Dr. Taiyun Chi joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rice University in January 2019. He received the B.S. degree (with highest honor) from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2017. In 2018, He was with a silicon-valley start-up, working on extremely broadband millimeter-wave transceiver for 5G communication.

He directs the Rice Integrated Systems and Electromagnetics (RISE) Lab, which focuses on developing analog/RF/mmWave integrated circuits and micro-systems for wireless communications and neuro-engineering applications. In these applications, energy efficiency, bandwidth, size, and security are critical performance metrics. His research aims to extend the boundaries of these metrics and enable exciting new applications at the hardware level, by leveraging innovations in integrated circuits (IC) design, applied electromagnetics, and their tight integration. Specifically, his work involves (i) conducting theoretical analysis of circuit problems, (ii) developing new hardware capabilities, (iii) performing system-level engineering, and (iv) AI-assisted design automation.