Agrawal, Govind P.

James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Senior Scientist at LLE
gpa@optics.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4846
515 Goergen Hall
Website

Interests: Fiber Optics; Lasers; Optical Communications

Allen, James F.

John H. Dessauer Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Linguistics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
james@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7263
721 CSB
Website

Interests: Natural language understanding; Discourse; Knowledge representation; Common-sense reasoning; Planning

Altman, Lisa

Education Manager
lisa.altman@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5288
1209 Wegmans Hall

Anand, Ajay

Deputy Director, Goergen Institute of Data Science
ajay.anand@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3149
1203 Wegmans Hall

BenZvi, Segev Y.

Assistant Professor of Physics
sybenzvi@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7172
405 Bausch & Lomb
Website

Interests: experimental astroparticle physics

Couderc, Jean Philippe

Associate Professor of Department of Medicine, Cardiology Heart Research
jean-philippe.couderc@heart.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1096
4322 Saunders Research Building
Website

Interests: Electrocardiography ; Electrophysiological signals

Demina, Regina

Professor of Physics
regina@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7357
367 Bausch & Lomb Hall
Website

Interests: experimental elementary-particle physics

Dewan, Rajiv

Professor of Computers and Information Systems
rajiv.dewan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3827
3-333B  Carol Simon Hall
Website

Interests: Economics; Organizational and industrial organization issues in Information systems and technology area

Dorsey, E. Ray

David M. Levy Professorship in Neurology
Director for Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics
ray.dorsey@chet.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6824
Website

Interests: Movement disorders, neurological disorders

Duan, Zhiyao

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
zhiyao.duan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5302
308 HPN
Website

Interests: Computer Audition; Audio Signal Processing; Machine Learning; Music Information Retrieval

Dwarkadas, Sandhya

Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
sandhya@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5647
717 CSB
Website

Interests: Parallel and distributed computing; Computer architecture and networks; Interaction and interface between the compiler, runtime system, and underlying architecture; Software distributed shared memory; Integrated compiler and runtime support for parallelism; Simulation methodology; Uniprocessor and multiprocessor architectures; Parallel applications development; Performance evaluation

Dye, Timothy

Associate Chair, Research and Professor of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (SMD)
tim_dye@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6953
255 Crittenden Blvd.
Website

Interests: Applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global; Social and cultural determinants of health

Ellickson, Paul

Professor of Economics and Marketing
paul.ellickson@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1491
3-110F Carol Simon Hall
Website

Interests: quantitative marketing; industrial organization

Evans, Diane

Administrator of Goergen Institute for Data Science
diane.evans@rochester.edu | (585) 276-8382
1207 Wegmans Hall

Frank, Adam

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
afrank@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1717
417A Bausch & Lomb Hall
Website

Interests: Theoretical Astrophysics; Hydrodynamic and magneto-hydrodynamic evolution of matter ejected from stars; Jets from Young Stellar Objects; Bipolar outflows from evolved stars such as Planetary Nebulae and Massive stars; Large scale numerical simulations; Plasma astrophysical research; Magnetic diffusion in interstellar clouds and the evolution of solar magnetic flux tubes

Ghoshal, Gourab

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
gghoshal@pas.rochester.edu | (585) 276-7748
464 Bausch and Lomb Hall
Website

Interests: Complex systems; Game theory; Econophysics; Non-equilibrium statistical physics; Dynamical systems

Gildea, Daniel

Professor of Computer Science
gildea@cs | (585) 275-7230
609 CSB
Website

Interests: Statistical approaches to natural language processing; Machine translation; Language understanding

Grimm, Scott

Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
Director, Quantitative Semantics Lab
scott.grimm@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5136
512 Lattimore Hall
Website

Haefner, Ralf

Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
rhaefne2@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4801
Website

Interests: Understanding how the brain forms percepts; Machine learning to construct mathematical models to explain neural responses and behavior

Heyworth, Gregory

Associate Professor of English and Textual Science; Director, Lazarus Project
gheywort@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2548
408 Morey Hall

Hill, Elaine

Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
Elaine_hill@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0165
265 Crittenden Blvd.
Website

Interests: health impacts of pollution; health care utilization, quality and access; human capital formation

Hoque, M. Ehsan

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
mehoque at cs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1351
710 Computer Sciences Building
Website

Interests: Human Computer Interaction; Social Skills Training; Interactive machine learning; Ubiquitous Computing ; Assistive Technology

Howard, Thomas M.

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
thoward@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-3755
344 HPN
Website

Interests: Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Machine Learning; Natural Language Understanding

Iosevich, Alex

Professor of Mathematics
alex.iosevich@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9419
909 Hylan Hall
Website

Interests: Classical Analysis and Fourier Integral Operators; Geometric Combinatorics and Geometric Measure Theory; Additive and Analytic Number Theory; Convex Geometry and Probability Theory

Jacobs, Robert A.

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, and the Center for Visual Science
Rjacobs@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-0753
306 Meliora Hall
Website

Interests: cognitive and perceptual learning; neural computation

Johnson, Walter A.L.

Executive Director for Industry Relations for the Rochester Center of Excellence in Data Science
waljohnson@rochester.edu | (585) 276-3151
1213 Wegmans Hall

Kautz, Henry

Professor of Computer Science
Robin and Tim Wentworth Director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science
kautz@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 520-1200
1211 Wegmans Hall
Website

Interests: Artificial intelligence; Pervasive computing; Data science

Kelley, Douglas H.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
d.h.kelley@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7769
218 Hopeman
Website

Interests: Mixing and transport in fluids; Liquid metal batteries; Geophysical fluid dynamics; Dynamical systems

Kennerknecht, Michael

Economic Development Coordinator and Assistant Director of State Relations
mike_kennerknecht@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-1043
Goergen Institute for Data Science

Larracuente, Amanda

Assistant Professor
alarracu@bio.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1693
343 Hutchison
Website

Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila

Liu, Ji

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
jliu@cs.rochester.edu
614 Computer Sciences Building
Website

Lovett, Mitchell J.

Associate Professor of Marketing
mitch.lovett@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 276-4020
3-208 Carol Simon Hall
Website

Interests: quantitative marketing; targeted advertising; advertising content and schedule choices; online and offline word-of-mouth; branding; social media listening; consumer learning

Luo, Jiebo

Professor of Computer Science
jluo@cs.rochester.edu | (585) 276-5784
611 Computer Sciences Building
Website

Interests: Computer Vision; Machine learning; Data Mining; Social Media; Biomedical Informatics; Human Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing

Mateos, Gonzalo

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
gmateosb@ece.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5930
413 HPN
Website

Interests: Statistical Signal Processing; Networks; Machine Learning; Decentralized Optimization

McCall, Matthew

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and of Biomedical Genetics of University of Rochester Dept. of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
matthew_mccall@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-3177
4143 Saunders Research Building
Website

Interests: Statistical genomics; Systems biology; Bioinformatics

McDavid, Andrew

Assistant Professor
andrew_mcdavid@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5983
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 630

Interests: Methods and applications of single cell gene expression assays

Mitten, David

Associate Professor
dave_mitten@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5321
Building D 4901 Lac De Ville Blvd

Mort, Brendan

Director of Center for Integrated Research Computing
brendan.mort@rochester.edu | (585) 275-8289
418 Hutchinson Hall
Website

Mueller, Carl

Professor of Mathematics
carl.e.mueller@rochester.edu | (585) 441-5029
802 Hylan Hall
Website

Interests: Probability and related parts of analysis

Murray, Lee

Assistant Professor
lee.murray@rochester.edu | (585) 275-2077
479 Hutchison Hall
Website

Interests: Application and development of 3-D global models of atmospheric chemistry and climate to examine various couplings between atmospheric chemistry and the climate system in the past, present and future.

Piantadosi, Steven

Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
spiantad@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8689
307 Meliora Hall
Website

Interests: language learning, language processing, computational modeling

Raizada, Rajeev

Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Rraizada@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8673
314 Meliora Hall
Website

Interests: Multivoxel pattern analysis of fMRI; Language, semantics; Structure of neural representations; Computational modeling

Rosero, Spencer

Associate Professor
spencer_rosero@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-2475
Box 679 601 Elmwood Ave

Rui, Huaxia

Assistant Professor of Business Administration of Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
huaxia.rui@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-4278
3-318 Carol Simon Hall
Website

Interests: Social media analytics; Online word of mouth; Online advertising

Runner, Jeffrey T.

Dean of the College in Arts, Sciences and Engineering
Professor of Linguistics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences
jeffrey.runner@rochester.edu | (585) 273-5000
317L Lattimore Hall

Interests: Experimental Syntax; Syntactic/Linguistic Theory; Binding Theory; Syntax Processing; Phrase Structure; Syntax/Semantics Interface

Seidmann, Abraham

Xerox Professor of Computers and Information Systems and Operations Management
avi.seidmann@simon.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5694
3-333C Carol Simon Hall
Website

Interests: medical informatics; electronic commerce; online auctions; information systems; health care management; business process design; project management and optimal resource allocation; strategic manufacturing systems; information economics; stochastic processes and performance modeling for capacity planning and pricing

Signorino, Curtis

Associate Professor of Political Science
curtis.signorino@rochester.edu | (585) 273-4760
303 Harness Hall
Website

Interests: statistical methods for structural estimation of strategic choice models; statistical methods for modeling temporal dependence in event history models; aggregation bias in indices of power and democracy

Silenzio, Vincent

Associate Professor of Department of Psychiatry, Research (SMD) - Primary
Associate Professor of Department of Family Medicine (SMD)
Associate Professor of Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)
v.m.silenzio@rochester.edu | (585) 275-6069
1-7285 300 Crittenden Blvd.
Website

Interests: Social informatics; Machine learning; Network analysis to support public health and public policy needs

Steele, Scott

Director of the Rochester Center of Excellence in Data Science
scott.steele@rochester.edu | (585) 275-0708
Office 1-208 265 Crittenden Blvd.

Interests: Science, technology, and health policy; Regulatory science

Strawderman, Robert

Donald M. Foster MD Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics
Chair for Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD)
Robert_Strawderman@URMC.Rochester.edu | (585) 275-6688
4122 Saunders Research Building
Website

Interests: Statistical learning methods with applications to risk prediction and survival analysis; Statistical and computational modeling for high dimensional data; Semiparametric models; Statistical inference for stochastic processes; Collaborative research

Temperley, David

Professor of Music Theory
dtemperley@esm.rochester.edu | (585) 274-1557
Computer Studies Building
Website

Thakar, Juilee

Assistant Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology (SMD)
juliee_thakar@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6925
3-9611  Kornberg Medical Research Building
Website

Interests: Bioinformatics; Systems biology; Dynamic Modeling Tools

Topham, David

Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology (SMD) – Primary
david_topham@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 273-1403
3-9631 Kornberg Medical Research Building
Website

Interests: Virus infections of the respiratory tract; Influenza and immunity

Tulgan, Adam

Director, Business Engagement and Development for the Rochester Center of Excellence in Data Science
adam.tulgan@rochester.edu | (585) 275-1765
1219 Wegmans Hall

Werren, John H.

Nathaniel & Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
jack.werren@rochester.edu | (585) 275-3694
306 Hutchison
Website

Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Microbial-host interactions with emphasis on Wolbachia in arthropods, genetics of speciation and evolution of development; Genetics, genomics and evolution of Parasitoids (e.g. Nasonia and relatives); The role of "selfish" or "parasitic" DNA in evolution

White, Andrew

Assistant Professor
andrew.white@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7395
4001 Wegmans Hall
Website

Interests: Materials Design; Self-Assembly; Computer Simulation ; Machine Learning

Williams, David R.

William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dean for Research in Arts, Sciences and Engineering
Director of the Center for Visual Science
david@cvs.rochester.edu | (585) 275-8672
270 Meliora Hall
Website

Interests: The Human Visual System; Physiological Optics

Wismueller, Axel

Professor of Department of Imaging Sciences (SMD) - Primary
Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering (SMD)
Professor of Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
axel.wismueller@rochester.edu | (585) 273-1689
2A218 Medical Center Annex Building
Website

Interests: Innovative strategies for computational radiology; data exploration, pattern recognition, visualization, and machine learning methods for biomedical imaging

Xu, Chenliang

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
chenliang.xu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-5426
714 Computer Sciences Building
Website

Interests: Computer Vision; Video Analysis; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Multimodal Modeling

Zand, Martin

Professor of Department of Medicine, Nephrology (SMD) – Primary
martin_zand@urmc.rochester.edu | (585) 275-7753
601 Elmwood Ave.
Website

Interests: Organ transplantation; B cell immunobiology, vaccine biology, and computational modeling of immune responses