The University of Texas at Dallas is closely monitoring the outbreaks of COVID-19 and monkeypox. Find updates on this and other resources on our community health page.(Editor’s Note: Professors from the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, the Naveen Jindal School of Management and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will be featured in a future edition of News Center.)The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed one of its largest groups of new tenured and tenure-track faculty members with 43 of them joining the University this year, including many who started this fall.The professors bring an array of expertise in disciplines ranging from art history and game design, to psychology and neuroscience, to computer science and mechanical engineering.This year’s group includes:
Dr. Ali Asgar Alibhai, assistant professor of art historyEducation: PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies, Harvard University; Master of Arts in medieval studies, Southern Methodist University; Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and Islamic studies, Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Surat, IndiaResearch areas: art; architecture and material culture of the Islamic worldJeff Price, associate professor of game developmentEducation: Master of Fine Arts in multimedia, animation and graphic design, Virginia Commonwealth University; Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design, University of OklahomaResearch areas: game design; photogrammetry; virtual and augmented realityDr. Jonathan Tsou, professor of philosophy, Marvin and Kathleen Stone Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Medicine and ScienceEducation: PhD in conceptual and historical studies of science, University of Chicago; Master of Arts in philosophy, University of Western Ontario; Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, Simon Fraser University in British ColumbiaResearch areas: philosophy of science, philosophy of psychiatry, philosophy of mind/cognitive science, history of 20th-century philosophy of scienceDr. Mai Wang, assistant professor of literatureEducation: PhD and Master of Arts in English, Stanford University; Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, Boston University; Bachelor of Arts in English, Yale UniversityResearch areas: transnational diasporic literary studies
Dr. Anila D’Mello, assistant professor of psychology at UT Dallas and assistant professor of psychiatry and a Jon Heighten Scholar in Autism Research in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical CenterEducation: PhD in behavior, cognition and neuroscience, American University; Bachelor of Arts in psychology and government, Georgetown University Research areas: cognitive neuroscience of language and social cognition across development and in disorders; role of cerebro-cerebellar circuits in language, cognition and autism spectrum disorder; neuroimaging of language and cognition across typical and atypical neurodevelopmentDr. Kelly Jahn, assistant professor of speech, language, and hearingEducation: PhD in speech and hearing sciences, University of Washington; AuD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Bachelor of Science in psychology and Bachelor of Arts in communication sciences, University of ConnecticutResearch areas: neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity and emotional sound processing across the lifespan; development of evidence-based clinical protocols, diagnostic tools and personalized treatments for hearing loss and hyperacusis; cochlear implants; auditory electrophysiologyDr. Millie Rincón-Cortés, assistant professor of neuroscienceEducation: PhD in neuroscience and physiology, New York University; Bachelor of Science in biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez CampusResearch areas: normative and stress-induced plasticity of reward and mesolimbic dopamine function, emphasis on early development and the postpartum periodDr. Pumpki Lei Su, assistant professor of speech, language, and hearingEducation: PhD in hearing and speech sciences and Master of Science in interdisciplinary study in neurodevelopmental disabilities, Vanderbilt University; Bachelor of Science, communication sciences and disorders and linguistics, Northwestern UniversityResearch areas: language development in children with autism spectrum disorder and in bilingual children; parent-child interaction; word learning; language assessment for culturally and linguistically diverse children; Mandarin development; eye-trackingDr. Alva Tang, assistant professor of psychologyEducation: PhD in psychology, neuroscience and behaviour, McMaster University in Ontario; Bachelor of Science in psychology, University of TorontoResearch areas: developmental changes in social-emotional development; individual differences and social-contextual factors; mental and physical healthDr. Stacie Warren, associate professor of psychologyEducation: PhD in clinical psychology and Master of Arts in psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Arts in psychology, California State University Long BeachResearch areas: clinical psychology, investigating individual differences in developmental pathways to psychopathology across the lifespan in hopes of reducing its prevalence and impact; executive function, emotion regulation, cognitive and affective neuroscience; cognitive training; noninvasive systems neuroscience
Dr. Polimyr Caesar Dave P. Dingal, assistant professor of bioengineeringEducation: PhD in chemical and biomolecular engineering, University of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Engineering in chemical and biomolecular engineering, Nanyang Technological University in SingaporeResearch areas: systems biology, synthetic biology, developmental biologyDr. Xinya Du, assistant professor of computer scienceEducation: PhD in computer science, Cornell University; Bachelor of Engineering in computer science and engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityResearch areas: natural language processing, computational linguistics, machine learning, deep learningDr. Mona Ghassemi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineeringEducation: PhD and Master of Science in electrical engineering, University of Tehran; Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Shahed University in IranResearch areas: transportation electrification; clean energy; electrical insulation materials and systems; high voltage/field engineering and technology; power systems; plasma scienceDr. Yunhui Guo, assistant professor of computer scienceEducation: PhD in computer science, University of California, San Diego; Master of Science in computer science, Zhejiang University, China; Bachelor of Engineering in communication engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaResearch areas: machine learning, computer visionDr. Ifana Mahbub, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineeringEducation: PhD in electrical engineering, University of Tennessee in Knoxville; Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronic engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyResearch areas: radiofrequency and microwave integrated circuits and interfaces for wireless power and data telemetry applicationsDr. Kristin Miller, associate professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineeringEducation: PhD in bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, Texas A&M UniversityResearch areas: biomechanics; mechanobiology; reproductive health, growth and remodeling; tissue engineering and regenerative medicineDr. Hui Ouyang, assistant professor of mechanical engineeringEducation: PhD in mechanical engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Master of Science in mechanical engineering, The University of Akron; Bachelor of Science in energy and power engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University in ChinaResearch areas: aerosol science and technology; aerosol transport in the lung; bioaerosol controlDr. Berrak Sisman, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineeringEducation: PhD in electrical and computer engineering, National University of Singapore; Master of Science in electronics engineering and Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronics engineering and in computer science and engineering, FMV Işık University in IstanbulResearch areas: artificial intelligence; machine learning; speech synthesis and emotionDr. Yapeng Tian, assistant professor of computer scienceEducation: PhD in computer science, University of Rochester; Master of Science in electronic engineering, Tsinghua University in Beijing; Bachelor of Science in electronic engineering, Xidian University in ChinaResearch areas: computer vision, computer audition, multimodal learningDr. Cormac Toher, assistant professor of materials science and engineering in the Jonsson School and of chemistry and biochemistry in the School of Natural Sciences and MathematicsEducation: PhD in physics and Bachelor of Arts in theoretical physics, Trinity College DublinResearch areas: computational materials design, materials thermodynamics, disordered materials, energy materials, electronic materialsDr. Yue Zhou, assistant professor of mechanical engineeringEducation: PhD in electrical engineering, The Pennsylvania State University; Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in physics, Nanjing University in ChinaResearch areas: energy storage; energy conversion; advanced manufacturing; electronic materials and devicesMedia Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, newscenter@utdallas.edu.800 W. Campbell Road Richardson, Texas 75080-3021972-883-2111© The University of Texas at Dallas Questions or comments about this page?