Rate My Professor Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering, a position he has held since 2022, following his role as Assistant Professor there from 2018 to 2022. Previously, from 2013 to 2018, he served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, with appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Surgery. Taylor is the head of the Health Instrumentation and Wearables major within the School of Electrical Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006 and 2009, respectively.

Taylor's research focuses on submillimeter-wave and terahertz imaging and sensing technologies, including THz frequency calibration techniques for antenna measurements, personnel imaging, and clinical diagnostics such as non-invasive corneal hydration assessment and early disease detection. He leads the Millimetre Wave and THz Techniques research efforts and the Zachary Taylor Group, serving as Principal Investigator on projects like R2B-CorneaSense (2024–2025), Future Makers (2025–2027), and JAES Taylor (2026–2028). His key publications include "Roadmap towards personalized approaches and safety considerations in non-ionizing radiation: from dosimetry to therapeutic and diagnostic applications" (2026, Physics in Medicine & Biology), "A Telecentric Offset Reflective Imaging System (TORIS) for Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy" (2025, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology), "A clustering-based approach to address correlated features in predicting genitourinary toxicity from MRI-guided prostate SBRT" (2025, Medical Physics), "A Dual-Purpose Microwave-Optical Component for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy - a Feasibility Study by Radio Link Analysis" (2025, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering), and "Gouy Phase Correction for Quasioptical, Dielectric Spectroscopy of Spherical Shells in a Gaussian Beam for Terahertz Corneal Sensing" (2025, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology). He was awarded the 2015 THz Science and Technology Best Paper Award and supervised J. Lamberg, recipient of the 2024 Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Doctoral Thesis Award.