Faculty, Leadership, & Staff
The Data Science Institute team facilitates research collaboration, outreach and educational programs, and community around data science at the University of Chicago.
Leadership
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Michael J. Franklin
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor; Senior Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data Science; Faculty Co-Director, Data Science Institute -
Dan Nicolae
Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Statistics, Human Genetics, Medicine, and the College Section of Genetic Medicine; Faculty Co-Director, Data Science Institute -
Nick Feamster
Faculty Director of Research, Data Science Institute; Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and The College -
Rebecca Willett
Faculty Director of AI, Data Science Institute; Professor, Statistics, Computer Science, and the College -
David Uminsky (he/him)
Executive Director, Data Science Institute; Senior Research Associate, Department of Computer Science -
Mindi Mysliwiec (she/her)
Senior Director of Outreach & Chief of Staff, Data Science Institute
Faculty
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David Biron
Director of Undergraduate Data Science; Assistant Senior Instructional Professor -
Jeanne Century
Research Associate Professor and Director, Outlier Research & Evaluation -
Aloni Cohen
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Greg Green
Associate Senior Instructional Professor; Director of MS in Applied Data Science Program; Senior Director of Industrial Partnerships and Strategy -
Ari Holtzman
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Nikolaos (Nikos) Ignatiadis
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science -
Alex Kale
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Frederic Koehler
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science -
Mina Lee
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Bo Li
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Tian Li
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Kristian Lum
Research Associate Professor -
Amy Nussbaum
Assistant Instructional Professor -
Nick Ross
Data Science Clinic Director, Data Science Institute; Associate Senior Instructional Professor -
Aaron Schein
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science -
Chenhao Tan
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Will Trimble
Assistant Instructional Professor -
Victor Veitch
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science -
Haifeng Xu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Ce Zhang
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Admin Staff
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Maria V. Fernandez (she/her)
Research Program Manager, Data Science Institute -
Bennett Hunter (they/them)
Systems Administrator III, Data Science Institute -
Maria Lema (she/her)
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Data Science, Data Science Institute -
Molly Long (they/them)
Research Team Coordinator, Data Science Institute -
Gabrielle Lynn (she/her)
Administrative Assistant, Data Science Institute -
Kayleigh Nauracy (she/her)
Associate Director of Operations, Data Science Institute -
Mark Schulze (he/him)
Special Events Manager, Data Science Institute -
Sadie Witkowski (she/her)
Director of Communications, Data Science Institute -
Ari Zickau (they/he)
Community Data Fellows Program Manager, Data Science Institute
Technical Staff
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Nzinga-Ain Barberousse
Community Project Manager, Internet Equity Initiative -
Launa Greer (she/her)
Software Engineer II, Data Science Institute -
Dylan Halpern
Technical Lead, Open Spatial Lab -
Tim Hannifan
Assistant Clinic Director, Data Science Institute -
Ningzi Li
Professional Research Specialist, Data Science Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Booth School of Business -
Jesse London
Software Engineer, Data Science Institute -
Guilherme Martins
Senior Software Engineer -
Todd Nief (he/him)
Data Scientist, Data Science Institute -
Susan Paykin (she/her)
Program Lead, Open Spatial Lab & Associate Director, Community-Centered Data Science, Data Science Institute -
Rahim Rasool
Data Scientist, Capacity Accelerator Network, Data Science Institute -
Chris Redmond
Open Source Software Engineer -
Alexis Schrubbe
Director, Internet Equity Initiative -
Trevor Spreadbury (he/him)
11th Hour Software Engineer II, Data Science Institute -
Anna Woodard
Research Data Scientist, Data Science Institute
Outlier Research & Evaluation
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Stephen Baker
Senior Evaluation & Research Scientist, Outlier -
Joanna Schiffman (she/her)
Senior Researcher, Outlier -
Huifang Zuo
Research and Evaluation Associate, Outlier
MS in Applied Data Science
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Taylor Alexander, MPP
Associate Director, Instructional Services, MS in Applied Data Science -
Briana Allen, MEd
Director, Instructional Services & Innovation, MS in Applied Data Science -
Jose Alvarado
Assistant Director of Enrollment Management, MS in Applied Data Science -
Nick DiAntonio, MEd
Graduate Academic Advisor -
Lauren Isaacman Darga
Assistant Director, External Partnerships, MS in Applied Data Science -
Emma Kerr, MA
Assistant Director, Instructional Services, MS in Applied Data Science -
Samantha Kruse
Assistant Director, Student Affairs, MS in Applied Data Science -
Kristin McCann, PhD
Chief of Staff, Executive Director, MS in Applied Data Science -
Alison Ossyra
Director, External Partnerships and Career Services, MS in Applied Data Science -
DuJuan Smith, PhD
Director, Student Affairs, MS in Applied Data Science -
Brody Tate, MEd
Program Manager, Online, MS in Applied Data Science -
Daniel Truesdale, MPP
Associate Director, Enrollment Management, MS in Applied Data Science -
Taylor Wallace, MEd
Graduate Academic Advisor, MS in Applied Data Science -
Samantha Widemon, MNA, CP
Graduate Academic Advisor, MS in Applied Data Science