Mahta Moghaddam

Mahta Moghaddam
Mahta Moghaddam
Born	Iran
Nationality	Iranian-American
Alma mater	University of Kansas; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Known for	Development of microwave sensing technologies
Awards	2019 National Academy of Engineering (NAE); 2017 Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition; 2016 NASA Honor Award; 2016 NASA Group Achievement Award;
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical and computer engineering
Institutions	University of Southern California; University of Michigan;
Thesis	Forward and inverse scattering problems in the time domain (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Weng Cho Chew

Mahta Moghaddam is an Iranian-American electrical and computer engineer and William M. Hogue Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering. Moghaddam is also the president of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and is known for developing sensor systems and algorithms for high-resolution characterization of the environment to quantify the effects of climate change. She also has developed innovative tools using microwave technology to visualize biological structures and target them in real-time with high-power focused microwave ablation.