Meet Our New Faculty
Chosen for their outstanding research achievements to date and for what they will contribute to engineering, to UB and to their professions, our new faculty members will lead us in new directions and push us to ever greater achievements. We are delighted to welcome them to UB.
20 new faculty hired in 2022
We welcome 20 new faculty members this semester, who are renowned for their research and educational expertise. They represent world-class excellence in areas such as advanced transportation systems, energy optimization, medical imaging, computer security, machine learning, edge and distributed computing, supply chain design, health information technology, belonging and persistence in engineering education, precision health solutions, and robotics.
Mini-biographies of each of our new faculty members, including their areas of research expertise, work experience, prior degrees, and other noteworthy information, is available here.
Biomedical Engineering
Junghun Cho, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Austin Angulo, Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Kamran Nemati, Professor of Practice
Computer Science and Engineering
Tom Hayes, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Andrew Hirsch, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Kaiyi Ji, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Haonan Lu, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Eric Mikida, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Computer Science and Engineering
Chen Wang, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Yaxiong Xie, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Eunsil Lee, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Doga Yucalan, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Gohar Azeem, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sabrina Casucci, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Robert Dell, Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Abbas Keramati, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Diana Ramirez-Rios, Assistant Professor
Materials Design and Innovation
Scott Broderick, Associate Professor
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Leonid Khinkis, Associate Professor of Teaching
8 new faculty hired in 2021
Computer Science and Engineering
Paul Dickson, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Computer Science and Engineering
Ifeoma Nwogu, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Nazmus Sakib, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Computer Science and Engineering
Alina Vereshchaka, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Computer Science and Engineering
Jinjun Xiong, Empire Innovation Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Zhuoyue Zhao, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Jill Martiniuk, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sangwoo Shin, Assistant Professor
18 new faculty hired in 2020
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ashlee Ford Versypt, Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Viviana Monje-Galvan, Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Miao Yu, Empire Innovation Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Yinyin Ye, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Nasrin Akhter, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Computer Science and Engineering
Hongxin Hu, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Siwei Lyu, Empire Innovation Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Xianghang (Scott) Mi, Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Nalini Ratha, Empire Innovation Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Ziming Zhao, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Jian-Ping Zheng, Empire Innovation Professor
Engineering Education
Alice Nightingale, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Engineering Education
Matilde Sanchez-Pena, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Corey Schimpf, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Cecilia Martinez Leon, Associate Professor of Teaching
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jiaoyan Li, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jun Liu, Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ryan St. Pierre, Assistant Professor