Faculty

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Faculty and Staff

 

Director


Hengchun Ye
Hengchun Ye
PI and Associate Dean in the College of Natural and Social Sciences
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2008
hye2@calstatela.edu

Her research is focused on variability and change in atmospheric water vapor, precipitation characteristics, snow accumulation, river discharges and their connections to major atmospheric circulation patterns and sea surface temperature anomalies. For more information please visit: /faculty/hengchun-ye

Publications are available from Research Gate site at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hengchun_Ye/publications

Jingjing Li
Jingjing Li
Acting Director
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2224
jli104@calstatela.edu

 

Faculty


Paula Arvedson
Paula Arvedson
Professor in Curricula and Instruction
Phone/Ext: 323-343-5657
pavrveds@calstatela.edu

Dr. Arvedson is in-charge of K-12 outreach and education training. For more information please visit: /faculty/paula-arvedson

Mohsen Eshraghi
Mohsen Eshraghi
Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Phone/Ext: 323-343-5218
meshrag@calstatela.edu

Dr. Eshraghi is one of the research faculty advisors in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Eshraghi's research interests are in the areas of Materials Science, Manufacturing, and Computational Modeling. His current research works include Computational Materials Engineering and Additive Manufacturing. For more information please visit: /faculty/mohsen-eshraghi-kakhki-0


Jiang Guo
Jiang Guo
Professor in Computer Science
Phone/Ext: 323-343-6674
jguo@calstatela.edu

Dr. Guo is one of the research faculty advisors in Computer Science. His research specialty is in Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Mining, Web-based System, Distributed Object Computing, and Software Architecture. For more information please visit: /faculty/prof-jiang-guo

Arezoo Khodayari
Arezoo Khodayari
Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering
Phone/Ext: 323-343-4453
akhoday@calstatela.edu

Dr. Khodayari is one of the research faculty advisors in Civil Engineering. Dr. Khodayari's research interests are in the areas of Climate Modeling and Climate Change Analysis, Climate Processes and Interactions, Integrated Assessment of Climate Change, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Air Quality Modeling, and Energy and Sustainability. For more information please visit: /faculty/arezoo-khodayari


Jingjing Li
Jingjing Li
Assistant Professor in Geosciences and Environment
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2224
jli104@calstatela.edu

Dr. Li is one of the research faculty advisors in Remote Sensing and Hydrology. Her research is specialized in remote sensing, precipitation error analysis, image processing, hydrologic modeling, GISbased modeling of watershed-scale processes. For more information please visit: /faculty/jingjing-li

Daphne Liu
Daphne Liu
Professor in Mathmatics
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2161
dliu@calstatela.edu

Dr. Liu is one of the research faculty advisors and one of the pre-trainee mentors. Her research specialty is in Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algebraic Topology. For more information please visit: /faculty/daphne-der-fen-liu


Sonya Lopez
Sonya Lopez
Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering
Phone/Ext: 323-343-4455
slope188@calstatela.edu

Dr. Lopez is one of the research faculty advisors in Civic Engineering. Her research interest is in developing methods to ascertain the impacts climate variability has on long-term surface and subsurface water, water storage, ecosystems and water quality using novel modeling techniques and the integration of advanced observation data. Performing modeling studies with the inclusion of local sustainable technologies using both physically-based and conceptually-based hydrologic models. For more information please visit: /faculty/sonya-lopez

Paul Nerenberg
Paul Nerenberg
Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2102
pnerenb@calstatela.edu

Dr. Nerenberg is one of the research advisors in Physics & Astronomy and Biological Sciences and one of the pre-trainee mentors. His research group uses molecular dynamics simulations to investigate questions related to the structure and thermodynamics of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biomolecules. For more information please visit: /academic/biol/ftfaculty.php


Mohammad Pourhomayoun
Mohammad Pourhomayoun
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
Phone/Ext: 323-343-6688
mpourho@calstatela.edu

Dr. Pourhomayoun is one of the research faculty advisors in Computer Science. His research interests include data science, predictive analytics/big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning in image and video processing, artificial neural networks and deep learning, and risk prediction for healthcare and medical applications. For more information please visit: /faculty/mohammad-pourhomayoun

He Shen
He Shen
Assistant Professor
Phone/Ext: 323-343-5213
hshen6@calstatela.edu

Dr. Shen is one of the research faculty advisors in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of robotics and instrumentation, dynamics and control, modeling& and simulation, as well as image processing and computer vision. The applications are in soaring flight control of small unmanned aircraft, perception-control-manipulation on various robotic platforms (humanoid, multi-legged robots, and submarine robot), and high-efficiency wind energy systems. For more information please visit: /faculty/he-shen


Susan Terebey
Susan Terebey
Professor in Astronomy
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2132
sterebe@calstatela.edu

Dr. Terebey is one of the research faculty advisors in Applied Astronomy. Her research is in both observation and theory of star and planet formation, protostellar disks and winds, the interstellar medium, and Galactic structure. Extensive experience with computational physics, radio interferometers, infrared satellite data, near-infrared imaging and image reconstruction techniques. For more information please visit: /faculty/susan-terebey

Jie Zhong
Jie Zhong
Assistant Professor in Mathematics
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2150
jie.zhong@calstatela.edu

Dr. Zhong is one of the research faculty advisors in Mathematics. His research interests are in the areas of probability theory and stochastic processes, stochastic PDEs; control theory, machine learning, and mathematical finance. For more information please visit: /academic/math/faculty

 

Supportive Staff


Jacob Vigil
Jacob Vigil
Program Coordinator
Phone/Ext: 323-343-2220
jhern875@calstatela.edu