Faculty Profiles

Tarek Abdoun, Program Head of Civil and Urban Engineering; Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tarek.abdoun@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York

Azza Abouzied, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement; Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Azza@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc Dalhousie University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Research Interests: Designing Intuitive Data Querying Tools

Fares Abu-Dakka, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fa2656@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Polytechnic University of Valencia

Research Interests: Robot learning; geometric control; learning from demonstration; physical interactions

Wifag Adnan, Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wa22@nyu.edu
Education: BS Duke University (magna cum laude with distinction); PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: Labor markets; Job search; Employment; Wage differentials; Female labor force; Education

Ahmed Afzal, Lecturer of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aja11@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Southern Illinois University, Postdoc The Ohio State University

Research Interests: Host-Pathogen Interactions, Prion Biology, Protein Structure-Function Relationships

Hoda Al Khzaimi, Research Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering; Director, Center of Cyber Security Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ha59@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Research Interests: Cryptology

Manal Mohamed Al Marzooqi, Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: manal.almarzooqi@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Arabic Literature) College of Arabic and Islamic Studies; MA (Arabic Linguistics and Syntax) Col...

Research Interests: Arabic Language, Classical Arabic, Linguistics, Syntax, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics.

Shaikha Rashid Al Mazrou, Assistant Arts Professor of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shaikha.almazrou@nyu.edu
Education: MA Chelsea University of the Arts London

Research Interests: Sculpture, Installation, Mixed Media, Materiality

Noura Al Obeidli, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Media Studies Affiliation: Visiting
Email: noura.alobeidli@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Westminster; MA Zayed University; BA Zayed University

Research Interests: Feminism, Patriarchy, Media Studies, News Sociology, Gender Politics, Women Empowerment, Anthropolog...

Muhamed Osman Al-Khalil, Professor of Practice of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhamed.alkhalil@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Damascus (1993); MA Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1998); PhD University of A...

Research Interests: Arabic language computing, Arabic corpora, literary biography, literary archives, language policy, a...

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi, Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ghazi@nyu.edu
Education: BA SUNY-Purchase College; MA New York University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Kuwaiti pearl-diving music; Global jazz; Music and sea trade in Indian Ocean; Aesthetics; Philosophy

Mohamed Al-Sayegh, Research Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ma3803@nyu.edu
Education: BA Valparaiso University; MSc University of Leicester; PhD University of London

Research Interests: Stem Cell Biology; Differentiation; Adipose Tissue Development; Next-Generation Sequencing

Rana Khalid AlMutawa, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rana.almutawa@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Oxford; MIA Columbia University

Research Interests: UAE; GCC; Belonging; Urbanity; Community; Social Distinction

Bedoor AlShebli, Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bedoor@nyu.edu
Education: BSc in Computer Science from Kuwait University, Msc in Computer Science from University of Illinois ...

Research Interests: Computational social science; Data science; Big data; Science of science

Khulood Alawadi, Lecturer of Engineering Design Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: khulood.alawadi@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Imperial College London, MA Royal College of Art

Research Interests: Human-centered design; ethnographic design research; women in design; forecasting for design futures...

Tuka Waddah Alhanai, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tuka.alhanai@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Computer-Human Intelligence

Karim Ali, Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: karim.ali@nyu.edu
Education: BSc The American University in Cairo; MMath University of Waterloo; PhD University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Programming languages; static analysis; security; compilers

Robert Allen, Global Distinguished Professor of Economic History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bob.allen@nyu.edu
Education: BA Carleton College, MA and PhD Harvard Univesity

Research Interests: Economic History, Technological Change, Public Policy

Saqer Almarri, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: saqer.almarri@nyu.edu
Education: BBA American University in Dubai; MA American University of Sharjah; PhD Binghamton University State...

Research Interests: Premodern Arabic literature, translation studies, intersex studies, gender and Islam, coloniality of...

Diogo Almeida, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: diogo@nyu.edu
Education: MSc (DEA) Cognitive Science (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Ecole Normale Superieure)...

Research Interests: Neurolinguistics, Language Processing

Ahmed Eid Khamis Thani Almheiri, Assistant Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: almheiri@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Toronto; MSc & PhD University of California Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Quantum Gravity; Quantum Information; Black Holes; String Theory; Holography; AdS/CFT

Nawaf Dawood Alsulaim, Adjunct Lecturer of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Nda2030@nyu.edu
Education: LLB United Arab Emirates

Research Interests: International Commercial Arbitration

Tynchtyk Amatov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tynchtyk.amatov@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc Lomonosov Moscow State University; PhD Charles University in Prague/IOCB Prague

Research Interests: Catalysis, natural product synthesis, medicinal chemistry, nucleic acids chemistry

Shady Amin, Associate Program Head for Undergraduate Studies of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sa132@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara; MA Chemistry, San Diego State University; ...

Research Interests: Chemical Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, Symbiosis

Awam Amkpa, Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis; Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: aa67@nyu.edu
Education: BA Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife); MA Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria); PhD Bristol University

Research Interests: modernisms in film and theater, postcolonial film and theater, Black Atlantic films and theater, vis...

Samuel Mark Anderson, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sma326@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Washington; MA New York University; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: visual ethnography; aesthetics; politics; performance; media; postcolonial theory; violence; war; hu...

Elisabeth Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aea4@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Northwestern University (2013)

Research Interests: Political Sociology, Comparative-historical Sociology, Social Theory

Michael Ang, Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: michael.ang@nyu.edu
Education: MPS New York University ITP; BASc Computer Engineering University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Interactive Art; Physical Computing; Installations; Public Performance

Samer Aouad, Visiting Professor of Chemistry Affiliation: Visiting
Email: samer.aouad@nyu.edu
Education: BS Lebanese University; MS, PhD University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Research Interests: Materials science; synthesis and characterization; heterogeneous catalysis; waste valorization; biof...

Aikaterini Arfara, Assistant Professor of Theater, Performance Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aa7716@nyu.edu
Education: BA Athens University; MA Athens University; PhD Paris I – Panthéon/Sorbonne University

Research Interests: public works; socially engaged art; installation; post-documentary theaters

Francesco Arneodo, Professor of Physics; Global Network Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: francesco.arneodo@nyu.edu
Education: MA University of Torino, PhD University of Rome

Research Interests: Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Diogo Arsénio, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dva207@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL); PhD New York University

Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations, Collisional Kinetic Theory

Laure Salma Assaf, Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, Anthropology and Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: laure.assaf@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Paris Nanterre University

Research Interests: Arabian Peninsula; United Arab Emirates, Youth, Migration, Hierarchies, Social change, Anthropology

Mitchell Atkinson III, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ma7648@nyu.edu
Education: BA Birkbeck College, University of London; MA Lancaster University; PhD Polish Academy of Sciences

Research Interests: Social Theory; Phenomenology; Power; Alterity

Sun Hee Bae, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shb398@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Harvard University

Riyadh Baghdadi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: baghdadi@nyu.edu
Education: BA Ecole Superieure d’Informatique; MA Sorbonne University; PhD Sorbonne University; Postdoc MIT

Research Interests: Compilers, Programming Languages, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing

Marzia Balzani, Program Head, Anthropology; Research Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mb4412@nyu.edu
Education: BA King’s College, London University; MSt (Master of Studies), DPhil University of Oxford

Research Interests: ritual and kingship in northern India, diasporic Islam in the UK and Pakistan

Domna Banakou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: domna.banakou@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Ionian University; MSc University College London; PhD Universitat de Barcelona

Research Interests: immersive virtual reality; embodiment; body ownership illusions; empathy; prosocial behavior; mental...

Marwa Banna, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: marwa.banna@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lebanese University; MA Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée; PhD Université Paris-Est Marne-le-V...

Mounther Barakat, Professor of Practice of Finance Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Mounther.Barakat@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Oklahoma State University

Research Interests: Financial Markets; Securities; Corporate Finance, Derivatives; Event Studies; Agency Theory; Investm...

Andrzej Baranski, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: a.baranski@nyu.edu
Education: BA Universidad de Costa Rica; MA and PhD The Ohio State University

Research Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics

Joan Barceló, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: joan.barcelo@nyu.edu
Education: BA Universitat de Barcelona; MSc Universitat Pompeu Fabra; MA New York University; PhD Washington Un...

Research Interests: Conflict; Terrorism; Political behavior

Muhammet Ali Bas, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mab43@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Rochester

Research Interests: International relations; Formal modeling; Political methodology

Jinan Bastaki, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: j.bastaki@nyu.edu
Education: LLB London School of Economics and Political Science; LLM University of California - Berkeley; PhD U...

Research Interests: Public International Law; Forced Displacement; International Refugee Law; Citizenship; Borders

Wendy Bednarz, Associate Arts Professor of Arts and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wb41@nyu.edu
Education: BA Stephens College MFA Film, New York University;

Research Interests: filmmaking, photography, documentary

Najwa Belkziz, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: najwa.belkziz@nyu.edu
Education: BA Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane; MA Columbia University; PhD University of Melbourne

Research Interests: Historical Memory; Transitional Justice; Media; Refugees; Migration; Conflict; Peace Education; Kins...

Elena Beretta, Clinical Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: eb147@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Milan; MS University of Milan

Research Interests: Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, differential equations, inverse problems, medical imagin...

Muhammad Umair Bilal, Lecturer of Filmmaking Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: umair.bilal@nyu.edu
Education: MA Documentary Film Direction, University of Theater and Film Arts Budapest

Research Interests: Documentary Film, Visual Anthropology, Cinematography

David Blakeslee, Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dsb12@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Columbia University

Research Interests: Political economy of development

Olivier Bochet, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Professor of Economics; Co-Principal Investigator of Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ob16@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Brown University

Research Interests: Incentives; Efficiency; Equity

Stefan Bode, Visiting Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sb10382@nyu.edu
Education: Dipl .Psychology University Goettingen; PhD University Leipzig

Research Interests: Cognitive psychology; decision-making; information-seeking; volition; behavior change

Milan Bogosavljevic, Lecturer of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: milanb@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Belgrade; PhD California Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Automated Optical Imaging Surveys in Astronomy

Camilla Boisen, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Planning and Student Success; Senior Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cb3861@nyu.edu
Education: BA History, University of Copenhagen; MA History, University of Copenhagen; MsEcon Political Theor...

Research Interests: Intellectual history of empire and Political Theory

Stéphane Boissinot, Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sb5272@nyu.edu
Education: BS and PhD Université Montpellier II

Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology

Barthélémy Bonadio, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bbonadio@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Michigan

Research Interests: International Economics

Sofiane Bouarroudj, Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sofiane.bouarroudj@nyu.edu
Education: BS Université de Constantine; MS Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot); PhD Université de Provence...

Research Interests: Representation Theory, Mathematical Physics

Martin Bowen-Silva, Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: martin.bowen@nyu.edu
Education: BA Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; MA École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; PhD Éc...

Research Interests: Atlantic World; Latin America; Communication and Politics; Emotions; Global Political History

Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music; Global Network Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gwyneth.bravo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MA, University of California, Los Angeles (Historical Musicology); Fulbright Scholar Musicologi...

Research Interests: Musicology; music and politics; nationalism; exile; German aesthetic theory; 20th-century German and...

Cristina Buarque de Hollanda, Adjunct Lecturer of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cb165@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Universitarian Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Candido Mendes University, Brazil

Research Interests: Human Rights; Transitional Justice; Political Theory; Brazilian Political Thought

John Burt, Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: john.burt@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MS, University of Windsor, Canada; BS,Cape Breton University, Canada; PGCE, University of Sunde...

Research Interests: Marine Biology

Rosemary Byrne, Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Rosemary.Byrne@nyu.edu
Education: BA Barnard College, Columbia University; JD Harvard Law School

Research Interests: Public international law; International and EU human rights law; International refugee and EU asylum...

Federico Camia, Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fc276@nyu.edu
Education: BA with honors, Universitá di Bologna, Italy; MS and PhD, New York University;

Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Probability Theory

Aysan Celik, Associate Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: akc256@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of California, Los Angeles; Professional Certificate, American Repertory Theater Inst...

Research Interests: Shakespeare, devised work, documentary theater, comedy, classical texts, dance-theater, cross-gender...

Kemal Celik, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kemal.celik@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Construction materials, energy efficiency, sustainable and functional structural materials

Marwa Chafii, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: marwa.chafii@nyu.edu
Education: PhD CentraleSupélec

Research Interests: Wireless Communications; Integrated Sensing and Communication; Waveform Design; Localization

Jing Chai, Program Head, Chinese Language; Affiliated Senior Language Lecturer of Chinese Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jing.chai@nyu.edu
Education: BA East China Normal University, MA East China Normal University

Research Interests: Chinese language pedagogy, language assessments, internet and technology-based language learning, co...

Moumena Chaqfeh, Lecturer of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: moumena@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, PhD UAE University; MSc The British University in Dubai; Postdoc NYU Abu Dhabi

Research Interests: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Mobile Web, and Human-Computer Interaction

Dipesh Chaudhury, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dc151@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of London, School of Pharmacy; PhD Open University

Research Interests: Neural Circuits, Mood Disorders, Memory Loss

Elisabetta Cherchi, Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: elisabetta.cherchi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cagliari, Italy

Research Interests: Modelling transport consumers behaviour and decision making process

Olivia Cheung, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: olivia.cheung@nyu.edu
Education: BSSc Chinese University of Hong Kong; PhD Vanderbilt University

Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Visual Cognition, Categorization, Perceptual Expertise

Satnam Singh Choongh, Clinical Professor of Legal Writing and Research Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ssc10097@nyu.edu
Education: LLB (Warwick); DPhil (Oxon); Barrister-at-Law

Research Interests: Planning and Environmental Law; Legal Writing and Research

Warren Churchill, Senior Lecturer of Music; Coordinator of Musical Performance Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: warren.churchill@nyu.edu
Education: BM Crane School of Music, SUNY; MA, EdM, EdD Teachers College, Columbia University

Research Interests: childhood development, disability studies, music therapy, exceptionalities, inclusion, music philoso...

Alessandro Citanna, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ac6609@nyu.edu
Education: BA Bocconi University; MA Bocconi University; PhD University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Economic theory; Quantitative methods; Financial economics; Macroeconomics

Kevin Coffey, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kevin.coffey@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of Virginia; PhD, University of Michigan

Research Interests: philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

Manuel F Contreras, Visiting Lecturer of Film and New Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: mfc9983@nyu.edu
Education: BA National University of Colombia; MA Docnomads; PhD Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Research Interests: Visual representation in film, visual studies, documentary film history, film distribution and marke...

Scandar Copti, Associate Arts Professor of Film Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sac18@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Filmmaking, fiction, documentary

Pauline Zélia Eugénie Corblet, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pauline.corblet@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sorbonne Université - Sciences Po; MA Sorbonne Université - Sciences Po; PhD Sciences Po

Research Interests: Labor economics; education; matching theory

Amandine Cornille, Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: amandine.cornille@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Université Paris Sud

Research Interests: Global changes, climate change, parasite outbreak, ecology, domestication, population genomics, epig...

John Coughlin, Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: jjc17@nyu.edu
Education: BA Niagara University; MA Columbia University; ThM Princeton Seminary; JD Harvard University Law Sch...

Research Interests: comparative religion, theology, canon law, sharia law, Talmudic law, Hindu law, comparative law, jur...

Hervé Crès, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: hc59@nyu.edu

Research Interests: General equilibrium theory, Social choice theory, Formal political theory

Mohammed Daqaq, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mfd6@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Virginia Tech

Research Interests: application of nonlinear phenomena to improve the performance of micro-power generation systems, mic...

Aurelie Dariel, Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: apd5@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, labor economics, gender

Nadine Debbas Achkar, Visiting Professor of Practice of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nd1617@nyu.edu
Education: BA Georgetown University; JD Columbia University School of Law

Research Interests: International Arbitration; Gender and Law

Duygu Demir, Research Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: duygudemir@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia College, Columbia University; PhD MIT

Research Interests: Art History, Modernisms, Contemporary Art

Nizar Demni, Visiting Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: Visiting
Email: Nizar.demni@nyu.edu
Education: BA Aix-Marseille University; MA and PhD Sorbonne University

Research Interests: Probability Theory

Georgi Derluguian, Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gd44@nyu.edu
Education: BA Moscow State University; PhD State University of New York (Binghamton)

Research Interests: Revolutions; Social change; Ethnography

Rashmi Devi Sawhney, Associate Arts Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rashmi.s@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fergusson College, Pune; MA University of Limerick, Ireland; PhD University of Limerick, Ireland

Research Interests: Cinema studies, visual arts, curatorial practice, indigenous film and media production, South Asia, ...

Ali Diabat, Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Diabat@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Purdue University

Research Interests: optimization and operations, logistics, supply chain management, healthcare management, production p...

Erich E. Dietrich, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erich.dietrich@nyu.edu
Education: BA Carleton College; MA University of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD New York University

Research Interests: International Higher Education

Djellel Difallah, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: djellel@nyu.edu
Education: Dip. Eng. USTHB, Algeria; MS University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA; PhD University of Fribourg, CH

Research Interests: Crowdsourcing, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management & Discovery

Yassir Dinar, Visiting Associate Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: yd3157@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Research Interests: Differential geometry

Vikram Divecha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vd2277@nyu.edu
Education: MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University

Ian Dobbs-Dixon, Associate Professor of Physics; Global Network Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: idd1@nyu.edu
Education: BS and PhD University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Interests: Planetary Interiors, Atmospheric Dynamics

Tishani Doshi, Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: Visiting
Email: tvd2@nyu.edu
Education: BA Queens University; MA Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests: contemporary poetry & dance

Kirsten Sadler Edepli, Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kirsten.edepli@nyu.edu
Education: BA Mount Holyoke College (Biology and Anthropology); M Med Sci Harvard Medical School; PhD Harvard U...

Research Interests: Liver Regeneration, Epigenetics, ER Stress, Cancer, Fatty Liver, Zebrafish, Mice

Mohamad Eid, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mae8@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Ottawa

Research Interests: haptics, multi-modal human computer interaction, gaming, biofeedback technologies

Andrew J. Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Music; Global Network Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aje2000@nyu.edu
Education: BMus New York University; MA, PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: anthropology of music; anthropology of sound; African popular music; sound and space; ethnicity and ...

Hazim Kemal Ekenel, Visiting Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: Visiting
Email: he2244@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Research Interests: Facial image processing; biometrics; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning

Omima El Araby, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: oe7@nyu.edu
Education: BA Arabic Language and Literature, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; MA Teaching Foreign Languages...

Research Interests: Arabic language and literature

Waleed El-Sekelly, Visiting Associate Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: we20@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY

Research Interests: Experimental modeling; geotechnical centrifuge; numerical modeling; soil dynamics; liquefaction eval...

Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Program Head of Legal Studies; Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pavlos.eleftheriadis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Athens; LLM, PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Jurisprudence, rights, European Union, justice, climate change

Paula England, Dean of Social Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pe22@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Whitman College; MA, University of Chicago; PhD, University of Chicago

Research Interests: Gender inequality; Families; Sexualities

Aude Epstein, Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ae88@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sorbonne University ; MA Sciences Po Paris; PhD University of Nice Côte d'Azur

Research Interests: Environmental law and Justice ; Business Law; Animal Welfare; Constitutional Litigation

Asif Equbal, Assistant Professor of Chemistry  Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: asif@nyu.edu
Education: BS-MS IISER Mohali India; PhD Aarhus University, Denmark

Research Interests: Nuclear and Electron Magnetic Resonance, Photochemistry, Quantum Materials, Spin Physics

Chinasa Ezugha, Assistant Arts Professor of Live Art/Art as Social Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: chinasa.ezugha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fine Art Aberystwyth University; MA Goldsmiths University of London

Research Interests: Voice, Identity and Culture, Glossolalia

Salha Reema Fadda, Adjunct Lecturer of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: reema.fadda@nyu.edu
Education: MA Edinburgh University; MA School of Oriental and African Studies; DPhil Researcher University of O...

Research Interests: Art History; Art and Politics of the Arab world; Cultural Politics

Reindert Falkenburg, Professor Emeritus of Early Modern Art and Culture Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rlf9@nyu.edu

Research Interests: visual arts, tensions and crises in late medieval and Renaissance art

Laila Familiar, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: lailafamiliar@nyu.edu
Education: MA The American University in Cairo; PhD Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research Interests: Language Teachers Education, Instructional Coaching, Curricular Design, Corpus Linguistics, Arabic L...

Yi Fang, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Science (Affiliated) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yf23@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Purdue University

Research Interests: 3D Computer Vision, Multimedia Processing, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

Shaalan Farouk, Senior Lecturer of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sf144@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Birkbeck College, University of London

Karam Fayad, Associate Program Head for Undergraduate Studies of Mathematics; Lecturer of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: karam.fayad@nyu.edu
Education: BS Lebanese University; MS Sorbonne Université; PhD Sorbonne Université;

Research Interests: Representation Theory, Number Theory

Giovanni Federico, Professor of Economic History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: giovanni.federico@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea University of Pisa; PhD Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)

Research Interests: Trade and Globalization; Agriculture; Long-term Population Growth

João Paulo Fernandes, Visiting Associate Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jpf9731@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Minho, Portugal; PhD University of Minho, Portugal

Research Interests: Environmental Sustainability, Software, Quantum Computing

Eliseo Ferrante, Visiting Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ef2698@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Politecnico di Milano and University of Illino...

Research Interests: Swarm robotics, complex systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, non-equilibrium statisti...

Torsten Figueiredo Walter, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: t.f.walter@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Bonn University; MRes London School of Economics; PhD London School of Economics

Research Interests: Development Economics

Daryl Fougnie, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: darylfougnie@nyu.edu
Education: BA Albion College; PhD Vanderbilt University

Research Interests: Perception, Memory

Jemima A. Frimpong, Program Head of Business, Organizations and Society; Associate Dean of Programs at Stern at NYUAD; Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jafrimpong@nyu.edu
Education: BS Rutgers University; MPH University of Arizona; MSc & PhD University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton ...

Research Interests: Adoption of Innovation; Decision Making; Health Care Organizations; Organizational Behavior

Nelida Fuccaro, Professor of Middle Eastern History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nf58@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Durham(UK), Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Research Interests: history of the modern Middle East

Toral Gajarawala, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: tg38@nyu.edu

Research Interests: theories of the novel and narrative, postcolonial studies, subaltern studies, the relationship betwe...

Sehamuddin Galadari, Senior Vice Provost of Research; Managing Director, Research Institute; Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shg3@nyu.edu
Education: BSc. (Hons.) in Biochemistry, University of Southampton, UK; PhD. in Biochemistry, Imperial College,...

Research Interests: Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology

Alexis Gambis, Assistant Arts Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: arg391@nyu.edu
Education: BA Bard College; PhD The Rockefeller University; MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Research Interests: Animal Perspectives, Docu-Fiction, History of Science, Magical Realism, Science New Wave

Alberto Gandolfi, Associate Director of Faculty Teaching Development, NYUAD Center for Faculty Advancement (CFA); Professor of Practice in Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ag189@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea in Mathematics, Università di Modena; PhD in Mathematics, Delft University of Technology

Research Interests: Statistical Mechanics, Models for Epidemics, Bioinformatics, Statistics of Unobserved Species

Borja García de Soto, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: garcia.de.soto@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich

Research Interests: construction automation, cybersecurity in the AEC industry, artificial intelligence, lean constructi...

Mary Syretha Gatchell, Visiting Lecturer of Music Affiliation: Visiting
Email: msg2162@nyu.edu
Education: Bachelor of Music New York University; Master of Music New York University

Research Interests: Piano, voice, singer, oboe, composition, songwriting, Broadway, classical music, jazz, pop/rock, sou...

Terri Geis, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Professor of Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: terri.geis@nyu.edu
Education: BA St Andrews; MA Trinity College Dublin; PhD University of Essex

Research Interests: Surrealism; Art of the Americas; Women Modernists

Joseph Gelfand, Associate Professor of Physics; Global Network Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jg168@nyu.edu
Education: PhD and AM Astronomy, Harvard University

Research Interests: Supernovae, Stars, Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Carol Genetti, Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cgenetti@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Oregon; MA University of Oregon; PhD University of Oregon

Research Interests: Himalayan linguistics, language documentation, linguistic typology, endangered languages

Pradeep George, Clinical Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Coordinator of Engineering Capstone Design Projects Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pradeep.george@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rutgers University

Research Interests: computational modeling and optimization

Azam Gholami, Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: azam.gholami@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sharif University; MA Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS); PhD Ludwig-Maximi...

Research Interests: Active Matter; Collective behavior and non-linear dynamics in living systems; Cell motility; Actin d...

Tej-eddine Ghoul, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: teg6@nyu.edu
Education: MA, University of Paris 6 and (Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees ) PhD University of Paris 13

Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations

Nancy W. Gleason, Professor of Practice of Political Science; Director, Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: NancyGleason@nyu.edu
Education: BA, George Washington University; MSc London School of Economics; MA The Fletcher School, Tufts Univ...

Research Interests: The Future of Work and Education, Workforce Transformation, Youth Empowerment, Upskilling

Peter Goodrich, Visiting Professor of Law Affiliation: Visiting
Email: pg62@nyu.edu
Education: LLB, University of Sheffield; PhD University of Edinburgh

Research Interests: Legal history and theory; Law and literature

Sanjeev Goyal, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sg6280@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Delhi; MBA IIM Ahmedabad; MA, PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Economic theory. Networks. Conflict. Identity.

Carlos Guedes, Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cag204@nyu.edu
Education: BM Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts; MA, PhD New York University

Research Interests: analysis and preservation of music, automatic music generation, interactive music systems

Rafael Maria Gutierrez, Visiting Research Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rmg2165@nyu.edu
Education: Physicists Universidad Nacional de Colombia; M.Sc. Universite de Montreal; Ph.D. NYU

Research Interests: Complex Systems, Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, Entropy, Information, Innovation

Andras Gyorgy, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ag6378@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: networked dynamical systems

Sohmyung Ha, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sohmyung@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California San Diego

Research Interests: Biomedical circuits and sensors for implantable and wearable applications

Nizar Habash, Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nizar.habash@nyu.edu
Education: BS (Computer Engineering); BA (Linguistics and Languages) Old Dominion University; MS and PhD (Compu...

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Arabic Language Pro...

Christian Haefke, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ch109@nyu.edu
Education: Mag.rer.soc.oec, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; Diploma, Institute for ...

Research Interests: Labor markets; Applied econometrics

John Ham, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jch18@nyu.edu
Education: BA from the University of Toronto; PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: Applied microeconomics; Labor; Health; Experimental economics

Eric Hamilton, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff; Lecturer of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: eric.hamilton@nyu.edu
Education: MA Georgetown University; PhD University of Southern California

Research Interests: International Relations Theory; Security Studies; US Foreign and National Security Policy; Middle Ea...

Elizabeth Yoonjung Han, Adjunct Instructor of Music (Collaborative Pianist) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yjh1@nyu.edu
Education: BM Seoul National University, South Korea; MM Seoul National University; Graduate Diploma New Englan...

Research Interests: Music performance, collaboration with diverse artists and musicians

Nathalie Handal, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nh53@nyu.edu
Education: MPHIL University of London; MFA Bennington College

Research Interests: Global literature, poetry, flash, literary travel writing, translation, diasporic literatures, Medi...

Morgan Hardy, Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: morgan.hardy@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia University; PhD Brown University

Research Interests: Development economics; Firms; Labor markets; Social networks

Jonathan Andrew Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jah26@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in Government, Harvard University

Research Interests: Institutions and political behavior in Africa

Raed Hashaikeh, Program Head of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rh143@nyu.edu
Education: PhD McGill University

Research Interests: Advanced Materials, Nanofibers, Membranes, Desalination

Alan Healy, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Global Network Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alan.healy@nyu.edu
Education: BA (mod) Trinity College Dublin, MSc University of Edinburgh, PhD University of St Andrews

Research Interests: Chemical Biology, Natural Product Synthesis, Automated Synthesis, Drug Discovery

Stephane Helleringer, Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sh199@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Demography; Epidemics; Mortality, and Causes of Deaths

PJ Henry, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pj.henry@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Wisconsin; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: Gender Roles; Masculinity/Femininity; Sexuality; Social Justice

Nidal Hilal, Professor of Engineering; Director of NYUAD Water Research Center Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nidal.hilal@nyu.edu
Education: DSc University of Wales; PhD Swansea University

Research Interests: Desalination; water treatment; membrane technology

Angelyn Hilgendorf, Director and Senior Lecturer, Academic Enrichment Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ah133@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Tennessee; MAT Duke University

Taoufik Hmidi, Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: th2644@nyu.edu
Education: BS Université El Manar Tunis, MSc Université Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), PhD Ecole Polytechniq...

Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations, Fluid Dynamics

Paulo Lemos Horta, Associate Professor Of Literature; Global Network Associate Professor of Literature Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: paulo.horta@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Toronto; MA, Queen’s University; MA, BA, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Research Interests: world literature

Dale Hudson, Associate Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmh2018@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Bucknell University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interests: postcolonial and transnational film and digital media; art, environmentalism, and globalization; fil...

Adeel Hussain, Associate Program Head of Legal Studies; Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: adeel.hussain@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Comparative Public Law; Jurisprudence; International Law; Legal and Political Theory; Global History

Youssef Idaghdour, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: youssef.idaghdour@nyu.edu
Education: BSc in Biology from Ibn Zohr in Agadir; MSc, University of Leicester; PhD, North Carolina State Un...

Research Interests: Population and Medical Genomics, Gene-environment Interactions

Jean M Imbs, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jmi5@nyu.edu
Education: PhD New York University

Research Interests: Macroeconomics, International Finance and Macroeconomics, International Trade

Onoso Imoagene, Program Head of Social Research and Public Policy; Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: oii1@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Sociology University of Ibadan, Nigeria; MPhil Modern Society and Global Transformations Univers...

Research Interests: International Migration; Race and Ethnicity

Nasser Isleem, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nasser.isleem@nyu.edu
Education: teaching Arabic language, use of songs, proverbs, and other cultural expressions

Saif Jabari, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sej7@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Research Interests: data analysis, theoretical traffic flow modeling

Ramesh Jagannathan, Research Professor of Engineering; Managing Director of StartAD Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rj31@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Clarkson University

Research Interests: entrepreneurial technology

Sabyn Javeri, Senior Lecturer of Writing and Literature & Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sabyn.javeri@nyu.edu
Education: MSt Oxford University, PhD Leicester University

Research Interests: Postcolonial Feminism, South Asian Literature, Creative Writing

Jeffrey Jensen, Senior Lecturer of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jeffrey.jensen@nyu.edu
Education: BS University of Florida; MA, PhD New York University

Research Interests: Comparative political economy

Sophia Soyoung Jeong, Associate Program Head of Business, Organizations and Society; Visiting Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: Visiting
Email: sophia.jeong@nyu.edu
Education: BA Ajou University; MA Ajou University; PhD University of South Carolina

Research Interests: Trust; Cooperation; Emotions; Ethics, Prosocial motivation and behaviors, Diversity

Aashish Jha, Assistant Professor of Biology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jhaar@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of California Berkeley, PhD The University of Chicago

Research Interests: Population Genetics, Microbiome, Metagenomics, ELSI, Heritage, Genomics

Daniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: djj2026@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Nottingham

Research Interests: Water treatment, wastewater treatment, membrane technology, atomic force microscopy, colloid and int...

George Jose, Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gj29@nyu.edu
Education: Joint PhD, National University of Singapore (NUS) and King’s College London (KCL)

Research Interests: Urban Peripheries, Creative Cities

Margaret Julias, Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mj67@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rutgers University

Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sk1392@nyu.edu
Education: BA Yale University; MA Columbia University, PhD University of the Peloponnese

Research Interests: global environmental governance, resource competition, energy, China’s belt and road initiative, EU ...

Ken-ichiro Kamei, Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Biology and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk4801@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Tokyo Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Stem Cell Biology; Organs-on-a-Chip; Nano/microtechnology; Drug discovery; Regenerative medicine

Dan Ohtan Wang, Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ok2108@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tokyo Institute of Technology; PhD University of Southern California

Research Interests: Synaptic organization; RNA biology; Post-transcriptional regulation

Jingoo Kang, Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jk8186@nyu.edu
Education: BBA and MBA Yonsei University; MSc and PhD University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Research Interests: Exploration and exploitation; vacillation theory; dynamic ambidexterity

Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: n.karathanasopoulos@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich

Research Interests: Structural Mechanics; Advanced Materials and Structures; Scientific Computing

Matthew Karau, Director of the Engineering Design Studio; Senior Lecturer of Engineering Design Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mkarau@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: interactive systems

Sohail Karmani, Senior Lecturer, Arts and Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: msk15@nyu.edu
Education: EdD University of Exeter; MA University of West London

Research Interests: second language education, applied linguistics, photography

Amy Karoll, Visiting Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: abk9282@nyu.edu
Education: BS University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; MA University of Arkansas; PhD University of California, Los ...

Mohamad Kassab, Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: Visiting
Email: m.kassab@nyu.edu
Education: BEng Lebanese American University; BS Computer Science University of Windsor; MS Computer Science Co...

Research Interests: Software engineering and disruptive technologies; software architecture; blockchain; Internet of Thi...

Amos Ezra Katz, Senior Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: amos.katz@nyu.edu
Education: BA Vassar College; MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine; MFA New York University Tisch Sc...

Research Interests: Cinematography, education and film, documentary, screenwriting

Aaron Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aaronkaufman@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of California, Berkeley; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University

Research Interests: Computational Social Science; Data Science; American Politics

Philip Kennedy, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pfk1@nyu.edu

Maya Kesrouany, Assistant Professor of Literature and Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mk5725@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA American University of Beirut; PhD Emory University

Research Interests: twentieth- and twenty-first century cultural production from the Middle East; translation theory; ae...

Safiya Khalil Alhashmi, Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: safiya.alhashmi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rice University

Research Interests: Materials and nanoscience; energy and sustainability

Munira Khayyat, Clinical Associate Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: munira.khayyat@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MPhil Cambridge University; PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: War, ecologies, resistance, Landscape, oil, theory from the south, ethnographic writing

Bekhzod Khoshimov, Assistant Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: b.khoshimov@nyu.edu
Education: BS Nanyang Technological University; MS University of Wisconsin - Madison; PhD University of Wiscons...

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship; venture capital, emotions

Fiona Kidd, Associate Professor of History and Art and Art History; Global Network Associate Professor in the Study of the Ancient World Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fjk3@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Hons) University of Melbourne; PhD University of Sydney

Research Interests: identity, images and the built environment, craft production, pre-Islamic Central Asian visual art

Masha Kirasirova, Assistant Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: masha.kirasirova@nyu.edu
Education: BA Brown University; M.Phil., PhD New York University

Research Interests: Political and Cultural History of the Soviet Union, Colonialism/Anti-colonialism, Orientalism, Trans...

Serdal Kirmizialtin, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Global Network Associate Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: serdal@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Physical Chemistry, University of Texas Austin

Research Interests: Physical Chemistry, Computational Science, Soft Matter, Enzyme Actions

Suphan Kirmizialtin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: suphan@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Texas, Austin

Research Interests: Modern Middle East, Late Ottoman Empire, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities

Khulood Kittaneh, Program Head, Arabic; Senior Lecturer, Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk83@nyu.edu

Martin Klimke, Vice Provost; Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: klimke@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD University of Heidelberg

Research Interests: intersections of political and cultural, diplomatic, and transnational history, 20th century US-Euro...

Korhan Kocak, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kkocak@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sabanci University; MA Sabanci University; MA Princeton University; PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: Political Economy; Formal Theory; Comparative Politics

Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gkd225@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tufts University, MA Columbia University, PhD Harvard University

Research Interests: Development; State building; MENA region; Religious politics

Marwa Koheji, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: mk8874@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests: Arabian Peninsula; Bahrain, infrastructures, energy, cultural anthropology

Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk4812@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research Interests: Robotics; Autonomous Systems; Automatic Control

Sabino Kornrich, Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Programs and Research; Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sk8433@nyu.edu
Education: BA UNC-Chapel Hill; MA University of Washington; PhD University of Washington

Research Interests: Family; Inequality; Gender

Taneli Kukkonen, Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ktk4@nyu.edu
Education: MTh, MA, and DTh, University of Helsinki

Research Interests: classical Arabic philosophy, Aristotle, Plato

Salila Kulshreshtha, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Art and Art History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: salila.kulshreshtha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lady Shri Ram College; MA Jawaharlal Nehru University; MPhil Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD Jaw...

Research Interests: Art and archaeology of South Asia, Religion in the Indian Ocean world, Museums and Heritage studies

Sunil Kumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sunil.kumar@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Transport of light and thermal radiation

Jonathan Kwan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jonathan.kwan@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swarthmore College; PhD The Graduate Center, CUNY

Research Interests: Social and political philosophy, environmental philosophy, decolonial philosophy, philosophy of race...

Aikaterini Kyriazidou, Program Head of MSc in Economics; Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ak7482@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Athens; MA Northwestern University; PhD Northwestern University

Research Interests: Econometrics; Applied economics

Eduardo Lage Otero, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: eduardo.lageotero@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Santiago de Compostela; MA Washington University in St. Louis; PhD New York Univers...

Research Interests: Hispanic Studies; Multimedia Learning; Language Policy

Benjamin Laughlin, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: benjamin.laughlin@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Washington; PhD University of Rochester

Research Interests: Comparative politics; Political economy; Conflict; Ethnic and national identity

Yves Le Jan, Visiting Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: Visiting
Email: yl57@nyu.edu
Education: Ecole normale supérieure, Paris. PhD Université de Paris

Research Interests: Probability Calculus, Mathematical Physics, Chance in Every Aspect

Kangsan Lee, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kl76@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Northwestern University

Research Interests: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Art and Culture, Organizations and Entrepreneurship, Computational ...

Jiani Lian, Visiting Senior Language Lecturer of Chinese Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jnlian@nyu.edu
Education: BA Beijing Language and Culture University; MA University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interests: Chinese Language Pedagogy; Classical Chinese Language and Literature; Active Learning

Faustin Linyekula, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Theater, Artist in Residence Affiliation: Visiting
Email: faustin.l@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Dance and theater making/ Poetry/ Arts, culture and politics in Africa and its diasporas

Marta Losada, Dean of Science; Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: marta.losada@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Physics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; MSc, Physics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; PhD, ...

Research Interests: High Energy Physics, Elementary Particle Phenomenology and Cosmology, Experimental High Energy Physi...

Alvaro Luna, Visiting Assistant Professor, Literature & Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alvaro.luna@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Comparative Literature ; Literature of Migration and Diasporic Writing; Political Humanities ; Multi...

Anne Maass, Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: anne.maass@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Heidelberg (Germany); MA University of Heidelberg; MA Florida State University; PhD...

Research Interests: language and social cognition; stereotyping; psychology of economic inequality

Andrea Valerio Macciò, Professor of Physics; Global Network Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: maccio@nyu.edu
Education: MB in Physics, University of Milano; PhD in Astrophysics, University of Milano-Bicocca

Research Interests: Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Galaxies, Black Holes

Samer Madanat, Dean of Engineering; Program Head of Urbanization; Global Network Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: smm17@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: transportation infrastructure management

Mazin Magzoub, Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mm6432@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in Biophysics from Stockholm University

Research Interests: Delivery of Antitumor Agents and Therapeutics for Amyloid Diseases

Reem Mahmoud, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: Visiting
Email: rm7230@nyu.edu
Education: BS in Mathematics, American University of Sharjah; MS in Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth Universi...

Research Interests: Graph theory, graph coloring, discrete math, algorithms

Angela Maitner, Visiting Professor of Psychology Affiliation: Visiting
Email: angela.maitner@nyu.edu
Education: BA Eckerd College; MA University of California, Santa Barbara; PhD University of California, Santa B...

Research Interests: Social identity, culture, social cognition

Sheetal Majithia, Assistant Professor of Literature; Global Network Assistant Professor of Literature Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sm188@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: theories of modernity, globalization, comparative post-colonial literature, film, feminist, gender a...

Abhishek Majumdar, Program Head, Theater; Associate Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: abhishek.majumdar@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Delhi University, MBA NIT Trichy, 2 Year Theater Program ( MFA equivalent) London International ...

Research Interests: Political philosophy, dramaturgy, performance making , experimental film, opera, playwriting, direct...

Kinga Makovi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: km2537@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: Social networks; Political sociology; Health; Online experiments; Computational methods

Samreen Malik, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: samreen.malik@nyu.edu
Education: MA Cornell University; PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Applied micro, Development, Macroeconomics

Michail Maniatakos, Program Head of Computer Engineering; Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mm6446@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Yale University

Research Interests: computer architecture, systems security

Matteo Marciano, Assistant Professor of Practice of Music Technology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: matteo.marciano@nyu.edu
Education: BA Business Administration Bachelor from L.U.M.S.A. University in Rome, MMB Master Degree in Music B...

Research Interests: sound recording, music production, sound mixing, and music cognition

Monica Marks, Assistant Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mlm27@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Oxford University

Research Interests: Contemporary Politics of the Middle East and North Africa; Religion & Politics; Secularism; Islamist...

Carol Martin, Professor of Drama Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: cm7@nyu.edu
Education: PhD NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests: Theatre about real events, memorial, memory, ghosts, staging spectators, house museums

Alais Martin-Baillon, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alais.martin.baillon@nyu.edu
Education: PhD SciencesPo

Research Interests: Macroeconomic; firm dynamics

Nader Masmoudi, Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: nm30@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics

Dirk Matten, Visiting Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: Visiting
Email: dm6327@nyu.edu
Education: Diplom-Kaufman (MA) University of Essen, Germany; Dr. rer.pol. (PhD) Heinrich-Heine-University Düsse...

Research Interests: Business ethics, corporate responsibility, sustainability, global goverance

David Michael McCourt, Visiting Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: Visiting
Email: dmm9936@nyu.edu
Education: BA Oxford University, MPhil Cambridge University, MRes PhD European University Institute

Research Interests: US foreign policy; US-China relations; US-Russia relations; British foreign policy; international re...

David Melcher, Program Head, Psychology; Professor of Psychology; Global Network Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: david.melcher@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rutgers University

Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Perception, Attention, Working Memory, Eye Movements

Monica Menendez, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Director of the Research Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES); Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: monica.menendez@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: monitoring, modeling, and control of multimodal transportation systems, considering new technologies...

Maximilian Mihm, Associate Program Head of Economics; Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mm5826@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Economics of information and uncertainty

Salwa Mikdadi, Professor of Practice of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sm5436@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA J. F. Kennedy University

Research Interests: history of modern and contemporary art in the Arab world

Arman Mimar, Assistant Professor of Practice of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: am623@nyu.edu
Education: BS Université Paris 7; PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: Arithmetical Dynamics, Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory

Mostafa Mobasher, Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mostafa.mobasher@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: Computational methods; fracture mechanics; finite elements; multiphysics, material modeling

Mario Molina, Assistant Professor, Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mdmolina@nyu.edu
Education: BA Universidad de los Andes (Chile); MA Universidad Católica de Chile; PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Economic Sociology; Organizations; Social Networks; Computational Social Science

Merritt Moore, Distinguished Artist in Residence, Adjunct Professor of Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: merritt.moore@nyu.edu
Education: BA Harvard College, PhD University of Oxford

Research Interests: Robots, Quantum Physics, Dance

Mohamed Moustafa, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mohamed.moustafa@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC); accelerated bridge construction (ABC); vision-based structur...

Stephanie Lee Mudge, Visiting Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: Visiting
Email: slm9637@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Pennsylvania, MA and PhD, University of California-Berkeley

Research Interests: Political parties, central banks, money and finance, expertise, democratic politics, social theory, ...

Henriette Mueller, Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: henriette.mueller@nyu.edu
Education: Dr., Humboldt University Berlin

Research Interests: Multilevel Governance / EU Governance; Gender and Politics; Women and Leadership; Political Leadersh...

Arslan Munir, Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: Visiting
Email: arslan.munir@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Florida, USA

Research Interests: Embedded and cyber-physical systems; secure and trustworthy systems; artificial intelligence; comput...

Piia Mustamaki, Lecturer of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pjm9@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hunter College of CUNY; MA Bristol University; PhD Rutgers University

Research Interests: travel narratives; gender, cultural and performance studies; Global South urbanism; cities as perfor...

Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: qurrat.nadeem@nyu.edu
Education: PhD King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Research Interests: Wireless communications; signal processing; massive MIMO; programmable metasurface applications

Sarah Nadi, Associate Program Head for Undergraduate Studies of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sarah.nadi@nyu.edu
Education: BSc The American University in Cairo; MMath University of Waterloo; PhD University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Software engineering; empirical software engineering; mining software repositories

Jaime Napier, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jaime.napier@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Texas at Austin; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Gender; Inequality; Heteronormativity

Veda Binod Narasimhan, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: veda.narasimhan@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Zurich; MSc London School of Economics; BA McGill University

Research Interests: Rural development; political economy and institutions; migration and urbanisation

Arjun Narayanan, Assistant Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: narayanan@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Mumbai University; MSc Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Condensed matter physics; Biological physics; Statistical mechanics of living systems; Bioimaging an...

Ram Natarajan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vn327@nyu.edu
Education: BA Johns Hopkins University; MA New York University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Violence; non-violence; memory; trauma; law; literature; translation; Argentina; India

Panče Naumov, Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Chemistry, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pance.naumov@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Materials Science

Fiona Newell, Visiting Professor of Psychology Affiliation: Visiting
Email: fn2169@nyu.edu
Education: BA Trinity College Dublin; PhD University of Durham

Research Interests: Human Perception; Multisensory Perception: Face, Object, and Scene Recognition

Nikos Nikiforakis, Professor of Economics; Co-director of the Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nikos.nikiforakis@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Public Economics

Sara Niroobakhsh, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sn2616@nyu.edu
Education: MFA, Art and Technology Studies, School of Art Institute of Chicago

Research Interests: Bio Art, Interactive Art, Performance Art, AR, VR

Jordan Norris, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jjnorris@nyu.edu
Education: BA/MSci University of Cambridge; MA/PhD Northwestern University

Research Interests: Spatial Economics; International Trade; Macroeconomics; Networks

Abdul Noury, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: abdul.noury@nyu.edu
Education: BA, MA, and PhD summa cum laude Université Libre de Bruxelles

Research Interests: European Union ideology; Nationality; Party systems

Bakiza Noutsi, Lecturer of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bkn2@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, KAUST

Research Interests: Cellular Plasticity, Biophysical Properties of Cells, Stem Cell Engineering and Organoid Technologie...

Yaw Nyarko, Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: yn1@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Ghana; MA and PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Human capital; Economic growth

John O’Brien, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jho3@nyu.edu
Education: BA Brown University; PhD UCLA

Research Interests: Culture; Religion; Social identity

Chinny Ogunro, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: Visiting
Email: cco2065@nyu.edu
Education: BA Stanford University; MHA Cornell University; PhD Harvard Business School

Research Interests: Innovation; entrepreneurship; international development; healthcare; operations; emerging economies

Bilal Orfali, Visiting Professor of Middle East and Arab Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bo29@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Yale University

Research Interests: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Literature, Philology

Ömer Faruk Örsün, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: oo13@nyu.edu
Education: MA University of Essex; PhD Koç University; Postdoc Harvard University

Research Interests: International Security; Machine Learning

Susan Marie Ossman, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Visiting Professor of Movements and Places, Movement and Cultural Practices Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: smo7149@nyu.edu
Education: AB UC Berkeley, DEA U Paris VII, MA UC Berkeley, PhD UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Mobility, subjectivity; globalization; gender; art and scholarship

Mai Oudah, Assistant Lecturer of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mai.oudah@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Al Ain University; MSc The British University in Dubai; PhD Masdar Institute

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Meta/Transcriptomics, Natur...

Zeynep Ozgen, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: zo2@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Los Angeles; BA Bogazici University

Research Interests: Political sociology; Social movements; Culture

Christopher Paik, Associate Program Head of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cp92@nyu.edu
Education: BCom University of British Columbia; MA University of Toronto; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: International politics; Political geography; Comparative political economy; Economic history

Sreekumar Pankajakshan, Associate Lecturer of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sp5802@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Stuttgart University

Research Interests: Chemical Synthesis, Catalysis, Chemistry Education

Francesco Paparella, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: francesco.paparella@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea in Fisica - Università di Torino; PhD Geophysics - Università di Genova

Research Interests: Geophysical Fluids, Earth-systems Processes

Giuliana Pardelli, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: giuliana.pardelli@nyu.edu
Education: BA Universidade de São Paulo; MA Paris School of Economics; MA Hertie School of Governance; PhD Prin...

Research Interests: Political Economy; Taxation; State Capacity; Public Goods Provision; Inequality

Gregory Pardlo, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pardlo@nyu.edu
Education: BA Rutgers University-Camden; MFA NYU; MFA Columbia University; MPhil CUNY Graduate Center

Research Interests: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, African American Literature, Literary Criticism

Minsu Park, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: minsu.park@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Culture; Consumption; Social Networks; Computational Social Science; Human-centered Data Science

Sarah Paul, Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: skp5@nyu.edu
Education: BA Carleton College; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: philosophy of action, philosophy of mind

Anju Mary Paul, Social Science Diversity Liaison; Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: anju.paul@nyu.edu
Education: BBA Honors (First Class) National University of Singapore; MA New York University; PhD University of...

Research Interests: Migration; Globalization; Gender and Labor; Domestic Work; Science Policy; Care Policy

Michele Pavon, Professor of Practice in Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: michele.pavon@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Kentucky

Research Interests: Optimal Transport, Steering of Probability Distributions, Stochastic Mechanics, Harmonic Analysis an...

Leonid Peisakhin, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: leonid.peisakhin@nyu.edu
Education: B.A. Harvard University; M.Phil. University of Oxford; Ph.D. Yale University

Research Interests: Comparative politics; Political economy; Political identities; Historical legacies; Post-conflict re...

Piergiorgio Percipalle, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs; Program Head of Biology; Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pp69@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, Molecular Genetics, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy; PhD, Molecular G...

Research Interests: Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology

Luca Maria Pesando, Associate Program Head of Social Research and Public Policy; Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: lucamaria.pesando@nyu.edu
Education: BA Bocconi University; MA Bocconi University; MA University of Pennsylvania; PhD University of Penns...

Research Interests: Family; Poverty; Inequality; Demography; Education; Health; Youth; Child Development; Technology; B...

Sandra Peters, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Associate Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sp159@nyu.edu
Education: BFA ("Vordiplom") Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden; MFA ("Diplom“) Hochschule für Bildende Kün...

Research Interests: art in architecture, sculpture, installation, moving images, performance

Erin Pettigrew, History Program Head; Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erin.pettigrew@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hollins University; MA University of California Los Angeles; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: 19th and 20th century West Africa, histories of Islam, race, and healing

Nathalie Peutz, Associate Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies and Anthropology; Network Associate Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: npeutz@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: forced migration and displacement; mobility and immobility; conservation and development; identity a...

Fabio Piano, Joint Distinguished Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi-NYU New York; Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU New York; NYU Abu Dhabi Provost, 2010-2020. Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fabio.piano@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea, University of Florence; B.A., M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Biology, New York University; Post-Docto...

Research Interests: Systems Biology; Reproduction, Development and Metabolism; Evolution; Chemical Genetics; C. elgans a...

Pierre Youssef , Program Head of Mathematics; Associate Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yp27@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lebanese University; MA Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6); PhD Université Paris-Est Marn...

Research Interests: Probability, Convex Geometry, Random Matrices, Markov Chains, Random Graphs, Mathematical Foundation...

Melina Platas, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mrp335@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Political Science, Stanford University; BA in Human Biology, Stanford University

Research Interests: Comparative political and human development in sub-Saharan Africa

Maurice Pomerantz, Senior Director NYUAD Institute, Professor of Literature and Arab Crossroads Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mp147@nyu.edu
Education: BA, MA, and PhD University of Chicago

Research Interests: Arabic literature

Christina Pöpper, Program Head of Computer Science; Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cp105@nyu.edu
Education: PhD and MSc (Diploma) ETH Zurich

Research Interests: Information and Communication Security

Alessandro Portaluri, Visiting Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ap9453@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea degree University of Pisa; PhD University of Genova

Research Interests: Maslov index, spectral flow, N-body problem, N-vortex problem

Goffredo Puccetti, Associate Professor of Practice of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: goffredo.puccetti@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea cum Laude in Italian Literature and Art History from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'; Gr...

Research Interests: corporate identity, branding, visual communications

Thomas Pötsch, Assistant Lecturer of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: thomas.poetsch@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of Applied Science, Bremen; MSc University of Bremen, PhD University of Bremen

Research Interests: Computer networks, congestion control protocols

Mohammad Qasaimeh, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering; Associate Director of Faculty Scholarship Development Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: maq4@nyu.edu
Education: PhD McGill University

Research Interests: microfluidic and MEMS devices for biomedical applications, point of care diagnostics

Wael M. Rabeh, Associate Professor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wael.rabeh@nyu.edu
Education: BS Damascus University; PhD University of Oklahoma

Research Interests: Enzymology, Protein Structures

Gabriel Rabin, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gabriel.oak.rabin@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia University; PhD University of California Los Angeles

Research Interests: philosophy of mind, metaphysics

Talal Rahwan, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: talal.rahwan@nyu.edu
Education: BEng University of Aleppo; PhD Southampton University

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems, Cooperative Game Theory, Computational Social Science

Khalil Ramadi, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kramadi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Neuroengineering; Translational Medicine; Medical Devices; Drug delivery

Harshana Rambukwella, Visiting Professor, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Harshana.Rambukwella@nyu.edu
Education: BA Peradeniya, PhD The University of Hong Kong

Research Interests: Literature, History, Nationalism, South Asia, Sociolonguistics

Adam Ramey, Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: adam.ramey@nyu.edu
Education: BA George Washington University; MA, PhD University of Rochester

Research Interests: American Politics; Legislative Institutions; Political Methodology

Mahmoud Rasras, Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mr5098@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Catholic University of Leuven

Research Interests: Photonic components for next-generation optical and microwave photonic networks

Saurabh Ray, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Associate Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sr194@nyu.edu
Education: BTech Institute of Technology Guwahati; MCS, PhD Universität des Saarlandes

Research Interests: Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Aleksander Rebane, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: a.rebane@nyu.edu
Education: BS ETH Zürich; MS Osaka University; PhD Yale University

Research Interests: Soft Matter Physics; Single-molecule Biophysics; Liquid-liquid Phase Separation; Optical Tweezers; I...

Ernesto Reuben, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Societal Impact; Program Head of Business, Organizations and Society; Professor of Economics & Business, Organizations and Society; Co-Principal Investigator of Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ereuben@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Maryland; MPhil Tinbergen Institute; PhD University of Amsterdam

Research Interests: Determinants of labor-market outcomes; Social norms; Gender; Stereotypes; Behavioral Public Policy

Aya Mohamed Salaheldin Riad, Associate Program Head, Interactive Media; Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: aya.riad@nyu.edu
Education: BSc American University in Cairo (AUC), MArch Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)...

Research Interests: Interactive design and architecture, emotive AI, affective computing, parametric architecture, botto...

Blaine Robbins, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bgr3@nyu.edu
Education: BS Pacific Lutheran University; PhD University of Washington

Research Interests: Social Psychology; Political Sociology; Social Networks; Research Methods

Philip Rodenbough, Adjunct Instructor, Scientific Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: philip.rodenbough@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MPhil., MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; BS, BA, University of Washington - Sea...

Research Interests: Scientific Writing

Luis E. Rojas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ler6972@nyu.edu
Education: PhD European University Institute

Research Interests: Macroeconomic policy; optimal taxation; monetary policy

Bas Rokers, Professor of Psychology; Global Network Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rokers@nyu.edu
Education: BA Utrecht University; MA Rutgers University; PhD University of California - Los Angeles

Research Interests: Visual Perception; Motion Processing; Depth Perception; Neuroimaging; Virtual Reality

Keith W. Ross, Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: keithwross@nyu.edu
Education: BS Tufts University; MS Columbia University; PhD University of Michigan

Research Interests: Deep Reinforcement Learning; Deep Learning; Artificial Intelligence

Nadine Roth, Assistant Teaching Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nadine.roth@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Regina; MA University of Calgary; PhD University of Toronto

Research Interests: pre- and post-war Europe

Robert Rowe, Music Program Head; Professor of Music Technology Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: rr6@nyu.edu
Education: BM, Wisconsin; MA, Iowa; PhD, MIT

David Russell, Associate Professor of Physics; Global Network Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dr124@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc, University of Hertfordshire; PhD, University of Southampton

Research Interests: Black Holes, Neutron Stars

Pauline Rutsaert, Associate Professor of Practice of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pauline.rutsaert@nyu.edu
Education: MA Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium); PhD Cornell University (USA)

Research Interests: Industrial Organisation; Competition and Regulation; Industrial and Strategic Trade Policy; Innovati...

Je Ir Ryu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jryu@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Aerospace Propulsion; Energy Science; Reactive Flows; Combustion; Detonation; Hypersonics; High-Per...

Mostafa Sabri, Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mostafa.sabri@nyu.edu
Education: BA Cairo University; MA Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot; PhD Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot

Research Interests: Mathematical physics; spectral theory; quantum chaos; randomness

Rahul Sagar, Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rahul.sagar@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Political theory; Political ethics; Public policy

Hanan Salam, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: hanan.salam@nyu.edu
Education: PhD CentraleSupélec

Research Interests: Human-Machine Interaction; Human-Robot Interaction; Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health; Bias ...

Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ksa3@nyu.edu
Education: BS, MA, San Francisco State University (Advisor: Prof. Gregory A. Antipa); PhD, Northwestern Univers...

Research Interests: Evolution, Phenotype-genotype Relations, Metabolism of Algae

Vijayavenkataraman Sanjairaj, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vs89@nyu.edu
Education: PhD National University of Singapore

Research Interests: 3D Printing and bioprinting for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug testing, and medical...

Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Associate Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rs8561@nyu.edu
Education: BA Valencia; MSc University College London; PhD University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Inequality, Intellectual Property Products and the Macroeconomy; Social Insurance, Resource Misalloc...

Soha Sarkis, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sea301@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA American University of Beirut; PhD Georgetown University

Research Interests: French colonial empire, slavery, human trafficking, migrant crisis

Hisham Sati, Director, Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS); Associate Dean for Student Success and Curricular Affairs; Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: hsati@nyu.edu
Education: BS American University of Beirut; PhD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Interests: Mathematical Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology, Geometric an...

Barbara Constance Scheck, Visiting Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: Visiting
Email: barbara.scheck@nyu.edu
Education: BA German Foreign Office; MSc. ESCP European School of Management; PhD Technical University Munich

Research Interests: (Social) Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing & Social Finance; Impact Measurement and Management

David Scicchitano, Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: david.scicchitano@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in physiology from the Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine; BA ...

Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Genomic Maintenance Mechanics

Gunja SenGupta, Visiting Professor of History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: gs2490@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of Bombay (India); PhD, Tulane University

Research Interests: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds; US and the World with special reference to slavery and freedom; US...

Joanna Settle, Associate Dean, Arts and Creative Practices; Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: js10084@nyu.edu

John Sexton, President Emeritus of the University Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: js1@nyu.edu

Muhammad Shafique, Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhammad.shafique@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Research Interests: Brain-inspired Computing, Embedded Machine Learning and AI, Energy-Efficient Computing, Robust Compu...

Khaled Shahin, Clinical Associate Professor of Civil & Urban Engineering; Coordinator of Engineering Assessment Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kos3@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Dalhousie University

Research Interests: computational structural mechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics of adhesively bonded joints, mech...

Farah Emad Shamout, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fs999@nyu.edu
Education: DPhil University of Oxford

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Science, Applications in Healthcare

Jonathan Shannon, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jhs7@nyu.edu
Education: BA Stanford University; PhD CUNY

Research Interests: Arab world; Mediterranean; Music; Arts; Aesthetics; Migration; Food

Surabhi Sharma, Program Head, Film and New Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ss12622@nyu.edu
Education: BA St. Xaviers College, Mumbai; Film Direction at the Film and Television Institute of India

Research Interests: Music, Migration in Cities, Labour and Globalisation, Gender and Health,

Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, Associate Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Jennifer.Sheehy.Skeffington@nyu.edu
Education: PhD (Psychology), Harvard University; MSc (Social Psychology), London School of Economics, BSc (Hons...

Research Interests: Social Psychology; Poverty; Social Class; Inequality; Ideology; Prejudice; Political Behaviour

Hanine Shehadeh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: hanine.shehadeh@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Amsterdam, MSc University of Amsterdam, MA Columbia University, PhD Columbia Univer...

Research Interests: Settler-colonialism; religion; nationalism; Arab World; digital colonialism

Tina Sherwell, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Arts Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ts4591@nyu.edu
Education: BA Goldsmiths College, University of London, PhD University of Kent at Canterbury

Research Interests: identity; landscape; Arab art; Palestinian art; visual culture

Aaron Sherwood, Associate Arts Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sherwood@nyu.edu
Education: Master's in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University (2014); BFA Jazz and Contemporary Mu...

Research Interests: Applied explorations of consciousness, cosmopoiesis, embodiment, entropy, and semiotics in multi-sen...

Michael Shiloh, Program Head, Interactive Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Interactive Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms10632@nyu.edu
Education: BS, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: participatory installations, machine art, conceptual furniture

Sujeong Shim, Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sujeong.shim@nyu.edu
Education: BA Northwestern University; PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Interests: International Political Economy; International Organizations; Domestic Politics

George Shubeita, Associate Professor of Physics; Global Network Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: george.shubeita@nyu.edu
Education: BS Birzeit University, PhD The University of Lausanne

Research Interests: Biological Physics, Molecular Physics, Molecular Sensors, New Imaging Techniques

Xiaobo Shui, Senior Language Lecturer of Chinese Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: xs7@nyu.edu
Education: MA East China Normal University

Research Interests: Chinese literature; teaching Chinese through film and other media; community-engaged learning; immer...

Anisa Shyti, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: Visiting
Email: as9193@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in Management Sciences, HEC Paris, France; MSc (cum Laude) in Business Administration, Bocconi U...

Research Interests: Business decision-making; Financial data

Sandra Siby, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sandra.siby@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Research Interests: Cybersecurity; privacy

Charles Siebert, Professor of Practice of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cs4635@nyu.edu

Matthew Silverstein, Program Head, Philosophy; Associate Professor of Philosophy; Global Network Associate Professor of Philosophy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: matthew.silverstein@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Amherst College; BPhil, University of Oxford; PhD, University of Michigan

Research Interests: foundations of ethics, normative ethics, the philosophy of action, political philosophy, early moder...

Ozgur Sinanoglu, Associate Dean for Faculty Development; Director, Center for Cyber Security; Professor of Computer Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ozgursin@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of California, San Diego

Research Interests: Hardware Security

Lee Gurdial Kaur Singh, Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ls6195@nyu.edu
Education: AB Mount Holyoke College; MHA University of Iowa; PhD University of California, Riverside

Research Interests: Soviet history, cultural life in the Soviet Union; ballet history, critical dance studies, social hi...

Laila Soliman, Visiting Associate Arts Professor of Theater, Artist in Residence Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ls6196@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University in Cairo, MA Dasarts

Research Interests: Socio-Political Theater; Post-Dramatic; Documentary Theater; Multi-disciplinary Contemporary Theater...

Alia Soliman, Lecturer-Visual and Cultural Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: as14775@nyu.edu
Education: MA American University in Cairo, PhD University College London

Research Interests: Decolonization of curricula, ekphrasis, museum studies, visual literacy, comparative literature, vis...

Yong Rafael Song, Program Head of Bioengineering; Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ys50@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH), Aachen, Germany

Research Interests: design and manufacturing of MEMS devices, fluid mechanics, micro/nanofabrication

Rita Leal Sousa, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rita.sousa@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Tunneling automation, natural threat risk assessment, soil erosion, stochastic modeling

Wole Soyinka, Arts Professor of Theater Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ws2402@nyu.edu
Education: BA English Literature, Leeds University; Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Comparative Theatre Formation Across Cultures

Ilya Spitkovsky, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ims2@nyu.edu
Education: MS University of Odessa, Ukraine; Candidate of Sciences (PhD equivalent) University of Belorussia; D...

Research Interests: Analysis, Operator and Matrix Theory

Jon Sprouse, Professor of Psychology; Global Network Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jon.sprouse@nyu.edu
Education: AB in Linguistics from Princeton University; PhD in Linguistics from the University of Maryland

Research Interests: Linguistics, Experimental Syntax

Kartik Sreenivasan, Associate Program Head for Undergraduate Studies of Psychology; Associate Professor of Psychology with an Affiliation in Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kks4@nyu.edu
Education: BA Yale University; PhD University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Short-term Memory, Working Memory

Justin Stearns, Program Head, Arab Crossroads Studies; Professor of Arab Crossroads; Global Network Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jks8@nyu.edu
Education: BA Dartmouth College; PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: intersection of law, science, and theology in the pre-modern Muslim Middle East

Gregor Stemmrich, Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gs148@nyu.edu
Education: Staatsexamen (degree for teaching art); PhD Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Postdoctoral lecture qualificat...

Research Interests: new technologies in contemporary art (film and video), media theory, history of exhibitions and art ...

Corinne Stokes, Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: corinne.stokes@nyu.edu
Education: MA in Arabic Studies and PhD in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Texas a...

Research Interests: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages, linguistics, and pedagogy; music, popular culture, and socia...

Mark Swislocki, Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs; Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms6027@nyu.edu
Education: BA Reed College; MA, PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: History of China; Environmental History; Food Studies; Critical Animal Studies; Global History

Nimrah Syed, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: nimrah.syed@nyu.edu
Education: BDes PIFD; MDes OCAD University

Research Interests: Alternative futures, discursive and speculative design, design research, collective imagination, par...

Miguel Syjuco, Assistant Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email:
Education: BA Ateneo de Manila University; MFA Columbia University; PhD University of Adelaide

Research Interests: n politics, history, inequality, cultural identity, literature, and formal experimentation

Denise-Marie Teece, Assistant Professor of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmt230@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD New York University, Institute of Fine Arts

Research Interests: art and architecture in the Islamic world

Milena Tekeste, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business, Organizations and Society Affiliation: Visiting
Email: m.tekeste@nyu.edu
Education: Royal Holloway University of London, King's College University of London

Research Interests: Future of Work and Organizations, Careers, Flexibility at Work, Gender, Inequality, Qualitative Meth...

Jeremy Teo, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jeremy.teo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD National University of Singapore

Research Interests: immune-mechanobiology, biomaterials, biomimetic in vitro system, space immunology, bioartificial org...

Brijith Thomas, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bt2354@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Leiden University

Research Interests: SSNMR, spectroscopy, NMR crystallography, dynamic nuclear polarisation

Andy Tillotson, Senior Lecturer of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: andy.tillotson@nyu.edu
Education: BS Vanderbilt University; PhD University of Maryland

Research Interests: Physics Education Research; Connections between Statistical Mechanics and Music

Rana Tomaira, Research Scientist and Senior Lecturer of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rvt2@nyu.edu
Education: University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D); University of California at Berkeley (Masters); Univers...

Research Interests: Development and public policy; Comparative development practices; Development

Dimitrios Touloupas, Professor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dt2803@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Patras

Research Interests: Algorithms, discrete mathematics

Ali Trabolsi, Program Head of Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry; Global Network Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ali.trabolsi@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Lebanese University; MS, PhD University of Strasbourg

Research Interests: Materials for Health and Environment

Anthony Tzes, Alan Howard Distinguished Professor in Artificial Intelligence; Program Head, Electrical Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: anthony.tzes@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Ohio State University

Research Interests: Unmanned aerial vehicles, surgical robots, mechatronics, control engineering

Deepak Unnikrishnan, Assistant Arts Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: du258@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fairleigh Dickinson University; MA Fairleigh Dickinson University; MFA School of the Art Institut...

Daungyewa Utarasint, Visiting Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: du9@nyu.edu
Education: BA Thammasat University; MA George Mason University; PhD The Australian National University

Research Interests: Political Violence, Voting Behavior, Gender and Violence, Southeast Asia Politics

Murat Uysal, Professor of Electrical Engineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: murat.uysal@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Texas A&M University

Research Interests: Communication theory; Wireless communications; Optical communications

Johannes Andreas Valentin, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Visiting Professor of Arts and Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jav4553@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swarthmore College; MA Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro; PhD Universidade Federal ...

Research Interests: Photography; Art History; Cultural Studies

Andrea Vial, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: andrea.vial@nyu.edu
Education: BA CUNY-Hunter College; PhD Yale University

Research Interests: Social Psychology, Gender, Stereotyping, Prejudice, Power, Workplace Culture

Robert Volcic, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rv50@nyu.edu
Education: BSc, MSc Università degli Studi di Trieste; PhD Utrecht University

Research Interests: Neuroscience, Cognitive Systems

Antje Von Suchodoletz, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: avs5@nyu.edu
Education: Diploma, PhD (Psychology) University of Konstanz; Certificate of Advanced Studies in Child and Youth...

Research Interests: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Caregiver-Child Interactions

Zheng Wang, Assistant Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: zw966@nyu.edu
Education: PhD European University Institute; MSc London School of Economics

Research Interests: Econometrics; networks; peer effects

Etienne Wasmer, Program Head of Economics; Professor of Economics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ew1555@nyu.edu
Education: Ecole Polytechnique (BSc), Département et Laboratoire d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (DELTA) (MA)...

Research Interests: Labor Economics; Macroeconomics; Search Theory; Urban Economics

Theodore Waters, Associate Professor of Psychology; Global Network Associate Professor of Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: theo.waters@nyu.edu
Education: Honours BSc University of Toronto; MA Emory University; PhD Emory University

Research Interests: Attachment and autobiographical memory

Jamie Whelan, Associate Lecturer of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jamie.whelan@nyu.edu

Research Interests: Materials Science, Petroleomics, Teaching

Wisam Alshaibi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wisam.alshaibi@nyu.edu
Education: PhD UCLA; BA University of Colorado, Boulder

Research Interests: Political violence; war; human rights; foreign policy; Iraq; elites; political sociology

Madeleine Wolf, Visiting Assistant Professor of French Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mdw364@nyu.edu
Education: BA Pomona College; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University

Research Interests: French literature, culture, and film; 19th-century French studies; sound studies; violence; gender a...

John Wooders, Professor of Economics; Director of Social Science Experimental Lab (SSEL); Co-Director of Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jw4725@nyu.edu
Education: BS University of Toronto; PhD Cornell University

Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory, Experimental Economics

Marion Wrenn, Executive Director of Writing; Senior Lecturer of Writing and Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mw299@nyu.edu
Education: PhD New York University

Research Interests: journalism history, study of popular culture

David Wrisley, Professor of Digital Humanities Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: djw12@nyu.edu
Education: AB University of Chicago; MA/PhD Princeton University

Research Interests: late medieval court culture, multilingual corpora analysis, European and Mediterranean Middle Ages, ...

Mahnaz Yousefzadeh, Affiliate Professor Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: my16@nyu.edu
Education: PhD State University of New York, Binghamton

Research Interests: Early Modern Mediterranean and Persianate worlds. Global art history. Aesthetics and Politics.

Alia Yunis, Visiting Associate Professor of Film and Heritage Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alia.yunis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Minnesota; MA American University; PhD University of Amsterdam

Research Interests: Middle East & the Gulf; Film & Television; Literature; Heritage; Memory & Identity; Heritage, Food& ...

Yasir Zaki, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Global Network Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yz48@nyu.edu
Education: MSc University of Bremen; PhD University of Bremen

Research Interests: Communication Networks, Wireless Networks, Cellular Communication, Congestion Control Protocols

Azhar Zam, Associate Professor of Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: azhar.zam@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Research Interests: Medical Imaging; Biomedical Optics, Biomedical Spectroscopy; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Pho...

Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History; Global Network Professor of Literature and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sz42@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of London; MA, Institute of United States and Latin American Studies, London; PhD, Un...

Research Interests: literature, photography, intellectual history

Dania Zantout, Lecturer of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dz41@nyu.edu
Education: MS American University of Beirut; PhD Clemson University

Research Interests: Automorphic forms, L-functions, Arithmetic Geometry

Ingyin Zaw, Program Head, Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Global Network Associate Professor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ingyin.zaw@nyu.edu
Education: AB, AM, and PhD in Physics from Harvard University

Research Interests: Particle Physics, Astronomy

Weiren Zhao, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wz19@nyu.edu
Education: BS, PhD Zhejiang University

Research Interests: Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, PDEs, Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Physics

William Zimmerle, Senior Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Affiliated Faculty Member of the Arab Crossroads Studies Program and History Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wgz1@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Pennsylvania; MDiv Harvard University Divinity School; BA Fairleigh Dickinson Univ...

Research Interests: Arabian Aromatics; Ancient World; Heritage Law and Policy; Near Eastern and Arabian Archaeology; Ass...

Peter Cornelis van der Windt, Program Head of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: petervanderwindt@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University; MPhil(cum laude) Tilburg University

Research Interests: Africa; Experiments; Governance; Displacement; Poverty

Berkay Özcan, Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: berkay.ozcan@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), MSc Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)

Research Interests: Social policy, demography, population economics

Özlem Özhabeş, Visiting Lecturer Affiliation: Visiting
Email: zz10021@nyu.edu
Education: BA Istanbul University; MA Middlesex University

Research Interests: Theatre, acting, directing, voice work, translation