Core Faculty

Education: PhD in Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia Courses Taught: Predictive Analytics Bio: Dr. Dante Goss is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the School of Data Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches in the undergraduate Data Science and Sports Analytics programs. His research spans biomechanics, physiology, wearable sensors, and behavior […]

Education: Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric & Digital Media, North Carolina State UniversityM.A. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison UniversityB.S. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison University Courses Taught: DTSC 1301/1302, COMM 3120, COMM 3125, COMM 3050  Biography: Dr. Justin Grandinetti is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Virginia Tech Courses Taught: Applied Machine Learning DSBA 6156, Network Science DSBA 6520, Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA 6162/HCIP 6162 Biography: Dr. Siddharth Krishnan’s research interests are in web mining, data analytics, computational social science, and applied machine learning with a primary emphasis on analyzing, characterizing, and forecasting information dynamics […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics and Quantitative Biology, Michigan State UniversityM.S. in Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Li is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Statistics and Quantitative Biology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Dr. […]

Education: Ph.D. in Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Courses Taught: Text Mining and Information Retrieval DSBA 6188, Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA 6162 / HCIP 6162, Internship Practicum DSBA 6400 Biography: Dr. Xi “Sunshine” Niu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Software and Information Systems. She also holds a […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Ohio State University Courses Taught: HCIP 6250: Problem Solving in HealthCare Analytics EPID 8275: Spatial Epidemiology Biography: Dr. Rajib Paul is a Professor of the School of Data Science and Epidemiology and Community Health. He is an affiliate faculty member for AI4Health and the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health & Environmental Risks (CIPHER) at the University […]

Education: Ph.D. in Communication (emphasis on Computational Social Science) Courses Taught: Research Design for Data Science DTSC 8600  Biography: Dr. Sijia Qian’s research explores the role of emerging communication technologies, particularly social media and artificial intelligence (AI), in building a resilient information ecosystem and promoting social good across health, science, and political domains. A central aspect […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Warsaw, PolandM.S. in Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland Courses Taught: Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA/HCIP 6162 Biography: Dr. Zbigniew Ras is a professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He also holds a professorship position in the Institute of Computer Science at the Polish-Japanese […]

Education:  Ph.D. in Statistics, Iowa State UniversityM.A. in Statistics, University of MichiganB.A. in Mathematics (Statistics), Penn State University Classes Taught: DTSC 2301/2302 – Modeling and Society Biography: Dr. Michael Schuckers is a leading figure in sports data science, recently appointed as a professor at UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science. With a prolific career, he has authored numerous papers focusing […]

Education: Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at CharlotteM.S. in Physics, University of North Carolina at CharlotteB.S. in Physics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courses Taught: DTSC 2301 – Modeling in Society Biography: Dr. Marco Scipioni joined the School of Data Science in 2022 as an associate professor and also […]