PhD Student

Xinyi LIU received her B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2020. She is currently pursuing her PhD degree in ECE at HKUST, under the joint PhD training program in partnership with SUSTech. Her research mainly focuses on visible light communication.

PhD Student

Johar ABDEKHODA received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees, both in Electronics Engineering and from Urmia University, Urmia, Iran. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering through the Sharif University of Technology (SUT) and HKUST dual-degree program. His current research focuses on clocking for wireline, optical, and wireless communications.

PhD Student (Google Scholar)

Sarah Shuo FENG received her B.Eng. in Microelectronics Engineering from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2023. She is currently a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where her research centers on high-speed optical wireline and wireless integrated circuit design. In recognition of her teaching excellence, she received the 2024 Spring Best TA Award. Beyond her academic research, she actively contributes to the ECE community, serving as the ECE Teaching Assistant Coordinator for the 2024–2025 term.

PhD Student

Hugo Xionghui ZHOU received his B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Macau in 2021 and M.Sc. in Microelectronics from the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI (AMSV), University of Macau (UM) in 2024. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE at HKUST. His research mainly focuses on wireline IC design.

PhD Student

Jennifer Jia FU received her B.Eng. in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in 2020. She earned her M.Eng. in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics from the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University (PKU) in 2023, where her research focused on display and read-out circuit design. Following her master's studies, she worked as an analog circuit design engineer at ZTE in Chengdu. Since 2024, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in ECE at HKUST. Her doctoral research primarily centers on clocking schemes for high-speed optical and wireline transceivers. She has a strong interest in music and sports. After joining HKUST, she took up squash and occasionally goes hiking or works out at the gym.

PhD Student

Joyce Jingyao DONG received her B.Eng. in Microelectronics Science and Engineering from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2025. In the same year, she received the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award and the Guo Xie Birong Scholarship, demonstrating her excellent academic capabilities and personal qualities. Now she is pursuing her PhD degree in ECE at HKUST. Her research mainly focuses on high-speed optical communication and wireline integrated circuit design.

MPhil Student

Juho JEON received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Engineering and a Minor in Information Technology from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2024. He received the Best Final Year Thesis Award 2024, the first runner-up, for CMOS SAR ADC Design, which led him to pursue a MPhil degree in ECE at HKUST. His research mainly focuses on high-speed ADC design and optical wireline IC design. What's more, he has actively represented and served the ECE department and community as an ECE Student Ambassador 2023-24, and ECE Teaching Assistant Coordinator 2025-present.