NYU Abu Dhabi has welcomed 66 highly accomplished and diverse scholars coming from some of the world's most ambitious academic and professional institutions to teach our students and continue their scholarship in the UAE.

The new hires include Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright, poet and political activist, who has won international acclaim for his verse and novels. Considered among contemporary Africa’s greatest writers Soyinka is a towering figure in world literature where his scholarship encompasses drama, poetry, novels, music, film, and memoirs. Soyinka is the 1986 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The 66 faculty members begin work at NYUAD focusing on a range of subjects across all academic disciplines. The new members of the community hail from 20 different countries having held positions in some of the world’s leading teaching and research institutions including  Harvard University, University of Oxford, The National University of Singapore, and Stanford University. Their research ranges from ballet and coding robots to dance, to recreating a whole human body within a singular device.

Detailed information about the faculty can be found here. 

Arts and Humanities

• Wole Soyinka, Arts Professor of Theater - Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Cambridge, UK
• Adeel Hussain, Associate Professor of Legal Studies - PhD in History, University of Cambridge, UK
• Chinasa Ezugha, Assistant Arts Professor of Live/Art Art as Social Practice - Master of Arts in Performance; University of London, UK 
• Jonathan Kwan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy - PhD in Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center, US
• Henriette Müller, Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society - PhD in Political Science, Humboldt University, Germany
• Mitchell Atkinson, Lecturer of Writing - PhD in Philosophy, Graduate School for Social Research in the Polish Academy of Sciences , Poland
• Lee Gurdial Kaur, Singh Lecturer of Writing - PhD in History, University of California, Riverside, US
• Arvind Rajagopal, Professor of Media Ecology - PhD in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, US
• Bilal Orfali, Visiting Professor of Middle East and Arab Studies - PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, US
• Gerard Quinn, Visiting Professor of Legal Studies - Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard Law School, US
• Andreas Valentin, Visiting Professor of Art and Art History - PhD in Social History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Slavica Ceperkovic, Visiting Professor of Interactive Media - PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from York University
• Susan Ossman, Visiting Professor of Movements and Places, Movement, and Cultural Practices - PhD in Anthropology, University of California - Berkeley, US
• Jinan Bastaki, Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Studies - PhD in Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
• Laila Soliman, Visiting Associate Arts Professor of Theater, Artist in Residence - MA in Theatre, Dasarts, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Netherlands 
• Hannah Ashmawi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society - DPhil in History, University of Oxford, UK
• Domna Banakou, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Interactive Media - PhD in Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Eduardo Lage-Otero, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities - PhD in Educational Communication and Technology, New York University, US
• Álvaro Luna-Dubois, Visiting Assistant Professor, Literature and Creative Writing - Doctorate in Comparative Literature, University of California - Santa Barbara, US
• Sara Niroobakhsh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interactive Media - MFA in Art and Technology Studies, School of Art Institute of Chicago, US
• Merritt Moore, Distinguished Artist in Residence, Adjunct Professor of Practice - PhD in Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, UK
• Jawad al Malhi, Adjunct Lecturer for Art and Art History - MA in Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, UK
• Vikram Divecha, Adjunct Assistant Professor of for Art and Art History - MFA, Columbia University, US

Engineering

• Azhar Zam, Associate Professor of Bioengineering - PhD in Advanced Optical Technologies, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• Tuka Alhanai, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering - PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
• Je Ir Ryu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering - PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, US
• Farah Shamout, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering - PhD in Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK

Science

• Anne Maass, Professor of Psychology - PhD in Social Psychology, Florida State University, US
• Dan Ohtan Wang, Professor of Biology - PhD in Neuroscience, Laboratory of Dr. Michael W. Quick, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, US
• Azam Gholami, Associate Professor of Physics - PhD in Biophysics, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germany
• Ken Kamei, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Biology - PhD in Engineering, Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Mazin Magzoub, Associate Professor of Biology - PhD in Biology, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Ahmed Almheiri, Assistant Professor of Physics - PhD in Physics, University of California - Santa Barbara, US 
• Tynchtyk Amatov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry - PhD in Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry/Department of Chemistry, Charles University, Czech Republic
• Asif Equbal, Assistant Professor of Chemistry - PhD in Chemistry, Aarhus University, iNANO, Denmark
• Arjun Narayanan, Assistant Professor of Physics - PhD in Physics, New York University, US
• Brijith Thomas, Assistant Professor of Chemistry - PhD in Chemistry, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Michele Pavon, Professor of Practice in Mathematics - PhD in Mathematics, University of Kentucky, US
• Simonetta Di Pippo, Visiting Professor of Practice of Physics - PhD in International Relations, John Cabot University, Italy
• Hernán López-Schier, Visiting Professor of Biology - PhD in Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK
• Salah Mehdi, Visiting Professor of Mathematics - PhD in Mathematics, Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, France 
• Fida Dankar, Visiting Associate Professor of Computer Science - PhD in Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Matthew Martin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics - PhD in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

Social Science

• Sanjeev Goyal, Professor of Economics - PhD in Economics, Cornell University, US
• Aikaterini Kyriazidou, Clinical Professor of Economics - PhD in Economics, Northwestern University, US
• Luca Maria Pesando, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, US
• Barthélémy Bonadio, Assistant Professor of Economics - PhD in Economics, University of Michigan, US
• Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Assistant Professor of Political Science - PhD in Government, Harvard University, US
• Veda Narasimhan, Assistant Professor of Economics - MS in Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK
• Sujeong Shim, Assistant Professor of Political Science - PhD in Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, US
• Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Visiting Professor of Legal Studies - PhD in Law, University of Cambridge, UK
• Pankaj Patel, Visiting Professor of Business, Organizations and Society - PhD in Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville, US
• Anju Mary Paul, Visiting Professor of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Sociology and Public Policy, University of Michigan, US
• Songfa Zhong, Visiting Professor of Economics - PhD in Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• Sophia Jeong, Visiting Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society - PhD in Business Administration, University of South Carolina, US
• Camilla Quental, Visiting Associate Professor of Business, Organizations and Society - PhD in Management and Human Resources, HEC Paris, France
• Sarah Valdez, Visiting Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Sociology, University of Washington, US 
• Zaynab El Bernoussi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Political and Social Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Milena Tekeste, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business, Organizations and Society - PhD in Management, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
• Sarah Seungah Lee, Visiting Senior Lecturer of Social Research and Public Policy - MA in Sociology, Stanford University, US
• Arda Güçler, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Political Science, Northwestern University, US
• Sebastian Fuchs, Adjunct Lecturer of Business, Organizations and Society - PhD in Organizational Psychology, King’s College London, UK
• Aman Merchant, Adjunct Lecturer of Business, Organizations and Society - MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of Oxford, UK 
• Manu Muñoz-Herrera, Adjunct Lecturer of Economics - PhD in Sociology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Maria Grigoryeva, Adjunct Assistant Lecturer of Social Research and Public Policy - PhD in Sociology, University of Washington, US

Academic Enrichment Program

• Alia Soliman, Lecturer in the Academic Enrichment Program - PhD in Intercultural Studies, University College London, UK