Dr. Yonina Eldar is a world-renowned scholar whose pioneering work has transformed the field of electrical engineering and signal processing. She currently serves as Professor and Joseph E. Aoun Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, having joined the institution in August 2025 after a distinguished career in Israel. Previously, she held a professorship at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 2019 to 2025 where she held the Dorothy and Patrick Gorman Professorial Chair and headed the Center for Biomedical Engineering. Her academic journey began with dual bachelor's degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in 1995 and 1996 respectively followed by a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2002 after which she established herself as a leading figure through her tenure at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Dr. Eldar's groundbreaking research has fundamentally advanced signal processing methodologies with profound implications for medical imaging radar systems and communication technologies. Her innovations in sub-Nyquist sampling compressed sensing and deep learning applications have revolutionized approaches to medical imaging including ultrasound MRI and CT technologies enabling more efficient data acquisition and processing across diverse applications. Through her leadership of the Signal Acquisition Modeling Processing and Learning Lab she has developed model-based methods for artificial intelligence that maximize information extraction using minimal resources from biological inference to optical imaging. Her research has earned numerous accolades including the prestigious Israel Prize in Engineering Research and Engineering Sciences in 2025 recognition of her transformative impact on engineering science and its applications.
Beyond her research achievements Dr. Eldar has been instrumental in advancing gender equity in higher education as head of the Committee for Promoting Gender Fairness in Higher Education Institutions in Israel. She serves as Editor in Chief of Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing and contributes her expertise to multiple IEEE Technical Committees and Award Committees. As a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Academia Europaea and fellow of multiple prestigious organizations including IEEE and EURASIP she continues to shape the direction of her field through editorial leadership and service on international technical committees. Her ongoing work bridges theoretical signal processing with cutting-edge applications in artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering positioning her at the forefront of interdisciplinary research that promises to unlock new capabilities in medical diagnostics and communication technologies.
