Kasra Rouhi

I am Kasra Rouhi, an RF and electromagnetic engineer currently serving as an RF Passive Design Engineer at Apple Inc. My work sits at the intersection of electromagnetic theory and machine learning, applied to the precision demands of next-generation consumer hardware.

I hold a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, where my doctoral research — funded by AFOSR and NSF — advanced the modeling of electron beam devices and pioneered ultrasensitive circuits exploiting exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD). Near these special operating points, eigenvalue trajectories follow fractional power-law dependencies on external perturbations, enabling sensors with orders-of-magnitude improved sensitivity. Complementing this, my thesis also developed analytical and computational models for traveling wave tubes (TWTs), including Pierce-model extensions and full-wave approaches that capture gain, dispersion, and beam-wave interaction with greater accuracy.

My research spans a broad spectrum: metamaterials and metasurfaces for terahertz wave control, machine learning for accelerated electromagnetic device design, reconfigurable graphene-based structures, and bioelectromagnetics. I have authored over 70 publications across high-impact journals including IEEE, Physical Review, IOP Publishing, AIP Publishing, Wiley, and Elsevier journals, along with conference proceedings and preprints.

Beyond research, I actively contribute to the scientific community as a peer reviewer for over 100 journals across IEEE, Optica, IOP Publishing, Wiley, Elsevier, Nature, ACS, and many others, and have been recognized as a certified and trusted reviewer by multiple publishers. I have also served as a keynote speaker of conferences, IEEE student branch chair, and leader of graduate researchers.