Kazem Bakian-Dogaheh

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, USC (USA), 2017 – 2024
• M.S., Astronautical Engineering, USC (USA), 2020 – 2023
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, USC, (USA), 2017 – 2020
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran (Iran), 2012 – 2017

Biography

Kazem Bakian-Dogaheh was born in Rudbar, Guilan (Iran). He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2017. He received the M.S. degree in astronautical engineering and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2023 and 2024, respectively. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan since 2025. He completed his Ph.D. under the guidance of Mahta Moghaddam in the Microwave Systems, Sensors, and Imaging Laboratory (MiXIL) at USC. His previous research work contributed to developing microwave instrumentation and modeling approaches to help unravel the carbon-water cycle dynamics of permafrost soils and their influence on climate-driven vulnerabilities of the Arctic for the NASA Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) campaign. His research interests include synergies of microwave remote sensing and earth system models, earth system observation technologies by introducing new radar and microwave imaging measurement concepts, and the role of electromagnetics in medicine for thermal therapy applications and monitoring. 

He is the recipient of the 2018 – 2022 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF), 2022 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society (AP-S) Fellowship, 2022 Ming Hsieh Institute Ph.D. scholarship, and 2023 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Student Prize Paper Award (3rd Place). He is the founding chair of the IEEE GRSS student branch chapter at USC, for which he received the IEEE GRSS chapter excellence award in 2023.

Publications

2025

Conference

• KB Dogaheh, S Henze, “Alaskan Tundra In-situ Soil Carbon Synthesis Working Group Meetup,” AGU25, 2025 [link]

Journal

• K Bakian-Dogaheh, Y Zhao, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Coupled hydrologic-electromagnetic framework to model permafrost active layer organic soil dielectric properties,” Remote Sensing of Environment 318, 114560, 2025 [link]
• J Du, KA Endsley, KB Dogaheh, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, T Douglas, A Melebari, S Esk, ari, J Kim, J Whitcomb, Y Zhao, S Henze, “Assessing spatial heterogeneity of active layer thickness over Arctic-foothills tundra through intensive field sampling and multi-source remote sensing,” EGUsphere 2025, 1-19, 2025 [link]
• W Peng, Y Yi, U Mishra, K Bakian-Dogaheh, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, HW Chen, “Characterizing Spatial Variability of Soil Organic Carbon through Improved Machine Learning Modeling with In-situ Data Resampling: A Case Study in Alaska,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2025 [link]
• A Melebari, S Esk, ari, K Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, WR Mcdermott, “Two-way Travel Time (TWTT) In Snowpack, Derived from Software-defined Radar Data Collected by Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in Colorado, 2022-25.,” US Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release, 1450, 2025 [link]

Other Publications

• M Moore, K Schaefer, L Clayton, E Hoy, M Auclair, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Battaglia, K Bennett, W Bolton, L Bourgeau-Chavez, A Bredder, D Chen, R Chen, A Chen, J Chen, D Chiasson, R Chitra-tarak, A Collins, L Cornette, J Dann, E Devoie, M Dominico, T Douglas, S Gagnon, S Grelick, P Griffith, J He, G Iwahana, E Jafarov, L Jenkins, E Kasischke, S Kim, P Kirchner, B Lecavalier, J Ledman, S Liben, L Liu, T Loboda, S Ludwig, M Mac, er, N Matsui, R Michaelides, M Moghaddam, S Natali, S P, a, A Parsekian, M Pearce, W Quinton, A Rocha, H Rodenhizer, P Roy-Léveillée, N Saravanan, Z Sauve, S Schaefer, E Schuur, O Sonnentag, T Sullivan, A Tabatabaeenejad, L Thomas, B Thorne, K Turner, K Wang, C Wilson, H Zebker, T Zhang, Y Zhao, S Zwieback, “ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska, USA and Canada, 2005-2022. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA,” 2025 [link]

2024

Conference

• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “A Novel Frequency and Channel Selection Method for Multi-Frequency Microwave Imaging,” 2024 IEEE INC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium …, 2024 [link]

Journal

• CE Miller, PC Griffith, E Hoy, NS Pinto, Y Lou, S Hensley, BD Chapman, J Baltzer, K Bakian-Dogaheh, WR Bolton, L Bourgeau-Chavez, RH Chen, B Choe, LK Clayton, TA Douglas, N French, JE Holloway, G Hong, L Huang, G Iwahana, L Jenkins, JS Kimball, T Loboda, M Mack, P Marsh, RJ Michaelides, M Moghaddam, A Parsekian, K Schaefer, PR Siqueira, D Singh, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Turetsky, R Touzi, E Wig, CJ Wilson, P Wilson, SD Wullschleger, Y Yi, HA Zebker, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, SJ Goetz, “The ABoVE L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys,” Earth System Science Data 16 (6), 2605-2624, 2024 [link]
• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “A dual-band microwave imaging system prototype for quantitative 3-D dielectric reconstruction,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 73, 1-14, 2024 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, Y Zhao, J Whitcomb, J Du, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Local scale Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon in the Permafrost Active Layer Using Polarimetric Radar and a Physics-Based Computational Algorithm,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, B22E-02, 2024 [link]
• J Whitcomb, KB Dogaheh, Y Zhao, Y Yi, J Du, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Large-scale Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon in the Northern Alaskan Tundra by Upscaling High-Resolution Swaths of SOC from P-Band PolSAR Imagery,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (165), B33H-165, 2024 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, A Kannan, M Rustom, D Aslanyan, S Chakrabarti, T Wang, “Activities of the University of Southern California IEEE GRSS–AP-S–SSCS Joint Student Chapter: Winner of the 2023 Student Chapter Excellence Award [Chapters],” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine 12 (2), 97-98, 2024 [link]
• Y Zhao, K Bakian-Dogaheh, J Whitcomb, RH Chen, Y Yi, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Integrating multi-source remote sensing data for mapping boreal forest canopy height and species in interior Alaska in support of radar modeling,” Environmental Research Letters 19 (7), 074025, 2024 [link]

Other Publications

• M Moghaddam, Y Fang, K BAKIAN-DOGAHEH, “Multi-Frequency Microwave Imaging System Prototype for Medical Imaging,” US Patent App. 18/545,281, 2024 [link]

2023

Conference

• K Bakian-Dogaheh, Y Zhao, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Retrieving Soil Organic Matter and Soil Moisture Profiles of the Arctic Foothills Tundra Using P-band Polarimetric SAR Imagery,” IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2023 [link]

Journal

• Y Yi, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, U Mishra, JS Kimball, “Mapping surface organic soil properties in Arctic Tundra using C-band SAR data,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote …, 2023 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, Y Fang, M Moghaddam, “A quad-band near-field antenna array for a multistatic microwave imaging chamber,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 22 (7), 1657-1661, 2023 [link]
• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “A multifrequency inverse algorithm for 3-D microwave imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 71 (11), 9136-9141, 2023 [link]
• C Miller, P Griffith, E Hoy, N Pinto, Y Lou, S Hensley, B CHAPMAN, J BALTZER, K BAKIAN-DOGAHEH, W BOLTON, L BOURGEAU-CHAVEZ, R CHEN, B CHOE, L CLAYTON, T DOUGLAS, N FRENCH, J HOLLOWAY, G HONG, L HUANG, G IWAHANA, L JENKINS, J KIMBALL, T LOBODA, M MACK, P MARSH, R MICHAELIDES, M MOGHADDAM, A PARSEKIAN, K SCHAEFER, P SIQUEIRA, D SINGH, A TABATABAEENEJAD, M TURETSKY, R TOUZI, E WIG, P WILSON, C WILSON, S WULLSCHLEGER, Y YI, H ZEBKER, Y ZHANG, Y ZHAO, S GOETZ, “Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022,” ORNL DAAC, 2023 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, R Chen, Y Yi, T Sullivan, R Michaelides, A Parsekian, K Schaefer, A Tabatabaeenejad, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Soil Matric Potential, Dielectric, and Physical Properties, Arctic Alaska, 2018,” ORNL DAAC, 2023 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, Y Zhao, J Du, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Computational Radar and Ecological Models to Map Soil Organic Carbon Profile in Permafrost Active Layer Soil,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (2), B54E-02, 2023 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, Y Zhao, J Du, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Organic Soil Dielectric Models for Capturing Freeze/Thaw Dynamics in the Permafrost Active-Layer Using P-Band PolSAR Imagery,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (1059), C53C-1059, 2023 [link]
• JV Fayne, KB Dogaheh, “Fusing SWOT, NISAR, and GEDI for Vegetation Water and Soil Moisture Profiles,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (2271), H43N-2271, 2023 [link]
• J Du, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, KB Dogaheh, “Mapping local-scale (100-m) land surface freeze-thaw states over Alaska using SMAP and Sentinel-1,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (2222), B23K-2222, 2023 [link]

Other Publications

• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “Deep learning techniques for biomedical imaging,” 2023 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, R Chen, Y Yi, T Sullivan, R Michaelides, A Parsekian, K Schaefer, A Tabatabaeenejad, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Soil Matric Potential, Dielectric, and Physical Properties, Arctic Alaska, 2018. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA,” 2023 [link]
• C Miller, P Griffith, E Hoy, N Pinto, Y Lou, S Hensley, B Chapman, J Baltzer, K Bakian-Dogaheh, W Bolton, L Bourgeau-Chavez, R Chen, B Choe, L Clayton, T Douglas, N French, J Holloway, G Hong, L Huang, G Iwahana, L Jenkins, J Kimball, T Loboda, M Mack, P Marsh, R Michaelides, M Moghaddam, A Parsekian, K Schaefer, P Siqueira, D Singh, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Turetsky, R Touzi, E Wig, P Wilson, C Wilson, S Wullschleger, Y Yi, H Zebker, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, S Goetz, “Summary of the ABoVE L-band and P-band Airborne SAR Surveys, 2012-2022. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA,” 2023 [link]

2022

Conference

• Y Zhao, RH Chen, K Bakian-Dogaheh, J Whitcomb, Y Yi, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Mapping boreal forest species and canopy height using airborne SAR and lidar data in interior Alaska,” IGARSS 2022-2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2022 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “A new microwave imaging system for dielectric characterization of highly organic arctic permafrost soil,” 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI …, 2022 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, Y Zhao, M Moghaddam, “Coupled hydrologic-electromagnetic approach for mapping water and carbon characteristics of permafrost active layer,” IGARSS 2022-2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2022 [link]
• R Akbar, S Prager, A Silva, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Kannan, E Hodges, A Melebari, D Entekhabi, M Moghaddam, “Field Demonstrations of Spctor: Sensing Policy Controller and Optimizer,” IGARSS 2022-2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2022 [link]

Journal

• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “Real-time 3D microwave medical imaging with enhanced variational born iterative method,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 42 (1), 268-280, 2022 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, RH Chen, Y Yi, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, A Tabatabaeenejad, “A model to characterize soil moisture and organic matter profiles in the permafrost active layer in support of radar remote sensing in Alaskan Arctic tundra,” Environmental Research Letters 17 (2), 025011, 2022 [link]
• R Chen, R Michaelides, J Chen, A Chen, L Clayton, K Bakian-Dogaheh, L Huang, E Jafarov, L Liu, M Moghaddam, A Parsekian, T Sullivan, A Tabatabaeenejad, E Wig, H Zebker, Y Zhao, “ABoVE: active layer thickness from airborne L-and P-band SAR, Alaska, 2017, Ver. 3,” ORNL DAAC, 2022 [link]
• Y Fang, K Bakian-Dogaheh, J Stang, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Moghaddam, “A versatile and shelf-stable dielectric coupling medium for microwave imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 69 (8), 2701-2712, 2022 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, Y Zhao, JS Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Physics-based Algorithm for Radar Retrieval of Subsurface Geophysical Parameters in Permafrost Active Layer Soil,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, B52I-0968, 2022 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, “A New Dielectric Imaging Station for Characterizing the Microwave Behavior of Permafrost Active Layer Organic Soil,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, H15E-04, 2022 [link]

2021

Journal

• LK Clayton, K Schaefer, MJ Battaglia, L Bourgeau-Chavez, J Chen, RH Chen, A Chen, K Bakian-Dogaheh, S Grelik, E Jafarov, L Liu, RJ Michaelides, M Moghaddam, AD Parsekian, AV Rocha, SR Schaefer, T Sullivan, A Tabatabaeenejad, K Wang, CJ Wilson, HA Zebker, T Zhang, Y Zhao, “Active layer thickness as a function of soil water content,” Environmental Research Letters 16 (5), 055028, 2021 [link]
• R Akbar, A Silva, S Prager, KB Dogaheh, A Kannan, A Melebari, E Hodges, D Entekhabi, M Moghaddam, “Integration of in situ Wireless Sensor Networks and UAVs for Soil Moisture Mapping,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, IN11A-06, 2021 [link]
• Y Zhao, R Chen, J Whitcomb, KB Dogaheh, Y Yi, J Kimball, M Moghaddam, “Forest classification using airborne SAR and Lidar data in interior Alaska,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, B32B-05, 2021 [link]

Other Publications

• K Schaefer, L Clayton, M Battaglia, L Bourgeau-Chavez, R Chen, A Chen, J Chen, K Bakian-Dogaheh, T Douglas, S Grelick, G Iwahana, E Jafarov, L Liu, S Ludwig, R Michaelides, M Moghaddam, S Natali, S P, a, A Parsekian, A Rocha, S Schaefer, T Sullivan, A Tabatabaeenejad, K Wang, C Wilson, H Zebker, T Zhang, Y Zhao, “ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska and NWT, Canada, 2008–2020, ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA,” 2021 [link]
• K Schaefer, R Michaelides, R Chen, T Sullivan, A Parsekian, Y Zhao, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Moghaddam, J Chen, A Chen, L Liu, H Zebker, “ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness Derived from Airborne L-and P-band SAR, Alaska, 2017, ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA,” 2021 [link]

2020

Journal

• K Bakian-Dogaheh, R Chen, M Moghaddam, Y Yi, A Tabatabaeenejad, “ABoVE: Active layer soil characterization of permafrost sites, northern Alaska, 2018,” ORNL DAAC, 2020 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, Y Yi, R Chen, Y Zhao, M Moghaddam, A Tabatabaeenejad, “Empirical model for estimating hydraulic properties of the organic-rich arctic permafrost soils,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2020, B120-01, 2020 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, R Chen, M Moghaddam, Y Yi, A Tabatabaeenejad, “Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE),” ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) dataset 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1759 …, 2020 [link]

2019

Conference

• RH Chen, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Moghaddam, “Modeling and retrieving soil moisture and organic matter profiles in the active layer of permafrost soils from P-band radar observations,” IGARSS 2019-2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2019 [link]
• AR Silva, R Akbar, R Chen, KB Dogaheh, N Golestani, M Moghaddam, D Entekhabi, “Duty-cycled, sub-GHz wake-up radio with-95dBm sensitivity and addressing capability for environmental monitoring applications,” 2019 IEEE 10th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile …, 2019 [link]
• K Bakian-Dogaheh, RH Chen, M Moghaddam, A Tabatabaeenejad, “Experimental investigation of the coupled hydraulic and low-frequency dielectric behavior of the arctic permafrost active layer organic soil,” IGARSS 2019-2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium …, 2019 [link]

Journal

• K Schaefer, R Michaelides, R Chen, T Sullivan, A Parsekian, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Moghaddam, J Chen, A Chen, L Liu, H Zebker, “ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness Derived from Airborne L-and P-band SAR, Alaska, 2017,” ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) dataset 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1676 …, 2019 [link]
• KB Dogaheh, RH Chen, M Moghaddam, A Tabatabaeenejad, “Enhancement of permafrost soil properties estimation for organic-rich arctic soils using P-band radar,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, B12D-02, 2019 [link]
• Y Yi, X Xu, RH Chen, KB Dogaheh, M Moghaddam, CE Miller, “Potential applications of SMAP brightness temperature to improve permafrost monitoring in Arctic tundra area,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, H53E-06, 2019 [link]

Other Publications

• R Akbar, A Silva, RH Chen, N Golestani, KB Dogaheh, A Kannan, D Kahn, M Moghaddam, D Entekhabi, “Recent Progress and Development in Energy Efficient and Smart in situ Wireless Sensor Networks: SoilSCAPE,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, IN23C-20, 2019 [link]

2018

Journal

• KB Dogaheh, R Chen, A Silva, Y Yi, A Tabatabaeenejad, M Moghaddam, “Low frequency behavior of organic soil for a multi-phase study of a permafrost soil dielectric model,” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2018, B31F-2530, 2018 [link]

Other Articles

Conference

• KB Dogaheh, Y Yi, U Mishra, J Du, “Coupling Remote Sensing with Artificial Intelligence and Physics-based Modeling to Improve Spatial-Temporal Prediction of SOC Stocks,” AGU24, 0 [link]

Other Publications

• J Whitcomb, Y Fang, J Campbell, J Fayne, K Bakian-Dogaheh, A Melebari, A Melebari, E Hodges, Y Zhao, P Nergis, S Esk, ari, A Kannan, S Prager, A Azemati, N Golestani, A Etminan, R Chen, M Albahkali, G Chen, P Shah, R Akbar, AR Silva, M Bürgin, X Duan, M Haynes, U Khankhoje, K Savci, D Clewley, A Tabatabaeenejad, J Stang, L Yang, G Reflectometry, “Targeted Treatment of Disease with Heat,” [link]