Assistant Professor · Sabancı University
Mert Kalfa
A generalist by conviction, I have a combined experience of 16+ years in computational electromagnetics, phased arrays, radar/EW/GNSS systems, and nonlinear signal processing (compressive sensing, AI/ML). I am especially passionate about the intersections of these fields of study — and I'm bringing them together under a single vision: intelligent electromagnetic environments, where reconfigurable (meta)surfaces and arrays are designed and put to task in a goal-oriented way, with full-wave physics as the foundation.
Research
Intelligent electromagnetic environments
One integrated program across three thrusts — the physics, the algorithms, and the hardware. I'm recruiting M.Sc. and Ph.D. students across all three.
Expertise
Proven from theory to TRL-9
Sixteen years across the full stack — electromagnetics, antennas, RF, signal processing, and digital hardware.
Computational electromagnetics
Full-wave solvers — MoM, MLFMA, FEM, FDTD — and ML acceleration.
Antennas & phased arrays
Ultra-wideband, wide-scan, dual-polarized arrays — design to validation.
Antenna metrology & diagnostics
Near-field & compact-range measurement and array diagnostics.
Radar, EW & GNSS systems
System architecture for radar, EW, and data-link systems.
Compressive & nonlinear signal processing
Compressive sensing, sparse arrays, adaptive estimation.
AI / ML for EM & sensing
Neural surrogates and learning-based methods for EM & SP.
Semantic signal processing & communications
Goal-oriented sensing and communication networks.