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Who We Are
Our faculty members draw on varied areas of expertise to support our interdisciplinary research and teaching missions..
While our School is not divided into departments, our faculty work various clusters as shown below.
Leadership
Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov
Director, Associate Professor
Research interests: High-throughput metagenomic sequencing, pathogen detection, and transmission
Kyle Winfree
Associate Director for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor
Lab: Wearable ICP
Research interests: Wearable computing, therapeutic robotics, and brain-computer interfaces
Computer Science and Cybersecurity
Ashish Amresh
Associate Professor
Research interests: Serious games development and game-based learning
Sareh Assiri
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Cybersecurity, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF), using PUF for secure-key exchange, keyless cryptography, authentication, and one-way encryption
Hayretdin Bahsi
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Machine learning to cyber security problems, security of cyber-physical systems, and digital forensics
Khadidja Bakhti
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Satellite image classification, machine learning, deep learning, citation analysis, information retrieval, and data mining
Bertrand Cambou
Professor
Research interests: Cybersecurity, novel secure elements, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF), and ReRAM
Ana Paula Chaves
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Software engineering and human computer interaction domains
Eck Doerry
Professor
Research interests: Computer-supported cooperative work, mobile and cloud computing, health informatics, and engineering education
Jared Duval
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Human computer interaction, assistive technology, accessibility, and games and play
Veera Surya Bhaskar Gali
Lecturer
Research interests: Teaching, competitive programming, software development, and event organization
Marco Gerosa
Professor
Website: Personal
Research interests: Software analytics, open-source communities, and mining software repositories
Alex Groce
Associate Professor
Research interests: Software testing, software understanding, and automated debugging
Patrick Kelley
Adjunct Faculty
Website: Personal
Research interests: Programming, Compilers, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Virtual & Augmented Reality
Patrick.Kelley@nau.edu
Dieter Otte
Associate Professor
Research interests: Applied computer networking, distributed systems, and software engineering
James Palmer
Associate Dean, Professor
Research interests: Computer graphics, virtual worlds, and computer science pedagogy
Italo Santos
Lecturer
Research interests: Human aspects of software engineering, open-source software communities, diversity and inclusion, human-computer interaction, empirical software engineering, and software engineering education and training
Igor Steinmacher
Assistant Professor
Website: Personal
Research interests: Human aspects of software engineering, open-source software communities, mining software repositories, software engineering education and training, and AI for software development
Olutosin Taiwo
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Database management, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, information security, and cyber security
Anudeep Uppu
Lecturer
Research interests: Anudeep Uppu worked as a Software Engineer at BOSCH, gaining valuable industry experience. Following this, he pursued a master’s degree in computer science here at NAU. During his time here, Uppu worked as a Teaching Assistant and a Graduate Teaching Assistant, with full funding for his efforts.
Morgan Vigil-Hayes
Associate Professor
Research interests: Computer networking, data mining, and network-based human interactions
Andy Wang
Professor
Website: MRTL
Research interests: Metrology, component-based software development, trustworthy computing, cyber-physical systems, and computer science education
Lan Zhang
Assistant Professor
Research interests: AI for cybersecurity focusing on vulnerabilities, threats, and defenses in deep learning models
Information Technology
Troy Adams
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Cybersecurity, information technology, cyber ethics, and programming
Olatunji Akinola
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Networking and systems administration, information security, database management, information systems audit, IT general controls, cloud computing, and securing cloud infrastructure
Ayotuyi Tosin Akinola
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Software Defined Networking, Cybersecurity, Information systems, Cloud Computing, Securing cloud infrastructure, Human Computer Interaction, Ad-Hoc Mobile Cloud Systems, Mobile Computing, Machine Learning and Networking and Systems administration.
Jeannie Copley
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Technology in teaching and learning, Data Analytics, and Data Science
Cindy Du
Part-Time Faculty
Research interests: ERP and Database management and project management
Jiaming Li
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Computer & Information Technology, data analytics, project management, and mobile and web applications. His research areas are in Acoustic & Vibration, Optimal Design, Management Information System, Data Analysis, and AI/ML
Kevin Shumway
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Human-computer interaction [HCI], web design and accessibility, information systems and management, digital media development and distribution
Steve Wang
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Computational Biology, Data Science, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Quantum Computing
Zhenyu Wu
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Develop bioinformatics tools for metagenomics datasets analysis, and informatics systems
Anson Xuan
Part-Time Faculty
Research interests: The intersection of Mathematics, Data Science, and Statistics, with a focus on applying mathematical models and statistical methods to real-world problems
Dawei Xue
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Network modeling, system reliability, and optimization algorithms
Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Carlo daCunha
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Electronic materials and devices, nonlinear and stochastic physics, and cyber physical systems
Julie Heynssens
Associate Teaching Professor
Research Interests: Electronic circuits, semiconductor materials, and engineering analysis
Murali “Mike” Kosgi
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Circuits, power and control systems, and electric machinery
Mirza Maswood
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Data structure, Python programming, machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, secure hardware, malware analysis, and applied cryptography
Tuy Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Lab: Digital Systems Design Lab (DSD LAB)
Research interests: Cryptography, homomorphic encryption, hardware security, and system-on-chip design
Jie Yang
Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Microprocessors and signals and systems
Venkata Yaramasu
Associate Professor
Research interests: Wind and photovoltaic energy, high power converters, and model predictive control
Bruce Mackie
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Electrical engineering with power courses and new power generation technologies
Alexander Maurer
Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Neuroscience applications of statistical signal processing and detection and estimation algorithms for target tracking
Rodolfo Echavarria Solis
Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional interests: Electrical and electronic circuits, power electronics, and scientific dissemination
Ecoinformatics
Jarrett “Jay” Barber
Associate Professor
Research interests: Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, and ecological and environmental applications
Logan Berner
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Terrestrial ecology, climate change, and remote sensing
Chris Doughty
Associate Professor
Lab: Doughty Lab
Research interests: Climate change, biodiversity loss, forest carbon cycling, and remote sensing
Scott Goetz
Regents’ Professor
Research interests: Ecosystem responses to environmental change, arctic biodiversity, and remote sensing
Kevin Gurney
Professor
Lab: The Gurney Lab
Research interests: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon cycle, and urban biogeochemistry
Chris Hakkenberg
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Biodiversity, forest structure and dynamics, landscape and community ecology, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, conservation, and urbanization
Patrick Jantz
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Forest canopy structure, geoinformatics, remote sensing, and sustainable development
Kiona Ogle
Professor
Research interests: Ecological synthesis and analysis and Bayesian applications in ecology
Andrew Richardson
Regents’ Professor
Research interests: Terrestrial ecosystems, forest ecology, and the carbon cycle
Benjamin Ruddell
Professor
Research interests: Hydrology, complex systems, and data-driven university education
Richard Rushforth
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Adaptive water management, socio-hydrology, and water policy
Temuulen “Teki” Sankey
Professor
Research interests: Remote sensing, data fusion, UAV image analysis, geospatial analysis, geoinformatics, geostatistics, and GIS
Alexander F. Shenkin
Assistant Research Professor
Lab: Shenkin Lab
Research interests: Scaling tree and forest canopy traits to ecosystem structure and carbon cycling
Health and Bioinformatics
Tara Furstenau
Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Bioinformatics, computational biology, metagenomic analysis, and pathogen detection
Joseph Mihaljevic
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Ecological informatics, multi-pathogen communities, and infectious diseases
Marc Tollis
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Phylogenetics, molecular evolution, comparative genomics, and cancer evolution
Research Staff
Kelsey Banister
Research Assistant
Research Interests : Ranavirus genetics and genomics, pathogen detection across Arizona, disease modeling, and genetic epidemiology
Ian Burke
Electrical Engineer
Research interests: Hardware integration with computer memories for Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF)
Patrick Burns
Senior Research Scientist
Research interests: Earth observation, remote sensing, lidar, and hyperspectral imaging
Pawlok Dass
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research interests: Carbon cycle, biogeochemistry, terrestrial biosphere, climate change, earth system science, energy, and geospatial data science
Ana Kato
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research interests: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon cycle, GIS and remote sensing, and environmental policy
Affiliates
Bruce Hungate
Regents’ Professor
Research interests: Ecology and management of global change and microbial ecology from humans to the globe
Deborah Huntzinger
Professor, School of Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability
Research interests: Climate science, terrestrial carbon cycling, ecological modeling, model-data synthesis, and greenhouse gas footprint analysis
Nicholas McKay
Associate Professor, School of Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability
Research interests: Climate science, paleoclimate, data analysis, and data synthesis
Jason Sahl
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: Infectious disease genomics, comparative genomics, and bioinformatics algorithm development
David Trilling
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research interests: Solar system evolution, observational planetary astronomy, and data mining
Xanthe Walker
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society
Research interests: Ecosystem and plant ecology, disturbance, climate change, and northern terrestrial ecosystems