The Marconi Society is pleased to welcome Yasaman Ghasempour to its Board of Directors. A respected scholar and leader in next-generation wireless research, Yasaman brings both technical depth and a personal connection to the Marconi Society’s mission.
The mission of the Marconi Society, she shares, “deeply resonates with me.” Her vision is to help position the Marconi Society as the leading global voice shaping the future of connectivity while ensuring information technologies serve society in meaningful and responsible ways. She believes the Marconi Society has both the credibility and the unique ability to convene thought leaders across academia and industry to champion transformative ideas, promote resilient and equitable access, and cultivate the next generation of innovators. For her, honoring Marconi’s legacy means guiding communications toward a future defined not only by technical excellence but by societal impact.
Her connection to the Marconi Society is longstanding. As a former Young Scholar, Yasaman has seen firsthand the passion, integrity, and commitment the organization brings to advancing communications for societal good. Joining the Board feels, in her words, “both meaningful and personal.” She is especially honored to work alongside and learn from leaders whose ideas and vision have shaped modern communications. Serving on the Board is an opportunity to give back to a community that influenced her own journey and to help ensure the Marconi Society continues to champion bold ideas, support emerging leaders, and expand the positive impact of connectivity worldwide.
Currently a professor at Princeton University, Yasaman leads research on next-generation wireless communication and sensing systems. This work keeps her closely connected to emerging technical frontiers and to broader questions about how technological advances should serve society. Through co-founding and co-directing the Princeton NextG Corporate Affiliates Program, she has built strong partnerships between academia and industry, fostering collaboration, translating research into practice, and encouraging dialogue across sectors. At the same time, her experience as a Young Scholar has given her a deep appreciation for mentorship and community. She understands how transformative recognition and support can be in early career stages and hopes to help the Marconi Society continue investing in future leaders.
Looking ahead, Yasaman sees the Marconi Society playing a unique role as both a technical compass and a moral voice in rapidly evolving areas such as advanced wireless, Internet resilience, and artificial intelligence. In advanced wireless, she emphasizes the importance of expanding spectrum to scale channel capacity and enable faster connectivity. In Internet resilience, she views connectivity as critical infrastructure and believes the Marconi Society can help shape dialogue around robustness, security, and equitable access amid climate events, geopolitical tensions, and increasing system complexity. In artificial intelligence, she sees an opportunity to convene leaders to examine how AI reshapes communications — and how networks enable AI — while addressing transparency, reliability, and societal impact.
Because of its credibility and international reach, she believes the Marconi Society is uniquely positioned to bring diverse stakeholders into the same conversation, helping shape both the technical outlook and the guiding principles behind how these technologies are developed and deployed.
We are honored to welcome Yasaman to the Board and look forward to her leadership as the Marconi Society continues building communities at the forefront of emerging technology to create a more connected and sustainable world.
About Yasaman Ghasempour
Yasaman Ghasempour is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. She received her Ph.D. and master’s degree from Rice University and her bachelor’s degree from the Sharif University of Technology. Yasaman is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2026), the Zhengyi Wang Prize (2026), the Princeton Early-Career Faculty Award (2024), the AFOSR YIP Award (2024), the NSF CAREER Award (2022), the 2020 Marconi Young Scholar Award, and the Excellence in Teaching Award from Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (two times).
Ghasempour has been named as one of the nation’s brightest young engineers by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to take part in the NAE’s annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Yasaman is also listed as one of ten rising stars in communication and networking by N2Women. Her research received several Best Paper Awards, including at USENIX NSDI, ACM MobiCom, ACM SenSys, and IEEE WCNC. Yasaman is the co-director of Princeton NextG Industry Affiliates Program. She serves on the TPC of several conferences and is on the editorial board of Nature Communications Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine, and Springer Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves.
Yasaman is featured in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC as a “change-making innovator” in wireless technology. Her research is focused on next-generation wireless networks and sensing systems, including novel physical-layer designs and link-layer protocols for emerging wireless systems.
