JCET Faculty
Senior Personnel
Senior Research Professors:
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Belay Demoz Professor bdemoz@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Larrabee Strow Research Professor strow@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Lorraine Remer Research Professor remer@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Vanderlei Martins Professor martins@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Zhibo Zhang Sr. Res. Professor zhibo.zhang@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
Senior Research Scientists:
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Anne Thompson Sr. Res. Scientist anne.m.thompson@nasa.gov Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Erricos Pavlis Sr. Res. Scientist epavlis@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Huisheng Bian Sr. Res. Scientist Huisheng.Bain-1@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Jay Herman Sr. Res. Scientist herman@umbc.edu Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Yaping Zhou Sr. Res. Scientist yaping.zohu-1@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
Associate Personnel
Research Associate Professors:
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Ali Tokay Res. Assoc. Professor ali.tokay-1@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Ana Prados Res. Assoc. Professor aprados@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Christopher Shuman Res. Assoc. Professor cshuman@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Fred Huemmrich Res. Assoc. Professor huemmirc@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Kevin Turpie Res. Assoc. Professor kevin.r.trupie@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Nader Abuhassan Res. Assoc. Professor nader@umbc.edu Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Pengwang Zhai Res. Assoc. Professor pwzhai@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Petya Campbell Res. Assoc. Professor petya@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Sergio De Souza-Machado Res. Assoc. Professor sergio@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Stephen Guimond Res. Assoc. Professor sguimond@umbc.edu Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Tamas Varnai Res. Assoc. Professor varnai@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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William Olson Res. Assoc. Professor bill.olson@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
Associate Research Scientists & Engineers:
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Arif Rustem Albayrak Assoc. Res. Engineer rustem.a.albayrak@nasa.gov Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Chenxi Wang Assoc. Res. Scientist chenxi.wang@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Christopher Hepplewhite Assoc. Res. Scientist chepplew@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Chung-Lin Shie Assoc. Res. Scientist chung-lin.shie@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Howard Motteler Assoc. Res. Scientist motteler@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Robert Tyler Assoc. Res. Scientist rtyler@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Tianle Yuan Assoc. Res. Scientist tianle.yuan@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Yujie Wang Assoc. Res. Scientist yujje@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
Assistant Personnel
Research Assistant Professors:
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Adriana Rocha Lima Res. Asst. Professor limadri1@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Amita Mehta Res. Asst. Professor amita.v.mehta@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Ruben Delgado Res. Asst. Professor delgado@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Jason St. Clair Res. Asst. Professor jason.m.stclair@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Jianwu Wang Res. Asst. Professor Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
Assistant Research Scientists & Engineer:
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Jae Nyung Lee Asst. Res. Scientist jae@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Jasper Lewis Asst. Res. Scientist jrlewis@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Myungje Choi Asst. Res. Scientist myungje.choi@nasa.gov Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Richard Xu Asst. Res. Scientist xxu@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Roberto Borda Asst. Res. Scientist rfborda@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Ryan Kramer Asst. Res. Scientist ryan.j.kramer@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Vanessa Caicedo Asst. Res. Scientist vacaiced@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Yingxi Shi Asst. Res. Scientist yingxi.shi@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
Post Doctoral Research Associates
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Sujung Go Post. Doc. Res. Associate sujung.go@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Daniel Miller Post. Doc. Res. Associate daniel.j.miller@nasa.gov Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Chamara Rajapakshe Post. Doc. Res. Associate chamara.rajapakshe@nasa.gov Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
Faculty Research Assistants & Engineers
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David Barbato Interpreter barbato1@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Valerie Casasanto Program Coordinator valerie.a.casasanto@nasa.gov Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Dominik Cieslak Engineer cieslak@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Benjamin Cramer Engineer ben.cramer@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Keith Evans Faculty Res. Assistant evans@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Yomiyu Fekadu Engineer yomiyuf1@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Selwyn Hudson-Odoi Faculty Res. Assistant selwyn.x.hudson-odoi@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Magdalena Kuzmicz- Cieslak Faculty Res. Assistant magdak@umbc.edu Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Danny Nelson Faculty Res. Assistant dnelson@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Joe Shields Faculty Res. Assistant Analyst: Margo Young |
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Lena Shalaby Faculty Res. Assistant shalaby1@umbc.edu |
Visiting Scientists:
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Shin-Chan Han Visiting Scientist Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Diego Loyola Visiting Scientist dloyolar@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
Fellows:
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Dr. Robert F. Cahalan Senior Scientist robert.f.cahalan@nasa.gov |
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Markus Thorsten Program Manager |
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Ernest Hilsenrath Professor of Practice hilsenrath@umbc.edu |
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Melfi Harvey Founder |
Graduate Research Assistants:
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Adeleke Segun – Ademakinwa Graduate Assistant adeleka1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Kamal Aryal Graduate Assistant karyal1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Laura Bayona-Roman Graduate Assistant eh41210@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Alrick Green Graduate Assistant agreen15@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Kylie Hoffman Graduate Assistant kylieh1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Waters-Waters |
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Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige Graduate Assistant neranga1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Anin Puthukkudy Graduate Assistant anin1@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Maurice Roots Graduate Assistant mroots1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Noah Sienkiewicz Graduate Assistant noah.sienkiewicz@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Rachel Smith Graduate Assistant rsmith12@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Qianqian Song Graduate Assistant qqsong@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Achala Denagamage Graduate Assistant dwick1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Jianyu Zheng Graduate Assistant jzheng3@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Hannah Seppala Graduate Assistant hseppal1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Roshan Mishra Graduate Assistant kn82613@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Mumin Abdulahi Graduate Assistant abdmumi1@umbc.edu |
Administrative Personnel
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Margo Young Director mayoung@umbc.edu |
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Belay Demoz Director & Professor bdemoz@umbc.edu |
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Zhibo Zhang Assoc.Director for Academics zhibo.zhang@umbc.edu |
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Catherine Manalansan Executive Administrative Assistant I cmanalan@umbc.edu |
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Pam Deal Administrative Assistant pamdeal@umbc.edu |
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Camilla Hyman Waters Business Manager hyman1@umbc.edu |
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Judith Laferriere Business Manager jslaferr@umbc.edu |
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David Lucadamo Business Specialist lucadamo@umbc.edu |
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Paula Tanabe Business Specialist ptanabe@umbc.edu |
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Eric Vooys Business Specialist ericv2@umbc.edu |
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Halley Thompson Staffing Specialist halleyt@umbc.edu |