{"id":644,"date":"2021-12-13T21:47:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/?page_id=644"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:31:07","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ebjornson.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1135.jpg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e4effc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Do you want to join our team?<\/strong><br><br><strong><em>Open positions: <\/em><\/strong>I am always interested in supervising highly motivated candidates with excellent resumes. I only hire postdocs and Ph.D. students, and a master&#8217;s degree is required for the latter. All openings are publicly advertised and may appear at any time of the year, triggered by when I receive new research grants. The openings are published on KTH&#8217;s website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/lediga-jobb?l=en\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/lediga-jobb?l=en\">Vacancies<\/a>, and I also announce them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilbjornson\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emilbjornson\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, so please feel free to connect with me there. I cannot accept any applications by email.<br><br><strong>Visiting students:<\/strong> I occasionally host visiting Ph.D. students for 3-12 months. The requirements are that you are self-funded, have published a journal paper during your PhD studies, and that we share a topic of joint interest. Please note that KTH is currently not accepting any students with CSC scholarships due to contractual disagreements.<br><br><strong>Applying for Post-doctoral fellowships: <\/strong>I can support excellent candidates in applying for a <a href=\"https:\/\/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu\">Marie Curie fellowship<\/a> (Deadline: September) or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfutures.kth.se\/research-calls\/open-calls\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfutures.kth.se\/research-calls\/open-calls\/\">Digital Futures fellowship<\/a> (Deadline: April and October) to fund their postdoc on a topic of joint interest. Note that these fellowships are very competitive, so you need to be in the top-20% of PhD graduates to stand a chance. I can help you assess your chances.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. students (as main supervisor)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aditya Jolly<\/strong> (co-supervisors: Gabor Fodor, Vitaly Petrov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emanuel Wennemo<\/strong> (co-supervisor: Ki Won Sung)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eren Berk Kama<\/strong> (co-supervisor: Isaac Skog)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amna Irshad<\/strong> (co-supervisors: Vitaly Petrov and Luca Sanguinetti)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anders Enqvist<\/strong> (co-supervisors: Cicek Cavdar and \u00d6zlem Tu\u011ffe Demir)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. students (as co-supervisor)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phinehas Chinthalagattu<\/strong> (main supervisor: Vitaly Petrov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manas Kumar Mishra<\/strong> (main supervisor: Vitaly Petrov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wenqi Zhao<\/strong> (main supervisor: Chong Han; co-supervisor: Vitaly Petrov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peng Zhang <\/strong>(main supervisor: Vitaly Petrov)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steven Rivetti<\/strong> (main supervisor: Mikael Skoglund)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ozan Alp Topal <\/strong>(main supervisor: Cicek Cavdar; co-supervisor: \u00d6zlem Tu\u011ffe Demir)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zhenyu Li<\/strong> (main supervisor: Cicek Cavdar; co-supervisor: \u00d6zlem Tu\u011ffe Demir)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postdoctoral researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meesam Jafri<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2024, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zhe Wang<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2025, Beijing Jiaotong University, China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mahmoud Zaher<\/strong>, Ph.D. 2025, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anass Sedrati<\/strong>, Researcher and Vice Director of SweWIN Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Harald Barth<\/strong>, Research engineer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting researchers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chao Zhou<\/strong>, Southern University of Science and Technology, China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"formermembers\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e4effc;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Former team members<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ph.D. students<\/strong> (as main supervisor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Yasaman Khorsandmanesh<\/strong> (graduated 2026, co-supervisor: Joakim Jald\u00e9n), now with KTH.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A2048985\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A2048985\">Transceiver Architectures for Future Wireless Systems with Hardware Constraints<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mahmoud Zaher<\/strong> (graduated 2025, co-supervisor: Marina Petrova), now with KTH.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-362462\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-362462\">Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks: Practical Aspects and Transmission Techniques for Radio Resource Optimization<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Afsaneh Mahmoudi Benhangi<\/strong> (graduated 2025, co-supervisor: Ming Xiao), now with Ericsson.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1927535\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1927535\">Toward Efficient Federated Learning over Wireless Networks: Novel Frontiers in Resource Optimization<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Morteza Esmaeili Tavana<\/strong> (graduated 2024, co-supervisor: Jens Zander), now with Ericsson.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Akth%3Adiva-343226\">RF Energy Harvesting for Zero-Energy Devices and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00d6zdogan \u00d6zgecan<\/strong> (graduated 2022, co-supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now with Ericsson.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/9789179291655\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/9789179291655\">Signal Processing Aspects of Massive MIMO and IRS-Aided Communications<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Amin Ghazanfari<\/strong> (graduated 2021, co-supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now with Nokia.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-175777\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-175777\">Multi-Cell Massive MIMO: Power Control and Channel Estimation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Daniel Verenzuela<\/strong> (graduated 2020, co-supervisors: Michail&nbsp;Matthaiou, Luca Sanguinetti), now with Sony.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-163131\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-163131\">Exploring Alternative Massive MIMO Designs: Superimposed Pilots and Mixed-ADCs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trinh Van Chien<\/strong> (graduated 2020, co-supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now a faculty member at Hanoi University of Science and Technology.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-162582\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-162582\">Spatial Resource Allocation in Massive MIMO Communications: From Cellular to Cell-Free<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ph.D. students<\/strong> (as co-supervisor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maria Francis<\/strong> (graduated 2026, main supervisor: K.V.S. Hari, Indian Institute of Science).<br>Thesis: Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Scalability, Analysis of Imperfections &amp; Heterogeneous Network Optimization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doga G\u00fcrg\u00fcnoglu<\/strong> (graduated 2025, main supervisor: Gabor Fodor), now with Aselsan.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-359152\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-359152\">Channel Estimation and Interference Mitigation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zakir Hussain Shaik<\/strong> (graduated 2024, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson, Link\u00f6ping University), now with Nokia<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/9789180758833\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/9789180758833\">Distributed Signal Processing for Cell-Free Massive MIMO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unnikrishnan Kunnath Ganesan<\/strong> (graduated 2024, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson, Link\u00f6ping University), now with Chalmers University of Technology<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1868584&amp;dswid=-5098\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1868584&amp;dswid=-5098\">Beyond Boundaries: Evolving Connectivity with Massive MIMO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mehdi Haghshenas<\/strong> (graduated 2024, main supervisor Maurizio Magarini, Polytechnic University of Milan), now with Mid-Sweden University<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politesi.polimi.it\/handle\/10589\/217854\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politesi.polimi.it\/handle\/10589\/217854\">Passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Efficient Channel Estimation and Codebook Design<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ema Becirovic<\/strong> (graduated 2022, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now with Ericsson.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"http:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-188500\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/urn.kb.se\/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-188500\">Signal Processing Aspects of Massive MIMO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marcus Karlsson<\/strong> (graduated 2018, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now with the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-149898\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-149898\">Blind Massive MIMO Base Stations: Downlink Transmission and Jamming<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hei Victor Cheng<\/strong> (graduated 2018, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now a faculty member at Aarhus University.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-145674\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-145674\">Optimizing Massive MIMO: Precoder Design and Power Allocation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Antonios Pitarokoilis<\/strong> (graduated 2016, main supervisor: Erik G. Larsson), now with Ericsson.<br>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-127399\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3384\/diss.diva-127399\">Phase Noise and Wideband Transmission in Massive MIMO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Postdoctoral researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Parisa Ramezani<\/strong> (2022-2026), now a Chancellor&#8217;s Research Fellow at the University of Sydney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nikolaos Kolomvakis<\/strong> (2023-2025), now with Intracom Defense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Murat Babek Salman<\/strong> (2023-2025), now with Ericsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ferdi Kara<\/strong> (2024-2025), now with Ericsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alva Kosasih<\/strong> (2022-2024), now with Nokia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Junbeom Kim<\/strong> (2023), now a faculty member at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00d6zlem Tu\u011ffe Demir<\/strong> (2019-2022), now a faculty member at Bilkent University, T\u00fcrkiye<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sucharita Chakraborty<\/strong> (2019\u20132020), now a faculty member at the National Institute of Technology Silchar, India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kamil Senel<\/strong> (2017\u20132019), now with Ericsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zheng Chen<\/strong> (2017\u20132019), now a faculty member at Link\u00f6ping University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tan Tai Do<\/strong> (2016), now with Ericsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Julia Vinogradova<\/strong> (2015\u20132016), now with Ericsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Salil Kashyap<\/strong> (2014\u20132016), now a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Visiting researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-2273a154-a5c0-415b-bea6-aad80dad8c43\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Luca Antonelli<\/strong> (2026), University of Pisa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunho Kim<\/strong> (2026), Seoul National University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Baolin Chong<\/strong> (2025-2026), University of Science and Technology of China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu<\/strong> (2025-2026), Constructor University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neetu Ramanunni Rani<\/strong> (2024), Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yuhang Chen<\/strong> (2023-2024), Shanghai Jiaotong University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Murat Babek Salman<\/strong> (2022-2023), Middle East Technical University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ignasi Pique Muntane <\/strong>(2022), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shuaifei Chen<\/strong> (2021-2022), Beijing Jiaotong University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charles Wiame<\/strong> (2022), Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Louvain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lorenzo Miretti<\/strong> (2020), Eurecom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrea de Jesus Torres<\/strong> (2019), University of Pisa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hossein Akhlaghpasand<\/strong> (2019), Iran University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ali Bulut \u00dc\u00e7\u00fcnc\u00fc <\/strong>(2019), Middle East Technical University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mohammed Zahid&nbsp;Aslam<\/strong> (2018), Siradel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shijuan Wu<\/strong> (2018), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Noman Akbar<\/strong> (2017), Australian National University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alessio Zappone<\/strong> (2015), TU Dresden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xueru Li<\/strong> (2015), Tsinghua University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nafiseh Shariati<\/strong> (2014), KTH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Serveh Shalmashi<\/strong> (2014), KTH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maksym Girnyk<\/strong> (2014), KTH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jingya Li<\/strong> (2013), Chalmers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to join our team? 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