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Global Impact Initiative Hires

The Global Impact Initiative was launched in 2014 with a goal to recruit 100 new faculty in some of the most exciting new areas of research. Phase two of the initiative (GII 2.0), was approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2024 and aligns new positions with research themes outlined in MSU 2030 Strategic Plan. The Global Impact Initiative continues to make excellent progress in bringing the best and brightest faculty to MSU.

Senior Faculty

NameStart DateLead CollegeLead DepartmentPrevious InstitutionResearch Area
Alessio, Adam10/1/18Human Medicine, EngineeringComputational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Radiology, Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of WashingtonMethods that lead to defined metrics in clinical imagine and low dose imaging for children; IntEngineeringated medical diagnostics; Tomographic image reconstruction; Hybrid machine learning algorithms; Kinetic data analysis; Application of AI to healthcare delivery
Banzhaf, Wolfgang (Koza Chair)8/16/16EngineeringComputer Science & EngineeringMemorial University of NewfoundlandBio-inspired computing, Evolutionary Computation
Chen, Honglei8/16/16Human MedicineEpidemiology & Biostatistics (EL)National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesEnvironment and genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease; Prodromal neurdegeneration;
Chruszcz, Maksymilian1/1/23Natural ScienceOsteopathic MedicineUniversity of South CarolinaProtein chemistry and structural biology
Crosson, Sean6/15/19Natural ScienceMicrobiology & Molecular Genetics (EL)University of ChicagoMicrobiol Pathology
Deng, Yiming8/16/16EngineeringElectrical & Computer EngineeringUC-DenverNon Destructive Evaluation
Dorgan, John (Lamp Chair)1/1/17EngineeringChemical Engineering & Materials ScienceColorado School of MinesPolymeric materials and composites
Ettore, Mauro (Lamp Chair)8/16/22EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringFrench National Center for Scientific ResearchElectromagnetics, microwave circuits and antenna technologies
Fan, Qi Hua8/16/16EngineeringElectrical & Computer Engineering (Fraunhofer)South Dakota State UnivNanostructured electronic materials, thin film semiconductors
Gondro, Cedric8/16/17Agriculture & Natural ResourcesAnimal ScienceUniversity of New England, AustraliaQuantitative and computational animal genomics; Research focused on improving accuracy of genomic prediction in livestock populations using sequence data
Gordon, Marcia8/16/17Human MedicineTranslational Science & Molecular Medicine (GR)University of South FloridaAlzheimer's disease
Gueye, Paul3/12/18Natural Science, FRIBPhysics & AstronomyHampton UniversityExperimental nuclear physics with a focus on neutron-rich isotopes along the neutron dripline
Grant, Darren8/16/18Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyUniversity of AlbertaParticle Astrophysics
Haddad, Nick8/16/17Agriculture & Natural ResourcesKBSNC State UniversityLandscape ecology, plant insect interactions
Han, Ming1/1/18EngineeringElectrical & Computer EngineeringUniversity Nebraska LincolnNon Destructive Evaluation
Harel, Elad9/1/19Natural ScienceChemistryNorthwestern UniversityDeep Spectroscopy for Breakthrough Molecular Discovery
Henebry, Geoffrey8/16/19Social ScienceGeographySouth Dakota State UniversityRemote sensing and land use change in Central Asia
Hong, Charles9/8/23Human MedicineMedicineUniversity of Maryland School of MedicinePharmacology, cell and molecular biology, genetics and cardiology
Jiang, Jiming8/16/17Natural SciencePlant BiologyUniversity of WisconsinPlant gene expression and regulation induced by environmental stresses, including heat, cold, and drought; Epigenetics
Lee, Dean8/16/17Natural Science,FRIBPhysics & AstronomyNC State UniversityTheoretical Nuclear Physics
MacKeigan, Jeff8/16/17Human MedicineOB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (GR)Van Andel InstituteAutophagy; Cancer metabolism; Tuberous sclerosis complex; Chemoresistance; Mitochondria; Kinases, phosphatases
Mahmoudi, Morteza7/1/19Human MedicineRadiologyHarvard/Dana FarberCancer and cardiac nanotechnology
Moore, Anna1/1/18Human MedRadiology (EL)Harvard/MGHPrecision health program, Image-guided cancer therapy; Imaging and theraputic studies in diabetes
Moran, James8/16/22Natural SciencesPlant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesPacific Northwest National LaboratoryAnalysis of light stable isotope (primarily 13-C, 15-N, and 18-O) abundances to address scientific questions related to biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, animal ecology, and chemical forensics.
Morgan, Dave8/16/17Human MedicineTranslational Science & Molecular Medicine (GR)University of South FloridaAlzheimer's disease; Aging Brain; Neuroinflammation; Animal Models; Neurochemistry
Murillo, Michael9/1/16EngineeringComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringLos Alamos National LaboratoryPlasmas, strongly coupled systems, Corilated matter and Cellar Atomoton modeling of desease (CDC)
Ondersma, Steven8/16/20Human MedicinePublic HealthWayne State UniversitySubstance Use Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Pyeon, Dohun6/1/18Human MedicineMicrobiology & Molecular Genetics (EL)University of ColoradoTumor Virology, Cancer Immunology, Cancer Genomics
Rhee, Seung Yon7/1/23Agriculture & Natural ResourcesPlant Resilience InstituteCarnegie Institution for SciencePlant development, plant metabolism, bioinformatics, genomics and computational modeling
Roy, David10/15/18Social ScienceGeographySouth Dakota State UniversityDevelopment of remote sensing and advanced computing methods to intEngineeringate/fuse satellite sensor data to map and characterize terrestrial global change, big satellite data processing, and the causes and consequences of land cover and land use change.
Wilson, Angela2/10/16Natural ScienceChemistryUiversity of North TexasQuantum dynamics of spin transitions, modeling of quantum coherence and beats in molecular systems
Zinn, Kurt8/23/17Human MedicineRadiology (EL/IQ)University of Alabama BirminghamDevelopment of molecular imaging approaches for cancer diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and threapy

Junior Faculty

NameStart DateLead CollegeLead DepartmentPrevious InstitutionResearch Area
Aguirre, Aitor3/1/18EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringUniversity of California - San DiegoStem cells, reprogramming & cardiovascular regeneration (precision medicine)
Baryshev, Sergey8/16/17EngineeringElectrical & Computer EngineeringEuclid TechLabsDiamond-based electron sources for linear accelerators and novel time-resolved microscopy concepts
Bazavov, Alexei8/16/16Natural ScienceComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringUniversity of IowaLattice Field Theory-LQCD
Berkman, Sophie8/16/23Natural SciencePhysics and AstronomyFermi National Accelerator LaboratoryParticle Physics
Boddeti, Vishnu8/16/16EngineeringComputer Science & EngineeringCarnegie Mellon UniversityComputer Vision, Machine Learning, Biometrics
Bopardikar, Shanauk8/16/18EngineeringElectrical & Computer Engineering, MobilityUnited Technologies Research CenterMobility, scalable computation and optimization, cyber-physical security and autonomous motion planning and control
Chen, Bin4/1/18Human MedicinePediatrics and Human Development (GR)UCSFBig Data and AI for cancer therapeutic discovery
Cheng, Shiwang8/16/17EngineeringChemical Engineering & Materials ScienceOak Ridge Natl LabMechanics of polymer nanocomposites
Childs, Kevin4/1/17Natural SciencePlant BiologyMichigan State UniversityPlant Genomics
Chitwood, Dan1/1/18Agriculture & Natural ResourcesHorticultureDanforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO)Quantitative and Computational Plant Science, Computational Data Scientist/Plant Phenotyping - using X-ray Computed Tomography for non-destructive sampling, plant morphological and topological data analysis to create mathematical models to quantify and analyze morphological data altering the way plant scientists think about phenotyping.
Cho, Young-Hyun8/16/17MusicPiano PerformanceUniversity of Texas Arlington 
Chung, Haseung8/16/17EngineeringMechnical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAdvanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing
Cocker, Tyler1/1/18Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyUniversity of Regensburg, Institute of Experimental and Applied PhysicsUltrafast physics in single molecules and nanomaterials using techniques that combine femtosecond terahertz technology with atomic scale microscopy
Felton, Julia10/1/17Human MedicinePediatrics and Human Development (Flint)University of MarylandAdolescent Health, evidence-based intervention to reduce adolescent substance use, behavioral activation
de Aguiar Ferreira, Carolina10/30/22Human MedicinePharmacology & ToxicologyUniversity of WisconsinCancer research utilizing radioactive isotopes
Ferrier, Robert8/16/18EngineeringChemical Engineering & Materials ScienceUniversity of TexasPolymer chemistry/physics for energy, water, and health
Hickey, David8/16/19EngineeringCHEMS. Organic electronicsUniversity of UtahElectrocatalysis/electrochemistry for batteries
Hintze, Arend8/15/15Natural ScienceIntEngineeringative BiologyMSUEvolution of natural and artificial intelligence.
Hoffmann, Hanne3/1/18Agriculture & Natural ResourcesAnimal ScienceUC San DiegoRDSP, research focus on molecular pathways and brain circuitry adapting behavior and reproduction. Emphasis on circadian rhythms
Horibata, Sachi8/16/21Human MedicinePrecision HealthNational Cancer Inst./NIHDevelopment and evolution of cancer drug resistance and the identification of therapeutic targets for personalized medicine.
Hsu, Polly1/1/18Natural ScienceBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyDukeMolecular biology and genetics of plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
Huang, Wen7/17/17Agriculture & Natural ResourcesAnimal ScienceN.C. State UniversityQuantitative and computational animal genomics; research focus on Understanding variation in quantitative traits
Jin, Xiangshu8/15/15Natural ScienceBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyColumbiaCrystallographer, Structural Biology
Johnson, Brian5/1/20Veterinary MedicinePharmacology & ToxicologyUniversity of WisconsinDigital manufacturing and automation to construct and test models of development and disease.
Josephs, Emily1/1/19Natural SciencePlant BiologyUC DavisComputational methods of population genomics on a genome-wide scale to understand the evolutionary forces that impact quantitative traits in plants (i.e. measurable phenotypes resulting from the combined actions of multiple genes in response to specific environmental conditions.)
Karunakaran, Shiv8/16/17Natural ScienceMath (PRIME)Washington State UniversityMathematical Education
Kerzendorf, Wolfgang8/16/19Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyEuropean Organisation for Astronomical Research (ESO)Supernovae, Big Data Astrophysics, & Natural Language Processing
LaRose, Ryan8/16/23EngineeringComputational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Elictral and Computer EngineeringÉcole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneComputational physics and quantum information science
Li, Jinxing11/24/20EngineeringBiomedical Engineering, IQStanford UniversityNano sensors and robots for ubiquitous, scalable, and affordable healthcare
Li, Zhaojian8/16/17EngineeringMechnical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganControls, Connected Vehicles, Machine Learning
Lin, Huey-Wen8/16/16Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyLawrence Berkeley Livermore LabLattice Field Theory-LQCD
Lundquist, Peter8/16/18Natural ScienceBMB, Plant Resiliance InstituteNoble Research InstituteThe role of chloroplasts and lipid-protein particles (plastoglobules) in plant responses to abiotic and biotic stress.
Maghrebi, Mohammad1/1/17Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyJoint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of MarylandTheoretical statistical physics and quantum field theories
Munch, Elizabeth8/16/17Natural ScienceComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringSUNY Stony BrookMachine learning and artificial intelligence
Niederhuth, Chad1/1/18Natural SciencePlant BiologyUniversity of GeorgiaComparative genomics and molecular evolution approaches to gain insight into the relationship between changes in the epigenome (e.g. DNA methylation patterns) and phenotypic variation among closely related non-model plant species
Orlando, Benjamin8/19/20Natural ScienceBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyHauptman-Woodward Institute, SUNY at BuffaloCryo-electron Microscopy
Pozzo-Miller, Lucas12/1/23Human MedicinePediatrics and Human DevelopmentUniversity of Alabama BirminghamDevelopment and plasticity of brain synapses, and their dysfunction in intellectual disability disorders
Prokop, Jeremy2/1/18Human MedicinePediatrics and Human Development (GR)Hudson AlphaGenetic mechanisms of disease with particular interest in rare and undiagnosed diseases 
Quinn, Robert8/16/18Natural ScienceBiochemistry and Molecular Biology (EL)UC San DiegoStudies how metabolites from the microbiome shape our health and disease and specifically how changes in the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung microbiome cause disease in patients
Rouachad, Hatem8/16/20Agriculture & Natural ResourcesPlant , soil and Microbial SciencesFrench National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), MontpellierPlant Resilience Institute, research focused on Molecular mechanisms underlying how plants create nutrient signals to modulate growth, traits enhancing resource use efficiency, particularly for phosphorous, a global limited resource
Sahasrabudhe, Himanshu8/16/17EngineeringMechnical EngineeringWashington State UniversityAdvanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Schmidt, Jens1/1/18Human MedicineOB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (EL/IQ)University of Coloradocell biological and biophysical approaches to explain how human cells maintain their genomic integrity, which is an important barrier for cancer formation
Skirycz, Aleksandra1/1/24Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyNatural ScienceBoyce Thompson InstituteSmall molecule signaling
Stravoksy, Rita8/16/17Agriculture & Natural ResourcesFood Science & Human NutritionUniversity of Illinois-Urbana ChampaignLipids, nutrition and health; research focus on maternal determinants of fetal development and offspring health with emphasis on maternal diet and toxic chemicals
Sun, Liangliang8/16/16Natural ScienceChemistryNotre DameAnalytical Chemistry/Proteomics
Tai, Wei-Che8/16/18EngineeringME, AutomotiveUniversity of WashingtonVehicle Dynamics, rotor dynamics, energy harvesting
TerAvest, Michaela8/15/15Natural ScienceBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBerkeleySynthetic Biology
Thompson, Addie1/8/18Agriculture & Natural ResourcesPlant, Soil & Microbial SciencesPh.D. - University of Minnesota, Post-doc - PurdueQuantitative and computational plant genomics, research focus on maize genetics and genomics and understanding drought stress
Tu, Guan-Hua8/16/16EngineeringComputer Science & EngineeringUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Computer and Network Security, Wireless and Mobile Network
VanBuren, Robert8/16/16Agriculture & Natural ResourcesHorticultureDanforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO)Quantitative and Computational Plant Science hire: molecular genetics of drought tolerance / crop water-use efficiency
von Manteuffel, Andreas8/16/16Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyInstitut fur Physik (THEP) Johannes-Gutenberg-UniversitatComputational science, high energy physics, and/or nuclear physics
Wang, Jianrong1/1/17Natural ScienceComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringMITData Science-innovative statistical models and machine learning algorithms to tackle challenges in functional genomics, epigenetics, regulatory networks and human disease
Wang, Rongrong8/16/17Natural ScienceComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringUBC University of British ColumbiaHarmonic analyses and computational mathematics in compressed sensing, Sigma Delta quantization, frame theory, convex optimization, sapars signal recovery.
Wang, Yuan3/1/17Agriculture & Natural ResourcesAnimal ScienceE. China Normal UniversityResearch focus on male fertility and spermatagonial stem cell biology
Williams, Michael8/16/19Human MedicinePediatrics, AutismDartmouthRole of Autism Spectrum Disorder candidate genes in neuronal development
Whitehorn, Nathan7/1/20Natural SciencePhysics & AstronomyUniversity of California, Los AngelesIntersection of elementary particle physics and astrophysics
Wu, Xing8/16/23Natural SciencePhysics and Astronomy, Facility for Rare Isotope BeamsHarvard UniversityExperimental atomic physics and experimental nuclear astrophysics
Yang, Yang5/15/17Natural ScienceComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringPurdueInverse problems involving partial differential equations, analysis and differential geometry for analysis and applied mathematics, including medical imaging, geophysical imaging, and mathematical physics.
Yi, Eunhee1/1/24PhysiologyHuman MedicineYale University School of MedicineHuman genetics, cardiomyopathy and genome editing
Yu, Hui-Chia7/10/17EngineeringComputational Mathematics, Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganEnergy materials - modeling
Zhang, Peng8/16/16EngineeringElectrical & Computer EngineeringUniversity of MichiganVacuum nanoelectronic devices, accelerator technology, high power radiation sources
Zhang, Yu8/16/22Natural ScienceMicrobiology and Molecular GeneticsWestern Michigan University Homer Stryker School of MedicineGenome integrity and gene regulation in lymphocytes, with a focus on the impact of 3D genome structures on antibody diversification process
Zhou, Jiayu8/15/15EngineeringComputer Science & EngineeringArizona State UniversityMachine learning and artificial intelligence
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