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 Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science were featured in a previous News Center story.)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 public affairs and economics to information systems and finance to geosciences and mathematics.This year’s group includes:
Dr. Abraham Benavides, professor of public and nonprofit managementEducation: PhD in urban studies and public affairs, Cleveland State University; Master of Public Administration, Brigham Young University; Bachelor of Arts in international relations, George Washington UniversityResearch areas: municipal government including landfills, potable water and wastewater treatment plants; form of government; public health; emergency management; Hispanic/Latino communities Dr. Alexander Burton, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justiceEducation: PhD and Master of Science in criminal justice, University of Cincinnati; Bachelor of Science in justice administration, Southwest Minnesota State UniversityResearch areas: institutional and community corrections; criminal justice personnel training; public opinion on crime and justice policies Dr. Jared Edgerton, assistant professor of political scienceEducation: PhD and master’s degree in political science, The Ohio State University; Bachelor of Arts in political economy, Juniata CollegeResearch areas: international security, conflict processes, political violence, international regimes, machine learning, network science, text as data, causal inference Dr. Camilo Granados, assistant professor of economicsEducation: PhD and Master of Arts in economics, University of Washington; Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in economics, National University of ColombiaResearch areas: international macroeconomics, international finance, macroeconomics, applied econometrics Dr. Natalia Lamberova, assistant professor of political economy and technology policyEducation: PhD in comparative politics and government and Master of Science in statistics, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Arts in economics, Kazan Federal University in Russia.Research areas: political economy of technological development, intellectual property rights, political economy, collective actions, political connections Dr. Pengfei Zhang, assistant professor of cybersecurity and public policyEducation: PhD in economics and Master of Arts in economics, Cornell University; Bachelor of Science in mathematics and global China studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyResearch areas: cyberlaw and policy; law and economics; intellectual property; conflict and dispute resolution
Dr. Paul Cheung, assistant professor of finance and managerial economicsEducation: PhD in economics, University of Maryland; Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Science in economics, Chinese University of Hong KongResearch areas: behavioral economics, experimental economics, decision theory Dr. Hyesook Chung, assistant professor of organizations, strategy and international managementEducation: PhD and Master of Science in human resource studies, Cornell University; Master of Science in business administration, Seoul National University; Bachelor of Science in human development, Cornell UniversityResearch areas: strategic human resource management, employee turnover, labor flexibility, human capital Dr. Thomas Lavastida, assistant professor of information systemsEducation: PhD and Master of Science in algorithms, combinatorics and optimization, Carnegie Mellon University; Bachelor of Science in computer engineering, Louisiana State UniversityResearch areas: algorithms, optimization, machine learning Dr. Heeseung Andrew Lee, assistant professor of information systemsEducation: PhD and Master of Science in information systems and Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyResearch areas: economics of information technology, artificial intelligence and human collaboration; digital content consumption; digital marketing Dr. Jennifer Lee, assistant professor of organizations, strategy and international managementEducation: PhD in strategic management, Michigan State University; Master of Arts in economics, University of Southern California; Bachelor of Arts in mathematical methods in social sciences, Northwestern UniversityResearch areas: corporate governance, shareholder activism, temporal orientation Dr. Neda Mirzaeian, assistant professor of operations managementEducation: PhD in operations management, Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Science in industrial administration, Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Science in industrial engineering, University of Pittsburgh; Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, Sharif University of Technology in IranResearch areas: smart city operations, specifically the potential effects of innovative technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, on highway traffic congestion, parking and the sharing economy Dr. Christopher Reilly, assistant professor of finance and managerial economicsEducation: PhD in finance, Boston College; Bachelor of Arts in economics, Georgetown UniversityResearch areas: empirical asset pricing, focusing on exchange-traded funds and the role of nonprofessional investors in asset markets Dr. Federico Siano, assistant professor of accountingEducation: PhD in accounting, Boston University; Master of Science in accounting and finance, London School of Economics; Master of Science in business administration and law and Bachelor of Science in business administration and management, Bocconi University in MilanResearch areas: capital markets, corporate financial disclosures, textual analysis Dr. Yining Wang, associate professor of operations managementEducation: PhD and Master of Science in machine learning, Carnegie Mellon University; Bachelor of Engineering in computer science and technology, Tsinghua University in ChinaResearch areas: machine learning and its applications in revenue management and information systems research
Dr. Noirrit Kiran Chandra, assistant professor of mathematical sciencesEducation: PhD in statistics and Master of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute; Bachelor of Science in statistics, University of CalcuttaResearch areas: scalable computation; Gaussian graphical models; clinical trial design; model-based clustering; multiple hypothesis testing; applications in neuroscience, genetics and bioinformatics; Bayesian asymptotics Dr. G. Andrés Cisneros, professor of physics and of chemistry and biochemistryEducation: PhD in physical chemistry, Duke University; Bachelor of Science in chemistry, National Autonomous University of MexicoResearch areas: methods and software development for computational simulation of biophysical, biochemical and condensed-phase systems; advanced force fields; DNA and RNA transaction enzymes; disease biomarkers; DNA repair; quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics Dr. Filippo Romiti, assistant professor of chemistryEducation: PhD in chemistry, University of Glasgow; Master of Science in pharmacy, University of Parma in ItalyResearch areas: organic chemistry; synthesis of complex bioactive molecules, with potential applications in treating human diseases; high-impact catalytic transformations Dr. Zachary Sickmann, assistant professor of geosciencesEducation: PhD in geological sciences, Stanford University; Bachelor of Science in geoscience, Trinity UniversityResearch areas: evolution of modern and ancient sedimentary basins; sand mining sustainability; tracing sand supply networks with provenance analysis; sedimentology of the Anthropocene, convergent margin tectonics; geochronology Dr. Jiayi Wang, assistant professor of mathematical sciencesEducation: PhD in statistics, Texas A&M University; Bachelor of Science in statistics, Zhejiang UniversityResearch areas: functional data; low-rank modeling; causal inference; reinforcement learning; statistical and machine-learning methods Dr. Nan Wu, assistant professor of mathematical sciencesEducation: PhD in mathematics, Master of Science in mathematics and Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics, University of TorontoResearch areas: mathematical foundations and applications of massive data analysis; nonparametric statistics on manifolds; Riemannian geometry Dr. Xiaojia Zhang, associate professor of physicsEducation: PhD and Master of Science in space physics, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Science in space physics, Peking University in BeijingResearch areas: wave-particle interactions in the Earth’s and Jupiter’s magnetospheres; incorporating plasma waves into space weather modeling; plasma kinetics in planetary magnetospheres; aurora and particle precipitationMedia 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?