{"id":25,"date":"2025-06-30T10:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-09-05T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T22:16:31","slug":"iacr-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/iacr-research\/","title":{"rendered":"IACR : Research Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">The IACR runs a wide range of collaborative research supporting and growth activities including<\/p> \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/2025\/02\/19\/uri-speed-networking-event-for-graduate-senior-students\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/2025\/02\/19\/uri-speed-networking-event-for-graduate-senior-students\/\">networking events<\/a>,<\/li> \n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/seminars\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"246\">seminars<\/a>, <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mghpcc.org\/hpc-day\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mghpcc.org\/hpc-day\/\">regional collaboration activities<\/a>,<\/li> \n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/iacr-seed-funding-program-is-back\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/iacr-seed-funding-program-is-back\/\">interdisciplinary &amp; convergent &#8220;seed&#8221; funding programs<\/a>,<\/li> \n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">The IACR\u2019s Research group is led by <strong><em>Michael Puerrer<\/em><\/strong>, and includes <em>Joan Peckham<\/em> and additional faculty members. The Institute does not have its own research agenda or program &#8212; rather it serves as a focal point for computational researchers at URI and in the region with the goal of strengthening research collaboration and networking. A quick snapshot of the IACR resources is available here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/iacr-at-a-glance\/\">IACR at-a-glance<\/a><\/strong>. <strong>For details on the broad topic of <em>Generative <\/em>AI, and the relevant university-wide efforts and guidelines, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/initiatives\/ai-at-uri\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/initiatives\/ai-at-uri\/\">URI Provost&#8217;s AI page<\/a>.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth wp-block-paragraph\">Faculty researchers from across the university engage with the IACR in a wide variety of ways. A partial list of the affiliated faculty appears below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- IACR_TEAM_BLOCK_START: research -->\n<section class=\"iacr-team\" style=\"margin:2.5rem 0\">\n  <h2>Our Team<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"iacr-team-grid\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(210px,1fr));gap:1.25rem;align-items:start\">\n    <article class=\"iacr-team-person\" style=\"border:1px solid #d8d8d8;padding:1rem;background:#fff;min-width:0\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/avatar_hudc23ab27cf3969ed1ed3d8954bb683f3_2214854_270x270_fill_q75_lanczos_center-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Dr. Puerrer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px;object-fit:cover;display:block;margin:0 0 .75rem 0\">\n      <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .35rem 0;font-size:1.15rem;line-height:1.25\">Michael Puerrer<\/h3>\n      <p style=\"margin:.25rem 0;line-height:1.35\"><strong>Computational Scientist<\/strong><\/p>\n      <p style=\"margin:.25rem 0;line-height:1.35\"><a href=\"mailto:mpuerrer@uri.edu\">mpuerrer@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/article>\n    <article class=\"iacr-team-person\" style=\"border:1px solid #d8d8d8;padding:1rem;background:#fff;min-width:0\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/joan-peckham-web-150x150.png\" alt=\"Photo of Dr. Peckham\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px;object-fit:cover;display:block;margin:0 0 .75rem 0\">\n      <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 .35rem 0;font-size:1.15rem;line-height:1.25\">Joan Peckham<\/h3>\n      <p style=\"margin:.25rem 0;line-height:1.35\"><strong>Strategic Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n      <p style=\"margin:.25rem 0;line-height:1.35\"><a href=\"mailto:jpeckham@uri.edu\">jpeckham@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- IACR_TEAM_BLOCK_END: research -->\n\n\n<h1><strong>Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19055\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19055\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Neutron star merger\" width=\"335\" height=\"317\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neutron Star Merger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Big Data \u2022 Quantum Computation \u2022 Computational Relativity &amp; Astrophysics&nbsp;\u2022 Machine Learning Applications \u2022 Digital Humanities &amp; Art \u2022&nbsp;Mathematical Modeling<\/strong><!-- =====================  FACULTY LIST (URI)  ===================== --><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Physics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/aidan-chatwin-davies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aidan Chatwin-Davies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gravity\/meet\/rob-coyne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Coyne<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/gaurav-khanna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaurav Khanna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/leonard-m-kahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Len Kahn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.uri.edu\/nigh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Nightingale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/michael-purrer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael P\u00fcrrer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/vanita-srinivasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vanita Srinivasa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/wenchao-ge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wenchao Ge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/jaewoong-jung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaewoong Jung<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/david-r-heskett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Heskitt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gravity\/meet\/derek-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gravity\/meet\/deborah-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deborah Ferguson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/trevor-arp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Arp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/meet\/jacob-beckey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Beckey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Computer Science &amp; Statistics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/joan-peckham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joan Peckham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/sarah-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/abdeltawab-hendawi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abdeltawab Hendawi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/noah-daniels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Daniels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/nina-kajiji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nina Kajiji<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/gavino-puggioni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavino Puggioni<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/marco-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marco Alvarez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/lutz-hamel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lutz Hamel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/natallia-katenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Natallia Katenka<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/lisa-dipippo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lisa DiPippo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/haihan-mark-yu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haihan Yu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/kaleel-mahmood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaleel Mahmood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/krishna-venkatasubramanian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Krishna Venkatasubramanian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/shaun-wallace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaun Wallace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jing-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jing Wu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jungjun-choi\/\">Jungjun Choi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/alina-barnett\/\">Alina Barnett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/faculty-resources\/new-faculty\/new-faculty-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruyu Zhou<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Mathematics &amp; Applied Mathematical Sciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/data-science\/meet\/nancy-eaton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nancy Eaton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/james-baglama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Baglama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/tom-bella\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Bella<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/lubos-thoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lubos Thoma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/jonathan-chavez-casillas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Chavez-Casillas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/vasilije-perovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vasilije Perovic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/mustafa-kulenovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mustafa Kulenovic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/mark-comerford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Comerford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/kelum-gajamannage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelum Gajamannage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/nhu-nguyen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nhu Nguyen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/peter-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pengyu Liu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/meet\/ayse-sharland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayse Sharland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Chemistry<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chm.uri.edu\/hayesgroup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dugan Hayes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/dr-daniel-thomas-joins-department-of-chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chm.uri.edu\/index.php\/faculty-and-research\/#fang-wang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fang Wang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chm.uri.edu\/index.php\/faculty-and-research\/#daniel-huh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Huh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/meet\/jason-dwyer\/\">Jason Dwyer<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/copper.chm.uri.edu\/index.php\/person-page\/?person=ztao\">Coraline Tao<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chemistry\/meet\/lorenzo-mosca\/\">Lorenzo Mosco<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Harrington School of Communication &amp; Media<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/yinjiao-ye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yinjiao Ye<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/ying-xiong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ying Xiong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/joon-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joon Kyoung Kim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/uri-names-rochester-institute-professor-administrator-ammina-kothari-as-director-of-the-harrington-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ammina Kothari<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Art &amp; Art History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/art\/meet\/travess-smalley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travess Smalley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/annu-palakunnathu-matthew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annu Mathew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/meet\/thomas-stubblefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Stubblefield<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/madison-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madison Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/bridget-buxton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridget Buxton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Sociology &amp; Anthropology&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/meet\/melanie-s-brasher\/\">Melanie Brasher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Political Science&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/meet\/ping-xu\/\">Ping Xu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/faculty-resources\/new-faculty\/new-faculty-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qin Huang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/faculty-resources\/new-faculty\/new-faculty-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ying Liu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ccj\/meet\/alexis-rowland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Rowland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Business<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Big Data \u2022 Computational Finance&nbsp;\u2022 Machine Learning Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Finance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/gordon-dash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Dash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/georges-tsafack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georges Tsafack Kemassong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/h-zafer-yuksel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zafer Yuksel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/choonsik-chris-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choonsik Lee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Business Analytics &amp; Information Systems<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/seung-kyoon-shin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seung Kyoon Shin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/drew-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew (Zhu) Zhang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/tingting-zhao\/\">Tingting Zhao<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Accounting<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/dave-kale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devendra (Dave) Kale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Supply Chain Management<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/mahtab-kouhizadeh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mahtab Kouhizadeh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Marketing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/stephen-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ============================================================================= --><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Engineering<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19855\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19855\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/1ThN-GyuLznMriqtZJPkvjw-300x237.png\" alt=\"Molecular dynamics visualization\" width=\"336\" height=\"295\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molecular Dynamics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Materials Research \u2022 HPC &nbsp;\u2022 Engineering Optimization \u2022 Molecular Dynamics&nbsp;\u2022 Computational&nbsp;Mechanics<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Chemical, Biomolecular &amp; Materials Engineering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/meet\/michael-l-greenfield\/\">Michael L. Greenfield<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/people\/\">Angelo Lucia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=GjZucO4AAAAJ\">Liqun Zhang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/meet\/arijit-bose\/\">Arijit Bose<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/aser-abbas\/\">Aser Abbas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/sumanta-das\/\">Sumanta Das<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/meet\/vcraver\/\">Vinka Craver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/mehrshad-amini\/\">Mehrshad Amini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/aaron-bradshaw\/\">Aaron Bradshaw<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Electrical, Computer &amp; Biomedical Engineering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ele.uri.edu\/faculty\/sendag\/\">Resit Sendag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ele.uri.edu\/faculty\/binli\/\">Bin Li<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/yalda-shahriari\/\">Yalda Shahriari<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/decps\/meet\/hui-lin\/\">Hui Lin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/research\/sensors\/2019\/07\/tao-wei-research-profile\/\">Tao Wei<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hpcl\/qing-ken-yang\">Qing Yang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ele.uri.edu\/faculty\/kunalm\/\">Kunal Mankodiya<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/icdl\/members\/\">Sungho Kim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cypher\/meet\/dr-yeonho-jeong\/\">Yeonho Jeong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ece\/meet\/dhaval-solanki\">Dhaval Solanki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mchiovaro.github.io\/\">Megan Chiovaro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe\/meet\/rahul-singh\/\">Rahul Singh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe\/meet\/guoyi-xu\/\">Guoyi Xu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ele.uri.edu\/faculty\/weiwei\/\">Weiwei Jia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bme\/meet\/mohammad-zaeri-amirani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammad Zaeri Amirani<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mechanical, Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/helio-matos\/\">Helio Matos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/ashutosh-giri\/\">Ashutosh Giri<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/manbir-sodhi\/\">Manbir Sodhi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/musa-jouaneh\/\">Musa Jouaneh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/carl-ernst-rousseau\/\">Carl-Ernst Rousseau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/vahid-jahangiri\/\">Vahid Jahangiri<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/faculty-resources\/new-faculty\/new-faculty-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ying Cui<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ocean Engineering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/lora-van-uffelen\/\">Lora van Uffelen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/stephan-grilli\/\">St\u00e9phan Grilli<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/m-reza-hashemi\/\">Reza Hashemi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/jason-dahl\/\">Jason Dahl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/bradford-knight\/\">Bradford Knight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/che-wei-chang\/\">Che-Wei Chang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/james-miller\/\">Jim Miller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oce\/meet\/stephen-licht\/\">Stephen Licht<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><strong>Environment &amp; Life Sciences<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20071\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20071\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Molecular ecology\" width=\"342\" height=\"227\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molecular Ecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Big Data \u2022 Computational Molecular Ecology \u2022 Computational Evolutionary Genetics \u2022 Machine Learning Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Natural Resources Science<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/jose-a-amador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Amador<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/roland-duhaime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland Duhaime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/thomas-j-mcgreevy-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas McGreevy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/scott-r-mcwilliams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott McWilliams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/kathleen-a-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathleen Carroll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/brian-d-gerber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Gerber<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/johanna-harvey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johanna Harvey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/todd-guilfoos\/\">Todd Guilfoos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Fisheries, Animal &amp; Veterinary Sciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/meet\/marta-gomez-chiarri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marta Gomez-Chiarri<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/meet\/maria-l-peterson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maria Hoffman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/meet\/dina-proestou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dina Proestou<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/meet\/coleen-suckling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coleen Suckling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Biological Sciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/jason-kolbe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Kolbe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/chris-lane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Lane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/carlos-prada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Prada&nbsp;(a.k.a. Carlos Prada Montoya)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/jonathan-puritz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Puritz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/hollie-putnam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hollie Putnam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/andrew-davies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Davies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/alison-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alison Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Jordan Lally has no faculty profile yet; linking to a URI news story for now --><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Cell &amp; Molecular Biology<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/bethany-d-jenkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bethany Jenkins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/kathryn-ramsey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathryn Ramsey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/meet\/matthew-ramsey-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Ramsey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/lenore-m-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lenore Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/ying-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ying Zhang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/jodi-l-camberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jodi Camberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/j-nicholas-fisk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nic Fisk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/laura-eme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laura Eme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/claudia-fallini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Claudia Fallini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/rachel-schwartz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachel Schwartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/niall-g-howlett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niall Howlett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/caitlin-murdoch\/\">Caitlin Murdoch&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cmb\/meet\/steven-t-gregory\/\">Steven Gregory&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Institute for Immunology &amp; Informatics (I\u2011Cubed)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/i-cubed\/meet\/alan-l-rothman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Rothman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Environmental &amp; Natural Resource Economics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/pengfei-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pengfei Liu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/hui-zhou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hui Zhou<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/meet\/corey-lang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Lang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Geosciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/brian-savage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Savage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/ambarish-karmalkar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambarish Karmalkar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ====================================================================== --><\/p>\n<h1>Nursing<!-- ==========  UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND \u2013 COLLEGE OF NURSING  ========== --><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul><!-- Faculty --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/staceylbevan\/about\">Stacey Bevan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nursing\/meet\/ann-marie-moraitis\/\">Ann Marie Moraitis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ===================================================================== --><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Health Sciences<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Big Data \u2022 Computational Social Science&nbsp;\u2022 Machine Learning Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Nutrition &amp; Food Sciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/meet\/maya-vadiveloo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maya&nbsp;Vadiveloo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/meet\/isaac-agbemafle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac&nbsp;Agbemafle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Public Health<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/provost\/faculty-resources\/new-faculty\/new-faculty-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margaux Delporte<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Psychology<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/kinesiology\/meet\/ryan-chapman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Chapman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/lyn-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lyn&nbsp;Stein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/ted-walls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted&nbsp;Walls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/manshu-yang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manshu&nbsp;Yang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/christopher-urban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris&nbsp;Urban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Von&nbsp;Marie&nbsp;Rodriguez-Guzman*<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/justin-parent\/\">Justin Parent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/psychology\/meet\/christopher-g-beevers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Beevers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Human Development &amp; Family Science<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/meet\/sue-k-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sue&nbsp;K.&nbsp;Adams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- *Former\/affiliate faculty\u2014no individual URI profile currently available --><!-- ===================================================================== --><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Oceanography<\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19867\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19867\" src=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/gso-sst-currents-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean currents map\" width=\"328\" height=\"328\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean Currents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Big Data \u2022 Physical Oceanography \u2022 Seismology \u2022&nbsp;Machine Learning Applications&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/roxanne-a-beinart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxanne Beinart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/tatiana-rynearson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tatiana Rynearson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/susanne-menden-deuer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susanne Menden-Deuer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/steven-dhondt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve D\u2019Hondt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/isaac-ginis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Ginis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/chris-kincaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Kincaid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/yang-shen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yang Shen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/matt-wei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meng Wei<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/peter-cornillon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Cornillon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/brice-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brice Loose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kelton-mcmahon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelton McMahon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/tetsu-hara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tetsu Hara<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/lewis-m-rothstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lew Rothstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/keisuke-inomura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keisuke Inomura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/jaime-b-palter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaime Palter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/colleen-b-mouw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colleen Mouw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kristy-lewis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristy Lewis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/kathleen-donohue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathleen Donohue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/nick-pizzo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicholas Pizzo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/robert-campbell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Campbell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/jeremy-s-collie\/\">Jeremy Collie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/russell-shomberg\/\">Russell Shomberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/mingxi-zhou-ph-d\/\">Mingxi Zhou<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ====================================================================== --><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Pharmacy<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Big Data&nbsp;\u2022 Bioinformatics<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Department of Pharmacy Practice &amp; Clinical Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/ashley-buchanan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley Buchanan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/sheron-wen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xuerong (Sheron) Wen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.uri.edu\/php_facpubs\/1425\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Regine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/todd-brothers\/\">Todd Brothers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Department of Biomedical &amp; Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/meet\/christopher-hemme-ph-d-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Hemme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ci.uri.edu\/meet\/matthew-bertin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Bertin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/david-rowley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Rowley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/changliu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chang Liu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/meet\/dr-anne-reid\/\">Anne Reid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/bailey-miller-ph-d\/\">Bailey Miller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/amandaalker\/\">Amanda Alker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ryaninstitute.uri.edu\/meet\/merina-varghese\/\">Merina Varghese<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email us at <strong>iacr-group@uri.edu<\/strong> with questions, comments, suggestions &#8212; anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/uri-faculty-and-students-offered-free-access-to-aws-kiro\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/AWS-Kiro-Blogpost-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kiro logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/AWS-Kiro-Blogpost-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/AWS-Kiro-Blogpost-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/uri-faculty-and-students-offered-free-access-to-aws-kiro\/\">URI Faculty and Students Offered Free Access to AWS Kiro<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">AWS is offering URI students free access to Kiro, an AI-powered development platform, with complimentary access also available for participating faculty.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/uri-releases-2026-ai-task-force-report-and-campus-ai-resources\/\">URI Releases 2026 AI Task Force Report and Campus AI Resources<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s new 2026 AI Task Force report highlights progress and recommendations for thoughtful, responsible AI across teaching, research, and University operations, with links to campus guidance, workshops, and research support.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/nsf-opens-new-ai-infrastructure-and-ai-ready-dataset-opportunities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"NSF logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-1021x1024.jpeg 1021w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-768x771.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-364x365.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-500x502.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo-1000x1003.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/NSF_logo.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/nsf-opens-new-ai-infrastructure-and-ai-ready-dataset-opportunities\/\">NSF Opens New AI Infrastructure and AI-Ready Dataset Opportunities<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Two new NSF solicitations may interest URI teams working with AI, scientific data, research computing, and cyberinfrastructure. Full proposals are due November 4, 2026.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/free-claude-team-plan-access-available-for-scientists\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/claude-team-plan-scientists-iacr-20260829-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Researchers collaborating with AI tools in a modern academic lab setting.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/claude-team-plan-scientists-iacr-20260829-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/claude-team-plan-scientists-iacr-20260829-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/free-claude-team-plan-access-available-for-scientists\/\">Free Claude Team Plan Access Available for Scientists<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Anthropic is offering eligible scientists one year of free Claude Team plan access for themselves and up to 25 lab members.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/fall-2026-workshop-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IACR logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-2000x2000.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2282\/IACR_logo2-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/fall-2026-workshop-program\/\">Fall 2026 Workshop Program Announced<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI fall 2026 workshops include sessions on Unity, AI tools, OpenCode\/Codex, prompt engineering, bioinformatics, R, SPSS, and SBDC training.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/news\/\" title=\"\">More News<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/research-news\/\" title=\"\">Archived News<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IACR runs a wide range of collaborative research supporting and growth activities including networking events, seminars, regional collaboration activities, interdisciplinary &amp; convergent &#8220;seed&#8221; funding programs, The IACR\u2019s Research group is led by Michael Puerrer, and includes Joan Peckham and additional faculty members. 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