New 2023-2024 Tenure-Track Faculty

Announcing Our Newest College of Engineering Faculty Joining in 2023-2024

The College of Engineering at Northeastern University welcomes 27 new tenured/tenure-track faculty for the 2023-2024 academic year. We are pleased that 44% of faculty are women or historically underrepresented. Faculty add to our interdisciplinary research strengths in the areas of biological systems & solutions; cognitive brain health; disease strategies; extraordinary HCI & inclusive design; food, water, energy nexus; health & technology data; modeling; sustainability & resilience; and technology, digital economies, and privacy.



Serena Alexander

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly appointed in Public Policy and Urban Affairs
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Cleveland State University, 2016


Marco Colangelo

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023


Damilola Daramola

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering, jointly appointed in Chemistry and Chemical Biology

PhD: Ohio University, 2011


Mallesham Dasari

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Stony Brook University, 2021


Najme Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2017


Khaled Ghannam

Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD: Duke University, 2017


Benjamin Gyori

Associate Professor

Bioengineering, jointly appointed in Khoury College of Computer Sciences

PhD: National University of Singapore, 2014


Christa Haase

Assistant Professor

Bioengineering, jointly appointed in Physics
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: ETH Zurich, 2015


Cynthia Hajal

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020


Megan Hofmann

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, jointly appointed in Khoury College of Computer Sciences

PhD: Carnegie Mellon University, 2022


David Horsley

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD: University of California, Berkeley, 1998


Kristy Johnson

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, jointly appointed in Communication Sciences and Disorders

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021


Abraham Joy

Professor and Chair

Bioengineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Tulane University, 2000


Hyeonyu Kim

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019


Shang Liu

Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2012


Hessam Mahdavifar

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD: University of California, San Diego, 2012


Stephanie Noble

Assistant Professor

Bioengineering, jointly appointed in Psychology

PhD: Yale University, 2019


Eleonora Tronci

Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD: Columbia University, 2022; Sapienza University, 2019


Amir Vahabikashi

Assistant Professor

Bioengineering

PhD: Northwestern University, 2016


Lei Wang

Assistant Professor

Bioengineering, jointly appointed in Biology
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Colorado State University, 2018


Ning Wang

Professor

Bioengineering

ScD: Harvard University, 1990


Jing-Ke Weng

Professor

Bioengineering, jointly appointed in Chemistry and Chemical Biology

PhD: Purdue University, 2009


Mingzhong Wu

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, jointly appointed in Physics

PhD: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1999


Yasin Yazicioglu

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, jointly appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014


Yoseob Yoon

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019


Xubo Yue

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

PhD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2023

Xuan “Silvia” Zhang

Associate Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering
(Joining January 2024)

PhD: Cornell University, 2012