Teaching Faculty

Dewan Ahmed

Teaching Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Academics
Computer Science

Personal Website: http://webpages.charlotte.edu/dahmed Degree Institution: University of Ottawa, Canada Degree: Ph.D. Year Graduated: 2009 Education: Computer Science Dr. Dewan T. Ahmed received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He completed M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He devised a […]

Julio Bahamon

Teaching Associate Professor and Graduate Certificates Program Director (AAI & GDD)
Computer Science

Personal Website: https://juliobahamon.wordpress.com Degree Institution: North Carolina State University Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science Dr. Bahamón was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the Computer Science program at Texas A&M University – Kingsville and a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from Florida State University. Before returning to […]

Lijuan Cao

Teaching Professor
Software and Information Systems
Woodward 333B

Dr. Cao is a Teaching Associate Professor at UNC Charlotte. Previously, she worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Johnson C. Smith University. She received her Ph.D. in Information Technology from UNC Charlotte in 2008. Her research primarily focuses on wireless networking and mobile computing with an emphasis […]

Mohsen Dorodchi

Teaching Professor
Computer Science

Personal Website: https://webpages.charlotte.edu/mdorodch/ Lab and Website: Director : Text Processing Lab, Member : Charlotte Visualization Center, MLWINS Lab PhD Institution: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Research Description: Dr. Dorodchi’s research interests are in predictive analytics and knowledge extraction using multimodal data and particularly text. His major focus has been on development of AI-based applications related to students’ learning and […]

Cynthia Gibas

Professor
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics 216

Degree Institution: University of IllinoisDegree: Ph.D. Biophysics and Computational BiologyYear Graduated: 1996 Research Areas: Bacterial genetics and genomics, metagenomics, microbiology of human-built urban environments Bio: Cynthia Gibas is a Professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte. Her research is in the area of microbial genomics. She is currently leading the University’s […]

Ayman Hajja

Teaching Associate Professor
Computer Science
Woodward 423E

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 […]

Harini Ramaprasad

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Student Success
Computer Science

Personal Website: http://webpages.charlotte.edu/hramapra/ Degree: Computer Science Education: Ph.D., Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 2008 Research Areas: Real-time Embedded Systems, Computer Science Education Brief Biography: Dr. Ramaprasad’s research interests are in the areas of real-time embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, operating systems and computer science education. Recent research work has been in the area of enabling […]

Lauren Slane

Teaching Assistant Professor
Computer Science
230 E Woodward Hall

Dale-Marie Wilson

Teaching Professor
Software and Information Systems

Personal Website: /webpages.charlotte.edu/dwilso1/ Degree Institution: Auburn University Degree: Ph.D. Computer Science Year Graduated: 2006 Research Description: Human Centered Computing, Virtual Agents and Speech Technologies I was born on the island of Trinidad, where I spent my childhood and teen years. I migrated to the United States in 1991 and became a citizen in 2000. I […]