Adam Der received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2019. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder under the advisement of Dr. Taylor Barton. His interest in circuit design formed during his undergraduate career and he looks forward to advancing his knowledge of RF power amplifiers at CU Boulder. Outside of lab, Adam likes hiking, cooking, and playing board games. 

Mathani Eltayeb earned her Bachelor's in Electrical and electronic engineering from university of Khartoum, Sudan, and masters' in Electronic engineering from university of Bologna, Italy. She developed interest in RF engineering during her masters' research in linearity of power amplifiers and now exploring the topic further while working towards PhD. In her spare time Mathani enjoys traveling, hiking and yoga. 

Grant Giesbrecht earned his BS in Physics from Centre College in 2019. Before starting at CU, he worked for a year at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on developing a compact RF particle accelerator. He developed an interest in RF electronics while working on low-noise amplifiers for the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. He is working towards his PhD in Dr. Taylor Barton’s research group. In his free time, Grant enjoys camping, sailing, and building computer processors. 

Grace Gomez earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2022. Her interest in RF and microwave circuits originated in a design class in her undergrad and she is excited to continue her education in this field by pursuing a PhD  in the RF Power and Analog Lab under the advisement of Dr. Taylor Barton. In her free time, Grace enjoys skiing, writing music and trying new food.  

Osian Jones is originally from Wales, United Kingdom. He earned his B.Eng and M.Eng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds in 2019. Prior to pursuing a PhD at CU Boulder, Osian worked as an RF design engineer at Lockheed Martin UK and MBDA systems. He initially became interested in RF electronics whilst undertaking a Doppler radar design project during his undergraduate studies. He is excited to expand his knowledge in RF design, power amplifiers and MMIC design. 

In his spare time, Osian enjoys hiking, swimming, powerlifting and miniature painting. 

Yaqub Mahsud earned his BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2021. He became interested in RF electronics during his time as an undergraduate, and looks forward to learning more with Professor Taylor Barton's research group at the CU Boulder. Outside of the lab, Yaqub likes archery, tennis, and reading. 

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Ben Rautio earned his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from CU Boulder in 2022. He developed an interest in RF engineering while working at HRL Laboratories. While working at HRL as a signal integrity engineer for advanced packaging, he became interested in GaN power amplifiers.  He is currently pursuing his PhD in Dr. Taylor Barton’s Research group. In his spare time, Ben enjoys powerlifting, hiking Colorado’s many fourteeners and working on various personal projects involving autonomous robotics and perception.   

Dr. Prathamesh Pednekar received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at The University of Mumbai in 2012, M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2016, and his PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2019 with thesis titled "Advanced Load Modulated Power Amplifier Architectures," for which he received the ECEE PhD Best Thesis Award. 

Dr. Paolo Enrico de Falco was a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2019-2020, and a group member as a visiting PhD student in 2017. He received the B.E. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Portsmouth in 2013 and Ph.D. degree from the University of Bristol's Centre for Doctoral Training in Communications for its contributions to harmonically tuned load modulated RF power amplifiers. 

Dr. Daniel Martin received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UT Dallas in December 2015 and December 2016, and completed the PhD degree at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2020. 

William Sear completed a dual bachelors and masters degree student at the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed the PhD degree at the University of Colorado Boulder with thesis titled "Techniques for Simultaneous Linearity and Efficiency Improvement in Compound RF Power Amplifiers" in 2022. 

Devon Donahue earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from George Fox University in 2017. He defended the PhD degree in 2022 with his thesis titled "Application of multi-port reflectometry to arbitrary matching networks for power amplifier-integrated load impedance sensing."