Affiliate Faculty

Education: Ph.D. in Geography, The State University of New York at BuffaloM.A. in Geography, Seoul National University, South Korea Courses Taught: Biography: Youngseob is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His major research areas include geographic information science (GIScience), environmental health, human […]

Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Falaggis earned his Ph.D. in the area of Multi-Wavelength Interferometry and High Dynamic-Range Sensors at the University of Leeds, UK within the group of Catherine and David Towers (2006-2011). Dr. Falaggis was also a post-doctoral research associate at the Warsaw University […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Emory University Courses Taught: Databases for Data Scientists DSBA 6160 / HCIP 6160; Special Topics in DSBA: Data Privacy DSBA 6010 Biography: Dr. Liyue Fan’s research is at the intersection of data privacy and spatiotemporal databases. She was named one of the “Rising Stars in EECS” by MIT in 2015. […]

Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Transportation, The University of Texas at Austin Courses Taught: CEGR 5161 – Advanced Traffic Engineering CEGR 6262 – Connected and Autonomous Vehicles CEGR 6167 – Discrete Choice Modeling Econometrics and Data Analysis CEGR 6161/8161 – Traffic Control and Operation CEGR 5262 – Traffic Engineering CEGR 6164/8164 – Traffic Safety CEGR 6166/8166 – Urban […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Virginia TechM.A. in Statistics, Columbia University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Wenyu Gao is a skilled statistician and a collaborative interdisciplinary researcher, with expertise in a diverse range of statistical and machine-learning techniques. Before joining UNC Charlotte, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, where she developed an advanced model […]

Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of KentuckyM.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, IranB.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran Courses Taught: Control Engineering, Dynamic Systems, Optimal Control, Numerical Methods, Dynamics and Control of Autonomous Vehicles, and Reinforcement Learning (will be shared with SDS for Fall 2026) Biography: Dr. Amirhossein Ghasemi is […]

Education:Ph.D. in Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke UniversityM.S. in Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke UniversityB.A. in Mathematics, Jacksonville University Courses Taught: Healthcare Data Analysis HCIP 6102, Problem-Solving in Health Analytics HCIP 6250 Biography: Dr. Laura Gunn is the Director of Health Analytics for the College of Health and Human Services. Dr. Gunn’s work as a […]

Education: Ph.D. in Social Work, University of AlabamaM.S.W. in Social Work, University of Alabama Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Yuqi Guo’s program of research is focused on the public health management of infectious diseases and chronic diseases among medically underserved populations. Her major research areas include health disparities, cancer prevention, and community health. Dr. Yuqi […]

Education: Ph.D. in Philosophy, University at Buffalo School of Social WorkM.S. in Social Work, University at Buffalo School of Social Work Courses Taught: SOWK 6131 ‘Social Work Research’ and SOWK 6232 ‘Practice and Program Evaluation’ Biography: Dr. Travis Hales is an emerging social work scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte whose research […]

Education: Ph.D. (2020) University of Texas at Dallas; M.A. (2014) Kyonggi University; B.S. (2012) Kyonggi University Biography: Dr. Sungil Han is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and an affiliated faculty member in the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminology from the University […]