Data Science and Business Analytics

Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University College London (United Kingdom)Postdoctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University Courses Taught: BIOL3166: Genetics (undergraduate), BIOL8270: Cell Pathways and Metabolism (graduate) and BIOL8266: Advanced Protein Biotechnology (graduate) Biography: He joined the University of Chicago as a Research Assistant Professor to gain expertise in phospho-proteomics and global interactomics under the mentorship […]

Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. MSc in Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria. Courses Taught: Biography: Dr. Patricija van Oosten-Hawle is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She completed her MSc in Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry at the University of Vienna, […]

Education: Ph.D. in International Relations, American University Courses Taught: Modeling and Society DTSC 2301 & DTSC 2302 Biography: James Igoe Walsh is a Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Walsh’s research interests include political violence, forced displacement, human rights, intelligence, natural resources, and armed conflict. His expertise is […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computing and Information Systems, UNC CharlotteM.S. in Data Science and Business Analytics, UNC CharlotteM.S. in Financial Mathematics, North Carolina State UniversityM.A. in Economics, New York University Courses Taught: DSBA5122: Visual Analytics; DSBA6010: Special Topics – Bayesian Statistics; DSBA6188: Text Mining and Information Retrieval; DSBA6211: Advanced Business Analytics; DSBA6010: Special Topics – Applications of Large […]

Education: M.S. in Health Informatics and Analytics, UNC Charlotte Classes Taught: Introduction to Programming for Health Informatics HCIP 5376 Biography: Sydney Westfall is a Data Scientist at Premier, Inc. in Charlotte, NC, specializing in healthcare analytics. Sydney’s career began as a Certified Pharmacy Technician and includes research in immunology labs.  At Premier, Sydney develops statistical and machine […]

Education: Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia TechM.S. in Science, Technology, and Society, Virginia Tech Courses Taught: Modeling and Society DTSC 2301/2302 Biography: Damien Patrick Williams is an assistant professor in Philosophy and Data Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Society, from Virginia Tech in […]

Education: Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.), UNC CharlotteMaster of Project Management (M.P.M.), Western Carolina UniversityMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Pfeiffer UniversityB.A. in Economics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courses Taught: Business Project Management DSBA 6207 Biography: Brad Williams, DBA, PMPTM teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses within the School of Data Science and the […]

Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill Courses Taught: Modeling and Society DTSC 2301/2302 Biography: Dr. Jason Windett’s research agenda focuses broadly on the area of representation in American politics with a focus on state politics, state courts, and gender and politics. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Journal of […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of ArkansasM.S. in Statistics, University of Arkansas Courses Taught: Applied Machine Learning DSBA 6156 Biography: Dr. Depeng Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Software & Information Systems and the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte. His research focuses on data mining and machine learning, specifically […]

Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Biology, Fudan University, ChinaM.S. in Cell Biology, Shandong University, China Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Yan has initiated and directed the Charlotte Biology and Biotechnology (CBB) Exchange Group co-sponsored by North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) and UNC Charlotte since 2017. He is also a Program Leader of the Genome Integrity and […]