Harish Krishnaswamy is a professor at Columbia University. In 2017, he co-founded MixComm Inc. in Chatham, NJ, a venture-backed start-up, to commercialize CoSMIC Laboratory’s advanced wireless research. MixComm was acquired by Sivers Semiconductors for $155M where Krishnaswamy is currently managing director of the Wireless BU. His research interests include integrated devices, circuits, and systems for a variety of radio frequency, millimeter-wave (mmWave), and sub-mmWave applications. 

Krishnaswamy was a recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ISSCC Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper, the Best Thesis in Experimental Research Award from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award, the IBM Faculty Award, the Best Demo Award at the IEEE ISSCC, the best student paper awards at the 2015, 2018, and 2020 IEEE RFIC Symposium and the 2020 IEEE IMS, the IEEE MTT-S Microwave Magazine Best Paper Award, and the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award. He has also served as a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE SSCS and is a member of the DARPA Microelectronics Exploratory Council.