2015 New Faculty by News@Northeastern - Contributor October 27, 2015 Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter A Class of Our Own “The faculty is an immense resource of really smart people, and a majority of the great ideas are going to come from them.” — James C. Bean, the university’s new provost, shares his vision for the future of a unique university. The brave new world of computer security In an age of increasingly sophisticated computer hacks, new professor Cristina Nita-Rotaru designs systems that can withstand misconfigurations and cyberattacks. CAMD’s new dean sees ‘rich environment full of possibilities’ In her first weeks as the new dean, Hudson says she’s been impressed with the vibrancy, excitement, and academic and creative strengths within the College of Arts, Media and Design. The business of innovation Fernando Suarez, the new Jean C. Tempel Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, wants to help grow the university’s reputation within the innovation and entrepreneurial fields. New professor works to protect digital privacy Stratis Ioannidis wants to build the world’s best targeted mobile advertising system, a platform that presents highly relevant ads to consumers while simultaneously protecting their privacy. Word power Ellen Cushman’s research centers on literacy in tribal and urban communities, with a particular focus on exploring language’s role in the everyday struggle for dignity, respect, and change. The future of journalism Jonathan Kaufman, the new director of Northeastern’s School of Journalism, holds forth on what attracted him to the university, which media organizations journalism students should follow on Twitter, and what makes the best news stories. Using genetics to inform conservation New assistant professor Kathleen Lotterhos of Northeastern’s Marine Science Center uncovers clues to environmental sustainability by using genetic analyses to study species from pine trees to Pacific rockfish. New dean seeks to advance patient care Nancy Hanrahan says, “Nurses are the perfect vectors for influencing public health change.” The legal landscape of information security Andrea Matwyshyn, a new professor in the School of Law, examines the intersection of innovation and law, particularly focusing on information NEW TENURED AND TENURE TRACK FACULTY Bouvé College of Health Sciences Nancy Hanrahan Dean and professor, School of Nursing; Associate dean, Bouvé College of Health Sciences PhD: Boston College Scholarship focus: psychiatric nursing research in health policy; impact of healthcare models and systems on mental health patient care outcomes Jeanne Madden Associate Professor PhD: Harvard University Scholarship focus: pharmaceutical health policy; impacts of insurance coverage changes; access to and affordability of medications; mental health Hermine Poghosyan Assistant clinical professor PhD: University of Massachusetts Boston Scholarship focus: cancer health disparities, quality of life and symptoms of patients with cancer; tobacco control and smoking cessation interventions Christine Rizzo Associate Professor PhD: University of Southern California Scholarship focus: research in adolescent dating violence and associated risk behaviors; mental health disorders in adolescence Jane Saczynski Associate Professor PhD: Pennsylvania State University Scholarship focus: cognitive function, dementia, and delirium, with a focus in how cognitive status impacts chronic disease management Carmel Salhi Assistant Professor ScD: Harvard School of Public Health Scholarship focus: neuropsychological research in cultural health disparities; effects of socioeconomic status and childhood trauma on psychological development Joshua Stefanik Assistant Professor PhD: Boston University School of Medicine Scholarship focus: risk factors, mechanisms, biomechanics, and treatments for knee osteoarthritis and pain with a focus on the patellofemoral joint Eugene Tunik Associate Professor PhD: Rutgers University Scholarship focus: neuroscience research into motor control/ motor learning in health and in disease (stroke and brain injury); impact on rehabilitation College of Arts, Media and Design Meryl Alper Assistant professor PhD: University of Southern California Scholarship focus: the intersection of communication technology and health/disability Ryan Ellis Assistant professor PhD: University of California, San Diego Scholarship focus: communication infrastructure sustainability and resilience; cybersecurity Ryan Ellis Assistant professor PhD: University of California, San Diego Scholarship focus: communication infrastructure sustainability and resilience; cybersecurity Daniel Godfrey Professor and chair, Department of Music PhD: University of Iowa Scholarship focus: new classical music composition Kian Goh Assistant professor PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scholarship focus: urban climate change; social justice and urban design Sarah Kanouse Associate professor MFA: University of Illinois Scholarship focus: art and the environment; art and social justice Jonathan Kaufman Professor and director, School of Journalism MA: Harvard University Scholarship focus: business journalism Andrew Mall Assistant professor PhD: University of Chicago Scholarship focus: ethnomusicology; Christian music John Wihbey Assistant professor MS: Columbia University Scholarship focus: Big Data journalism; future of journalism College of Computer and Information Science Michelle Borkin Assistant professor PhD: Harvard University Scholarship focus: developing visualization techniques and tools for multiple scientific and engineering domains as well as investigating fundamental principles of perception and cognition as it relates to data visualization Ehsan Elhamifar Assistant professor PhD: Johns Hopkins University Scholarship focus: developing provably correct and efficient data analysis algorithms that can address the challenges inherent in complex and large-scale high-dimensional datasets Starts January 2016 Cristina Nita-Rotaru Professor PhD: Johns Hopkins University Scholarship focus: practical systems and network protocols that are robust to failures and attacks while coping with the resource constraints existent in computing systems and networks Jonathan Ullman Assistant professor PhD: Harvard University Scholarship focus: privacy-preserving data analysis and its connections to cryptography, machine learning, mechanism design Lu Wang Assistant professor PhD(candidate): Cornell University Scholarship focus: developing natural language processing and machine learning techniques to help people understand and learn from large-scale text data with inherent noise College of Engineering Muhammad Noor E Alam Assistant Professor PhD: University of Alberta (Canada) Scholarship focus: applied operations research; large-scale optimization; and data analytics Mahshid Amirabadi Assistant Professor PhD: Texas A&M University design, modeling, and control of power converters; power electronics for renewable energy systems; microgrids; variable speed drives and wireless power transfer Qianqian Fang Assistant Professor PhD: Dartmouth College Scholarship focus: medical imaging and biomedical optics Stratis Ioannidis Assistant Professor PhD: University of Toronto (Canada) Scholarship focus: Big Data; machine learning; privacy; distributed systems Ryan Koppes Assistant Professor PhD: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship focus: neural interface technology; tissue engineering; and musculoskeletal biomechanicsy Stratis Ioannidis Assistant Professor PhD: University of Toronto (Canada) Scholarship focus: Big Data; machine learning; privacy; distributed systems Taskin Padir Assistant Professor PhD: Purdue University Scholarship focus: modeling and control of robot systems; human-in-the-loop robot control; and realization of medical cyberphysical systems Ameet Pinto Assistant Professor PhD: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Scholarship focus: microbial ecology and physiology; public health microbiology; biological water and wastewater systems Starts January 2016 Hanumant Singh Joint appointment with COS: Professor PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scholarship focus: robotic sensors, systems, platforms, and algorithms including high-resolution optical and acoustic sensing; underwater vehicles Starts January 2016 Nikolai Slavov Assistant professor PhD: Princeton University Scholarship focus: ribosome-mediated translational regulation, coordination of cell growth, and differentiation; statistical inference, mass-spectrometry; quantitative systems biology; bioinformatics and genomics; metabolism; microfluidics John Whitney Assistant professor PhD: Harvard University Scholarship focus: advancing robotics, microrobotics, and machine design through fundamental developments in manufacturing, materials, and improving the underlying physical performance of robot hardware Starts January 2016 Hongli Zhu Assistant professor PhD: South China University of Technology (China) Scholarship focus: advanced manufacturing; multifunctional bio-inspired material from nature; sustainable energy storage; nano/micro fabrication of devices and materials; bendable, implantable, and biocompatible electronics Starts January 2016 College of Science Javier Apfeld Assistant professor PhD: University of California, San Francisco Scholarship focus: neuronal redox balance; neurodegenerative disease and aging James Halverson Assistant professor PhD: University of Pennsylvania Scholarship focus: string theory and phenomenology; mathematical physics Bryan Spring Assistant professor PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Scholarship focus: biomedical physics and cancer biology Kathleen Lotterhos Assistant professor PhD: Florida State University Scholarship focus: climate change, dispersal, and gene flow; genetic drift and selection Justin Crane Assistant professor PhD: McMaster University (Canada) Scholarship focus: aging, obesity, and tissue repair; remodeling; cellular senescence and protein quality control College of Social Sciences and Humanities Daniel Aldrich Professor PhD: Harvard University Scholarship focus: security and resilience studies Jose Buscaglia Professor and chair, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures PhD: University of Buffalo Scholarship focus: Caribbean, Latin American and Latino studies Ellen Cushman Professor PhD: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship focus: civic sustainability Candice Delmas Assistant professor PhD: Boston University Scholarship focus: social and political philosophy Patrick Legros Distinguished Professor PhD: California Institute of Technology Scholarship focus: industrial organization Starts January 2016 D’Amore-McKim School of Business Saurabh Ambulkar Assistant Professor PhD: Iowa State University Scholarship focus: recovering from supply chain disruptions, resiliency in supply chains, innovation risks and responding to market uncertainties and business risks Jianqui Bai Assistant Professor Phd: University of Southern California Scholarship focus: organizational form and firm productivity; financial frictions arising from deregulation and industry productivity; and financial disclosure decisions and corporate policies Yakov Bart Assistant Professor Phd: University of California, Berkeley Scholarship focus: digital marketing, social media; advertising effectiveness and online trust Parker Ellen Assistant Professor PhD: Florida State University Scholarship focus: leader political support; political skill and organizational life; and teamwork Amir Grinstein Associate professor PhD: The Hebrew University (Israel) Scholarship focus: pro-social marketing, sustainability, and healthcare; international marketing; marketing strategy Patrick Hurley Assistant Professor PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison Scholarship focus: auditors’ judgment and decision-making in auditing; experimental economics; and determinants and impacts of risk and trust in economic decisions Samina Karim Associate professor PhD: University of Michigan Scholarship focus: innovation in multi-business organizations; business reconfiguration; acquisitions and alliances in competitive global markets Daniele Mathras Assistant professor PhD: Arizona State University Scholarship focus: effects of cultural belief systems on consumer behavior and well-being; transformative service research in the healthcare domain Jennifer Nichol Assistant professor PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Scholarship focus: judgment and decision-making in managerial accounting, incentive contract framing and professional misconduct, and experimental designs Mary Steffel Assistant professor PhD: University of Florida and Princeton University Scholarship focus: social judgment and decision making; experimental research methods; studies choice delegation, gift giving, and overcoming barriers to gauging others’ preferences Fernando Suarez Jean C. Tempel Professor PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scholarship focus: technology strategy, innovation management, first-mover advantages, industry evolution, emergence of technology platforms, strategic decision-making under uncertainty, and the relationship between product and service strategies Lloyd Tanlu Assistant professor DBA: Harvard University Scholarship focus: corporate governance, performance measurement, and executive compensation Kuncheng Zheng Assistant professor PhD: University of Michigan Scholarship focus: competition in the banking industry, strategic under-reporting of bank risk, and market-making contracts School of Law Andrea Matwyshyn Professor PhD and JD: Northwestern University Scholarship focus: Internet law; cybersecurity and data privacy; consumer protection Jessica Silbey Professor PhD and JD: University of Michigan Scholarship focus: intellectual property; law, creativity, and innovation; law and film; visual evidence