Hadeel Elayan

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ultrabroadband Nanonetworking Laboratory
Northeastern University

About Me

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Ultrabroadband Nanonetworking Laboratory at Northeastern University, working under the supervision of Professor Josep Jornet. I am also the Co-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Chapter, Toronto Section.

Connecting the Unconnected: Advancing Nano-Bio Systems for Healthcare

My research spans terahertz communication, nano-bio interactions, and advanced sensing systems, with applications in wireless communications, bio-computing, and hybrid cyber-biological systems. Bridging theoretical modeling with experimental design using the TeraNova platform, I focus on creating systems that enable seamless interaction between biological and engineered components. My work aims to advance nano-communication and sensing by developing robust, intelligent interfaces that integrate biological processes with computational technologies.

• Current Projects:
  - Terahertz-Protein Synergy: Designing Interfaces for Integrated Bio-Nano Systems.
  - Shaping the Near-Field: Innovations in Wavefront Engineering.
  -Towards a Living Computer: Bacterial Intelligence for Next-Gen Biocomputing.
  - Illuminating Organoids: Advancing EM Interaction with Nanophotonic Technologies.

Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
  Advisors: Profs. Ravi Adve and Andrew Eckford

• M.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University
  Advisor: Prof. Raed Shubair

News

• I have successfuly defended my PhD thesis in September 2023.

• I have completed an internship at the Ultrabroadband Nanonetworking (UN) Laboratory at Northeastern University under the supervision of Professor Josep Jornet.

• Introduced by Principle Nathalie Des Rosiers at the High Table Celebrating Muslim Women Leaders in Canada at Massey College.

• I have been selected as a Rising Star in EECE by the University of Texas at Austin!

• Participated in the 10th Round of the NMIN HQP Research Presentations Series, on 25 Aug. 2022, for which I have been awarded the NMIN Travel Award.

• Invited to participate in the "Mathematical Models in Biology: from Information Theory to Thermodynamics" workshop at the Banff International Research Station, from 7-12 Aug., 2022.

• I became a junior fellow at Massey College !

• Nominated for the TA Teaching Excellence Award, Feb. 2022 !.

• Became a member in the "Nanomedicine Innovation Network (NMIN) Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Program", Jan. 2022 !

• Featured on the "See it-Be it-Stem it" Website, June 2021 !

Selected Publications

• Paper titled "The Thermal Impact of THz Signaling in Protein Nanonetworks" has been accepted in the 10th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, June. 2023 !

• Paper titled "The Impact of Slow Fading on THz-Induced Protein Interactions" has been accepted in the IEEE International Conference in Communications (ICC), Feb. 2023 !

• Paper titled "Selectivity of Protein Interactions Stimulated by Terahertz Signals", has been published in the IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, July 2022 !

• Paper titled "Toward Establishing Molecular Interfaces Using Terahertz Radiation", has been accepted in the IEEE International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), April. 2022 !

• Paper titled "Terahertz Intra-body Propagation through LOS and NLOS links" has been accepted in the IEEE International Conference in Communications (ICC), Feb. 2022 !

• Guest Editor for special issue on Interconnecting Molecular and Terahertz Communications for Future 6G/7G Networks, IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, 2025.

• Serving as a Technical Program Committee member for the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference in Las Vegas, USA, January 2025.

• Serving as a Technical Program Committee member for the IEEE Military Communications Conference in Washington, DC, USA, October 2024.

• Serving as a Technical Program Committee Co-Chair for the 11th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication in Milan, Italy, October 2024.

• Serving as a Technical Program Committee member for the 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Selected Areas in Communications: Terahertz Communications, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 2024.