Faculty – Ph.D. in Computational Science Program

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First Name	Last Name	Profile Link	Faculty	Affiliation	Research Area Key Words	Major Area of Study
A. Lee	Swindlehurst, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/lee-swindlehurst	A. Lee Swindlehurst, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Signal Processing, Estimation and Detection Theory, Applications in Wireless Communications, Geo-Positioning, Radar, Sonar, Biomedicine	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ahmad Bani	Younes, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/ahmad-bani-younes	Ahmad Bani Younes, Ph.D.	SDSU	Space Research, Fast and High Fidelity Gravity Model for the Earth Anomalies, Fast and Efficient Trajectories Propagation for Satellite Motions, Optimal Control Theory, Algorithms Development for Optimization Theory, Perturbation Theory, Orbital Motion, Algorithmic Differentiation for Automatically Generating Mixed Sets of High-Order Partial Derivatives	Aerospace Engineering
Albert	Siryaporn, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=6253	Albert Siryaporn, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Biological Physics, Biofilms, Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Drug Development, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Bacterial Mechanosensation, Virulence Regulation, Pathogenesis, Mechano-Genetics, PilY1, Microfluidics	Physics & Astronomy, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Alexander	Ihler, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/~ihler/	Alexander Ihler, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Statistical Methods for Learning from Data, Approximate Inference Techniques for Graphical Models	Information and Computer Science
Alexandru	Nicolau, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/~nicolau/	Alexandru Nicolau, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Architecture, Parallel Computation, Programming Languages and Compilers	Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Alicia	Kinoshita, Ph.D.	https://ccee.sdsu.edu/people/alicia-kinoshita	Alicia Kinoshita, Ph.D.	SDSU	Hydrologic Change in Coupled Human-Natural Systems	Civil Engineering
Amneet	Bhalla, Ph.D.	https://mechanical.sdsu.edu/people/amneet-bhalla	Amneet Bhalla, Ph.D.	SDSU	Fluid-Structure Interaction, Multiphase Flows, Aquatic Locomotion, Renewable Energy Device Modeling, Numerical Methods, High Performance Computing, Scientific Software Design	Mechanical Engineering
Anca	Segall, Ph.D.	https://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Segall	Anca Segall, Ph.D.	SDSU	The Mechanism of Site-Specific Recombination, Structure/Function Analysis of Recombination Proteins	Biology
Andy	Cooksy, Ph.D.	https://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Cooksy	Andy Cooksy, Ph.D.	SDSU	Laser Spectroscopy, Reaction Dynamics, Ab Initio Calculation of Free Radicals and Other Transient Molecule	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ann Marie	Carlton, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/ann-marie-carlton	Ann Marie Carlton, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosol Liquid Water, Cloud Processing, Secondary Organic Aerosol	Chemistry
Anna	Rosen, Ph.D.	https://anna-rosen.com/	Anna Rosen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Formation of Massive Stars and Massive Star Clusters, Stellar Feedback, Star Cluster Disruption and Its Dependence on Total Stellar Mass	Astronomy
Arlette	Baljon, Ph.D.	https://physics.sdsu.edu/people/arlette-baljon/	Arlette Baljon, Ph.D.	SDSU	Biophysics, Complex Networks, Polymer Science, Computational Soft Matter Physics	Physics
Arthur D.	Lander, Ph.D.	https://devcell.bio.uci.edu/faculty/arthur-d-lander/	Arthur D. Lander, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Systems Biology of Development, Pattern Formation, Growth Control	Developmental and Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Logic and Philosophy of Science, Pharmacology
Arun	Sethuraman, Ph.D.	http://www.sethuramanlab.com/	Arun Sethuraman, Ph.D.	SDSU	Population Genomics, Evolution, Bioinformatics	Bioinformatics
Ashkan	Ashrafi, Ph.D.	https://ashrafi.sdsu.edu/index.php/sprl/	Ashkan Ashrafi, Ph.D.	SDSU	Digital and Statistical Signal Processing, Real-Time DSP, Biomedical Signal Processing, Fourier Analysis, Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizers, Multivariate Spectral Analysis, Hilbert Spaces, Matrix Theory and Applications	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Barbara Ann	Bailey, Ph.D.	https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~babailey/	Barbara Ann Bailey, Ph.D.	SDSU	Nonlinear Time Series, Dynamical Systems, Clouds, Visualization of Nonlinear Models, Environmental Monitoring, Population Dynamics, Embryonic Mortality, Model Validation	Statistics
Bryan	Donyanavard, Ph.D.	https://bryandony.github.io/	Bryan Donyanavard, Ph.D.	SDSU	Runtime Resource Management for Energy-Efficient Execution of Cyber-Physical Systems	Computer Science
Calvin	Johnson, Ph.D.	https://physics.sdsu.edu/people/calvin-johnson/	Calvin Johnson, Ph.D.	SDSU	Theoretical and Computational Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics	Physics
Carlos D.	Paternina-Arboleda, Ph.D.	https://business.sdsu.edu/departments/faculty-staff-listing/cpaternina	Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Ph.D.	SDSU	Supply Chain Analytics, IT-Based Optimization of Logistics & Transportation Systems, Simulation-Based Optimization and Metaheuristics	Management Information Systems
Charles S.	Zender, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=4743	Charles S. Zender, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Earth System Science, Computer Science
Chris	Curtis, Ph.D.	https://cwcurtis.github.io/	Chris Curtis, Ph.D.	SDSU	Fluid Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Simulation	Mathematics
Christopher	Paolini, Ph.D.	https://paolini.sdsu.edu/	Christopher Paolini, Ph.D.	SDSU	Cyberinfrastructure, Computational Geochemistry and Combustion Science	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Craig C.	Martens, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/craig-martens	Craig C. Martens, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Physics	Chemistry
Daniel	Whiteson, Ph.D.	https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/	Daniel Whiteson, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Particle Physics	Physics and Astronomy, Logic and Philosophy of Science
Dao	Nguyen, Ph.D.	https://vaolab.sdsu.edu/	Dao Nguyen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Optimization, Control Theory, Data Science, Numerical Analysis, Nonlinear and Variational Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Partial Differential Equations, Statistics, Computational Mathematics, and Their Applications	Mathematics
David L.	Mobley, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=5908	David L. Mobley, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Chemical Biology, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Theoretical and Computational	Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry
Dmitrij	Rappoport, Ph.D.	https://ffgroup.chem.uci.edu/members/dmitrij/	Dmitrij Rappoport, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Metric Chemical Spaces for Reaction Mechanism Prediction and Systematic Optimization of Molecular Properties, Excited-State Molecular Properties and Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms	Chemistry
Dominik Franz X.	Wodarz, Ph.D.	https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/wodarz/	Dominik Franz X. Wodarz, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Mathematics
Douglas J.	Tobias, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/douglas-j-tobias	Douglas J. Tobias, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Theoretical and Computational	Chemistry
Duy	Nguyen, Ph.D.	https://engineering.sdsu.edu/~nguyen/	Duy Nguyen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Signal Processing, Communications, Information Theories for Wireless Systems and Networks	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Elizabeth L.	Read, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/elizabeth-read	Elizabeth L. Read, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Dynamics of Complex Biochemical Systems, Regulation of Immune Responses	Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Eric D.	Mjolsness, Ph.D.	https://www.math.uci.edu/people/eric-mjolsness	Eric D. Mjolsness, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Modeling Languages	Computer Science, Mathematics
Eric	Rignot, Ph.D.	https://ps.uci.edu/node/2110	Eric Rignot, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Glaciology, Climate Change, Radar Remote Sensing, Ice Sheet Modeling, Interferometry, Radio Echo Sounding, Ice-Ocean Interactions	Earth System Science
Eric	Sandquist, Ph.D.	https://www.sdsu.edu/experts-directory/eric-sandquist	Eric Sandquist, Ph.D.	SDSU	Physics of Stars and the Way They Age	Astronomy
Feng	Liu, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/feng-liu	Feng Liu, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Computational Fluid Dynamics and Combustion, Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Propulsion, Turbomachinery Aerodynamics, Aeromechanics	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Filipp	Furche, Ph.D.	https://ffgroup.chem.uci.edu/members/filipp/	Filipp Furche, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Theoretical and Computational	Chemistry
Filippo	Capolino, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/filippo-capolino	Filippo Capolino, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Optics/Electromagnetics in Nanostructures and Sensors, Antennas/Microwaves, RF and Wireless Systems	Electrical and Computer Science
Forest	Rohwer, Ph.D.	https://coralandphage.org/people_forest.php	Forest Rohwer, Ph.D.	SDSU	Genomic Analysis of Phage, Diversity of Coral-Associated Bacteria, Opportunistic Infections and Coral Disease	Biology
Franco	De Flaviis, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/franco-de-flaviis	Franco De Flaviis, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Microwave Systems, Wireless Communications, Electromagnetic Circuit Simulations	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Francois W.	Primeau, Ph.D.	https://ps.uci.edu/node/2165	Francois W. Primeau, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Earth System Science
Fridolin	Weber, Ph.D.	https://physics.sdsu.edu/people/fridolin-weber/	Fridolin Weber, Ph.D.	SDSU	Superdense Matter, Astrophysics, General Relativity	Physics
Frithjof	Kruggel, M.D., Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/frithjof-kruggel	Frithjof Kruggel, M.D., Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Anatomical and Functional Neuroimaging in Humans, Structure-Function Relationship in the Human Brain	Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Gustaaf	Jacobs, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/gustaaf-jacobs	Gustaaf Jacobs, Ph.D.	SDSU	Computational Physics, High-Order Methods, Fluid and Plasma Dynamics	Aerospace Engineering
Hajar	Homayouni, Ph.D.	https://homayouni.sdsu.edu/	Hajar Homayouni, Ph.D.	SDSU	Data Quality Testing, Big Data, Machine Learning	Computer Science
Hal S.	Stern, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/~sternh/	Hal S. Stern, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Bayesian Methods, Model Diagnostics, Forensic Statistics, Statistical Applications in Biology/Health, Social Sciences, and Sports	Statistics, Cognitive Sciences
Ignacio	Sepulveda, Ph.D.	https://ccee.sdsu.edu/people/ignacio-sepulveda-oyarzun	Ignacio Sepulveda, Ph.D.	SDSU	Coastal Hazards, Coastal Engineering, Tsunami Science, Seismology, Stochastic Calculus for Uncertainty Quantification, Remote Sensing, Wave Mechanics, Inversions	Civil Engineering
Ioan	Andricioaei, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/ioan-andricioaei	Ioan Andricioaei, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Theoretical Chemistry and Biophysics, Developing Novel Theoretical Techniques, Computer and Modeling Methods, Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Biologically Important Molecular Processes, Complement, Enhance, Predict Experimental Findings	Chemistry
Isabella	Velicogna, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=5518	Isabella Velicogna, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Earth System Science
Jasper A.	Vrugt, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/jasper-vrugt	Jasper A. Vrugt, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Complex Systems, Modeling, Statistics, Hydrology, Geophysics, Ecology, Data, Optimization, Hydropower, Data Assimilation	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth System Science
Jeet	Sukumaran, Ph.D.	https://sukumaranlab.org/people/	Jeet Sukumaran, Ph.D.	SDSU	Process-Based Modeling of Macroevolutionary Dynamics, Diversification, Biogeography/Phylogeography, Species Delimitation, Host-Parasite Coevolution, Phylogenetics	Biology
Jerome	Gilles, Ph.D.	https://jegilles.sdsu.edu/	Jerome Gilles, Ph.D.	SDSU	Applied Harmonic/Functional Analysis, Signal/Image Processing, Data Driven Methods, Functional Analysis	Mathematics
Jianwei	Chen, Ph.D.		Jianwei Chen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Statistical Inferences for Nonlinear Dynamic Models, Bayesian Methods, MCMC, Computational Statistics	Statistics
Joaquin	Camacho, Ph.D.	https://mechanical.sdsu.edu/people/joaquin-camacho	Joaquin Camacho, Ph.D.	SDSU	Multiphase Flows, Sustainable Energy, Nanomaterial Theory and Fabrication, Combustion, Aerosol Dynamics, Carbon Materials	Mechanical Engineering
John S.	Lowengrub, Ph.D.	https://www.math.uci.edu/people/john-lowengrub	John S. Lowengrub, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Applied and Computational Mathematics, Mathematical and Computational Biology	Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Jose	Castillo, Ph.D.	https://castillo.sdsu.edu/	Jose Castillo, Ph.D.	SDSU	Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Scientific Computing, Modeling	Mathematics
Juanjuan	Fan, Ph.D.	https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~jjfan/	Juanjuan Fan, Ph.D.	SDSU	Multivariate Failure Time Data, Tree Based Methods, Genetic Epidemiology	Statistics
Jun	Chen, Ph.D.	https://junchen.sdsu.edu/	Jun Chen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Dynamics, Control, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence	Aerospace Engineering
Jun F.	Allard, Ph.D.	https://www.math.uci.edu/people/jun-allard	Jun F. Allard, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Mathematical and Computational Biology	Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
Junfei	Xie, Ph.D.	https://smile.sdsu.edu/biography.html	Junfei Xie, Ph.D.	SDSU	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	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Karen	Campbell, Ph.D.		Karen Campbell, Ph.D.	SDSU	Biostatistics, MCMC Methods, Statistical Modeling, Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Disease, Virus Transmission/Epidemic Modeling, Agent-Based Models, Machine Learning	Computational Science
Karilyn	Sant, Ph.D.	https://publichealth.sdsu.edu/people/karilyn-sant/	Karilyn Sant, Ph.D.	SDSU	Environmental Toxicology, Developmental Toxicology, Nutrient-Toxicant Interactions	Public Health
Kenneth	Nollett, Ph.D.	https://nollett.sdsu.edu/	Kenneth Nollett, Ph.D.	SDSU	Theoretical and Computational Physics, Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics	Physics
Kevin	Thornton, Ph.D.	https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=5379	Kevin Thornton, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Genome Evolution, Gene Duplication, Population Genetics, Adaptation	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences
Kieron	Burke, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/kieron-burke	Kieron Burke, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Polymer, Materials, Nanoscience, Theoretical and Computational	Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Kristen	Davis, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/kristen-davis	Kristen Davis, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Coastal Dynamics	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth System Science
Kyle	Hasenstab, Ph.D.	https://kahasenstab.sdsu.edu/	Kyle Hasenstab, Ph.D.	SDSU	Deep Neural Networks, Medical Image Analysis, Interpretability of AI Algorithms, Functional Data Analysis	Statistics
Lizhi	Sun, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/lizhi-sun	Lizhi Sun, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Micro- and Nano-Mechanics, Composites and Nanocomposites, Smart Materials and Structures, Multiscale Modeling, Elastography	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Luwen	Huangfu, Ph.D.	https://business.sdsu.edu/departments/faculty-staff-listing/lhuangfu	Luwen Huangfu, Ph.D.	SDSU	Business Analytics, Public Health, Text Mining, Machine Learning, Data Mining	Management Information Systems
Magnus	Egerstedt, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/magnus-egerstedt	Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Control Theory and Robotics, Control and Coordination of Complex Networks, Multirobot Systems, Mobile Sensor Networks, Cyber-Physical Systems	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Manabu	Shiraiwa, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/manabu-shiraiwa	Manabu Shiraiwa, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Atmospheric Chemistry, Heterogeneous and Multiphase Chemistry, Aerosol Particles, Reactive Oxygen Species, Kinetic Modeling	Chemistry
Marco	Levorato, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/~mlevorat/index.html	Marco Levorato, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Networks and Distributed Systems, Statistics and Statistical Theory, Stochastic Modeling, Signal Processing	Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Margherita	Capriotti, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/margherita-capriotti	Margherita Capriotti, Ph.D.	SDSU	Develop Novel and Efficient Tools to Characterize Aerospace Composite Structures Using Wave Propagation of Different Physical Nature	Aerospace Engineering
Marta	Miletic, Ph.D.	https://ccee.sdsu.edu/people/marta-miletic	Marta Miletic, Ph.D.	SDSU	Geotech Engineering	Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Michael S.	Pritchard, Ph.D.	https://sites.ps.uci.edu/pritchard/	Michael S. Pritchard, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Earth System Science
Mo	Li, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/mo-li	Mo Li, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Ultra-Damage-Tolerant and Multifunctional Composite Materials for Protective and Resilient Structures, Built Environments, Energy Infrastructure	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mohammad A.	Al Faruque, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/mohammad-al-faruque	Mohammad A. Al Faruque, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	System-Level Design, Embedded Systems, Cyber-Physical-Systems, Multi-Core Systems	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nalini	Venkatasubramanian, Ph.D.	https://nalini.ics.uci.edu/	Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Multimedia Computing, Networks and Distributed Systems, Global Information Infrastructure, Multiple Resource Management Services	Computer Science
Naveen	Vaidya, Ph.D.	https://nvaidya.sdsu.edu/	Naveen Vaidya, Ph.D.	SDSU	Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Disease Modeling, Differential Equations	Mathematics
Nicholas	Shikuma, Ph.D.	https://shikumalab.sdsu.edu/people/nicholas-shikuma	Nicholas Shikuma, Ph.D.	SDSU	Molecular Mechanisms of Bacteria/Bacteriophage/Animal Interactions	Biology
Olivier	Cinquin, Ph.D.	https://devcell.bio.uci.edu/faculty/olivier-cinquin/	Olivier Cinquin, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Mathematical Modeling of Networks, Systems Biology	Developmental and Cell Biology
Parag	Katira, Ph.D.	https://mechanical.sdsu.edu/people/parag-katira	Parag Katira, Ph.D.	SDSU	Biomolecular Motors, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials	Mechanical Engineering
Pavel	Popov, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/pavel-popov	Pavel Popov, Ph.D.	SDSU	Computational Combustion with Applications to Aerospace Propulsion, Combustion Instability in Aerospace Engines, Stochastic Modelling of Turbulent Combustion, Plasma-Combustion Interactions Simulation of Multiphase Flow, Turbulence Modelling, High-Performance Computing	Aerospace Engineering
Payam	Heydari, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/payam-heydari	Payam Heydari, Ph.D.	UC Irvine		Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering
Perry	Johnson, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/perry-johnson	Perry Johnson, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Turbulent Flows, Particle-Laden and Multiphase Flows, Turbulent Boundary Layers, Large-Eddy Simulations, Scientific Computing	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Peter	Blomgren, Ph.D.	http://terminus.sdsu.edu/	Peter Blomgren, Ph.D.	SDSU	Image Processing, Wave Propagation in Complex Media, Numerical Solutions of PDEs, Scientific Computing, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems	Mathematics
Pierre F.	Baldi, Ph.D.	https://www.igb.uci.edu/~pfbaldi/	Pierre F. Baldi, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Bioinformatics, Computational Biology	Computer Science, Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Developmental and Cell Biology
Qi	Wang, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/qi-wang	Qi Wang, Ph.D.	SDSU	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	Aerospace Engineering
Qing	Nie, Ph.D.	https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/qnie/	Qing Nie, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Stem Cells, Regulatory Networks, Stochastic Dynamics, Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis	Developmental & Cell Biology
Ray	Luo, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=4618	Ray Luo, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Protein Structure, Noncovalent Associations Involving Proteins	Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Reza	Akhavian, Ph.D.	https://ccee.sdsu.edu/people/reza-akhavian	Reza Akhavian, Ph.D.	SDSU	Construction Engineering and Management, Internet of Things, IoT, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems, Building Information Modeling, BIM	Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Ricardo	Carretero, Ph.D.	https://carretero.sdsu.edu/	Ricardo Carretero, Ph.D.	SDSU	Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Waves, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Theoretical and Computational	Mathematics
Richard	Levine, Ph.D.	https://ces.sdsu.edu/richard-levine	Richard Levine, Ph.D.	SDSU	Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, Environmental Statistics, Biostatistics, Bayesian Decision Theory	Statistics
Robert	Benny Gerber, Ph.D.	https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=2017	Robert Benny Gerber, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Vibrational spectroscopy, chemical reaction dynamics, biological molecules, molecular dynamics	Chemistry
Roger H.	Rangel, Ph.D.	https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/rangel/	Roger H. Rangel, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Multiphase Systems Including Spray Combustion, Atomization and Metal Spray Solidification, Applied Mathematics and Computational Methods	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Russell L.	Detwiler, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/russell-detwiler	Russell L. Detwiler, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Groundwater Hydrology, Contaminant Fate and Transport, Subsurface Process Modeling, Groundwater/Surface-Water Interaction	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sahar Ghanipoor	Machiani, Ph.D.	https://ccee.sdsu.edu/people/sahar-ghanipoor-machiani	Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Ph.D.	SDSU	Traffic Safety and Signal Operation, Human Behavior Modeling, Connected/Automated Vehicles, Evacuation Modeling Infrastructure-Based Safety Systems	Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Samuel	Shen, Ph.D.	https://shen.sdsu.edu/	Samuel Shen, Ph.D.	SDSU	Statistical Climatology & Agroclimatology, Fluid Dynamics & Forced Nonlinear Waves	Mathematics
Sanjay	Behura, Ph.D.	https://physics.sdsu.edu/people/sanjay-behura/	Sanjay Behura, Ph.D.	SDSU	Photophysics of Quantum Materials	Physics
Satchi	Venkataraman, Ph.D.	https://aerospace.sdsu.edu/people/satchi-venkataraman	Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D.	SDSU	Structural Mechanics, Design Optimization, Composite Materials, Biomechanics	Aerospace Engineering
Satish	Sharma, Ph.D.	https://electrical.sdsu.edu/faculty_websites/satish_sharma/home	Satish Sharma, Ph.D.	SDSU	Electromagnetics Antennas and Waves, Microwave Devices and Systems	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Seyed	Ali Mortazavi, Ph.D.	https://devcell.bio.uci.edu/faculty/ali-mortazavi/	Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Functional Genomics to Study Transcriptional Regulation in Development	Developmental and Cell Biology
Shangping	Ren, Ph.D.	https://cs.sdsu.edu/people/shangping-ren/	Shangping Ren, Ph.D.	SDSU	Cyber-Physical Systems, Real-Time Scheduling, Cloud Computing	Computer Science
Shaul	Mukamel, Ph.D.	https://mukamel.ps.uci.edu/	Shaul Mukamel, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Polymer, Materials, Nanoscience, Theoretical and Computational	Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Sunil	Kumar, Ph.D.	http://kumar.sdsu.edu/HomePage.html	Sunil Kumar, Ph.D.	SDSU	Wireless Networks, Multimedia Traffic, Video Compression Techniques	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tao	Xie, Ph.D.	https://taoxie.sdsu.edu/	Tao Xie, Ph.D.	SDSU	High-Performance Computing, Energy-Efficient Storage Systems, Parallel/Distributed Systems, Security-Aware Scheduling	Computer Science
Timothy	Rupert, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/tim-rupert	Timothy Rupert, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Mechanical Behavior, Nanomaterials, Structure Property Relationships, Microstructural Stability, Grain Boundaries and Interfaces, Materials Characterization	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Uduak	George, Ph.D.	https://georgelab.sdsu.edu/	Uduak George, Ph.D.	SDSU	Mathematical Biology, Fluid Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics of Tissues, Morphogenesis, Solute Transport	Mathematics
Usha	Sinha, Ph.D.	https://physics.sdsu.edu/people/usha-sinha/	Usha Sinha, Ph.D.	SDSU	Medical and Imaging Physics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Informatics	Physics
Valeria	Barra, Ph.D.	https://valeriabarra.org/	Valeria Barra, Ph.D.	SDSU	Scientific Computing, Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations That Can Arise in Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics	Mathematics
Vladimir A.	Mandelshtam, Ph.D.	https://www.chem.uci.edu/people/vladimir-mandelshtam	Vladimir A. Mandelshtam, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Theoretical and Computational Chemistry	Chemistry
Wayne B.	Hayes, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/people/wayne-hayes/	Wayne B. Hayes, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, Computer Vision Scientific and Numerical Computing	Computer Science
Wei	Wang, Ph.D.	https://wwang.sdsu.edu/	Wei Wang, Ph.D.	SDSU	Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Multimedia Networking, Breast Cancer Image Processing	Computer Science
Xaiohui	Xie, Ph.D.	https://ics.uci.edu/~xhx/	Xaiohui Xie, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Neural Computation, Machine Learning	Computer Science, Developmental and Cell Biology
Xialu	Liu, Ph.D.	https://business.sdsu.edu/departments/faculty-staff-listing/xliu	Xialu Liu, Ph.D.	SDSU	Factor Models for Multivariate and Matrix Time Series, High-Dimensional Time Series Analysis, Functional Data Analysis, Statistical Applications in Business, Engineering, and Sciences	Management Information Systems
Xiaobai	Liu, Ph.D.	https://cv.sdsu.edu/	Xiaobai Liu, Ph.D.	SDSU	Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computational Statistics and Their Applications to Clinic Diagnosis, Sports, Transportation, Surveillance, Video Games	Computer Science
Yuezhi	Mao, Ph.D.	https://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Mao	Yuezhi Mao, Ph.D.	SDSU	Development and Application of Theoretical and Computational Methods to Elucidate the Fundamental Mechanisms Involved in Chemical Problems	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yun	Wang, Ph.D.	https://engineering.uci.edu/users/yun-wang	Yun Wang, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Fuel Cells, Computational Modeling, Thermo-Fluidics, Two-Phase Flows, Electrochemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulent Combustion	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Zahra Nili	Ahmadabadi, Ph.D.	https://mechanical.sdsu.edu/people/zahra-nili-ahmadabadi	Zahra Nili Ahmadabadi, Ph.D.	SDSU	Robot Learning, Perception, Navigation, Multi-Agent Systems, Physics-Based Machine Learning	Mechanical Engineering
Zhiying	Wang, Ph.D.	https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/zhiying/	Zhiying Wang, Ph.D.	UC Irvine	Information Theory, Coding Theory for Data Storage, Modeling, Compression, Computation for Genomic Data	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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