2023-2024
DEAN GREGORY D. ABOWD
WELCOMES OUTSTANDING NEW
27
TENURE-TRACK
FACULTY
44% WOMEN / URM
238 $118M
TOTAL TENURED / TT FACULTY
EXTERNAL RESEARCH AWARDS (FY2023)
117 HIRED SINCE 2016
UP 101% vs FY2017
41% JOINTLY APPOINTED
142
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS ALL CURRENT FACULTY
102
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY FELLOWSHIPS ALL CURRENT FACULTY
Serena Alexander
Christa Haase
Jointly Appointed: Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Jointly Appointed: Physics
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD: Cleveland State University, 2016
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
PhD: ETH Zurich, 2015
Marco Colangelo
Cynthia Hajal
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
Damilola Daramola
Megan Hofmann
Jointly Appointed: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Jointly Appointed: Khoury College of Computer Sciences
PhD: Ohio University, 2011
PhD: Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
Mallesham Dasari
David Horsley
PhD: Stony Brook University, 2021
PhD: University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Najme Ebrahimi
Kristy Johnson
PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2017
Jointly Appointed: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021
Khaled Ghannam
Abraham Joy
PhD: Duke University, 2017
PhD: Tulane University, 2000
Benjamin Gyori
Hyeonyu Kim
Jointly Appointed: Khoury College of Computer Sciences
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
PhD: National University of Singapore, 2014
Professor and Chair, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Shang Liu
Jing-Ke Weng
PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2012
Jointly Appointed: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor, Bioengineering
PhD: Purdue University, 2009
Hessam Mahdavifar
Mingzhong Wu
PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2012
Jointly Appointed: Physics
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1999
Stephanie Noble
Yasin Yazicioglu
Jointly Appointed: Psychology PhD: Yale University, 2019
Jointly Appointed: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Eleonora Tronci
Yoseob Yoon
PhD: Columbia University, 2022; Sapienza University, 2019
PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
Amir Vahabikashi
Xubo Yue
PhD: Northwestern University, 2016
PhD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2023
Lei Wang
Xuan “Silvia” Zhang
Jointly Appointed: Biology
PhD: Cornell University, 2012
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering PhD: Colorado State University, 2018
Ning Wang Professor, Bioengineering
ScD: Harvard University, 1990
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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