Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150Technology

Mohammed Agamy
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
power electronics; renewable energy; soft switching techniques; resonant converters; power factor correction; modeling and control of power converters; DC distribution networks
Campus phone: 518-442-3140
Campus email: [email protected]

Heidi L. Andrade
School of Education
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: 437-4422
Campus email: [email protected]

Pradeep Atrey
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Multimedia surveillance for homeland security; privacy issues in multimedia surveillance systems; multimedia data security and forensics; multimedia data mining
Campus phone: (518) 442-4281
Campus email: [email protected]

George Berg
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Associate Professor
Department: Informatics
Expert in the following:
Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Cybersecurity; Drones; Maker Technologies
Campus phone: 442-4267
Campus email: [email protected]

Peter Bloniarz
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Office of the Provost
Expert in the following:
Informatics; information technology; information science; e-governance
Campus phone: 956-8240
Campus email: [email protected]

Kim L. Boyer
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor and Dean
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
Computer vision; image analysis
Campus phone: (518) 956-8240
Campus email: [email protected]

Jerald Brotzge
College of Arts and Sciences
Program Manager
Department: New York State Mesonet
Expert in the following:
Rader and storm-scale meteorology; weather technology
Campus phone: (518) 442-4556
Campus email: [email protected]

G. Brian Burke
University at Albany
Managing Director, Program Unit
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: 442-3895
Campus email: [email protected]

Ming-Ching Chang
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
computer vision; machine learning; image/video processing; artificial intelligence; medical image analysis and industrial inspection
Campus phone: (518) 442-5085
Campus email: [email protected]

Charalampos Chelmis
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Big Data; Network Science
Campus phone: (518) 437-4948
Campus email: [email protected]

Feng Chen
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Data mining; detecting emerging events in social media; discovering complex patterns in big data
Campus phone: (518) 437-4940
Campus email: [email protected]

InduShobha Chengalur-Smith
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Information Technology Management
Expert in the following:
Virtual communities; technology adoption and implementation; information quality and security
Campus phone: (518) 956-8315
Campus email: [email protected]

Sridar V. Chittur
School of Public Health
Research Associate 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: [email protected]

Meghan Cook
University at Albany
Program Director
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: 442-4443
Campus email: [email protected]

Jim Costello
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Web Application Developer
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Web applications; XML; Database programming
Campus phone: 442-3892
Campus email: [email protected]

Sharon Dawes
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
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) 442-3892
Campus email: [email protected]

Diane Dewar
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Health economics; health policy; health system; vulnerable populations; medical technology; aging; end-of-life care; palliative care
Campus phone: (518) 402-0370
Campus email: [email protected]

Hany Elgala
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
Telecommunications; digital signal processing and embedded systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-2585
Campus email: [email protected]

Jesse Ernst
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Physics
Expert in the following:
experimental particle physics; supersymmetry theory of fundamental particles; Large Hadron Collider
Campus phone: 442-4538
Campus email: [email protected]

Jan Halámek
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Chemistry
Expert in the following:
Analytical biochemistry; bioelectronics; enzymology; instrumental analysis; analytical chemistry; forensic analysis; bioelectrochemistry; biomolecular logic systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-4447
Campus email: [email protected]

David Hochfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate 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: [email protected]

Jeong-Hyon Hwang
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Databases; distributed systems; real-time data analysis
Campus phone: (518) 437-4935
Campus email: [email protected]

Vivek Jain
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Physics
Expert in the following:
Data analytics; particle physics; theory of supersymmetry; Large Hadron Collider
Campus phone: 772-4556
Campus email: [email protected]

Richard D. 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; managing millennials
Campus phone: 442-3020
Campus email: [email protected]

Kevin Knuth
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Physics
Expert in the following:
Space exploration; exoplanets; quantum mechanics and relativity; robotics
Campus phone: (518) 209-0734
Campus email: [email protected]
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Jungwon Kuem
School of Business
Assistant Professor
Department: Information Technology Management
Expert in the following:
Information system users' behaviors; phishing; cyberloafing; social networking; online communities; IT addiction
Campus phone: (518) 956-8182
Campus email: [email protected]

Igor Lednev
College of Arts and Sciences
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: 591-8863
Campus email: [email protected]

Siwei Lyu
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Image forensics; machine learning and artificial intelligence; computer vision
Campus phone: (518) 442-4270
Campus email: [email protected]

Martin Manjak
University at Albany
Chief Information Security Officer
Department: Information Technology Services
Expert in the following:
Cybersecurity, malware, information technology
Campus phone: 518-442-6411
Campus email: [email protected]

Amirreza Masoumzadeh
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Information security and privacy; social media data sharing; data sharing and location-bases services; access control policy models and privacy-preserving data sharing
Campus phone: (518) 437-4950
Campus email: [email protected]

Carla J. 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: [email protected]

Rabi Musah
College of Arts and Sciences
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: [email protected]

Theresa Pardo
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Director
Department: Center for Technology in Government
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: 442-3984
Campus email: [email protected]

Feng (Johnson) Qian
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Comparative effectiveness research; quality of care and patient safety; evaluation of medical technology and digital health; health disparities and practice variation; global health
Campus phone: (518) 402-0325
Campus email: [email protected]

Shaghayegh Sahebi
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Human-centered data mining including educational data mining, recommender and personalization systems, and user modeling
Campus phone: (518) 437-4950
Campus email: [email protected]

Peter Shea
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
higher education; online learning; k-12 education
Campus phone: 442-4009
Campus email: [email protected]

Amber Silver
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Risk communication; social media; public attention; decision-making; risk perception; severe and hazardous weather; sense of place
Campus phone: 518-442-5271
Campus email: [email protected]

Tolga Soyata
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
Cyber physical systems; digital health; GPU-based high-performance computing
Campus phone: (585) 764-8043
Campus email: [email protected]

Joette Stefl-Mabry
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Associate Professor
Department: Informatics
Expert in the following:
Instructional technologies, assessment and evaluation (K-12 through higher education); reflective practice; student voice and problem-based learning
Campus phone: (518) 442-5120
Campus email: [email protected]

Tomek Strzalkowski
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Information intelligence; tracking information about terrorists
Campus phone: (518) 442-2608
Campus email: [email protected]

Derek Werthmuller
University at Albany
Director of Technology Innovation and Services
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
computing; emerging technologies; data visualization; computer and network security; cyber security; automated deployment
Campus phone: (518) 442-3892
Campus email: [email protected]

Jianwei Zhang
School of Education
Associate 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: [email protected]

Mariya Zheleva
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Wireless networks for infrastructure-challenged regions; wireless network monitoring; text messaging; cellular networks; network connectivity; smart phones
Campus phone: (518) 437-4941
Campus email: [email protected]

Daphney-Stavroula Zois
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: https://www.albany.edu/computerengineering
Expert in the following:
E-health; Cyberbullying Detection; Intelligent Transportation; Smart and Connected Communities
Campus phone: (518) 442-5086
Campus email: [email protected]