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Global Impact Initiative Hires

Senior Faculty

Name Start Date Lead College Lead Department Previous Institution Research Area
Alessio, Adam 10/1/18 Human Med, Engineering CMSE (51%), Radiology (30%), BME (19%) 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 & Engr. Memorial University of Newfoundland Bio-inspired computing, Evolutionary Computation
Chen, Honglei 8/16/16 Human Med Epidemiology & Biostatistics (EL) NIEHS 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 & Comp. Engr. UC-Denver Non Destructive Evaluation
Dorgan, John (Lamp Chair) 1/1/17 Engineering Chemical Engr. & Materials Science Colorado School of Mines Polymeric materials and composites
Drewlo, Sascha 5/15/17 Human Med OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (GR) Wayne State University OB/GYN-Placental Insufficiency at Molecular Level; Intervention Strategies (in-utero)
Fan, Qi Hua 8/16/16 Engineering Electrical & Comp. Engr. (Fraunhofer) South Dakota State Univ Nanostructured electronic materials, thin film semiconductors
Gondro, Cedric 8/16/17 Ag & Nat 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 Med Trans. Sci. & Molecular Medicine (GR) University of South Florida Alzheimer's disease
Grant, Darren 8/16/18 Natural Science Physics & Astronomy University of Alberta Particle Astrophysics
Haddad, Nick 8/16/17 Ag & Nat Resources KBS NC State University Landscape ecology, plant insect interactions
Han, Ming 1/1/18 Engineering Electrical & Comp. Engr. Univ. Nebraska Lincoln Non Destructive Evaluation
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 Med OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (GR) Van Andel Institute Autophagy; Cancer metabolism; Tuberous sclerosis complex; Chemoresistance; Mitochondria; Kinases, phosphatases
Mahmoudi, Morteza 7/1/19 Human Med Radiology Harvard/Dana Farber Cancer and cardiac nanotechnology
Missmer, Stacey 8/16/16 Human Med 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
Morgan, Dave 8/16/17 Human Med Trans. Sci. & Molecular Medicine (GR) University of South Florida Alzheimer's disease; Aging Brain; Neuroinflammation; Animal Models; Neurochemistry
Murillo, Michael 9/1/16 Engineering Comp. Math, Science, Engr. LANL Plasmas, strongly coupled systems, Corilated matter and Cellar Atomoton modeling of desease (CDC)
Pyeon, Dohun 6/1/18 Human Med Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (EL) University of Colorado Tumor Virology, Cancer Immunology, Cancer Genomics
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 Med 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 BME University of California - San Diego Stem cells, reprogramming & cardiovascular regeneration (precision medicine)
Baryshev, Sergey 8/16/17 Engineering Electrical & Comp. Engr. Euclid TechLabs Diamond-based electron sources for linear accelerators and novel time-resolved microscopy concepts
Bazavov, Alexei 8/16/16 Natural Science Comp. Math, Science, Engr. University of Iowa Lattice Field Theory-LQCD
Boddeti, Vishnu 8/16/16 Engineering Computer Science & Engr. Carnegie Mellon University Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Biometrics
Bopardikar, Shanauk 8/16/18 Engineering ECE, 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 Med Peds & Human Dev (GR) UCSF Big Data and AI for cancer therapeutic discovery
Chen, Min 8/16/17 Natural Science Comp. Math, Science, Engr. Rice Adjoint tomography of crust and upper mantle structure, Seismic interpretation of tomographic images
Cheng, Shiwang 8/16/17 Engineering Chemical Engr. & Materials Science Oak Ridge Natl Lab Mechanics of polymer nanocomposites
Childs, Kevin 4/1/17 Natural Science Plant Biology MSU Plant Genomics
Chitwood, Dan 1/1/18 Ag & Nat Resources Horticulture Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO) Quantitative and Computational Plant Science GII hire, Computational Data Scientist/Plant Phenotyping - using X-ray Computed Tomography for non-distructive 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 Engr. 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 Med Peds & Human Dev (Flint) U of Maryland-College Park Adolescent Health, evidence-based intervention to reduce adolescent substance use, behavioral activation
Ferrier, Robert 8/16/18 Engineering Chemical Engr. & Materials Science University of Texas Polymer chemistry/physics for energy, water, and health
Garratt, Elias 8/16/17 Engineering Chemical Engr. & Materials Science (Fraunhofer) NIST Structure/property relations in electronic materials
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 artifical intelligence.
Hoffmann, Hanne 3/1/18 Ag & Nat Resources Animal Science UC San Diego RDSP GII hire, research focus on molecular pathways and brain circuitry adapting behavior and reproduction. Emphasis on circadian rhythms
Hsu, Polly 1/1/18 Natural Science Biochem & Molecular Bio Duke Molecular biology and genetics of plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
Huang, Wen 7/17/17 Ag & Nat Resources Animal Science N.C. State University Quantitative and coputational animal genomics GII hire; research focus on Understanding variation in quantitative traits
Jin, Xiangshu 8/15/15 Natural Science Biochem & Molecular Bio Columbia Crystallographer, Structural Biology
Johnson-Lawrence, Vicki 3/1/17 Human Med Family Medicine (Flint) U of Michigan-Flint Health Equity; Multilevel social determinants of multimorbidity; Intersection of social determinants, complex stressors, and resilience; Community engaged research; Social epidemiology
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
Kim, Kelly 3/1/20 Natural Science BMB, Cryo-EM Rockefeller University Structural Biology, Cryo-EM of membrane proteins
Kopper, Claudio 8/16/18 Natural Science Physics and Astronomy, IceCube Univ. Alberta Particle Astrophysics
Krishnan, Arjun 1/1/17 Natural Science Comp. Math, Science, Engr. Princeton University Data sciecne, network theory of genomics and complex diseases
Li, Zhaojian 8/16/17 Engineering Mechnical Engr. 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 Comp. Math, Science, Engr. SUNY Stony Brook Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Niederhuth, Chad 1/1/18 Natural Science Plant Biology University of Georgia Cmparative 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
Petrasch, Jeorg 8/16/18 Engineering Chemical Engr. & Materials Science, Energy materials ETH Zurich Renewable energy and sustainability
Prokop, Jeremy 2/1/18 Human Med Peds & Human Dev (GR) Hudson Alpha Genetic mechanisms of disease with particular interest in rare and undiagnosed diseases 
Quinn, Robert 8/16/18 Natural Science Biochem & Molecular Bio (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 Ag & Nat Resources Plant , soil and Microbial Sciences French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Montpellier Plant Resilience Institute GII hire, research focused on Molecular mechanisms underlying how plants intEngineeringate nutrient signals to modulate growth, traits enhancing resource use efficiency, particularly for phosphorous, a global limited resource
Sahasrabudhe, Himanshu 8/16/17 Engineering Mechnical Engr. Washington State University Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Schmidt, Jens 1/1/18 Human Med OB/GYN & Reproductive Biology (EL/IQ) U of Colorado cell biological and biophysical approaches to explain how human cells maintain their genomic intEngineeringity, which is an important barrier for cancer formation
Sen, Aritro 8/16/17 Ag & Nat Resources Animal Science University of Rochester RDSP GII hire; Research focused on basic cellular and molecular mechanisms related to women's health and fertility
Stravoksy, Rita 8/16/17 Ag & Nat Resources Food Science & Human Nutrition University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Lipids, nutrition and health GII hire; Research focus on maternal determinants of fetal development and offpsring 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 Biochem & Molecular Bio Berkeley Synthetic Biology
Thompson, Addie 1/8/18 Ag & Nat Resources Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences Ph.D. - Univ. of Minnesota, Post-doc - Purdue Quantitative and computational plant genomics GII hire, resarch focus on maize genetics and genomics and understanding drought stress
Tu, Guan-Hua 8/16/16 Engineering Computer Science & Engr. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Computer and Network Security, Wireless and Mobile Network
VanBuren, Robert 8/16/16 Ag & Nat 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 Comp. Math, Science, Engr. 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 Comp. Math, Science, Engr. 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 Ag & Nat Resources Animal Science E. China Normal University Research focus on male fertility and spermatagonial stem cell biology
Williams, Michael 8/16/19 Human Med Pediatrics, Autism Dartmouth Role of Autism Spectrum Disorder candidate genes in neuronal development
Yang, Yang 5/15/17 Natural Science Comp. Math, Science, Engr. 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 Comp. Math, Science, Engr. University of Michigan Energy materials - modeling.
Zhang, Peng 8/16/16 Engineering Electrical & Comp. Engr. U of Michigan-Ann Arbor Vacuum nanoelectronic devices, accelerator technology, high power raditation sources
Zhou, Jiayu 8/15/15 Engineering Computer Science & Engr. Arizona State University Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Zimmermann, Tom 8/16/17 Engineering Electrical & Comp. Engr. (Fraunhofer) Fraunhofer (Biohybrid Systems Unit) Nanotechnology and diamond NEMS-biosensor solutions in biomedical diagnostics, automation of biotechnologies processes and food analysis diamond high-power THz systems

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