Faculty

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 ...
Program: Social Research and Public Policy

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

Tuka Waddah Alhanai, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: tuka.alhanai@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Research Interests: Computer-Human Intelligence

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)...
Program: Psychology

Research Interests: Neurolinguistics, Language Processing

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...
Program: Mathematics

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;
Program: Mathematics

Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Probability Theory

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
Program: Economics

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
Program: Biology

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

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
Program: Computer Science

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

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...
Program: Biology

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

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

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

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
Program: Mathematics

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

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
Program: Music

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

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...
Program: Computer Science

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 ...
Program: Economics

Research Interests: Labor markets; Applied econometrics

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

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

Saif Jabari, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU Tandon Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sej7@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Program: Civil Engineering

Research Interests: data analysis, theoretical traffic flow modeling

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
Program: Biology

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

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

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

Aaron Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Assistant Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aaronkaufman@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of California, Berkeley; AM Harvard University; PhD Harvard University
Programs: Business, Organizations and Society, Political Science

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

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...
Program: Business, Organizations and Society

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship; venture capital, emotions

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
Program: Political Science

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

Kinga Makovi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: km2537@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Columbia University
Program: Social Research and Public Policy

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

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
Program: Psychology

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

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
Program: Social Research and Public Policy

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

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

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

Giuliana Pardelli, Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Assistant Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU 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...
Program: Political Science

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

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

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

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

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

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...
Program: Mathematics

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

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

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

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
Program: Computer Science

Research Interests: Information and Communication Security

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
Program: Computer Science

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

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
Program: Computer Science

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

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

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
Program: Computer Science

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

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
Program: Mathematics

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

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

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
Program: Computer Science

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...
Program: Biology

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

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
Program: Economics

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

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
Program: Mathematics

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

Muhammad Shafique, Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: muhammad.shafique@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Programs: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

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

Farah Emad Shamout, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fs999@nyu.edu
Education: DPhil University of Oxford
Program: Computer Engineering

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

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
Program: Psychology

Research Interests: Linguistics, Experimental Syntax

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

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

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

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

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, ...

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
Program: Computer Science

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

Azhar Zam, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, NYU Abu Dhabi; Associated Faculty with the Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments, NYU Tandon Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: azhar.zam@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Program: Bioengineering

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