My objective is to be a leading researcher in the area of communication systems and networks through conducting high quality, diverse, and collaborative research projects with other distinguished research practitioners. With its state-of-the-art facilities and ample research opportunities, KAUST environment is optimized for the highest productivity to reach my career goals.

Abdulkadir Celik received the first M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2013, the second M.S. degree in computer engineering in 2015, and the Ph.D. degree in co-majors of electrical engineering and computer engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, in 2016. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, KSA, from 2016 to 2020, where he is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the Communications and Computing Systems Laboratory. His research interests are in the broad areas of next-generation wireless communication systems and networks. Dr. Celik is a senior member of IEEE and currently serves as an editor for IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, and Frontiers in Communications and  Networks. 

Education Profile

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. [2013-2016]
M.S. in Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. [2014-2015]
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. [2011-2013]
B.S. in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. [2009]

Selected Publications

N. Saeed, A. Celik, T. Y. Al-Naffouri and M. Alouini, "Localization of Energy Harvesting Empowered Underwater Optical Wireless Sensor Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 2652-2663, May 2019.
A. Celik, A. AlGhadhban, B. Shihada, and M.-S. Alouini, “Design and Provision of Traffic Grooming for Optical Wireless Data Center Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 2245–2259, Mar. 2019.
A. Celik, M.-C. Tsai, R. M. Radaydeh, F. S. Al-Qahtani, and M.-S. Alouini, “Distributed Cluster Formation and Power-Bandwidth Allocation for Imperfect NOMA in DL-HetNets,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 1677–1692, Feb. 2019.
N. Saeed, A. Celik, T. Y. Al-Naffouri, and M-S. Alouini, "Energy Harvesting Hybrid Acoustic-Optical Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks Localization," Sensors, 18(1), 51, Jan. 2018.
A. Celik, R. M. Radaydeh, F. S. Al-Qahtani, and M.-S. Alouini, “Resource Allocation and Interference Management for D2D-Enabled DL/UL Decoupled Het-Nets,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 22735–22749, 2017.
A. Celik, A. Alsharoa, and A. E. Kamal, “Hybrid Energy Harvesting-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Access in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 37–48, Mar. 2017.