Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
Aydan Griffitts
Justin Odonnell
Adam Bunch
Joseph Waters White Collar Crime Waters has been a lawyer for more than 10 years prosecuting individuals and criminal syndicates for felony offenses in Arizona. He teaches about white collar crime and organized crime.
Kathleen Pigg Biodiversity, Evolution, Paleobiology, Phylogenetics, Plant Biology, Systematics and Taxonomy Pigg is a paleobotanist who studies fossil plants that are related to modern groups of conifers, ferns and woody hardwood trees. Her group studies the origin of plants of the temperate deciduous biome.
Jaidyn Rumpca
Nancy Gray Branding, Creative Process, Creativity, Design, Design Thinking, Brand Management Gray blends business knowledge, technology, aesthetics, and creativity into product and service experiences that benefit people, society, the planet, brands and their stakeholders.
Robert McCulloch Statistics, Machine Learning, Bayesian Statistics Much of McCulloch's recent research is on Bayesian approaches for tree-based ensemble models.
Cole Matthew
Giovanna Ghirlanda Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Proteins Ghirlanda is a professor of chemistry at ASU. Her research interests are in chemical biology, protein chemistry, and protein engineering, focusing on the design of functional proteins.
Derek Tucker Derek Tucker is an Assistant Teaching Professor in SOLS.  He earned a BS in Applied Biological Sciences from ASU.  Derek recently instructed courses in general biology, evolution, and physiology. 
Rebecca Lee Physical Activity, Dietary Interventions, Citizen Participation, Hispanic Population: Women, Diverse Populations, Health Disparities, Hispanic Population: Youth, Qualitative Methods, Healthy Lifestyles Dr. Lee is a community psychologist who looks at policy and environment theory, measurement and intervention approaches to promote physical activity and healthy eating, accessible for everyone.
Michael Pfister Pfister’s interests are rooted in multidisciplinary work that is inclusive of composition, music, cultural studies, and digital culture.
Duong Nguyen Market Design, Computer Network Optimization, Electric Power and Energy Systems, Cloud Computing, Decision Making, Operations Management, Planning, Networks
William Heywood Visual Communication Design Heywood's research and practice explores the role of team building, creative collaboration and mindfulness as it relates to design education and critical visual thinking.
Michael Underhill Architecture
Alfred Sanft Design, Visual Communication
Warren Murff Architecture
Catherine Spellman Architecture, Community Development, Creative Placemaking, Education Development
William Reif
Mevin Joshi
Stacey K Civic Engagement, Human Computer Interactions Kuznetsov's work applies HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and design methods to the study of current and future systems for science and technology.
Mingming Li Geodynamics and Seismology, Geophysics Li uses numerical simulations to investigate the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Earth and other planets, and the surface expressions of deep mantle processes.
Jill Messing Dr. Messing's research focuses on intimate partner violence and homicide prevention.
S Lee Spencer
Benjamin Timpson Timpson is an artist specializing in interdisciplinary mediums, including photography, painting and sculpture.
Blake Jutras
Kong-Thon Tsen Soft Matter Physics, Biophysics Professor Tsen's research group focuses on the interaction of light with solid state and biological systems, in particular on the use of ultrafast laser sources to elucidate novel electron transport phenomena.
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Yinong Chen Computer Engineering, Computer Science Yinong Chen is a teaching professor at ASU. His areas of expertise include Software Engineering, Service-Oriented Computing, Visual Programming, Big data Processing and Machine Learning, Robotics and AI, and Computer Science Education.
Richard Morrison
Elizabeth Buck Woodwind Instruments, Music Buck is professor of flute, an orchestral musician, concerto soloist and active chamber musician. She has given masterclasses and guest recitals internationally.
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Jonathan Gewirtz Gewirtz uses rodent behavioral models to study the biology of emotion, with particular interest in negative affect (e.g., anxiety) and addiction.
Bankim Pandya Consumer Demand, Management Paradigms, Creative Non-Fiction, Cultural Studies, Global Development, Organizational Studies, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Change Management, Leadership Starting his journey with $18 in pocket and backpack loaded with integrity, aspiration & mindfulness, Pandya glanced in a rear view mirror with the mindset only to measure how far had he traveled to continue onward & upward.
Dennis Russell
Diana Betancourt
Peter Rillero Elementary Education, Learning and Instruction, Science and Engineering Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, International Education and Development, Science Education Peter Rillero's interests focus on science education and include deep conceptual learning, problem-based learning, inquiry, teacher education, program evaluation, international education, and the history of science education.
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Jeffrey Timmons Timmons teaches a variety of courses in British literature and writing, including: The Novel to Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Studies in Shakespeare, Writing for the Profession, and Strategies of Academic Writing, and more.
Alexander Hill Professor Alexander Hill joined the Economics Department at Arizona State in Fall 2017. His research focus is on Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics. He teaches courses in econometrics, environmental economics and managerial economics.
Brie Smith Architecture, Community Development, Community Partnerships, Design and Design Thinking in Education, Interior Design
Éva Szeli Human Rights, Law and Psychology Dr Szeli teaches an array of undergraduate and graduate courses, both in-person and online. Her particular area of interest is in the intersections between psychology and the law.
Aleksandr Levitan Levitan's primary clinical focus is in forensic psychology and abnormal psychology.
Guoliang Xue Xue has published more than 300 papers. His areas of expertise include survivability and security of computer networks, Internet of Things (IoT) and crowdsourcing.
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Rileigh Ewing
Lawae Weissman
Drew Martinez
Zainab Al-Salman