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 Tech Policy, Data Science Institute; Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and the College; Faculty Co-Director, Internet Equity -
Rebecca Willett
Faculty Director of AI, Data Science Institute; Worah Family Professor in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Department of 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
AI for Climate Research Initiative Faculty Leadership
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Jiwen Fan
Deputy Division Director, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory; UChicago CASE Senior Scientist Affiliate; Faculty Co-Director, AI for Climate -
Ian Foster
Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Computer Science; Distinguished Fellow, MCS Division, Argonne; Senior Scientist, MCS Division, Argonne; Faculty Co-Director, AI for Climate -
Pedram Hassanzadeh
Associate Professor, Geophysical Sciences; Member, Committee of Computational and Applied Mathematics; Faculty Director, AI for Climate -
Amir Jina
Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy; Senior Fellow, Energy Policy Institute of Chicago; Faculty Co-Director, AI for Climate -
Tiffany Shaw
Professor, Geophysical Sciences; Faculty Director, AI for Climate
AI + Science Research Initiative Faculty Leadership
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Chibueze Amanchukwu
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
Aaron Dinner
Professor of Chemistry and Deputy Dean of the Physical Sciences Division; Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
David Freedman
Chair of Neurobiology, Stahl Professor of Neurobiology in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Professor of Neuroscience Institute, Committee on Computational Neuroscience, Committee on Neurobiology; Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
Joshua Frieman
Professor and Chair of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics; Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
Risi Kondor
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Statistics, Computational and Applied Mathematics Initiative (CAMI); Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
David Miller
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College; Faculty Co-Director, AI + Science -
Rebecca Willett
Faculty Director of AI, Data Science Institute; Worah Family Professor in the Wallman Society of Fellows, Department of Statistics, Computer Science, and the College
Complementary AI Research Initiative Faculty Leadership
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James Evans
Professor of Sociology; Director, Knowledge Lab; Faculty Co-Director, Complementary AI -
Chenhao Tan
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science; Faculty Co-Director, Complementary AI
Data Ecology Research Initiative Faculty Leadership
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Bridget Fahey
Assistant Professor, Law; Faculty Co-Director, Data Ecology -
Raul Castro Fernandez
Assistant Professor, Computer Science; Faculty Co-Director, Data Ecology
Internet Equity Research Initiative Faculty Leadership
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Nick Feamster
Faculty Director of Tech Policy, Data Science Institute; Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and the College; Faculty Co-Director, Internet Equity -
Nicole Marwell
Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Faculty Co-Director, Internet Equity
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
Senior Instructional Professor; Senior Director of the DSI Polsky Transform Initiative; Senior Director of DSI Executive and Professional Education -
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 -
Amanda Kube Jotte
Assistant Instructional Professor -
Mina Lee
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Bo Li
Research Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Tian Li
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science -
Edwin Lo (he/him)
Director of Masters in Data Science Program; Assistant Senior Instructional Professor -
Kristian Lum
Visiting Scientist -
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
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science; Faculty Co-Director, Complementary AI -
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
Neubauer Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science
Admin Staff
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Anne Brown (she/her)
Director of Corporate Partnerships -
Evelyn Campbell, Ph.D. (she/her)
Program Manager, Community-Centered Data Science, Data Science Institute -
Marisa Davis (she/her)
Assistant Director -
Xiaoxue Du
Senior Director of AI Strategy and Operations -
Maria Victoria Fernandez (she/her)
Senior Research Program Manager, Data Science Institute -
Victoria Flores (she/her)
Director, AI+Science Research Initiative -
Maria Hernandez
Systems Administrator II -
Bennett Hunter (they/them)
Senior Systems Administrator, Data Science Institute -
Maria Lema (she/her)
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Data Science, Data Science Institute -
Molly Long (they/them)
Research Program Administrator, 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 -
Benjamin Stemen (he/him)
Social and Digital Media Specialist, Data Science Institute
Technical Staff
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Liya Ding
Data Scientist, Data Science Institute -
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 -
David Jacobson (he/him)
Data & Engineering Manager, 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 -
Susan Paykin (she/her)
Senior Associate Director, Community-Centered Data Science -
Jim Pivarski
Staff Data Engineer, Data Science Institute -
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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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, MA
Associate Director, Instructional Services, MS in Applied Data Science -
Briana Allen, MEd
Director, Academic Affairs and Operations -
Jose Alvarado
Associate Director, Enrollment Management, MS in Applied Data Science -
Josie Badillo Sittig
Assistant Director, Marketing/Advertising & Communications, MS in Applied Data Science -
Nick DiAntonio, MEd
Graduate Academic Advisor -
Lauren Isaacman Darga, MA
Assistant Director, External Partnerships, MS in Applied Data Science -
Emma Kerr-Ketchum, MA
Assistant Director, Instructional Services, MS in Applied Data Science -
Samantha Kruse
Associate 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
Director, Enrollment Management and Analytics, MS in Applied Data Science -
Taylor Wallace, MEd
Graduate Academic Advisor, MS in Applied Data Science -
Samantha Widemon, MNA
Graduate Academic Advisor, MS in Applied Data Science -
Jennifer Wei, MEM
Assistant Director, Career Services, MS in Applied Data Science