
Mahshid Ghasemi
Ph.D. Student
Columbia University Presidential Fellow
(co-advised with Prof. Javad Ghaderi)
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.
Manav Kohli
Ph.D. Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow and NPSC Fellow
Office: 801 CEPSR
Email: manav.kohli[at]columbia.edu
Manav Kohli received a B.S in Electrical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Brown University in 2018, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia in 2020. His research interests include the design of algorithms at the PHY and MAC layers, full duplex networking, mmWave devices, and their impact on 5G and next-generation networks.
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.

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: 489 CSB
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.
M.S. Students with Thesis

Trevor Joseph Gordon
Electrical Engineering MS Student, Tesla Scholar
Email: tjg2148[at]columbia.edu

Aditya Jolly
Electrical Engineering MS Student, Tesla Scholar
Email: aj3036[at]columbia.edu
Visitors
Prof. Dan Kilper 
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in the Data Science Institute (Professor in Trinity College Dublin and Director of CONNECT Centre)
Prof. Jip Kim
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist (Assistant Professor in Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH))
M.S. and Undergraduate Students

Asha Kiran Cherukuri
Electrical Engineering MS Student
Email: akc2194[at]columbia.edu

Leoni Lu
Electrical Engineering BS/MS Student
Email: jl5592[at]columbia.edu

Shivan Mukherjee
Computer Engineering Undergraduate Student (Applied Math Minor)
Email: sm5155[at]columbia.edu

Owen Nuckolls
Computer Science Undergraduate Student (Rabi Scholar)
Email: on2160[a]columbia.edu

Shivam Ojha
Electrical Engineering MS Student (MS Honors Student)
Email: so2639[at]columbia.edu

Irfan Tamim
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student
Email: it2304[at]columbia.edu