Faculty Profiles

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...

Olivier Bochet, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Program Head and Associate 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

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...

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...

Zaynab El Bernoussi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: zeb206@nyu.edu
Education: BBA Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane; MiF IE Business School; MPA Columbia University; PhD Universit...

Research Interests: Dignity Politics, International Politics, Global South

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...

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

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

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

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

Jill Magi, Associate Arts Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jill.magi@nyu.edu
Education: MA, City College of the City University of New York; MFA, Goddard College

Research Interests: poetry and poetics, experimental literature, handmade books, alternatives to mainstream publishing, ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.