Alyosha Christopher Molnar, Cornell University

Associate Professor Ithaca, New York AM699@cornell.edu

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Integrated circuits and imaging Integrated circuits and neurobiology Integrated circuits and ultraflexible radios

Bio/Research

We have been developing integrated circuits (chips) in three general areas: ultraflexible radios, imaging and neurobiology. In Ultraflexible, software defined radios, we have introduced an new architecture of wireless receiver, using the properties of passive mixers. Both theoretical and experimental results so that this architecture provides receivers extremely good performance while providing unparalleled program-ability of its antenna interface. In imaging, we have developed a new class of pixel, in standard CMOS, and have demonstrated that arrays of these Angle Sensitive Pixels can be used to capture 3-D image information both in as parts of cameras, but also without a lens as ultra-low-cost imaging platforms suitable for simple biological and medical assays. We have also developed a new class of algorithms for solving basis pursuit problems that are especially applicable to lensless imaging. Finally, in neuroscience, we have been working with collaborators to develop better instrumentation for recording from and manipulating large numbers of interconnected neurons in tissue slice, as well as on a theoretical framework for interpreting these results and possibly applying them to new circuit topologies.

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