11 Faculty Members Join The Baskin School Of Engineering In 2017-18

The Baskin School of Engineering welcomes 11 new faculty this year, bringing the school’s total faculty count to 101. The new faculty members bring a wide range of expertise to the engineering school, enhancing already strong programs such as data science and computational genomics, and bringing new expertise in expanding areas such as robotics and power systems.

Baskin Engineering attracts faculty from schools across the U.S. and internationally. This year’s cohort of new faculty received their PhDs from institutions such as UC Berkeley, CalTech, Texas A&M University, Cambridge University and Mannheim University. The school is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year; it launched in 1996 with 25 faculty members. 

 New Faculty of the Baskin School of Engineering 2017-18:

	Sara Abrahamsson Electrical Engineering Bioelectronics, optical systems, multifocus microscopy, diffractive Fourier optics design and nanofabrication for live 3D bioimaging
	Snigdha Chaturvedi Computer Science Natural language processing, machine learning, text mining
	Angus Forbes Computational Media Information visualization, computer graphics, VR/AR, HCI, applied machine learning, new media arts, creative coding
	Marcella Gomez Applied Mathematics and Statistics Control and dynamical systems with applications to synthetic biology including modeling, analysis, and design of biological networks involved in gene regulation, metabolic engineering, spatial patterning
	Abhishek Halder Applied Mathematics and Statistics Dynamical systems and control theory, optimization, stochastic processes, information geometry, application to large scale cyberphysical systems and machine learning
	Heiner Litz Computer Engineering Computer architecture, operating systems and storage with a focus on data centers
	Faisal Nawab Computer Science Big data management, distributed cloud computing, data science, Internet of Things, wearables
	Narges Norouzi Computer Science Statistical signal processing with applications in image processing, pattern recognition, adaptive systems
	Benedict Paten Biomolecular Engineering Computational genomics, precision medicine, biomedical data sharing
	Michael Wehner Computer Engineering Robotics, human-machine interaction, soft systems, wearables, rehabilitation
	Yu Zhang Electrical Engineering Power systems, smart grids, machine learning, data analytics, optimization, operations research, data centers, transportation, wireless communications, signal processing