Dara Ron obtained his B.S. degree from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in 2017, and Ph.D. degrees from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea in 2023. Following his Ph.D. graduation, he served as a short-term researcher in the Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems (AINS) Lab at Chung-Ang University. Currently, Dr. Ron holds the position of a postdoctoral research fellow in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State University, Raleigh. His research interests include 5G/nextG wireless networks, NR positioning, stochastic modeling, machine learning, and O-RAN testing.

Sayanta Seth earned his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (with a minor in Computer Science) in 2016 from India; and MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2018 and 2023, respectively. He specializes in mmWave beamsteering optimization, coalition set formation among directional software defined radio nodes and dynamic spectrum sharing, management and access problems. He served as a graduate research assistant in the Networks and Wireless Systems Lab at the University of Central Florida. Throughout his career, he has served as chairs in distinguished IEEE conferences like DySPAN and MILCOM. He has won several IEEE travel grants and several fellowships for outstanding research from the University of Central Florida. Currently, Dr. Seth holds the position of postdoctoral research fellow at the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State and is actively working on 5G/NextG wireless networks with a focus on cybersecurity and cellular-satellite co-existence in the FR3 band and mmWave beam forming. 

Sarik Dhungel is a PhD student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Institute of Engineering (IOE), Western Region Campus, Nepal. His research interests include 5G-based indoor positioning, network slicing, and AI driven cellular radio access networks.

Pranshav is a PhD student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He is an Amgen Scholar (Kyoto University), and an MSRF Fellow, and has completed his B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Nirma University. His current research interests include privacy preserving machine learning and transformer architectures for wireless communication networks.

Abiodun is currently a PhD student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with a First-Class Honors from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He was awarded Deans Award, H.O.D. Award and Nigerian Society of Engineers’ Award for the best graduating student in the faculty of engineering. His research interests focus on the next-generation of cellular networks, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) security, privacy & testing and wireless network security.

Farzad received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Tehran, graduating in 2019 and 2022, respectively. His interests span topics in wireless and communication networks, real-time communication, optimization, and application of AI in networking.

Osman is currently a Ph.D. in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering with First-class Honors from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is a four-time winner of the Provost Excellent Student Award at KNUST, and an alumna of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. His research interests are at the intersection of O-RAN and advanced learning algorithms for wireless systems.

Ali is currently a PhD student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He obtained his Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (Communication & Electronics Engineering) as one of the top graduates from Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria in 2016, and had his Master of Electronics Engineering (spec: Communication Engineering), from Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria in 2023. He served as a radio planning and optimization engineer in the main cellular telecom operator in Syria between 2017 and 2024. His research interests focus on the next-generation of cellular networks, with a focus on O-RAN, network slicing, resource scheduling and application-oriented communications.

Ta-seen Reaz Niloy obtained her B.Sc in electrical and electronic engineering from American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), in 2020. She was awarded Magna Cum Laude Award and Dr. Anwarul Abedin Leadership Award, Deans Award on Capstone Project all at 19th convocation of AIUB. She is the winner of 6th Inspiring Women Award 2021 in the category of "Leaders of Tomorrow" organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum. Her research interests focus on the design, analysis and implementation of 5G/Next-G wireless systems in the 12-GHz satellite band.

Azuka holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering with first-class honors from the University of Benin in Nigeria. Azuka's research interests revolve around simulation and prototyping next-generation cellular networks, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) systems, and exploring adversarial machine learning for wireless networks.

Rakesh Kannan is currently an MS student in Computer Engineering at NC State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering with first-class honors from Anna University, India. He worked as a Cellular Engineer at Samsung R&D from 2019 to 2023. Rakesh's research interests focus on cellular RF firmware development, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) systems, and optimization techniques for 5G New Radio (NR) technologies.

Nathan Stephenson is an undergraduate student at George Mason University pursuing a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Music Technology. His research interests include software and hardware development for 5G/Next-G wireless systems involving simulations, DevOps, cybersecurity, geopositioning, and machine learning.

Logan Serino is an undergraduate student at NC State University pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. His research interests cover the next generation of cellular systems, including software and hardware development for wireless networks and ORAN implementations, wireless testing and network security, and spectrum sharing systems.

Aaditya Mishra is an undergraduate studying Computer Engineering at NC State University. His current research focuses on developing black box attacks on ORAN systems.

Minsu Kang is an undergraduate student at George Mason University pursuing a B.S. in Computational and Data Science. His research interests include AI/ML technologies, algorithms, and data processing in O-RAN systems. His current research focuses on designing and optimizing AI models for O-RAN networks.