Faculty Profile: Yusui Chen
Assistant Professor of Physics Yusui Chen, Ph.D., is a first-generation college student and the first in his family to earn a doctoral degree. The personal honor is not one he takes lightly, as he committed early in his academic career to becoming an educator so he may help students with backgrounds like his own.
Faculty Profile: William Letsou
Assistant Professor of Biological and Chemical Sciences William Letsou, Ph.D., is using the power of computers to explain and predict people’s risk of disease based on their genetic material.
Faculty Profile: Cameka Hazel
Assistant Professor of School Counseling Cameka Hazel, Ed.D., takes a constructivist approach to teaching, where students’ experiences matter.
Faculty Profile: Andrew Hofstrand
Assistant Professor Andrew Hoftstrand, Ph.D., will use an Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force office of Scientific Young Investigator’s Program Award to study light-matter interactions and ways to control and manipulate it with the hope of creating faster and more efficient technologies.
Faculty Profile: Brookshield Laurent
Chairperson of Clinical Medicine Brookshield Laurent, D.O., is on a mission to increase the physician workforce in the Mississippi Delta region and improve healthcare for the underserved.
Faculty Profile: Bisrat Kinfemichael
Having worked in the public and private sectors, Assistant Professor Bisrat Kinfemichael, Ph.D., found he was drawn to academic life. In 2016, he joined New York Tech and helped develop the master’s program in risk management.
Faculty Profile: Remi Charron
In his classes, Associate Professor of Energy Management Remi Charron, Ph.D., always includes a lecture on concepts of resilience to help students see the different elements of climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience that are needed to get through the challenges of climate change.
Faculty Profile: Jacqueline Keighron
From a young age, Assistant Professor Jacqueline Keighron, Ph.D., was encouraged to question and explore science. At New York Tech, she gives students that same support as she works with them on research projects.
Faculty Profile: Steven Lindo
Adjunct Associate Professor Steven Lindo’s Springboard Incubators hosts after-school and summer programs to encourage minorities and women to study computer science. At New York Tech, he is guiding students on a path to success in his Career Discovery course, required course for all College of Engineering and Computing Sciences freshmen.
Faculty Profile: Alessandro Melis
Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., looks beyond the traditional sense of architecture, finding inspiration in cinema, philosophers, scientists, and political activists. He uses this same approach in the classroom, stimulating his students’ creativity and encouraging them to think of themselves as researchers first and to question everything.
Faculty Profile: Corri Wolf
Assistant Professor Corri Wolf, Ph.D., talks to The Box about what drew her to Physician Assistant Studies and her role as healthcare provider and educator.
Faculty Profile: Tindaro Ioppolo
“A mechanical engineering degree gives you the chance to understand and work in a variety of fields, whether aerospace, chemical, electrical, or biomedical projects,” says Associate Professor Tindaro Ioppolo, Ph.D. He sat down with The Box to talk about his research and his work with students.