Ph.D. Program Faculty
Alexander Ihler, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science (Artificial intelligence and machine learning, focusing on statistical methods for learning from data and on approximate inference techniques for graphical models)
Albert Siryaporn, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Biological physics, Biofilms, Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Drug Development, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacterial mechanosensation, virulence regulation, pathogenesis, mechano-genetics, PilY1, microfluidics)
Alexandru Nicolau, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair and Professor of Computer Science; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Architecture, parallel computation, programming languages and compilers)
Ann Marie Carlton, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol liquid water, cloud processing, secondary organic aerosol)
Arthur D. Lander, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Donald Bren Professor and Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Logic and Philosophy of Science; Pharmacology (Systems biology of development, pattern formation, growth control)
Charles S. Zender, Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, Professor of Earth System Science; Computer Science
Craig C. Martens, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Physics)
Daniel Whiteson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Logic and Philosophy of Science (Particle Physics)
David L. Mobley, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chemistry (Chemical biology, physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Dmitrij Rappoport, Ph.D. University of Karlsruhe, Assistant Researcher of Chemistry (Metric chemical spaces for reaction mechanism prediction and systematic optimization of molecular properties; Excited-state molecular properties and photochemical reaction mechanisms)
Douglas J. Tobias, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric and environmental, chemical biology, physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Elizabeth L. Read, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Dynamics of complex biochemical systems, regulation of immune responses)
Eric D. Mjolsness, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Professor of Computer Science; Mathematics (Applied mathematics, mathematical biology, modeling languages)
Eric Rignot, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Donald Bren Professor of Earth System Science (Glaciology, climate change, radar remote sensing, ice sheet modeling, interferometry, radio echo sounding, ice-ocean interactions)
Feng Liu, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Computational fluid dynamics and combustion, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, propulsion, turbomachinery aerodynamics and aeromechanics)
Filippo Capolino, Ph.D. University of Florence, Italy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Science (Optics/electromagnetics in nanostructures and sensors, antennas/microwaves, RF and wireless systems)
Filipp Furche, Ph.D. University of Karlsruhe, Professor of Chemistry (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Franco De Flaviis, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (microwave systems, wireless communications, electromagnetic circuit simulations)
François W. Primeau, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Earth System Science
Frithjof Kruggel, M.D., Ph.D. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Biomedical signal and image processing, anatomical and functional neuroimaging in humans, structure-function relationship in the human brain)
Hal S. Stern, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Statistics; Cognitive Sciences (Bayesian methods, model diagnostics, forensic statistics, and statistical applications in biology/health, social sciences, and sports)
Ioan Andricioaei, Ph.D. Boston University, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry and Biophysics: Developing novel theoretical techniques and applying computer and modeling methods to describe, in terms of dynamics and thermodynamics, biologically important molecular processes, with the aim to complement, enhance or predict experimental findings.)
Isabella Velicogna, Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Trieste, UCI Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Earth System Science
Jasper A. Vrugt, Ph.D. University of Amsterdam, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth System Science (Complex systems, modeling, statistics, hydrology, geophysics, ecology, data, optimization, hydropower, data assimilation)
John S. Lowengrub, Ph.D. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Mathematics; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Applied and computational mathematics, mathematical and computational biology)
Jun F. Allard, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy (Mathematical and computational biology)
Kevin Thornton, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences (Genome evolution, gene duplication, population genetics, adaptation)
Kieron Burke, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, polymer, materials, nanoscience, theoretical and computational)
Lee Swindlehurst, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Signal processing, estimation and detection theory, applications in wireless communications, geo-positioning, radar, sonar, biomedicine)
Lizhi Sun, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Micro- and nano-mechanics, composites and nanocomposites, smart materials and structures, multiscale modeling, elastography)
Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D. KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Control theory and robotics, control and coordination of complex networks, multirobot systems, mobile sensor networks and cyber-physical systems)
Manabu Shiraiwa, Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric Chemistry, Heterogeneous and Multiphase Chemistry, Aerosol Particles, Reactive Oxygen Species, Kinetic Modeling)
Marco Levorato, Ph.D. University of Padua, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (artificial intelligence and machine learning, networks and distributed systems, statistics and statistical theory, stochastic modeling, signal processing)
Michael S. Pritchard, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Associate Professor of Earth System Science
Mo Li, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (ultra-damage-tolerant and multifunctional composite materials for protective and resilient structures, built environments, and energy infrastructure)
Mohammad A. Al Faruque, Ph.D. University of Kaiserslautern, Chair of Emulex Career Development and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (system-level design, embedded systems, cyber- physical-systems, multi-core systems)
Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Computer Science (multimedia computing, networks and distributed systems, global information infrastructure, multiple resource management services)
Olivier Cinquin, Ph.D. University College London, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology (Mathematical modeling of networks, systems biology)
Payam Heydari, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering
Perry Johnson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Turbulent flows, particle-laden and multiphase flows, turbulent boundary layers, large-eddy simulations, scientific computing)
Pierre F. Baldi, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science; Biological Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Developmental and Cell Biology (Bioinformatics, computational biology)
Qing Nie, Ph.D. Ohio State University, Chancellor’s Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology (Computational Biology; Systems Biology; Stem Cells; Regulatory Networks; Stochastic Dynamics; Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis)
Ray Luo, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Protein structure, noncovalent associations involving proteins)
Robert Benny Gerber, Ph.D. University of Oxford, Professor of Chemistry (Vibrational spectroscopy, chemical reaction dynamics, biological molecules, molecular dynamics)
Roger H. Rangel, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of multiphase systems including spray combustion, atomization and metal spray solidification, applied mathematics and computational methods)
Russell L. Detwiler, Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (groundwater hydrology, contaminant fate and transport, subsurface process modeling, groundwater/surface-water interaction)
Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology (Functional genomics to study transcriptional regulation in development)
Shaul Mukamel, Ph.D. Tel Aviv University, UCI Distinguished Professor of Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, polymer, materials, nanoscience, theoretical and computational)
Timothy Rupert, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Mechanical behavior, nanomaterials, structure property relationships, microstructural stability, grain boundaries and interfaces, materials characterization)
Vladimir A. Mandelshtam, Ph.D. Institute of Spectroscopy, Academy of Sciences of USSR, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)
Wayne B. Hayes, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, Computer Vision Scientific and Numerical Computing)
Xaiohui Xie, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Developmental and Cell Biology (computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, neural computation, machine learning)
Yun Wang, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Fuel cells, computational modeling, thermo-fluidics, two-phase flows, electrochemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), turbulent combustion)
Zhiying Wang, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (information theory, coding theory for data storage, modeling, compression, and computation for genomic data)
Ahmad Bani Younes, Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Space research topics: including the development of fast and high fidelity gravity model for the earth anomalies; fast and efficient trajectories propagation for satellite motions; optimal control theory, and, algorithms development for optimization theory, perturbation theory, orbital motion, and very broadly algorithmic differentiation for automatically generating mixed sets of high-order partial derivatives.)
Alicia Kinoshita, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (Hydrologic change in coupled human-natural systems)
Anca Segall, Ph.D. University of Utah, Professor of Biology (The Mechanism of Site-Specific Recombination; Structure/Function Analysis of Recombination Proteins)
Andy Cooksy, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Laser Spectroscopy, Reaction Dynamics, and Ab Initio Calculation of Free Radicals and Other Transient Molecule)
Anna Rosen, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Astronomy. Computational Astrophysics, Star formation, Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer
Arun Sethuraman, Ph.D. Iowa State University, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics (Population Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics)
Bryan Donyanavard, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Runtime Resource Management for Energy-Efficient Execution of Cyber-Physical Systems)
Calvin Johnson, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Physics (Theoretical and Computational Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics)
Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Ph.D. University of South Florida, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Supply Chain Analytics, IT-based Optimization of Logistics & Transportation systems, Simulation-based Optimization and meta-heuristics)
Chris Curtis, Ph.D., University of Washington, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Simulation)
Christopher Paolini, Ph.D. San Diego State University, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Cyberinfrastructure, Computational Geochemistry and Combustion Science)
Dao Nguyen, Ph.D. Wayne State University, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (optimization, control theory, data science, numerical analysis, nonlinear and variational analysis, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, statistics, computational mathematics, and their applications)
Duy Nguyen, Ph.D. McGill University, Canada, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Signal Processing, Communications, and Information Theories for Wireless Systems and Networks)
Efstathios Charalampidis, Ph.D. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics.
Eric Sandquist, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor of Astronomy (Physics of Stars and the Way They Age)
Forest Rohwer, Ph.D. San Diego State University, Professor of Biology (Genomic Analysis of Phage, Diversity of Coral-associated Bacteria, Opportunistic Infections and Coral Disease)
Fridolin Weber, Ph.D. University of Munich, Germany, Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Physics (Superdense Matter, Astrophysics, General Relativity)
Gustaaf Jacobs, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Computational Physics, High-Order Methods, Fluid and Plasma Dynamics)
Hajar Homayouni, Ph.D. Colorado State University, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Data Quality Testing, Big Data, and Machine Learning)
Hyunjong Choi, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. R
Ignacio Sepulveda, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Coastal Hazards, Coastal Engineering, Tsunami Science, Seismology, Stochastic Calculus for Uncertainty Quantification, Remote sensing, Wave Mechanics, Inversions.)
Jeet Sukumaran, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Assistant Professor of Biology (Process-based modeling of macroevolutionary dynamics, diversification, and biogeography/phylogeography; species delimitation; host-parasite coevolution, phylogenetics)
Jerome Gilles, Ph.D. Ecole Normale Supeieure, France, Associate Professor of Mathematics (Applied Harmonic/Functional Analysis, Signal/Image Processing, Data driven methods, Functional analysis)
Joann Chen Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Her research interests center around Differential Privacy (DP), privacy-enhancing technologies, and privacy in machine learning. She has experience in working on differentially private DNS resolution, DP for data stream release, differentially private resource allocator, and quantifying privacy risks in machine learning.
Junfei Xie, Ph.D. University of North Texas, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Unmanned Aerial Systems, Networked Airborne Computing, Airborne Networks, Air Traffic Flow Management, Cyber-Physical Systems, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, System Modeling and Control, Complex Information Systems)
Kenneth Nollett, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Physics (Theoretical and computational physics, spanning the interface between nuclear physics and astrophysics)
Kyle Hasenstab, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Statistics (Deep Neural Networks, Medical Image Analysis, Interpretability of AI Algorithms, Functional Data Analysis)
Luwen Huangfu, Ph.D. University of Arizona, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Business analytics, public health, text mining, machine learning, data mining)
Marta Miletic, Ph.D. Kansas State University, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (Geotech Engineering)
Miguel Dumett, Ph.D. University of Utah, Research Associate Professor of Computational Science (Mathematical Modeling, Nonlinear Dynamics)
Naveen Vaidya, Ph.D. York University, Canada, Associate Professor of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Disease Modeling, Differential Equations)
Nicholas Shikuma, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Biology (Molecular Mechanisms of Bacteria/Bacteriophage/Animal Interactions)
Parag Katira, Ph.D., University of Florida, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Biomolecular Motors, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials)
Pavel Popov, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Computational combustion with applications to aerospace propulsion. His research interests include combustion instability in aerospace engines, stochastic modelling of turbulent combustion, plasma-combustion interactions simulation of multiphase flow, turbulence modelling and high-performance computing.)
Qi Wang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Data Assimilation in Turbulent Environments, Adjoint-Based Optimization, Measurement-Enhanced Simulations, Drag Reduction and Optimal Sensor Placement, Pollution Source Localization in Stratified or Non-Stratified Turbulence)
Richard Levine, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Statistics (Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, Environmental Statistics, Biostatistics, Bayesian Decision Theory)
Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Ph.D. Virginia Tech University, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (Traffic Safety and Signal Operation, Human Behavior Modeling, Connected/Automated Vehicles, Evacuation Modeling Infrastructure-Based Safety Systems)
Salimeh Sekeh, Ph.D. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Associate Professor of Computer Science. Research Area: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Large Scale Data Science
Samuel Shen, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Mathematics (Statistical Climatology & Agroclimatology, Fluid Dynamics & Forced Nonlinear Waves)
Santosh KC, P.h.D The University of Texas at Dallas, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Research method : The state-of-the-art electronic structure methods such as Density Functional Theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics (MD), Quantum Chemistry with IBM Qiskit, Many-body approaches (GW and BSE), Dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), transport properties with DFT-NEGF method, high-throughput and machine learning (ML) techniques, computational microscopy and spectroscopy.
Sunil Kumar, Ph.D., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Thomas G. Pine Faculty Fellow (Wireless Networks, Multimedia Traffic, and Video Compression Techniques)
Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D. University of Florida, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Structural Mechanics, Design Optimization, Composite Materials, Biomechanics)
Satish Sharma, Ph.D. Banaras Hindu University, India, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electromagnetics antennas and waves, microwave devices and systems)
Tao Xie, Ph.D. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Professor of Computer Science (High-Performance Computing, Energy-Efficient Storage Systems, Parallel/Distributed Systems, and Security-Aware Scheduling)
Uduak George, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Mathematical biology, fluid dynamics, continuum mechanics of tissues, morphogenesis, solute transport)
Usha Sinha, Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Professor of Physics (Medical and Imaging Physics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Informatics)
Valeria Barra, Ph.D. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computational Science. Focused interest in computational applications of Mathematics such as Scientific Computing, Numerical Simulations and Modeling, Computational Geometry, Discrete Differential Geometry, Computer Graphics.
Wei Wang, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Multimedia Networking, Breast Cancer Image Processing)
Xiaobai Liu, Ph.D. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computational Statistics and their applications to clinic diagnosis, sports, transportation, surveillance, video games and others)
Xialu Liu, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (Factor models for multivariate and matrix time series, high-dimensional time series analysis, functional data analysis, statistical applications in business, engineering, and sciences)
Yuezhi Mao, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Development and application of theoretical and computational methods to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms involved in chemical problems)
Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi, Ph.D. University of Quebec (ÉTS), Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Robot learning, perception, and navigation, multi-agent systems, and physics-based machine learning)
Zhen Liu, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Assistant Professor of Statistics (Statistical Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Science)
University of California, Irvine
Mohammad A. Al Faruque, Ph.D. University of Kaiserslautern, Chair of Emulex Career Development and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (system-level design, embedded systems, cyber- physical-systems, multi-core systems)
Jun F. Allard, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy (Mathematical and computational biology)
Ioan Andricioaei, Ph.D. Boston University, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry and Biophysics: Developing novel theoretical techniques and applying computer and modeling methods to describe, in terms of dynamics and thermodynamics, biologically important molecular processes, with the aim to complement, enhance or predict experimental findings.)
Pierre F. Baldi, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science; Biological Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Developmental and Cell Biology (Bioinformatics, computational biology)
Kieron Burke, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, polymer, materials, nanoscience, theoretical and computational)
Filippo Capolino, Ph.D. University of Florence, Italy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Science (Optics/electromagnetics in nanostructures and sensors, antennas/microwaves, RF and wireless systems)
Ann Marie Carlton, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol liquid water, cloud processing, secondary organic aerosol)
Olivier Cinquin, Ph.D. University College London, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology (Mathematical modeling of networks, systems biology)
Kristen Davis, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth System Science (Coastal Dynamics)
Franco De Flaviis, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (microwave systems, wireless communications, electromagnetic circuit simulations)
Russell L. Detwiler, Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (groundwater hydrology, contaminant fate and transport, subsurface process modeling, groundwater/surface-water interaction)
Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D. KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Control theory and robotics, control and coordination of complex networks, multirobot systems, mobile sensor networks and cyber-physical systems)
Filipp Furche, Ph.D. University of Karlsruhe, Professor of Chemistry (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Robert Benny Gerber, Ph.D. University of Oxford, Professor of Chemistry (Vibrational spectroscopy, chemical reaction dynamics, biological molecules, molecular dynamics)
Wayne B. Hayes, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, Computer Vision Scientific and Numerical Computing)
Payam Heydari, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering
Alexander Ihler, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science (Artificial intelligence and machine learning, focusing on statistical methods for learning from data and on approximate inference techniques for graphical models)
Perry Johnson, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Turbulent flows, particle-laden and multiphase flows, turbulent boundary layers, large-eddy simulations, scientific computing)
Frithjof Kruggel, M.D., Ph.D. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Biomedical signal and image processing, anatomical and functional neuroimaging in humans, structure-function relationship in the human brain)
Arthur D. Lander, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Donald Bren Professor and Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Logic and Philosophy of Science; Pharmacology (Systems biology of development, pattern formation, growth control)
Marco Levorato, Ph.D. University of Padua, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (artificial intelligence and machine learning, networks and distributed systems, statistics and statistical theory, stochastic modeling, signal processing)
Mo Li, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (ultra-damage-tolerant and multifunctional composite materials for protective and resilient structures, built environments, and energy infrastructure)
Feng Liu, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Computational fluid dynamics and combustion, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, propulsion, turbomachinery aerodynamics and aeromechanics)
John S. Lowengrub, Ph.D. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Mathematics; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Applied and computational mathematics, mathematical and computational biology)
Ray Luo, Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Protein structure, noncovalent associations involving proteins)
Vladimir A. Mandelshtam, Ph.D. Institute of Spectroscopy, Academy of Sciences of USSR, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)
Craig C. Martens, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Physics)
Eric D. Mjolsness, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Professor of Computer Science; Mathematics (Applied mathematics, mathematical biology, modeling languages)
David L. Mobley, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chemistry (Chemical biology, physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology (Functional genomics to study transcriptional regulation in development)
Shaul Mukamel, Ph.D. Tel Aviv University, UCI Distinguished Professor of Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy (Physical chemistry and chemical physics, polymer, materials, nanoscience, theoretical and computational)
Alexandru Nicolau, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair and Professor of Computer Science; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Architecture, parallel computation, programming languages and compilers)
Qing Nie, Ph.D. Ohio State University, Chancellor’s Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology (Computational Biology; Systems Biology; Stem Cells; Regulatory Networks; Stochastic Dynamics; Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis)
Francois W. Primeau, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Earth System Science
Michael S. Pritchard, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Associate Professor of Earth System Science
Roger H. Rangel, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of multiphase systems including spray combustion, atomization and metal spray solidification, applied mathematics and computational methods)
Dmitrij Rappoport, Ph.D. University of Karlsruhe, Assistant Researcher of Chemistry (Metric chemical spaces for reaction mechanism prediction and systematic optimization of molecular properties; Excited-state molecular properties and photochemical reaction mechanisms)
Elizabeth L. Read, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Dynamics of complex biochemical systems, regulation of immune responses)
Eric Rignot, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Donald Bren Professor of Earth System Science (Glaciology, climate change, radar remote sensing, ice sheet modeling, interferometry, radio echo sounding, ice-ocean interactions)
Timothy Rupert, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Mechanical behavior, nanomaterials, structure property relationships, microstructural stability, grain boundaries and interfaces, materials characterization)
Manabu Shiraiwa, Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric Chemistry, Heterogeneous and Multiphase Chemistry, Aerosol Particles, Reactive Oxygen Species, Kinetic Modeling)
Albert Siryaporn, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (Biological physics, Biofilms, Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Drug Development, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacterial mechanosensation, virulence regulation, pathogenesis, mechano-genetics, PilY1, microfluidics)
Hal S. Stern, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Statistics; Cognitive Sciences (Bayesian methods, model diagnostics, forensic statistics, and statistical applications in biology/health, social sciences, and sports)
Lizhi Sun, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Micro- and nano-mechanics, composites and nanocomposites, smart materials and structures, multiscale modeling, elastography)
Lee Swindlehurst, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Signal processing, estimation and detection theory, applications in wireless communications, geo-positioning, radar, sonar, biomedicine)
Kevin Thornton, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences (Genome evolution, gene duplication, population genetics, adaptation)
Douglas J. Tobias, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Chemistry (Atmospheric and environmental, chemical biology, physical chemistry and chemical physics, theoretical and computational)
Isabella Velicogna, Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Trieste, UCI Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Earth System Science
Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Computer Science (multimedia computing, networks and distributed systems, global information infrastructure, multiple resource management services)
Jasper A. Vrugt, Ph.D. University of Amsterdam, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth System Science (Complex systems, modeling, statistics, hydrology, geophysics, ecology, data, optimization, hydropower, data assimilation)
Yun Wang, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Fuel cells, computational modeling, thermo-fluidics, two- phase flows, electrochemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), turbulent combustion)
Zhiying Wang, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (information theory, coding theory for data storage, modeling, compression, and computation for genomic data)
Daniel Whiteson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Logic and Philosophy of Science (Particle Physics)
Dominik Franz X. Wodarz, Ph.D. Oxford University, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Mathematics
Xaiohui Xie, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Developmental and Cell Biology (computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, neural computation, machine learning)
Charles S. Zender, Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, Professor of Earth System Science; Computer Science
San Diego State University
Andy Cooksy, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Laser Spectroscopy, Reaction Dynamics, and Ab Initio Calculation of Free Radicals and Other Transient Molecule)
Chris Curtis, Ph.D., University of Washington, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Simulation)
Bryan Donyanavard, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Runtime Resource Management for Energy-Efficient Execution of Cyber-Physical Systems)
Juanjuan Fan, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Statistics (Multivariate Failure Time Data, Tree Based Methods, Genetic Epidemiology)
Uduak George, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Mathematical biology, fluid dynamics, continuum mechanics of tissues, morphogenesis, solute transport)
Jerome Gilles, Ph.D. Ecole Normale Supeieure, France, Associate Professor of Mathematics (Applied Harmonic/Functional Analysis, Signal/Image Processing, Data driven methods, Functional analysis)
Kyle Hasenstab, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Statistics (Deep Neural Networks, Medical Image Analysis, Interpretability of AI Algorithms, Functional Data Analysis)
Hajar Homayouni, Ph.D. Colorado State University, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Data Quality Testing, Big Data, and Machine Learning)
Luwen Huangfu, Ph.D. University of Arizona, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Business analytics, public health, text mining, machine learning, data mining)
Gustaaf Jacobs, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Computational Physics, High-Order Methods, Fluid and Plasma Dynamics)
Calvin Johnson, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Physics (Theoretical and Computational Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics)
Parag Katira, Ph.D., University of Florida, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Biomolecular Motors, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials)
Alicia Kinoshita, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering (Hydrologic change in coupled human-natural systems)
Sunil Kumar, Ph.D., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Thomas G. Pine Faculty Fellow (Wireless Networks, Multimedia Traffic, and Video Compression Techniques)
Richard Levine, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Statistics (Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, Environmental Statistics, Biostatistics, Bayesian Decision Theory)
Xiaobai Liu, Ph.D. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computational Statistics and their applications to clinic diagnosis, sports, transportation, surveillance, video games and others)
Xialu Liu, Ph.D. Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (Factor models for multivariate and matrix time series, high- dimensional time series analysis, functional data analysis, statistical applications in business, engineering, and sciences)
Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Ph.D. Virginia Tech University, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (Traffic Safety and Signal Operation, Human Behavior Modeling, Connected/Automated Vehicles, Evacuation Modeling Infrastructure-Based Safety Systems)
Yuezhi Mao, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Development and application of theoretical and computational methods to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms involved in chemical problems)
Marta Miletic, Ph.D. Kansas State University, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (Geotech Engineering)
Dao Nguyen, Ph.D. Wayne State University, Assistant Professor of Mathematics (optimization, control theory, data science, numerical analysis, nonlinear and variational analysis, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, statistics, computational mathematics, and their applications)
Duy Nguyen, Ph.D. McGill University, Canada, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Signal Processing, Communications, and Information Theories for Wireless Systems and Networks)
Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi, Ph.D. University of Quebec (ÉTS), Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Robot learning, perception, and navigation, multi-agent systems, and physics-based machine learning)
Kenneth Nollett, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Physics (Theoretical and computational physics, spanning the interface between nuclear physics and astrophysics)
Christopher Paolini, Ph.D. San Diego State University, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Cyberinfrastructure, Computational Geochemistry and Combustion Science)
Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Ph.D. University of South Florida, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Supply Chain Analytics, IT-based Optimization of Logistics & Transportation systems, Simulation-based Optimization and meta- heuristics)
Pavel Popov, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Ccomputational combustion with applications to aerospace propulsion. His research interests include combustion instability in aerospace engines, stochastic modelling of turbulent combustion, plasma-combustion interactions simulation of multiphase flow, turbulence modelling and high-performance computing.)
Shangping Ren, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Computer Science (Cyber-Physical Systems, Real-Time Scheduling, and Cloud Computing)
Forest Rohwer, Ph.D. San Diego State University, Professor of Biology (Genomic Analysis of Phage, Diversity of Coral-associated Bacteria, Opportunistic Infections and Coral Disease)
Anna Rosen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Astronomy (Formation of Massive Stars and Massive Star Clusters, How Stellar Feedback, Star Cluster Disruption and its Dependence on Total Stellar Mass)
Eric Sandquist, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor of Astronomy (Physics of Stars and the Way They Age)
Karilyn Sant, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Public Health (Environmental Toxicology, Developmental Toxicology, Nutrient-Toxicant Interactions)
Anca Segall, Ph.D. University of Utah, Professor of Biology (The Mechanism of Site- Specific Recombination; Structure/Function Analysis of Recombination Proteins)
Ignacio Sepulveda, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Coastal Hazards, Coastal Engineering, Tsunami Science, Seismology,
Stochastic Calculus for Uncertainty Quantification, Remote sensing, Wave Mechanics, Inversions.)
Arun Sethuraman, Ph.D. Iowa State University, Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics (Population Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics)
Satish Sharma, Ph.D. Banaras Hindu University, India, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electromagnetics antennas and waves, microwave devices and systems)
Samuel Shen, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Mathematics (Statistical Climatology & Agroclimatology, Fluid Dynamcis & Forced Nonlinear Waves)
Nicholas Shikuma, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Biology (Molecular Mechanisms of Bacteria/Bacteriophage/Animal Interactions)
Usha Sinha, Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Professor of Physics (Medical and Imaging Physics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Informatics)
Jeet Sukumaran, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Assistant Professor of Biology (Process- based modeling of macroevolutionary dynamics, diversification, and biogeography/phylogeography; species delimitation; host-parasite coevolution, phylogenetics)
Naveen Vaidya, Ph.D. York University, Canada, Associate Professor of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Disease Modeling, Differential Equations)
Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D. University of Florida, Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Stuctural Mechanics, Design Optimization, Composite Materials, Biomechanics)
Wei Wang, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Associate Professor of Computer Science ( Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Multimedia Networking, Breast Cancer Image Processing)
Qi Wang, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Data Assimilation in Turbulent Environments, Adjoint-Based Optimization, Measurement-Enhanced Simulations, Drag Reduction and Optimal Sensor Placement, Pollution Source Localization in Stratified or Non-Stratified Turbulence)
Fridolin Weber, Ph.D. University of Munich, Germany, Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Physics (Superdense Matter, Astrophysics, General Relativity)
Junfei Xie, Ph.D. University of North Texas, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Unmanned Aerial Systems, Networked Airborne Computing, Airborne Networks, Air Traffic Flow Management, Cyber-Physical Systems, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, System Modeling and Control, Complex Information Systems)
Tao Xie, Ph.D. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Professor of Computer Science (High-Performance Computing, Energy-Efficient Storage Systems, Parallel/Distributed Systems, and Security-Aware Scheduling)
Ahmad Bani Younes, Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering (Space research topics: including the development of fast and high fidelity gravity model for the earth anomalies; fast and efficient trajectories propagation for satellite motions; optimal control theory, and, algorithms development for optimization theory, perturbation theory, orbital motion, and very broadly algorithmic differentiation for automatically generating mixed sets of high-order partial derivatives.)