Steering Committee
Mauricio Terrones
Willaman Professor of Physics; Professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science & Engineering
Matthew Ferrari
Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics; Huck Career Development Professor; Professor of Biology
Gregory Jenkins
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, of Geography, and of African Studies
Camelia Kantor
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives; Associate Research Professor
Participating Penn State Faculty
| Name | Home Department or Unit Affiliation | Relevant Field |
|---|---|---|
| Nita Bharti | Biology | Disease dynamics and links between humans, pathogens, and environment |
| Amanda Clase | Applied Research Lab | Virology, data science |
| Max Crowley | Human Development and Family Studies | Economic evaluation, policy evaluation and analysis, optimizing prevention strategies |
| Shannon Cruz | Communications Arts and Sciences | Social influence, environmental attitudes, persuasive messages |
| Ida Djenontin | Geography | Human geography and social sciences |
| Aida Ebrahimi | Electrical Engineering | Sensing, electrochemistry, nanomedicine |
| Matt Ferrari | Biology | Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (director), Ecology, Ecology Institute, Center for Mathematical Biology |
| Weihua Guan | Biomedical Engineering | Electrofluidics, optofluidic devices, bioNEMS, bioMEMS |
| Vasant Honavar | Computer Science and Engineering | Artificial intelligence, machine learning, bioinformatics |
| Sharon Huang | Information Science and Technology | Data science, virus evolution, data analysis, Raman spectroscopy |
| Gregory Jenkins | Meteorology and Atmospheric Science | Atmospheric/Air chemistry, aerosol monitoring |
| Camelia Kantor | Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences | Human geography, location intelligence, education, professional development |
| Vivek Kapur | Veterinary and Biomedical Science | Global health, genomics, bioinformatics |
| Suresh Kuchipudi | Veterinary and Biomedical Science | Novel viral diagnostics tools, emerging viruses in animals and humans |
| James Marden | Biology | Ecology, evolution, pathogen resistance |
| Vijay Narayanan | Computer Science and Engineering | Computer architecture, integrated circuits and systems, operating systems, cloud computing |
| Andrew Read | Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Biology | Waste water monitoring, infectious disease evolution |
| Ayusman Sen | Chemistry | Functionalization for virus enrichment, surface chemistry |
| Justin Silverman | Information Sciences and Technology | Electronic health, personalized medicine, surveillance of emerging diseases, data science |
| Mauricio Terrones | Physics; Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering | Virus enrichment devices, Raman spectroscopy, advanced characterization |
| Kurt Vandegrift | Biology | Disease ecology, emerging infectious diseases, virus ecology |
| Yin-Ting Yeh | Physics | Nanotube microfluidics, virus enrichment platforms |