Faculty

Faculty are recruited from the nation’s top institutions and are chosen for their teaching excellence, academic distinction, cutting-edge research and real-world experience. Students are encouraged to interact with professors in research projects.

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Aaron Enten, Ph.D., MBA, MBID

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

aenten1@uw.edu

Afra Mashhadi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Adjunct, UW iSchool

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271R

mashhadi@uw.edu

Alanna Pawlak, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Faculty adviser, UW Bothell Physics and Astronomy Club

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-341

aspawlak@uw.edu

Alaron Lewis, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240

alaron@uw.edu

Alexandre Barchechat, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352T

barcheca@uw.edu

Alexandria Theakston Musselman, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352J

mussela@uw.edu

Amy Kumar, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

amykmr@uw.edu

Andrew Abian, M.S.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352U

aabian@uw.edu

Anita Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330A

anitali@uw.edu

Annuska Zolyomi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271N

annuska@uw.edu

Anupama Tuli

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

anutuli@uw.edu

Ariana Dundon, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352S

adundon@uw.edu

Arkady Retik

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260B

aretik@uw.edu

Arnold (Arnie) Berger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-310

aberger@uw.edu

Bilin Stiber, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

bilin@uw.edu

Bill Anderson

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330C

bigbilla@uw.edu

Brandon Finley

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-330

bfinley@uw.edu

Brent Lagesse, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

lagesse@uw.edu

Brian F. Martensen, Ph.D.

Professor

Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-124B

uwbvcaa@uw.edu

Carol Shaw, CFA

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

shawca@uw.edu

Carol Zander, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

zander@uw.edu

Casey Mann

Professor

DISC-352A

cemann@uw.edu

Charity Flener Lovitt, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Faculty in First Year and Premajor Programs

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-330

lovittc@uw.edu

Charles Jackels, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

Department of Physical Sciences

jackels@uw.edu

Cinnamon Hillyard, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean for Student Success

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-124 suite

ch7@uw.edu

Claire Anderson

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW1-320

andercea@uw.edu

Clark Musselman, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352V

musselc@uw.edu

Clark Olson, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271B

cfolson@uw.edu

Cynthia Chang

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240C

cynchang@uw.edu

Dale Hockstra, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

dhock48@uw.edu

Dan Jaffe

Professor Emeritus

Department of Physical Sciences

djaffe@uw.edu

David Nixon, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-320

mitsuo@uw.edu

David Socha, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

socha@uw.edu

Dharma Dailey, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260V

ddailey@uw.edu

Dong Si, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Affiliate Professor, UW eScience

Department of Computing & Software Systems

dongsi@uw.edu

Douglas Wacker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Animal Behavior

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240E

dwacker@uw.edu

Elijah Leonen

Part-time Lecturer

Boeing Stress Engineer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW1-320

eleonen@uw.edu

Elizabeth Field, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352M

ecfield@uw.edu

Elizabeth Ostrowski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240J

eostrow@uw.edu

Emily Gismervig, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352L

emilyg27@uw.edu

Eric Brechner, Ph.D.

Affiliate Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-391

ericbrec@uw.edu

Eric P. Salathé Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Chair, Department of Physical Sciences

Department of Physical Sciences

DISC-452J

salathe@uw.edu

Erika Parsons, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260P

efuente@uw.edu

Ethan Uong

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

etuong@uw.edu

Faisal Ahmed, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Principal Applied Scientist, Oracle

Department of Computing & Software Systems

faiahmed@uw.edu

Francis Ofungwu, Msc, MBA

Affiliate Instructor

CEO, Efeeo

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-320

fofungwu@uw.edu

Frank Cioch

Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

cioch@uw.edu

Geethapriya (Geetha) Thamilarasu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Chair, Department of Computing & Software Systems

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-234

geetha@uw.edu

Gregory (Greg) Crowther, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Biological Sciences

crowther@uw.edu

Guy Hamilton, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice

Director, Center for Biotechnology Innovation & Training

Department of Biological Sciences

DISC-468

guyham@uw.edu

Han-Wei Shih, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240H

hxs273@uw.edu

Harry Aintablian, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-315

haintab@uw.edu

Heather Galindo, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Physical Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Physical Sciences

INV-240D

hgalindo@uw.edu

Hyung Kim

Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-316

hjkim3@uw.edu

Imen Elloumi-Hannachi, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice

Head of Engineering Capstone Program and Industry Partnerships

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330B

imen@uw.edu

Jaimy Tomlinson

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Physical Sciences

jaimyt@uw.edu

Javier Herrero, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

jherrero@uw.edu

Jeff Stride

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271T

jstride@uw.edu

Jeffrey Kim

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271S

jykim@uw.edu

Jeffrey S. Jensen

Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240J

jsjensen@uw.edu

Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Ph.D.

Professor

Dean, School of STEM

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-452F

jmcloud@uw.edu

Jer Steeger, Ph.D.

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

jsteeger@uw.edu

Jesse Zaneveld

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240D

zaneveld@uw.edu

Joey Shapiro Key, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Adjunct Associate Professor, UW Seattle Physics

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-343

joeykey@uw.edu

John Bridge, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor Emeritus

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

jwbridge@uw.edu

Johnny Lin, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260R

jwblin@uw.edu

Jong Yoon, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330G

wjyoon@uw.edu

Joseph (Joe) Decuir, IEEE Fellow

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330B

jdecuir@uw.edu

Kaibao Nie, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Affiliate member, UW Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-304

niek@uw.edu

Kaylea Champion, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271C

kaylea@uw.edu

Kelvin Sung

Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260O

ksung@uw.edu

Khushroo Daruwala, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-335

daruwala@uw.edu

Kim Gunnerson

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus

Department of Physical Sciences

gunnek@uw.edu

Konpal Ali

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

ksali@uw.edu

Kristina Hillesland, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240M

hilleskl@uw.edu

Laurie Anderson, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260C

lja3@uw.edu

Linda Simonsen, Ph.D.

Professor

Acting Chair, Department of Engineering & Mathematics

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352B

Simonse@uw.edu

Lori Robins, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

DISC-452G

lrobins@uw.edu

Madhava Sarma Vemuri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-329

madhava@uw.edu

Madhu Rajanna

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

madhujgd@uw.edu

Mahmoud Ghofrani

Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-317

mrani@uw.edu

Marc Dupuis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Coordinator

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260L

marcjd@uw.edu

Marc Servetnick, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Department of Biological Sciences

mds56@uw.edu

Marcel Gavriliu, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-320

mgav@uw.edu

Marina Moraiti, Ph.D.

Part-Time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW1-320

mmoraiti@uw.edu

Mark Kochanski

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

markk@uw.edu

Matthew Bruce, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Principle Engineer, Verasonics

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

mbruce@uw.edu

Matthew Carr

Part-Time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

mattcarr@uw.edu

Matthew Gliboff, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-341

glib@uw.edu

Mia Champion, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellow

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-146

miachamp@uw.edu

Michael Stiber, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-340

stiber@uw.edu

Michele B. Price, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240B

mbprice@uw.edu

Miguel Balzan, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330F

mbalzan@uw.edu

Milagros Loreto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352G

mloreto@uw.edu

Min Chen, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260K

minchen2@uw.edu

Mohammad (Atiq) Haque, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

haque@uw.edu

Morteza Chini

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

chinim@uw.edu

Munehiro Fukuda, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-136

mfukuda@uw.edu

Muntasir Raihan Rahman, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Principal Engineer, Microsoft

Department of Computing & Software Systems

mrrahman@uw.edu

Muralidhara Thimmaiah

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-331

mthimmai@uw.edu

Murat Seçkin Ayhan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-271G

msayhan@uw.edu

Nancy Kool

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260S

nlkool@uw.edu

Nebojsa Novakovic, P.E.

Affiliate Instructor

EE Advisory Task Group 1 Lead

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

nenon@uw.edu

Neil Bacon, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Physical Sciences

UW1-320

neilb@uw.edu

Nicole Hoover

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352R

nhoover@uw.edu

Paola Rodríguez Hidalgo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-325

paola@uw.edu

Peter C. Anderson

Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

DISC-452H

pca4@uw.edu

Peter Gruenbaum, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

pgruen@uw.edu

Pierre Mourad

Professor

INV-330D

doumitt@uw.edu

Pietro Paparella

Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352H

pietrop@uw.edu

Porselvi Linganathan

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Physical Sciences

plinga@uw.edu

Pragati Dode

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-320

pragyad@uw.edu

Rachel E. Scherr, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

UW2-332

rescherr@uw.edu

Rejoice Akapame

Associate Professor

Faculty Fellow for DEIJ, School of STEM

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352N

rejoicem@uw.edu

Reshmalakshmi Chandrasekharan, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW1-320

reshmac@uw.edu

Rick McLaughlin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Affiliate Assistant Professor, UW Genome Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences

INV-240G

rmclau@uw.edu

Robert Dimpsey, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

dimpsey@uw.edu

Robin Angotti

Professor Emeritus

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

riderr@uw.edu

Salwa Al-Noori

Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

saan@uw.edu

Sarah Hooper, Ph.D., FIBMS, FRSB

Affiliate Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

sarahm83@uw.edu

Scott A. Shippy, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Department of Physical Sciences

sshippy@uw.edu

Scott Thielman, Ph.D., PE

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

thielman@uw.edu

Seungkeun Choi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-313

schoi5@uw.edu

Sharon A. Jones

Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV 330J

sjones23@uw.edu

Shima Abadi

Professor

Associate Professor, UW School of Oceanography

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

INV-330H

abadi@uw.edu

Stephen (Steve) Dame, MSEE, MSCS

Part-Time Lecturer

Retired Chief Software Architect, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Department of Computing & Software Systems

sdame@uw.edu

Steve Melnikoff, Ph.D.

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

stevexm@uw.edu

Steven Collins, Ph.D., PE

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

swcollin@uw.edu

Subramanian (Subbu) Ramachandran, Ph.D.

Part-Time Lecturer (multiyear)

Department of Physical Sciences

ramacs@uw.edu

Sungho Lee, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Boeing

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

sunglee3@uw.edu

Tadesse Ghirmai, Ph.D.

Professor

Associate Dean

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-452E

tadg@uw.edu

Taiping Wang, Ph.D., PE

Affiliate Associate Professor

Department of Physical Sciences

tpwang@uw.edu

Thomas Humphries, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, Mathematics

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-352K

thumphri@uw.edu

Tracy Fields

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Physical Sciences

tracyf5@uw.edu

Tyler C. Folsom, Ph.D., PE

Part-time Lecturer

Department of Computing & Software Systems

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

DISC-362

tfolsom@uw.edu

Vishesh Khemani

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-140

visheshk@uw.edu

Walter Charczenko, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

Founder/CEO, ZTEM LLC

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

charcw@uw.edu

Warren W. Buck, III, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Founding Chancellor Emeritus

Department of Physical Sciences

HH-1319

Wbuck@uw.edu

Wayne Kimura, Ph.D.

Affiliate Professor

President (retired), STI Optronics, Inc.

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

wkimura@uw.edu

William Erdly

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department of Computing & Software Systems

erdlyww@uw.edu

William Lidster, Ph.D., CISM, CCISO, CAIE, CRMP

Affiliate Instructor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

wlidster@uw.edu

Wolf Yeigh

Professor

Chancellor Emeritus

INV-330E

yeigh@uw.edu

Wooyoung Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260U

kimw6@uw.edu

Yang Peng

Associate Professor

UW1-260T

yangpeng@uw.edu

Yangqing Liu, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Engineering & Mathematics

UW2-315

yangqing@uw.edu

Yusuf Pisan, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260Q

pisan@uw.edu

Zachary (Zak) Rubin, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-146

zarubin@uw.edu

Zhao (Joanna) Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-140

zhaow9@uw.edu

Zhengquan Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Computing & Software Systems

UW1-260H

zl352@uw.edu