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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

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Kyle Winfree

Associate Director for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor
Lab: Wearable ICP
Research interests: Wearable computing, therapeutic robotics, and brain-computer interfaces

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Isaac Shaffer

Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs, Lecturer

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Computer Science and Cybersecurity

 

Ashish Amresh

Associate Professor 
Research interests: Serious games development and game-based learning

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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

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Hayretdin Bahsi

Assistant Professor
Research interests: Machine learning to cyber security problems, security of cyber-physical systems, and digital forensics

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Khadidja Bakhti

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Satellite image classification, machine learning, deep learning, citation analysis, information retrieval, and data mining

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Bertrand Cambou

Professor
Research interests: Cybersecurity, novel secure elements, Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF), and ReRAM

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Ana Paula Chaves

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Software engineering and human computer interaction domains

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Eck Doerry

Professor
Research interests: Computer-supported cooperative work, mobile and cloud computing, health informatics, and engineering education

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Jared Duval

Assistant Professor
Lab: Playful Health Technology Lab 
Research interests: Human computer interaction, assistive technology, accessibility, and games and play

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Veera Surya Bhaskar Gali

Lecturer
Research interests: Teaching, competitive programming, software development, and event organization

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John Georgas

Vice Provost, Professor
Website: Personal
Research interests: Technologies that support healthcare, software and architectural visualization, self-adaptive software systems, software engineering pedagogy and learning, and systems-of-systems modeling

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Marco Gerosa

Professor
Lab: RESHAPE (Research on Software: Human Aspects, Practices, and Education)
Website: Personal
Research interests: Software analytics, open-source communities, and mining software repositories

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Michael Gowanlock

Associate Professor
Website: Personal
Research interests: High-performance computing, astroinformatics, and galactic habitability

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Alex Groce

Associate Professor
Research interests: Software testing, software understanding, and automated debugging

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Patrick Kelley

Adjunct Faculty
Website: Personal
Research interests: Programming, Compilers, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Virtual & Augmented Reality

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Dieter Otte

Associate Professor
Research interests: Applied computer networking, distributed systems, and software engineering

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James Palmer

Associate Dean, Professor
Research interests: Computer graphics, virtual worlds, and computer science pedagogy

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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

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Volodymyr “Vova” Saruta

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Tayyaba Shaheen

Lecturer
Research interests: Artificial intelligence and computer science

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Igor Steinmacher

Assistant Professor
Lab: RESHAPE Lab (Research on Software: Human Aspects, Practices, and Education)
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

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Olutosin Taiwo

Assistant Professor
Research interests: Database management, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, information security, and cyber security

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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.

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Morgan Vigil-Hayes

Associate Professor
Lab: Community Aware Networks & Information Systems (CANIS)
Research interests: Computer networking, data mining, and network-based human interactions

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Andy Wang

Professor
Website: MRTL
Lab: Metrology Research and Teaching Laboratory
Research interests: Metrology, component-based software development, trustworthy computing, cyber-physical systems, and computer science education

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Lan Zhang

Assistant Professor
Research interests: AI for cybersecurity focusing on vulnerabilities, threats, and defenses in deep learning models

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Information Technology

 

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Troy Adams

Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Cybersecurity, information technology, cyber ethics, and programming

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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

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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.

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Michael Batina

Associate Teaching Professor
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Jeannie Copley

Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Technology in teaching and learning, Data Analytics, and Data Science

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Cindy Du

Part-Time Faculty
Research interests: ERP and Database management and project management

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Linda Hamons

Associate Teaching Professor
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Crystal Hepp

Associate Professor
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Huan Huang

Part-Time Faculty
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Nathan Kang

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Rick Keeling

Associate Teaching Professor
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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

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Dewei Meng

Part-Time Faculty
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Kevin Shumway

Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Human-computer interaction [HCI], web design and accessibility, information systems and management, digital media development and distribution

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Zeshan Siddiqui

Part-Time Faculty
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Steve Wang

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Computational Biology, Data Science, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Quantum Computing

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Zhenyu Wu

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Develop bioinformatics tools for metagenomics datasets analysis, and informatics systems

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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

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Dawei Xue

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Network modeling, system reliability, and optimization algorithms

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Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering

 

Paul Bakke

Assistant Teaching Professor
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Carlo daCunha

Assistant Professor
Lab: Complex Systems Laboratory (C lab)
Research interests: Electronic materials and devices, nonlinear and stochastic physics, and cyber physical systems

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Julie Heynssens

Associate Teaching Professor
Research Interests: Electronic circuits, semiconductor materials, and engineering analysis

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Murali “Mike” Kosgi

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Circuits, power and control systems, and electric machinery

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Mirza Maswood

Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Data structure, Python programming, machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, secure hardware, malware analysis, and applied cryptography

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Tuy Nguyen

Assistant Professor
Lab: Digital Systems Design Lab (DSD LAB)
Research interests: Cryptography, homomorphic encryption, hardware security, and system-on-chip design  

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Jie Yang

Associate Teaching Professor
Research interests: Microprocessors and signals and systems

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Venkata Yaramasu

Associate Professor
Research interests: Wind and photovoltaic energy, high power converters, and model predictive control

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Bruce Mackie

Assistant Professor of Practice
Research interests: Electrical engineering with power courses and new power generation technologies

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Alexander Maurer

Assistant Teaching Professor
Research interests: Neuroscience applications of statistical signal processing and detection and estimation algorithms for target tracking

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Rodolfo Echavarria Solis

Assistant Teaching Professor
Professional interests: Electrical and electronic circuits, power electronics, and scientific dissemination

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Ecoinformatics

 

Jarrett “Jay” Barber

Associate Professor
Research interests: Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, and ecological and environmental applications

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Logan Berner

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Terrestrial ecology, climate change, and remote sensing

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Chris Doughty

Associate Professor
Lab: Doughty Lab
Research interests: Climate change, biodiversity loss, forest carbon cycling, and remote sensing

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Scott Goetz

Regents’ Professor
Lab: Global Earth Observation & Dynamics of Ecosystems (GEODE)
Research interests: Ecosystem responses to environmental change, arctic biodiversity, and remote sensing

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Kevin Gurney

Professor
Lab: The Gurney Lab
Research interests: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon cycle, and urban biogeochemistry

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Chris Hakkenberg

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Biodiversity, forest structure and dynamics, landscape and community ecology, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, conservation, and urbanization

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Patrick Jantz

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Forest canopy structure, geoinformatics, remote sensing, and sustainable development

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Kiona Ogle

Professor
Lab: Ecological Synthesis Lab
Research interests: Ecological synthesis and analysis and Bayesian applications in ecology

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Andrew Richardson

Regents’ Professor
Lab: Terrestrial Ecosystems and Global Change
Research interests: Terrestrial ecosystems, forest ecology, and the carbon cycle

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Benjamin Ruddell

Professor
Lab: Complex Systems Informatics Lab (CSIL)
Research interests: Hydrology, complex systems, and data-driven university education

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Richard Rushforth

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Adaptive water management, socio-hydrology, and water policy

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Temuulen “Teki” Sankey

Professor
Lab: Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Lab
Research interests: Remote sensing, data fusion, UAV image analysis, geospatial analysis, geoinformatics, geostatistics, and GIS

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Alexander F. Shenkin

Assistant Research Professor
Lab: Shenkin Lab
Research interests: Scaling tree and forest canopy traits to ecosystem structure and carbon cycling

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Health and Bioinformatics

 

Tara Furstenau

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Bioinformatics, computational biology, metagenomic analysis, and pathogen detection

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Joseph Mihaljevic

Assistant Professor
Research interests: Ecological informatics, multi-pathogen communities, and infectious diseases

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Marc Tollis

Assistant Professor
Research interests: Phylogenetics, molecular evolution, comparative genomics, and cancer evolution

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Research Staff

 

Kelsey Banister

Research Assistant
Research Interests :  Ranavirus genetics and genomics, pathogen detection across Arizona, disease modeling, and genetic epidemiology

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Ian Burke

Electrical Engineer
Lab: NAU Cybersecurity Lab
Research interests: Hardware integration with computer memories for Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF)

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Patrick Burns

Senior Research Scientist
Research interests: Earth observation, remote sensing, lidar, and hyperspectral imaging

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Pawlok Dass

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research interests: Carbon cycle, biogeochemistry, terrestrial biosphere, climate change, earth system science, energy, and geospatial data science

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Michael Fell

Application Systems Analyst / Programmer

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Ana Kato

Postdoctoral Scholar
Research interests: Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon cycle, GIS and remote sensing, and environmental policy

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Affiliates

 

Bruce Hungate

Regents’ Professor
Research interests:  Ecology and management of global change and microbial ecology from humans to the globe

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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

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Nicholas McKay

Associate Professor, School of Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability
Lab: Intelligent Control Systems (ICONS)
Research interests: Climate science, paleoclimate, data analysis, and data synthesis

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Jason Sahl

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: Infectious disease genomics, comparative genomics, and bioinformatics algorithm development
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David Trilling

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research interests: Solar system evolution, observational planetary astronomy, and data mining

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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

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School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (Building #90)
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Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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