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Biological & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Christopher Hemme
Assistant Professor Research, INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director
Email: hemmecl@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-9862
Web link : https://web.uri.edu/pharmacy/meet/christopher-hemme/
I manage the Rhode Island INBRE Bioinformatics Core. We provide a variety of bioinformatics services to the INBRE network institutions including next-gen sequence analysis, molecular modeling, statistical analysis and virtual/augmented reality tool development.
Bethany Jenkins
Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: bdjenkins@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-7551
Web link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/bethany-jenkins/
The research in the Jenkins lab is focused on understanding the interplay between the genetically encoded biochemical potential of marine microbes, the physicochemical properties of the environment and how these factors come together to ultimately determine community composition.
Chris Lane
Professor of Biological Sciences
Email: clane@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 874-2683
Web link : https://web.uri.edu/bio/chris-lane/
My lab focuses on the evolution of algae from a molecular, ecological and phylogenetic context, and in particular the mechanisms and consequences of genome reduction and gene transfer.
Lenore M. Martin
Associate Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: martin@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 874-5049
Web link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/lenore-martin/
My research at URI has focused on using solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) to prepare diverse combinatorial libraries of both naturally-occurring and engineered peptides for further study.
Thomas McGreevy Jr
Research Assistant Professor, Director, Wildlife Genetics & Ecology Laboratory, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: tjmcg@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4040
Web link :
My research uses population genomic tools to inform applied management decisions for a variety of wildlife including mainly mammals, but also freshwater fish species. We also study the impact of the environment on the movement of neutral and adaptive genes.
Susanne Menden-Deuer
Professor of Oceanography
Email: smenden@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6608
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/susanne-menden-deuer/
I am a seagoing oceanographer, with research interests focused on marine planktonic food web structure and function.
Leonard Moise
Research Assistant Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: lmoise@uri.edu
Phone :
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/leonard-moise/
I lead T-cell epitope-driven vaccine development projects using a genomes-to-vaccine approach that combines cutting edge immunoinformatic and immunologic methods.
David R. Nelson
Professor and Director URI Genomics and DNA Sequencing Center
Email: dnelson@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 874-5902
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/david-r-nelson/
The Nelson lab is investigating the molecular mechanisms of probiotic activity in bacteria that protect marine animals (oysters, shrimp, fish) from infection by various pathogenic marine bacteria.
Matthew M. Ramsey
Assistant Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: mramsey@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 874-9505
Web link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/matthew-ramsey/
My laboratory is interested in polymicrobial interactions in the human oral microbiome. Many oral bacteria are dependent on these multispecies interactions for survival.
Alan L. Rothman
Head, Laboratory of Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis
Email: alan_rothman@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 277-5419
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/lvip/alan-l-rothman/
A major focus of my research has been defining the virological and immunological events in acute dengue virus infection and their relationship to the development of the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome.
Tatiana Rynearson
Professor of Oceanography
Email: rynearson@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6022
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/tatiana-rynearson/
My research is focused around plankton diversity and abundance.
Rachel Schwartz
Department of Biological Sciences
Email: rsschwartz@uri.edu
Phone :
Web Link: https://ci.uri.edu/meet/rachel-schwartz/
I am interested in training researchers working on coastal issues to efficiently and effectively manage and analyze their data.
Ying Zhang
Associate Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology
Email: yingzhang@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4915
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cmb/ying-zhang/
Our laboratory aims at constructing computational models to understand the formation, settlement, and evolution of bacterial communities in various marine environments and to predict their responses to environmental stresses.
Business & Communications
John Burkett
Professor of Economics
Email: burkett@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-9195
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/economics/meet/john-burkett/
My current interests include Bayesian econometrics, behavioral and experimental economics, health economics, and international economics.
Gordon Dash
Professor of Computational Finance and Decision Sciences
Faculty – Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program
Email: ghdash@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4323
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/business/meet/gordon-dash/
I have served the local and international academic communities since the mid- 1970s. I have a deep commitment to computational finance and computational neuroscience.
Yinjiao Ye
Associate Professor of Communications
Email: yinjiao_ye@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4724
Web Link : https://harrington.uri.edu/meet/yinjiao-ye/
I joined the department in 2006 and my recent research interests focus on health communication and social media. My research has been reported by various national and international media. I conduct primarily quantitative research.
Computational, Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
Mohammad Al – Mamun
Lecturer Of Health Data Outcomes Data Science, Pharmacy
Email: ma875@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2649
Web Link: https://web.uri.edu/pharmacy/meet/mohammad-al-mamun-phd/
I bring interdisciplinary research experience on building mathematical modeling and data science tools (predictive models, machine learning) to understand disease dynamics both individual- and population-level.
James Baglama
Professor and Chair of Mathematics
Email: jbaglama@uri.edu
Web Link : http://www.math.uri.edu/~jbaglama/
Phone: (401) 874-2709
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Tom Bella
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Email: tombella@uri.edu
Web Link : http://www.math.uri.edu/~tombella/
My research interests include scientific computing, numerical linear algebra, matrix theory, structured matrices, matrices with quasiseparable structure, and indefinite inner product spaces.
Sarah Brown
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Email: brownsarahm@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4739
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/pharmacy/meethttps://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/sarah-brown//ashley-buchanan/
Ashley Buchanan
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Email: buchanan@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4739
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/pharmacy/meet/ashley-buchanan/
My substantive research area has expanded to studying opioid use disorder employing a variety of “big data” sources, including administrative claims data and the prescription drug monitoring programs.
Noah Daniels
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Email: noah_daniels@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2701
Web Link: https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/noah-daniels/
I am working on algorithms for high-dimensional and exponentially-growing data sets, with a focus on fast approximate search, manifold learning, anomaly detection, and visualization. I have applied these algorithms to biological and astronomical data sets, and am interested in other application domains.
Nancy Eaton
Professor of Mathematics, Director Of Data Science Programs
Email: neaton@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4107
Web Link: https://math.uri.edu/meet/nancy-eaton/
My research specialization is in the area of combinatorics, specifically graph Ramsey theory, set representations of graphs, and graph coloring.
Lutz Hamel
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Email: lutzhamel@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 480-9499
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/lutz-hamel/
I am mostly interested in the semantics and implementation of programming languages. I recently designed a programming language called Asteroid around the new pattern-matching oriented programming paradigm.
Abdeltawab Hendawi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, Co-Director of the AI Lab
Email: hendawi@uri.edu
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/abdeltawab-hendawi/
Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota. My research interest is in Big Data, Smart City and Smart Health.
Gavino Puggioni
Associate Professor of Statistics, Director of Graduate Studies
Email: gpuggioni@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4388
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/gavino-puggioni/
My main area of research relates to methodology and application of modern Bayesian methods and MCMC algorithms. I am particularly interested in developing new methods for space-time models, stochastic differential equations, Bayesian nonparametrics, model averaging, and spatial point processes.
Lubos Thoma
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Email: thoma@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4451
Web Link : http://www.math.uri.edu/meet/lubos-thoma/
My research interests include random structures and networks, probabilistic and algebraic methods in combinatorics, ramsey theory, graph theory, extremal graph and hypergraph theory, and finite model theory.
Nina Kajiji
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Email: nina@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 474-3009
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/cs/meet/nina-kajiji/
My principal research interest centers on the application of econometric and multivariate data techniques to research problems facing the financial services industry and in the field of education.
Engineering
Angelo Lucia
Chester H. Kirk Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering
Email: alucia@uri.edu
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/engineering/meet/alucia/
My research interests include computational thermodynamics, molecular dynamics simulation, carbon sequestration and petroleum engineering.
Bin Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
Email: binli@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5849
Web Link : https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/binli/
My research spans communication networks, virtual and augmented reality, fog computing, and data centers. In particular, my research utilizes mathematical tools from stochastic processes, optimization, control, and algorithms to understand fundamental performance limits of complex network systems, and develop efficient, adaptable, and scalable algorithms for diverse applications.
Gretchen A. Macht
Assistant Profesor Of Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Email: macht@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-9335
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/engineering/meet/gmacht/
I am a computational, community ergonomist with a research focus on executing sustainability in elections, e-mobility, and teams.
Bahram Nassersharif
Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Email: bn@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-9335
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/engineering/meet/bnassersharif/
My research interests include engineering design, nuclear systems, safety engineering, simulation and modeling.
Qing Yang
Distinguished Engineering Professor of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
Email: qyang@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5880
Web Link : https://www.ele.uri.edu/~qyang/
My research interests include Computer Architectures, Memory Systems, I/O and Data Storage architectures, Storage Networking (SAN, NAS, and LAN), Parallel and Distributed Computing (software and hardware), Embedded Computer Systems and Applications, Computer Applications in Biomedical Systems.
Resit Sendag
Professor of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
Email: sendag@uri.edu
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/engineering/meet/bnassersharif/
My research interests include multi-core architectures; power/performance issues for high-performance and embedded computer systems; and performance evaluation and simulation techniques.
Yan Sun
Professor of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
Email: yansun@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5803
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/engineering/research/cybersecurity/2019/09/yan-sun-research-profile/
My research interests include trustworthy social computing, trust and reputation management, and power grid security.
Health Sciences
Patricia Burbank
Professor of Nursing
Email: pburbank@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5314
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/nursing/meet/patricia-burbank/
My research and scholarly work include topics such as exercise promotion among older adults, participation in interdisciplinary research on the effects of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model to change exercise and nutrition behavior in older adults, an evaluation of a fall prevention program with community-dwelling older adults, and a survey of the needs of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender elders in Rhode Island.
Stephen Kogut
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Email: kogut@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5370
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/pharmacy/meet/stephen-kogut/
My teaching contributions span across a range of topics, including health economics and policy, public health, and health care systems.
Jungeun Lee
Assistant Professor Of Nursing
Email: jelee@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4905
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/nursing/meet/jeng-eun-lee/
My research interests are in symptom science, with a focus on fatigue symptoms, to improve quality of life through the development of tailored physical activity interventions for adults living with chronic disease.
Maya Vadiveloo
Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Email: maya_vadiveloo@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2992
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/nfs/meet/maya-vadiveloo/
I am a registered dietitian, epidemiologist, and behavioral scientist whose research focuses on using insights from big data to study environmental determinants of food choice, dietary quality, and weight control in order to favorably influence population health. Drawing largely on sources of secondary data from large population studies, the goal of my research is to develop interventions and recommendations that promote healthy eating behavior, weight control, and cardiometabolic health at the population level
Manshu Yang
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email: myang@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-7258
Web Link: https://web.uri.edu/psychology/meet/manshu-yang/
I am a quantitative health psychologist and my research interests focus on the development and adaptation of statistical methods to handle missing data and analyze longitudinal data in psychological and health behavior related research(e.g., substance abuse, emotion regulation, health-related quality of life measurement.) I am also interested in addressing methodological issues in ecological momentary assessment and intervention.
Lynda Stein
Professor of Psychology
Email: Larstein@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2830
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/psychology/meet/lyn-stein/
I am interested in the application of big data to health behaviors, including electronic health records, measurement based care, and ecological momentary assessment/intervention.
Theodore Wells
Professor of Psychology
Email: Walls@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-2105
Web Link: https://web.uri.edu/psychology/meet/ted-walls/
My scholarly interest involve statistical analysis of intensive longitudinal data (ILD), design of studies for health behavior research, and technology use in behavioral and mental health monitoring. A recent interest is in citizen health science, which includes citizen use of health tracking and data mining, as well as self-experimentation.
Oceanography & Environmental Sciences
Peter Cornillon
Professor of Oceanography
Email: pcornillon@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6283
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/peter-cornillon/
My research involves studying sea surface temperature (SST) fronts that are places on the ocean’s surface that have temperature gradients.
Dwight Coleman
Inner Space Center
Email: dcoleman@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6637
Web Link : https://ci.uri.edu/meet/dwight-coleman/
As a marine geologist who does research related to mapping the coastal environment and reconstructing past terrestrial landforms that are now submerged by rising sea level, I am keenly interested in understanding more about our coasts and how they are effected by natural phenomena.
Chris Kincaid
Professor of Oceanography
Email: kincaid@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6709
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/chris-kincaid/
The ability to bounce around a bit between laboratory and computational geophysical fluid dynamics, and running really intensive, observational field programs in the coastal ocean, keeps things fresh and continues to make science fun for me.
Pengfei Liu
Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Email: pengfei_liu@uri.edu
Phone:(401) 874-4061
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/enre/pengfei-liu/
My main interests including environmental and resource economics, energy economics, agriculture economics, and experimental economics.
Brice Loose
Associate Professor of Oceanography and Ocean Engineering
Email: bloose@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6676
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/brice-loose/
My research interests are using in GIS and remote sensing to study environmental and natural resources related problems. My current research uses Lidar to assess vegetation hazards to utility infrastructure.
Jason Parent
Assistant Professor of GIS
Email: jason_parent@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5582
Web Link : https://ci.uri.edu/meet/jason-parent/
My research interests are using in GIS and remote sensing to study environmental and natural resources related problems. My current research uses Lidar to assess vegetation hazards to utility infrastructure.
Brian Savage
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Geosciences
Email: savage@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5392
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/geo/brian-savage/
My primary topic of research includes determining complex seismic velocity structures within the solid earth, primarily the crust and upper mantle.
Dave Ullman
Associate Marine Research Scientist
Email: dullman@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6138
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/dave-ullman/
I am a physical oceanographer focusing on circulation and mixing processes in the coastal ocean and estuarine systems, in particular those along the U.S. east coast.
Yang Shen
Professor of Oceanography
Email: yshen@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6848
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/yang-shen/
Scientific curiosity and societal concern are two factors in my career choice of studying seismic activities that can lead to destructive earthquakes.
Matt Wei
Assistant Professor of Oceanography
Email: matt-wei@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-6530
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/gso/meet/matt-wei/
I am a geophysicist studying earthquakes and nuclear tests using tools such as high performance computing and machine learning.
Carol Thornber
Associate Dean of Research, Professor
Email: thornber@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-4495
Web Link : https://web.uri.edu/nrs/carol-thornber/
I am a marine community ecologist with a research focus on marine macroalgae, their importance in nearshore/coastal foodwebs, and the impacts of climate change on these systems.
