New SEAS Faculty 2022-2023
The School of Engineering & Applied Science is proud to welcome its newest faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. The large influx of faculty members – 13 so far, with more to be announced soon – marks the rapid growth of the School and investment in the research areas illustrated in the SEAS Strategic Vision.
The latest faculty arrivals are valuable additions to the biomedical, chemical and environmental, computer science, electrical, and mechanical engineering and materials science departments. Their expertise includes sustainability, artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and optoelectronic materials.
Upon their arrival, we asked these new faculty members questions about their work, their motivations, potential collaborations, and much more. Click below to learn more about each of our latest faculty:
Biomedical Engineering
Cristina Rodríguez: Developing Optical Microscopy Tools for Deep Tissue in vivo Imaging of the Nervous System
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Lea Winter: Electrified Processes at the Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Nexus
Computer Science
Arman Cohan: Research at the Intersection of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Ben Fisch: Increasing Privacy and Verifiability on the Internet
Tesca Fitzgerald: Developing Algorithms to Help Robots Adapt to Novel Situations
Daniel Rakita: Teaching Robot Manipulators to Effectively Move in the World Around Us
Katerina Sotiraki: Advancing Cryptography to Protect Against Quantum Attacks
Alex Wong: Providing Perception to Enable Autonomous Tasks
Rex Ying: Applying Graphs to Advance Artificial Intelligence
Manolis Zampetakis: Seeking a Deeper Understanding of Machine Learning Methods
Fan Zhang: Creating a More Secure and Robust Blockchain
Electrical Engineering
Mengxia Liu: Advancing the Next-Generation of Optoelectronic Materials
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Yimin Luo: Harnessing Out-of-Equilibrium Phenomena for Functional Materials