Bio


Alisa (she/her) is a 4th year Electrical Engineering PhD Candidate in the Neural Interaction Lab. She is currently interested in olfaction, the gut, and the brain. Previously, she earned a BS from MIT, where she conducted research on various medical electronics. Outside of her PhD, Alisa loves camping, reading, and playing piano.

Honors & Awards


  • Stanford Bio-X Food Fellowship, Stanford Bio-X (2025-2026)
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2022-2025)
  • NeuroTech Training Program Fellowship, Stanford University Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology (2023-2025)

Education & Certifications


  • Master of Science, Stanford, Electrical Engineering (2024)
  • Bachelor of Science, MIT, Computation and Cognition (2022)

All Publications


  • Joint Multi-Frequency Beam Shaping and Steering via Space-Time-Coding Digital Metasurfaces ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS Castaldi, G., Zhang, L., Moccia, M., Hathaway, A. Y., Tang, W., Cui, T., Galdi, V. 2021; 31 (6)