Welcome to the Sun Group!

Our research interests include novel magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials and devices for RF/microwave wireless communication systems, magnetic sensors, new materials and devices for energy harvesting applications, biomedical magnetic sensing, etc.

Short Bio: Nian X. Sun (Ph.D. 2002, Stanford University) is an associate professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern University, he was a Scientist at IBM and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies between 2001~2004. Dr. Sun was the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2008, the ONR Young Investigator Award in 2007, and the 1st Prize IDEMA Fellowship in 2000. His research interests include novel magnetic, ferroelectric and magnetoelectric materials and devices, such as antennas, phase shifters, filters, circulators, etc.; magnetic sensors; material and device properties at RF/microwave frequencies; energy harvesting materials and devices; micro/nanotechnologies for biomedical magnetic sensing, etc. He has published over 70 technical papers, more than 20 US patents and patent disclosures, and is funded by NSF, ONR, etc.