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Technology
 

Heidi Andrade

Heidi Andrade
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational and Counseling Psychology


Expert in the following: Classroom assessment; including rubrics; formative assessment; performance assessment; self-assessment; self-regulated learning

Campus phone: (518) 437-4422
Campus email: handrade@albany.edu


George Berg

George Berg
College of Computing and Information
Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science
Department: Associate
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation


Expert in the following: Artificial intelligence; cognitive science
Campus phone: (518) 442-4267
Campus email: gberg@albany.edu


Elizabeth Berman

Elizabeth Berman
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Sociology


Expert in the following: U.S. universities; U.S. patent policy; biotech entrepreneurship; economic sociology
Campus phone: (518) 442-4675
Campus email: epberman@albany.edu


Peter Bloniarz

Peter Bloniarz
College of Computing and Information
Dean
Department: Office of the Dean, College of Computing and Information
Department: Associate
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation


Expert in the following: Informatics; information technology; information science; egovernance
Campus phone: (518) 591-8871
Campus email: p.bloniarz@albany.edu


G. Burke

G. Burke
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Managing and preserving government electronic information; assessing the value of government information technology investments; Cross-boundary and multi-organizational information sharing in government
Campus phone: (518) 442-3895
Campus email: gburke2@albany.edu


Stephen Bush

Stephen Bush
College of Computing and Information
Lecturer
Department: Computer Science


Expert in the following: Network communications; wireless communication; network security; network science; quantum computation and communication
Campus phone: (518) 387-6827
Campus email: bushsf@research.ge.com


InduShobha Chengalur-Smith

InduShobha Chengalur-Smith
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Information Technology Management
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation


Expert in the following: Open source software; technology adoption and implementation; information quality
Campus phone: (518) 442-4028
Campus email: shobha@albany.edu


Sridar Chittur

Sridar Chittur
School of Public Health
Assistant Professor
Department: Biomedical Sciences


Expert in the following: Drug discovery; genomics; gene-expression; microarrays; flow cytometry; enzymology; high throughput technologies
Campus phone: (518) 591-7215
Campus email: schittur@albany.edu


Meghan Cook

Meghan Cook
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Intergovernmental relations and county and municipal government information management; Information sharing and integration; facilitation and cross-boundary collaborative work
Campus phone: (518) 442-4443
Campus email: mecook@albany.edu


Jim Costello

Jim Costello
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following:

Web applications; XML; Database programming


Campus phone: (518)
Campus email: jcostello@albany.edu


Anthony Cresswell

Anthony Cresswell
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Department: Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Associate Professor


Expert in the following: Organizational studies; research methods; the role of information in organizational action and innovation
Campus phone: (518) 442-3766
Campus email: acresswell@albany.edu


Sharon Dawes

Sharon Dawes
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor Emerita
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Department: Founding Director and Senior Fellow
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Government information systems strategy and management; policy analysis; information management and policy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5932
Campus email: sdawes@albany.edu


John Delano

John Delano
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department: Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences


Expert in the following: Space exploration; NASA; renewable energy; solar power; moon; astrobiology; environmental science
Campus phone: (518) 442-4479
Campus email: jdelano@albany.edu


Gregory Denbeaux

Gregory Denbeaux
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor
Department: Nanoengineering


Expert in the following: Lithography; extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography; optics contamination; mass spectrometry; plasma light source; microscopy; x-ray microscopy; magnetic materials
Campus phone: (518) 527-7987
Campus email: gdenbeaux@albany.edu


Diane Dewar

Diane Dewar
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior


Expert in the following: Health economics; medical technology; aging; end-of-life care; palliative care; health policy
Campus phone: (518) 402-0290
Campus email: ddewar@albany.edu


Hal Gueutal

Hal Gueutal
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Management


Expert in the following: Job design; performance appraisal; compensation and benefits; Human Resource Information Systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-4941
Campus email: hgueutal@albany.edu


Pradeep Haldar

Pradeep Haldar
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Professor
Department: Nanoengineering
Department: Head, Nanoengineering Constellation


Expert in the following: Alternate energy technologies; fuel cells; hydrogen; solar energy; advanced power electronics; superconductors; advanced photovoltaics
Campus phone: (518) 956-7322
Campus email: phaldar@albany.edu


Natalie Helbig

Natalie Helbig
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Natalie's expertise focuses on understanding information use and management in public organizations and the impact and changes brought about by new technologies such as mobile technologies or social media. Natalie’s expertise also includes the digital divide, open government and transparency, and fostering research-practice partnerships.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4813
Campus email: nhelbig@albany.edu


David Hochfelder

David Hochfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: History


Expert in the following: History of U.S. business and technology; public history; history of information technology; history of the telegraph; Thomas Edison; electric power; savings and investment
Campus phone: (518) 442-5348
Campus email: dhochfelder@albany.edu


Jana Hrdinova

Jana Hrdinova
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Policy and policy analysis, international Relations, current practice research, survey design, project development, mobile technology, enterprise IT governance and administration.
Campus phone: (518) 442-3892
Campus email: jhrdinova@albany.edu


Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Management


Expert in the following: Human Resource Information Systems, e-learning; psychological and sociological impacts of technology; psychology and computer use; motivation; the Digital Divide
Campus phone: (518) 442-3020
Campus email: rjohnson@albany.edu


Igor Lednev

Igor Lednev
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Chemistry


Expert in the following: Forensics; forensic analyis; Raman spectroscopy; crime scene investigation; laser spectroscopy; analytical and forensic chemistry, biochemistry, application of laser spectroscopy for biomedical diagnostics
Campus phone: (518) 591-8863
Campus email: ilednev@albany.edu


Siwei Lyu

Siwei Lyu
College of Computing and Information
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science


Expert in the following: Image forensics; machine learning and artificial intelligence; computer vision.
Campus phone: (518) 442-5173
Campus email: slyu@albany.edu


Carla Meskill

Carla Meskill
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice


Expert in the following: Language of teaching and learning with technology; distance/online education; computer-assisted language learning (CALL); second language and bilingual education; media literacy; electronic literacy.
Campus phone: (518) 442-5007
Campus email: cmeskill@albany.edu


Rabi Musah

Rabi Musah
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Chemistry


Expert in the following: Isolation, analysis, biological evaluation and structure elucidation of natural products from medicinally important plants; rational evaluation of folkloric, ethno-medical, and traditional medicinal plants; organic chemistry; experimental physical chemistry; biochemistry; experimental methods of organic structure determination; pharmacognosy.
Campus phone: (518) 437-3740
Campus email: rmusah@albany.edu


Theresa Pardo

Theresa Pardo
University at Albany
Director
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Department: Research Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy


Expert in the following: Information technology innovation in the public sector; electronic records management; interagency and intergovernmental information sharing and integration; information technology business case planning and development
Campus phone: (518) 442-3984
Campus email: tpardo@Albany.Edu


Peter Shea

Peter Shea
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Department: Associate Professor
Department: Informatics


Expert in the following: higher education; online learning; k-12 education
Campus phone: (518) 442-4009
Campus email: pshea@albany.edu


Joette Stefl-Mabry

Joette Stefl-Mabry
College of Computing and Information
Associate Professor
Department: Information Studies


Expert in the following: Education technology; problem-based learning (PBL); instructional technologies; assessment and evaluation
Campus phone: (518) 442-5120
Campus email: jstefl-mabry@albany.edu


Tomek Strzalkowski

Tomek Strzalkowski
College of Computing and Information
Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science


Expert in the following: Information intelligence and tracking information about terrorists
Campus phone: (518) 442-2608
Campus email: tomek@albany.edu


Ozlem Uzuner

Ozlem Uzuner
College of Computing and Information
Assistant Professor
Department: Information Studies
Department: Computer Science


Expert in the following: Medical informatics; natural language processing; clinical language processing; information extraction; information retrieval; question answering

Campus phone: (518) 442-5110
Campus email: ouzuner@albany.edu


Derek Werthmuller

Derek Werthmuller
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government


Expert in the following: Reliable and sustainable computing; automated deployment and management of systems; computer and network security
Campus phone: (518) 442-9064
Campus email: dwerthmuller@albany.edu


David Wills

David Wills
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Department: Professor
Department: English


Expert in the following: French and comparative literature; contemporary French philosophy, particularly post-structuralism, deconstruction and the work of Jacques Derrida; film theory; theories of technology.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4228
Campus email: dwills@albany.edu


Jianwei Zhang

Jianwei Zhang
School of Education
Assistant Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice


Expert in the following: Technology-supported innovations in learning; knowledge-creating communities
Campus phone: (518) 442-4007
Campus email: jzhang1@albany.edu