Ergest is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, working under the supervision of Prof. Tommaso Melodia. He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from Northeastern University in 2024. Ergest’s research interests span Open RAN, 5G/6G wireless networks, spectrum sharing and coexistence, and underwater communications.