Yonina Eldar is an Engineering professor at Northeastern University rated 1.0/5 by 11 students, with 5.0/5 difficulty (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Yonina Eldar professor reviews and ratings: 1.0/5 from 11 student reviews at Northeastern. TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
In my experience, she is highly transactional, often leveraging connections with little reciprocity. While publicly gracious, private interactions can be unkind and volatile. Despite 25+ years in academia and many publications, she has mentored relatively few PhD students to strong career outcomes.THESISADVISOR 2025-12-31 08:56:37 +0000 UTC
Flatters you when she needs something from you. Then, abuses you continuously so that you do not demand your rightful academic favor from her. When challenged, throws fake apologies, without actually doing something for you. Avoid her. There are plenty of genuinely nice profs out there to work with.PhDDissertation 2025-11-16 03:53:54 +0000 UTC
I applied for a postdoc she had advertised as a joint position with Stanford/Princeton/MIT, with time split across institutions. But the offer letter omitted any joint appointment. When I confronted her, she said these arrangements are not guaranteed and it would depend on my “performance”. This is the level of deception she is now well-known for.THESISADVISOR 2025-12-13 18:52:26 +0000 UTC
Did anyone notice how she scrubbed her site clean - erased all photos of her ex-husband and dropped the “married” tag from CV, but never mentioned being divorced, as if he never existed? If she can rewrite her own past so easily, imagine how effortlessly she can erase students and postdocs from the record: no citations, false rumors, total erasure.THESISADVISOR 2025-11-09 19:01:48 +0000 UTC
I can't stress enough how crucial it is to stay far away from her. Profs like her thrive on only manipulation and politics, using students/postdocs as stepping stones for their own fame and recognition. The toll this takes on students is often invisible but devastating. Keep your distance. It's simply not worth the damage.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-21 13:51:39 +0000 UTC
She is the 'missing stair' of signal processing community. IYKYK. People know she's not reliable as a collaborator or advisor and needs to be "managed," but instead of calling her out, they just quietly warn newcomers and find ways to work around her without addressing the problem directly.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-17 11:13:44 +0000 UTC
Her default management style is intimidation: threats, public shaming, and raised voices. Self-centered and neglectful of her students' needs, she reacts to any refusal of her petty requests with explosive, disproportionate anger. She turns a mere disagreement into a personal emergency, as if her lack of anger management is your problem.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-14 10:41:33 +0000 UTC
No matter how outrageous her behavior gets, don't waste time arguing with her. She'll just deny everything outright. The best approach is to document everything and file a complaint, or cut off contact with her entirely. Don't bother trying to convince others what kind of PoS she is. Focus on getting out yourself.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-05 06:00:33 +0000 UTC
Folks, don't be surprised. She has a history of frequently moving from one university to another. Unfortunately, her conduct often creates tension and discord within the department. Once people realize it, no one wants to work with her and students avoid her lab. When she's found out, she typically relocates and repeats the pattern elsewhere.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-05 02:00:46 +0000 UTC
When I told her I would not continue my thesis under her, guess what was her response? "I need YOUR help to find your replacement." This is the level of cruelty, selfishness, and delusion she is known for. Even students who completed their thesis with her were left without any job, reference letter, or support from her.THESISADVISOR 2025-10-01 20:42:02 +0000 UTC
God help our department! The university administrators seem completely oblivious to the harm she brings to students. How could they justify hiring someone with a known history as a harasser to students and staff? Decisions like this undermine trust in leadership and place students directly at risk.THESISADVISOR 2025-08-22 22:36:49 +0000 UTC
Yonina Eldar has an average rating of 1.0/5 from 11 student reviews.
Yonina Eldar's classes have a difficulty rating of 5.0/5 based on student reviews.
Data updated July 2026.