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Hal Daumé III
AIM Director // Volpi-Cupal Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Language Science
hal3@umd.edu
Neda Atanasoski
AIM Associate Director of Education // Professor and Chair of the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
natanaso@umd.edu
Sheena Erete
AIM Associate Director of Research // Associate Professor in the College of Information
serete@umd.eduAIM Staff

Charlotte Avery
Program Impact Manager
cjavery@umd.edu
Mel. Coles
Program Manager, Engagement, Events & Special Projects
mcoles@umd.edu
Emily Hartz
Executive Director of Administration and Operations
ehartz@umd.edu
Alyssa Ryan
Program Director, Academic Program Operations
aneuner@umd.edu
Melissa Tellez
Program Coordinator
mtellez1@umd.eduAIM Affiliates

Omar Agha
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
oagha@umd.edu
Wei Ai
Assistant Professor, College of Information
aiwei@umd.edu
Victor V. Albert
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
vva@umd.edu
Yiannis Aloimonos
Professor, Department of Computer Science, UMIACS, ISR, MRC, NACS
jyaloimo@umd.edu
Juan Angueyra
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Brain Behavior Institute
angueyra@umd.edu
Christopher Antoun
Assistant Professor, College of Information; Joint Program in Survey Methodology
antoun@umd.edu
Malarvizhi Arulraj
Assistant Research Scientist, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
marulraj@umd.edu
Bahar Asgari
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
bahar@umd.edu
Bilal Ayyub
Professor and Director, ENCE Center for Technology and Systems Management
ba@umd.edu
Behtash Babadi
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
behtash@umd.edu
Jennifer Bachner
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health
jbachner@umd.edu
Radu Balan
Professor, Mathematics and AMSC Program Director
rvbalan@umd.edu
Manik Bali
NOAA/CISSES/Vice Chair GSICS Data Working Group
manik.bali@noaa.gov
Paulo Bedaque
Professor, Physics
bedaque@umd.edu
Calin Belta
Brendan Iribe Endowed Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science
calin@umd.edu
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, PhD
Director, MFA in Creative Writing, English
lyb@umd.edu
Abhinav Bhatele
Associate Professor, Computer Science
bhatele@cs.umd.edu
Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir
Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics, DOIT
mbjarnad@umd.edu
Hassanatu Blake, PhD, MPH, MBA
Associate Clinical Professor & Director of Global Health Undergraduate Program, GEOH Dept.
hblake@umd.edu
Tonia Bleam
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Linguistics
tbleam@umd.edu
Jordan Boyd-Graber
Professor, Computer Science/UMIACS/Language Science Center/College of Information
ying@umd.edu
Holly Brewer
Burke Professor & Associate Professor, Department of History
hbrewer@umd.edu
DeNeen L. Brown
Professor of Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism at University of Maryland
dbrown45@umd.edu
Cody Buntain
Assistant Professor, College of Information
cbuntain@umd.edu
Dr. James Butler III
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health
jbutler9@umd.edu
Dan Butts
Associate Professor, Dept of Biology; Grad Programs: NACS, AMSC, ECE, Biophysics
dab@umd.edu
Zikui Cai
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science
zikui@umd.edu
Maria Cameron
Professor, Department of Mathematics
mariakc@umd.edu
Susan Campbell
Associate Research Scientist, ARLIS; Senior Lecturer, College of Information
susanc@umd.edu
Fabrizio Cariani
Professor and Chair, Philosophy
fabrizio@umd.edu
Marine Carpuat
Associate Professor, Computer Science
marine@umd.edu
Sumanta Chatterjee
Faculty Assistant, Department of Environmental Science and Technology
schatt24@umd.eduJie Chen
Professor & Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Director, Center on Aging
jichen@umd.edu
Po-Yen Chen
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UMD
checp@umd.edu
Artem Chernikov
Michael Brin Endowed Professor of Mathematics
artem@umd.edu
Amanda Chicoli
Lecturer, Department of Psychology
achicoli@umd.edu
Kamal Chowdhury
Assistant Research Scientist, ESSIC
kchy@umd.edu
Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia
Assistant Professor, College of Information
gciampag@umd.edu
Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
dcristof@umd.edu
Qingbin Cui
Build America Center
cui@umd.eduLins Derry
Artist in Residence, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
derry@umd.edu
Waverly Ding
Associate Professor, R.H. Smith School of Business
wding@umd.edu
Audran Downing
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Humanities

Tudor Dumitras
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
tudor@umd.edu
Ramani Duraiswami
Professor, Computer Science
ramanid@umd.edu
Sanghamitra Dutta
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
sanghamd@umd.edu
Roger Eastman
Director, Immersive Media Design // Professor of the Practice, Computer Science
reastman@umd.edu
Evan Economo
Gahan Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology
economo@umd.edu
Sarah Eno
Professor, Department of Physics
eno@umd.edu
Soheil Feizi
Associate Professor, Computer Science
sfeizi@cs.umd.edu
Naomi Feldman
Professor, Linguistics and UMIACS
nhf@umd.edu
Cornelia Fermüller
Research Scientist, UMIACS and University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing
fermulcm@umd.edu
Steve Fetter
Professor, School of Public Policy

Nicholas Finio
Associate Director, Assistant Research Professor, NCSG
nfinio@umd.edu
Vanessa Frías Martínez
Associate Professor, College of Information and UMIACS
vfrias@umd.edu
Nancy Gallagher
Director, CISSM and Research Professor, School of Public Policy
ngallag@umd.edu
Ruohan Gao
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
rhgao@umd.edu
Rodolphe Gentili
Department of Kinesiology; Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program; Maryland Robotics Center; Institute for Systems Research
rodolphe@umd.edu
Elisa Gironzetti
Associate Director, SLLC; Associate Professor, Deptartment of Spanish and Portuguese
elisag@umd.edu
Tom Goldstein
Volpi-Cupal Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS
tomg@umd.edu
Elias Gonzalez
Lecturer, Computer Science
egonzal5@umd.edu
Valentin Guigon
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology
vguigon@umd.edu
Anil K. Gupta
Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Smith School of Business
agupta@umd.edu
Mohammad Hajiaghayi
Professor, Computer Science
hajiagha@umd.edu
Chester Harvey
Transportation and Data Science Director, National Center for Smart Growth
cwharvey@umd.edu
Naeemul Hassan
Assistant Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism and College of Information
nhassan@umd.edu
Belinda Qian He
Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (CMS and EALC), College of Arts and Humanities
qianh11@umd.edu
Xiaoming (Shawn) He
Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering
shawnhe@umd.edu
Andres Hernandez-Serna
Principal Faculty Specialist, Geographical Sciences
andreshs@umd.edu
Kathryn Howell
Director, National Center for Smart Growth; Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
klhowell@umd.edu
Xiaodi (Sara) Hu
Faculty Specialist, Department of Psychology
xh2eq@umd.edu
Yi Ting Huang
Director, Language Science Center; Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
ythuang1@umd.edu
Min Huang
Scientist, ESSIC/CMNS
minhuang@umd.edu
Furong Huang
Associate Professor, Computer Science
furongh@umd.edu
Bronson Hui
Assistant Prof of Second Language Acquisition, School of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures
bhui@umd.edu
Kayo Ide
Associate Professor in College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
ide@umd.edu
Chad Infante
Assistant Professor, Department of English
cinfante@umd.edu
Mohit Iyyer
Associate Professor, Computer Science
miyyer@cs.umass.edu
Katherine Worboys Izsak
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Information
kworboys@umd.edu
David Jacobs
Professor, Computer Science
djacobs@cs.umd.edu
Zubin Jelveh
Assistant Professor, College of Information & Criminology and Criminal Justice
zjelveh@umd.edu
Alison Jovanovic
Secondary/K-12 Program Coordinator and Secondary Social Studies Coordinator
ajovanov@umd.edu
Hernisa Kacorri
Associate Professor, College of Information & UMIACS
hernisa@umd.edu
Vaishnav Kameswaran
Postdoctoral Researcher, Values-Centered AI
vaikam@umd.edu
Ritesh Karki
Senior Faculty Specialist, Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
rkarki13@umd.edu
Jonathan Katz
AIM Security and Privacy SME; Professor of Computer Science
jkatz@cs.umd.edu
Fengfeng Ke
Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
fke@umd.edu
Cy Keener
Associate Professor of Emerging Technology, Department of Art
cykeener@umd.edu
Brian Kim
Associate Research Professor, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Director of Social Data Science major
kimbrian@umd.edu
Michael Kio
Research Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
mkio@umd.edu
Matthew Kirschenbaum
Distinguished University Professor, Department of English

Frauke Kreuter
Director, Social Data Science Center // Professor, Joint Program in Survey Methodology
fkreuter@umd.edu
Hemendra Kumar, Ph.D
Precision Agriculture Faculty
hemendra@umd.edu
Sylvette A. La Touche-Howard, PhD, NCC, CHES
Assistant Dean of Public Health Practice & Community Engagement, School of Public Health
latouche@umd.edu
Daniel Lathrop
Professor, Physics and Geology; Affiliate in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
lathrop@umd.edu
Mei-Ling Ting Lee
Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Department

Teng Li
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
lit@umd.eduAng Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
angliece@umd.edu
Menglu Liang
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
mliang23@umd.edu
Xin-Zhong Liang
Professor, AOSC/ESSIC, CMNS
xliang@umd.edu
Jeffrey Lidz
Professor & Chair, Department of Linguistics
jlidz@umd.eduHuang Lin
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
hlin1239@umd.edu
Lizhen Lin
Professor and Director, Statistics Program, Department of Mathematics
lizhen01@umd.edu
Ming Lin
Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science
lin@umd.edu
Jing Liu
Director, Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation// Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
jliu28@umd.edu
Alan Zaoxing Liu
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
zaoxing@umd.edu
Alexis Lothian
Associate Professor, Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
alothian@umd.edu
Tianzhou Ma
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Dinesh Manocha
Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering
dmanocha@umd.edu
John Martin
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
jrmartin@umd.edu
Andressa Martinez
Assistant Professor, Architecture
acpm@umd.edu
Silvina Matysiak
Associate Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering
matysiak@umd.edu
Sarah McGrew
Assistant Professor, College of Education
mcgrew@umd.edu
Julia Mendelsohn
Assistant Professor, College of Information and Department of Government and Politics
juliame@umd.edu
Christopher Metzler
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
metzler@umd.edu
Yifei Mo
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
yfmo@umd.edu
Minoo Modaresnezhad
Associate Clinical Professor, Information Systems
mmodares@umd.edu
Abdirisak Mohamed
Adjunct Lecturer, College of Information; Science Academy
amoham70@umd.edu
Maria J. Molina
Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
mjmolina@umd.edu
Isaac Moradi
Research Scientist, ESSIC/CISESS, NASA Global Modelling and Assimilation Office
imoradi@umd.edu
Jeffrey Moro
Assistant Clinical Professor, MITH/AADHum

Irina Muresanu
Professor of Violin, School of Music; Affiliate Faculty, UMIACS
muresanu@umd.edu
Jennifer Rae Myers
Assistant Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
jrmyers@umd.edu
Catherine Nakalembe
Assistant Professor, Geographical Sciences
cnakalem@umd.edu
Xiaoli Nan
Professor, Department of Communication
nan@umd.edu
Masoud Negahban-Azar
Associate Professor, Sustainability Analytics and Water Resources Management
mnazar@umd.edu
Thu Nguyen
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
ttxn@umd.edu
José A. Ortiz
Assistant Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
jortiz5@umd.edu
Michael Otte
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
otte@umd.edu
Balaji Padmanabhan
Director, Center for AI in Business; Dean's Professor of Dean's Professor of Decisions, Operations & Information Technologies
bpadmana@umd.edu
Susannah Paletz
Associate Professor, College of Information; Director of OTTRS
paletz@umd.edu
Christopher Palmer
Assistant Professor, Physics
capalmer@umd.edu
Dhruti Patel
Senior Agent/Associate Professor, AGNR, UM of Extension
dhrutip@umd.edu
Huaishu Peng
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
huaishu@umd.edu
Alejandro Pérez Belda
Assistant Clinical Professor & World Language Program Coordinator, College of Education

Brian Pierce
Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics and Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research
pierce@umd.edu
Nihat Polat
Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education; TLPL Department Chair
npolat@umd.edu
Yueming (Lucy) Qiu
Professor, School of Public Policy
yqiu16@umd.edu
Hawra Rabaan
Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Information
hrabaan@umd.edu
Shenqiang Ren
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Thanicha Ruangmas
Faculty Leader, Office of Undergraduate Research

Ilai Z. Saltzman
Associate Research Professor & Director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
saltzman@umd.edu
Wendy Sanhai, Ph.D., MBA
Professor of Practice, Department of Management and Organization
wsanhai@umd.edu
Kasra Sardashti
Research Lead, Laboratory for Physical Sciences
ksardash@umd.edu
Andrew Schonebaum
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
schone@umd.edu
Campbell Scribner
Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
cfscrib@umd.edu
Katie Shilton
Professor, College of Information
kshilton@umd.edu
Snehesh Shrestha
Adjunct Faculty, Immersive Media Design
snehesh@umd.edu
Abhinav Shrivastava
Associate Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS
abhinav2@umd.edu
Patrick Stegmann
Associate Research Scientist, UMD ESSIC & NASA GSFC
pstegman@umd.edu
Musa Subasi
msubasi@umd.edu
Yang Tao
Professor, BIOE & Maryland Robotics Center
ytao@umd.edu
Mohammad Nayeem Teli
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
nayeem@umd.edu
Katelin Ten
Computational Arts and Humanities Associate, AADHum/MITH
ktengeya@umd.edu
Stephen Thomas
Professor and Dir. Maryland Center for Health Equity, Senior Advisor for Community Engagement NIH-NIDA
sbt@umd.edu
Nestor Tiglao
Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
ntiglao@umd.edu
Pratap Tokekar
Associate Professor, Computer Science
tokekar@umd.edu
Daniel Trielli
Assistant Professor of Media and Democracy, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
dtrielli@umd.eduNeslihan Uler
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
neslihan@umd.edu
Uzi Vishkin
Professor, UMIACS and Electrical and Computer Engineering
vishkin@umd.edu
Rianna Walcott
Associate Director of BCaT Lab; Assistant Professor of Communication
rwalcott@umd.edu
Janet Walkoe
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership
jwalkoe@umd.edu
YuHuang Wang
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
yhw@umd.edu
Derek Willis
Lecturer in Data and Computational Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
dpwillis@umd.edu
Yiqun Xie
Assistant Professor, Geospatial Information Science
xie@umd.edu
Mumu Xu
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Institute for Systems Research
mumu@umd.edu
Haizhao Yang
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
hzyang@umd.edu
Chunyan Yang
Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education
yangcy@umd.edu
Ji Seung Yang
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
jsyang@umd.edu
Fumeng Yang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
fmy@umd.edu
Hong-Zhou Ye
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & IPST
hzyang@umd.eduJulie Yelle
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
jyelle@umd.edu
Jinwoong Yoo
Assistant Research Scientist, ESSIC
jinwoong.yoo@nasa.gov
Dahai Yue
dhyue@umd.edu
Tracy Zeeger
Assistant Dean of Public Health Practice & Community Engagement, School of Public Health
tzeeger@umd.edu
Ning Zeng
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
zeng@umd.edu
Qingyuan Zhang
Scientist, ESSIC
qyzhang@umd.edu
Kaiqing Zhang
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Institute for Systems Research
kaiqing@umd.edu
Yunfeng Zhang
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
zyf@umd.edu
Kunpeng Zhang
Associate Professor, Information Systems
kpzhang@umd.edu
Tianyi Zhou
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and UMIACS
tianyi.david.zhou@gmail.com
Lamia Zia
Lecturer, Communication Department
Lami1@umd.edu
Justyna P. Zwolak
Mathematician, National Institute of Standards & Technology
jpzwolak@umd.edu