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Senior Faculty

Name Start Date Lead College Lead Department Previous Institution Research Area
Alessio, Adam 10/1/18 Human Medicine, Engineering Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering University of Washington Methods 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) 8/16/16 Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Memorial University of Newfoundland Bio-inspired computing, Evolutionary Computation
Chen, Honglei 8/16/16 Human Medicine Epidemiology & Biostatistics (EL) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Environment and genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease; Prodromal neurdegeneration;
Crosson, Sean 6/15/19 Natural Science Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (EL) University of Chicago Microbiol Pathology
Deng, Yiming 8/16/16 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering UC-Denver Non Destructive Evaluation
Dorgan, John (Lamp Chair) 1/1/17 Engineering Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Colorado School of Mines Polymeric materials and composites
Ettore, Mauro(Lamp Chair) 8/16/22 Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering French National Center for Scientific Research Electromagnetics, microwave circuits and antenna technologies
Fan, Qi Hua 8/16/16 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering (Fraunhofer) South Dakota State Univ Nanostructured electronic materials, thin film semiconductors
Gondro, Cedric 8/16/17 Agriculture & Natural Resources Animal Science University of New England, Australia Quantitative and computational animal genomics; Research focused on improving accuracy of genomic prediction in livestock populations using sequence data
Gordon, Marcia 8/16/17 Human Medicine Translational Science & Molecular Medicine (GR) University of South Florida Alzheimer's disease
Gueye, Paul 3/12/18 Natural Science, FRIB Physics & Astronomy Hampton University Experimental nuclear physics with a focus on neutron-rich isotopes along the neutron dripline
Grant, Darren 8/16/18 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy University of Alberta Particle Astrophysics
Haddad, Nick 8/16/17 Agriculture & Natural Resources KBS NC State University Landscape ecology, plant insect interactions
Han, Ming 1/1/18 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering University Nebraska Lincoln Non Destructive Evaluation
Harel, Elad 9/1/19 Natural Science Chemistry Northwestern University Deep Spectroscopy for Breakthrough Molecular Discovery
Henebry, Geoffrey 8/16/19 Social Science Geography South Dakota State Univerisy Remote sensing and land use change in Central Asia
Jiang, Jiming 8/16/17 Natural Science Plant Biology University of Wisconsin Plant gene expression and regulation induced by environmental stresses, including heat, cold, and drought; Epigenetics
Lee, Dean 8/16/17 Natural Science,FRIB Physics & Astronomy NC State University Theoretical Nuclear Physics
MacKeigan, Jeff 8/16/17 Human Medicine OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (GR) Van Andel Institute Autophagy; Cancer metabolism; Tuberous sclerosis complex; Chemoresistance; Mitochondria; Kinases, phosphatases
Mahmoudi, Morteza 7/1/19 Human Medicine Radiology Harvard/Dana Farber Cancer and cardiac nanotechnology
Missmer, Stacey 8/16/16 Human Medicine OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (GR) Harvard/MGH OB/GYN-Reproductive Health - Endometriosis; Uterine Fibroids; Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology; Endogenous Hormones and Breast Cancer
Moore, Anna 1/1/18 Human Med Radiology (EL) Harvard/MGH Precision health program, Image-guided cancer therapy; Imaging and theraputic studies in diabetes
Moran, James 8/16/22 Natural Sciences Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Analysis 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, Dave 8/16/17 Human Medicine Translational Science & Molecular Medicine (GR) University of South Florida Alzheimer's disease; Aging Brain; Neuroinflammation; Animal Models; Neurochemistry
Murillo, Michael 9/1/16 Engineering Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering Los Alamos National Laboratory Plasmas, strongly coupled systems, Corilated matter and Cellar Atomoton modeling of desease (CDC)
Ondersma, Steven 8/16/20 Human Medicine Public Health Wayne State University Substance Use Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Pyeon, Dohun 6/1/18 Human Medicine Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (EL) University of Colorado Tumor Virology, Cancer Immunology, Cancer Genomics
Rhee, Seung Yon 7/1/23 Agriculture & Natural Resources Plant Resilience Institute Carnegie Institution for Science Plant development, plant metabolism, bioinformatics, genomics and computational modeling
Roy, David 10/15/18 Social Science Geography South Dakota State University Development 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, Angela 2/10/16 Natural Science Chemistry Uiversity of North Texas Quantum dynamics of spin transitions, modeling of quantum coherence and beats in molecular systems
Zinn, Kurt 8/23/17 Human Medicine Radiology (EL/IQ) University of Alabama Birmingham Development of molecular imaging approaches for cancer diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and threapy

Junior Faculty

Name Start Date Lead College Lead Department Previous Institution Research Area
Aguirre, Aitor 3/1/18 Engineering Biomedical Engineering University of California - San Diego Stem cells, reprogramming & cardiovascular regeneration (precision medicine)
Baryshev, Sergey 8/16/17 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Euclid TechLabs Diamond-based electron sources for linear accelerators and novel time-resolved microscopy concepts
Bazavov, Alexei 8/16/16 Natural Science Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering University of Iowa Lattice Field Theory-LQCD
Boddeti, Vishnu 8/16/16 Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Biometrics
Bopardikar, Shanauk 8/16/18 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mobility United Technologies Research Center Mobility, scalable computation and optimization, cyber-physical security and autonomous motion planning and control
Chen, Bin 4/1/18 Human Medicine Pediatrics and Human Development (GR) UCSF Big Data and AI for cancer therapeutic discovery
Cheng, Shiwang 8/16/17 Engineering Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Oak Ridge Natl Lab Mechanics of polymer nanocomposites
Childs, Kevin 4/1/17 Natural Science Plant Biology Michigan State University Plant Genomics
Chitwood, Dan 1/1/18 Agriculture & Natural Resources Horticulture Danforth 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-Hyun 8/16/17 Music Piano Performance University of Texas Arlington  
Chung, Haseung 8/16/17 Engineering Mechnical Engineering University of Michigan Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing
Cocker, Tyler 1/1/18 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy University of Regensburg, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Ultrafast physics in single molecules and nanomaterials using techniques that combine femtosecond terahertz technology with atomic scale microscopy
Felton, Julia 10/1/17 Human Medicine Pediatrics and Human Development (Flint) University of Maryland Adolescent Health, evidence-based intervention to reduce adolescent substance use, behavioral activation
de Aguiar Ferreira, Carolina 10/30/22 Human Medicine Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Wisconsin Cancer research utilizing radioactive isotopes
Ferrier, Robert 8/16/18 Engineering Chemical Engineering & Materials Science University of Texas Polymer chemistry/physics for energy, water, and health
Hickey, David 8/16/19 Engineering CHEMS. Organic electronics University of Utah Electrocatalysis/electrochemistry for batteries
Hintze, Arend 8/15/15 Natural Science IntEngineeringative Biology MSU Evolution of natural and artificial intelligence.
Hoffmann, Hanne 3/1/18 Agriculture & Natural Resources Animal Science UC San Diego RDSP, research focus on molecular pathways and brain circuitry adapting behavior and reproduction. Emphasis on circadian rhythms
Horibata, Sachi 8/16/21 Human Medicine Precision Health National Cancer Inst./NIH Development and evolution of cancer drug resistance and the identification of therapeutic targets for personalized medicine.
Hsu, Polly 1/1/18 Natural Science Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Duke Molecular biology and genetics of plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
Huang, Wen 7/17/17 Agriculture & Natural Resources Animal Science N.C. State University Quantitative and computational animal genomics; research focus on Understanding variation in quantitative traits
Jin, Xiangshu 8/15/15 Natural Science Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Columbia Crystallographer, Structural Biology
Johnson, Brian 5/1/20 Veterinary Medicine Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Wisconsin Digital manufacturing and automation to construct and test models of development and disease.
Josephs, Emily 1/1/19 Natural Science Plant Biology UC Davis Computational 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, Shiv 8/16/17 Natural Science Math (PRIME) Washington State University Mathematical Education
Kerzendorf, Wolfgang 8/16/19 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy European Organisation for Astronomical Research (ESO) Supernovae, Big Data Astrophysics, & Natural Language Processing
Li, Jinxing 11/24/20 Engineering Biomedical Engineering, IQ Stanford University Nano sensors and robots for ubiquitous, scalable, and affordable healthcare
Li, Zhaojian 8/16/17 Engineering Mechnical Engineering University of Michigan Controls, Connected Vehicles, Machine Learning
Lin, Huey-Wen 8/16/16 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy Lawrence Berkeley Livermore Lab Lattice Field Theory-LQCD
Lundquist, Peter 8/16/18 Natural Science BMB, Plant Resiliance Institute Noble Research Institute The role of chloroplasts and lipid-protein particles (plastoglobules) in plant responses to abiotic and biotic stress.
Maghrebi, Mohammad 1/1/17 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland Theoretical statistical physics and quantum field theories
Munch, Elizabeth 8/16/17 Natural Science Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering SUNY Stony Brook Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Niederhuth, Chad 1/1/18 Natural Science Plant Biology University of Georgia Comparative 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, Benjamin 8/19/20 Natural Science Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Hauptman-Woodward Institute, SUNY at Buffalo Cryo-electron Microscopy
Prokop, Jeremy 2/1/18 Human Medicine Pediatrics and Human Development (GR) Hudson Alpha Genetic mechanisms of disease with particular interest in rare and undiagnosed diseases 
Quinn, Robert 8/16/18 Natural Science Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (EL) UC San Diego Studies 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, Hatem 8/16/20 Agriculture & Natural Resources Plant , soil and Microbial Sciences French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Montpellier Plant 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, Himanshu 8/16/17 Engineering Mechnical Engineering Washington State University Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Schmidt, Jens 1/1/18 Human Medicine OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (EL/IQ) University of Colorado cell biological and biophysical approaches to explain how human cells maintain their genomic integrity, which is an important barrier for cancer formation
Stravoksy, Rita 8/16/17 Agriculture & Natural Resources Food Science & Human Nutrition University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Lipids, nutrition and health; research focus on maternal determinants of fetal development and offspring health with emphasis on maternal diet and toxic chemicals
Sun, Liangliang 8/16/16 Natural Science Chemistry Notre Dame Analytical Chemistry/Proteomics
Tai, Wei-Che 8/16/18 Engineering ME, Automotive University of Washington Vehicle Dynamics, rotor dynamics, energy harvesting
TerAvest, Michaela 8/15/15 Natural Science Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Berkeley Synthetic Biology
Thompson, Addie 1/8/18 Agriculture & Natural Resources Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences Ph.D. - University of Minnesota, Post-doc - Purdue Quantitative and computational plant genomics, research focus on maize genetics and genomics and understanding drought stress
Tu, Guan-Hua 8/16/16 Engineering Computer Science & Engineering University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Computer and Network Security, Wireless and Mobile Network
VanBuren, Robert 8/16/16 Agriculture & Natural Resources Horticulture Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO) Quantitative and Computational Plant Science hire: molecular genetics of drought tolerance / crop water-use efficiency
von Manteuffel, Andreas 8/16/16 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy Institut fur Physik (THEP) Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat Computational science, high energy physics, and/or nuclear physics
Wang, Jianrong 1/1/17 Natural Science Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering MIT Data Science-innovative statistical models and machine learning algorithms to tackle challenges in functional genomics, epigenetics, regulatory networks and human disease  
Wang, Rongrong 8/16/17 Natural Science Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering UBC University of British Columbia Harmonic analyses and computational mathematics in compressed sensing, Sigma Delta quantization, frame theory, convex optimization, sapars signal recovery.
Wang, Yuan 3/1/17 Agriculture & Natural Resources Animal Science E. China Normal University Research focus on male fertility and spermatagonial stem cell biology
Williams, Michael 8/16/19 Human Medicine Pediatrics, Autism Dartmouth Role of Autism Spectrum Disorder candidate genes in neuronal development
Whitehorn, Nathan 7/1/20 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy University of California, Los Angeles Intersection of elementary particle physics and astrophysics
Yang, Yang 5/15/17 Natural Science Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering Purdue Inverse problems involving partial differential equations, analysis and differential geometry for analysis and applied mathematics, including medical imaging, geophysical imaging, and mathematical physics.
Yu, Hui-Chia 7/10/17 Engineering Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering University of Michigan Energy materials - modeling.
Zhang, Peng 8/16/16 Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Michigan Vacuum nanoelectronic devices, accelerator technology, high power radiation sources
Zhang, Yu 8/16/22 Natural Science Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine Genome integrity and gene regulation in lymphocytes, with a focus on the impact of 3D genome structures on antibody diversification process
Zhou, Jiayu 8/15/15 Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Arizona State University Machine learning and artificial intelligence

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