Faculty

Ann Loraine

Professor
Bioinformatics
NC Research Campus and Bioinformatics 267

Personal Website: http://www.lorainelab.org/ Degree Institution: UC BerkeleyDegree: Ph.D. Molecular and Cell BiologyYear Graduated: 1996 Publications: Click Here to View Publications

Aidong Lu

Professor
Computer Science

Personal Website: http://webpages.charlotte.edu/alu1/ Degree Institution: Purdue University Degree: Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005) Lab and Website: Visualization Lab, Gaming and Mixed Reality Lab Research Description: Dr. Aidong Lu’s research interests are visualization, mixed reality, intelligent systems, and applied machine learning. Her recent work funded by NSF focuses on new augmentation technology with interdisciplinary research […]

Wenhao Luo

Assistant Professor
Computer Science

Personal Webpages: https://webpages.charlotte.edu/wluo4/ Degree Institution: Carnegie Mellon University Degree: Ph.D. Robotics Year Graduated: 2021 Bio: Dr. Wenhao Luo is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at UNC Charlotte. His research interests are at the intersection of robotics, control theory, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Specifically, Dr. Luo’s research focuses on principled methods for robust and […]

Mary Lou Maher

Professor
Software and Information Systems

Personal Website: http://maryloumaher.net Degree Institution: Carnegie Mellon University (1984) Degree: Ph.D. Research Description: Mary Lou’s research interests span a broad area of design and computing, specifically the study and development of novel interaction and communications technology, and models of design and creativity. Her research draws on and contributes to human-computer interaction, intelligent systems, computer-supported collaborative […]

Marlon Mejias

Teaching Associate Professor
Software and Information Systems

Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, Howard University, 2018 Research Areas: Persuasive Technology, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science Education, Broadening Participation in Computing About: Dr. Marlon Mejias is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Software and Information Systems at UNC Charlotte. His research interests lie in the field of Socio-technical Systems, Educational Technology and Human Computer […]

Taghi Mostafavi

Associate Professor
Computer Science

Personal Website: http://webpages.charlotte.edu/taghi/ Degree Institution: Oklahoma State University Degree: Ph.D. Year Graduated: 1986 Research Areas:

Nadia Najjar

Teaching Associate Professor, Interim Director of the Integrated Core Curriculum
Software and Information Systems
Woodward 330F

Dr. Nadia A. Najjar is a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte. She holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Computing and Informatics from UNC Charlotte. Her graduate work focuses on personalization and recommender systems. Her research projects cross the fields of recommender systems, decision-support systems, artificial […]

Xi (Sunshine) Niu

Associate Professor and Director of CCI Honors Program
Software and Information Systems

Education: ​ Ph.D., Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012 M.S., Software, Tsinghua University, 2006 Dr. Xi “Sunshine” Niu is Associate Professor at the Department of Software and Information Systems, and Director of CCI Honors Program. She also holds a joint appointment at the Department of Business Information Systems & Operations Management […]

Demitrios Papanikolaou

Assistant Professor
Software and Information Systems

Personal Website: www.dimitris-papanikolaou.com Degree Institution: Harvard University Degree: Doctor of Design (D.Des) Year Graduated: 2016 Dimitris Papanikolaou is an Assistant Professor at UNCC, jointly between the School of Architecture and the Department of Software and Information Systems. His research investigates how the study of system dynamics, social behavior, and information technology can inform new design […]

Albert Park

Assistant Professor
Software and Information Systems
Woodward 310H

Hi, I am Albert Park, currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Software and Information Systems within the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Interests: Social computing, group-health informatics, human-centered design, personal (consumer) health informatics, online communication, collaborative health technology, patient-provider interaction, peer support, patient-reported outcomes and patient-generated data […]