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The Translational Data Analytics Institute connects faculty members with each other, community and industry partners, and resources and funding opportunities to advance research and teaching in data science and analytics and solve real-world challenges. Our 166 affiliate faculty members represent current and emerging innovators in more than 50 different disciplines, with 57 new faculty positions in data analytics recruited through the 2018-19 academic year.   Together, TDAI faculty turn questions into answers, ideas into innovation. How can you get involved? Contact TDAI today to explore possibilities by emailing tdai@osu.edu or calling 614-514-5961.

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Abhishek Gupta Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Ajit Chaudhari Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Director of Diversity and Inclusion, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; Member, James Comprehensive Cancer Center
Alai Tan Research Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Alan Ritter Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Alicia Bunger Associate Professor, College of Social Work
Alison Armstrong Associate Director for Research & Education, University Libraries
Alvaro Montenegro Associate Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program
Andre Carrel Assistant Professor of Smart Urban Systems, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, College of Engineering
Andreas Chavez Assistant Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Andy Ai Ni Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Anish Arora TDAI Faculty in Residence; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Ann O’Connell Professor of Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement; Director of EHE Methodology Center; College of Education and Human Ecology
Aravind Chandrasekaran Associate Professor, Management Sciences, Fisher College of Business
Arnab Nandi Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Faculty Director, OSU Hackathon; Co-Founder, The STEAM Factory
Ashwini Deo Associate Professor, Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Asuman Turkmen Associate Professor, Statistics, Ohio State Newark
Ayaz Hyder Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
Barbara Kowalcyk Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, and Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
Bear Braumoeller TDAI Faculty in Residence; Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Bryan Choi Assistant Professor, Moritz College of Law and Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Casey Hoy Professor, Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystem Management, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Director, Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation (Discovery Theme focus area); Sustainable and Resilient Economy (Discovery Theme focus area); Agroecosystems Management Program; OSU Center for Ethics and Human Values; Food Innovation Center
Cathie Smith TDAI Managing Director
Chi Song Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Chris Browning Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Chris Hans Associate Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences; Co-Director, Data Analytics Undergraduate Major
Chris Stewart Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Christopher Bartlett Associate Professor, Pediatrics, College of Medicine; Principal Investigator, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Cindy Colen Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Claire Verschraegen Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine; Diane Nye and Michael Rayden Chair in Innovative Cancer Research, associate director for translational research, Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dana Haynie Professor, Sociology; director, Criminal Justice Research Center; faculty affiliate, Initiative in Population Research
Daniel Shanahan Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Cognition, School of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel Spakowicz Research Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, College of Medicine
Daniel Stover Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
Darren Drewry Assistant Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
David Landsbergen Associate Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
David Melamed TDAI Faculty in Residence; Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
David Staley Associate Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Goldberg Center
David Woods Professor Emeritus, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
Dena Asta Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Dennis Hirsch Professor, Moritz College of Law; Faculty Director, Program on Data and Governance
Desheng Liu Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Dev Singer Events & Space Coordinator
Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda Professor and Distinguished Scholar, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Lead, Network-Based Computing Research Group
Dorinda Gallant Associate Professor, Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement, College of Education and Human Ecology
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering; Chair, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering; Lowber B. Strange Designated Professor in Civil Engineering; Director, Satellite Positioning and Inertial Navigation Laboratory
Dustin Mixon Assistant Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Eban Keneh Associate Professor, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Elisabeth Dowling Root Associate Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences; Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Elizabeth Bond Assistant Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences
Elliot Bendoly Distinguished Professor, Management Sciences, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students and Programs, Fisher College of Business
Elliot Paquette Assistant Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Eloise Kaizar Professor of Statistics; Co-Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies and Administration; College of Arts and Sciences
Emre Ertin Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; Investigator, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; Sensor Platform Technologist, MD2K Center; Lead, SENSE Lab
Eric Katz Associate Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Ewy Mathé Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
Fabio Leite Associate Professor, Experimental/Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology; Associate Dean, Lima Campus
Gagan Agrawal Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Lead, Data-intensive and High-performance Computing Group
Grzegorz Rempala Professor, Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Han-Wei Shen Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Lead, Graphics and Visualization Study (GRAVITY) Group
Harmony Bench Associate Professor, Dance; Affiliated Faculty, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; College of Arts and Sciences
Harvey Miller Bob and Mary Reusche Chair in Geographic Information Science, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, and Professor, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Heather Tubbs Cooley Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Huan Sun Assistant Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering
Hui Zheng Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Hyunwoo Park Assistant Professor, Management Sciences, Fisher College of Business
Ian Krajbich Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Igor Jouline Rod Sharp Professor in Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences
Isil Erel David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance; Academic Director, Risk Institute; Fisher College of Business
James Hood Assistant Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology; College of Arts and Sciences
Jan Box-Steffensmeier Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science; Distinguished University Scholar; Courtesy Appointment, Sociology; College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Political Research in Statistics and Methodology Program; Affiliated Faculty Member, Institution for Population Research; Affiliated Faculty Member, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Jared Huling Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Jeff Haase Interior Design Program Coordinator and Associate Professor, Department of Design, College of Arts and Sciences
Jenna McGuire TDAI Associate Director
Jennifer A. Sinnott Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Jenny Grabmeier TDAI Marketing Communications
Jessica Logan Senior Research Scientist of Methodology and Statistics, Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, College of Education and Human Ecology
Jian Chen Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Jian Tan Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Jiangjiang (Chris) Zhu Assistant Professor, Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology, and Comprehensive Cancer Center
John Casterline Robert T. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Institute for Population Research
John Fulton Associate Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
John Gray Professor, Operations, Fisher College of Business
Jolynn Pek Associate Professor, Quantitative Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Joseph Bayer Assistant Professor, School of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
Joshua Hawley Associate Professor, John Glenn College of Public Affairs; Director, Ohio Education Research Center; Associate Director, Center for Human Resource Research; Interim Director, Center for Higher Education Enterprise
Joshua Joseph Assistant Professor of Medicine; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Wexner Medical Center
Julie Field Associate Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Kaifeng Jiang Associate Professor, Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business
Karen Patricia Williams Professor, College of Nursing
Kate Hayes-Ozello Proposal Development Specialist
Keith Warren Associate Professor, College of Social Work
Kellie Archer Professor and Chair, Division of Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Kui Xie Cyphert Distinguished Professor, Learning Technologies, College of Education and Human Ecology; Director, Research Laboratory for Digital Learning
Lara Sucheston-Campbell Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy; Associate Professor, Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Laura Kubatko Professor, Statistics and Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; Faculty Affiliate, Initiative in Population Research; Faculty Affiliate, Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Laura Pomeroy Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
Lauren Jones Assistant Professor, Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology
Lee Potter Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Lei Wang Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, College of Engineering
Lo-Bin Chang Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Lyn Hardy Director, Data Science and Discovery; Associate Professor, Clinical Practice, College of Nursing
Macarius Donneyong Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy; Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health
Margaret Kalcic Assistant Professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, College of Engineering
Maria Palazzi Professor of Design, Director of Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design; College of Arts and Sciences
Mario Peruggia Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Mark Moritz Associate Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Marta Jarzyna Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew Kahle Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew Lewis Assistant Professor, Design, College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew Sullivan Professor, Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences
Michael Groeber Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael Rayo Assistant Professor, Cognitive Systems Engineering, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
Mike Vuolo Associate Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Mikhail Belkin Professor; Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences; Executive Committee Member, Center for Cognitive Science
Natasha Quadlin Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Nate Craig Professor, Management Sciences, Fisher College of Business
Ness Shroff Ohio Eminent Scholar, Networking and Communications; Chaired Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering; College of Engineering
Oksana Chkrebtii Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Paul De Boeck Professor, Quantitative Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Peter Craigmile Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Peter Mohler Professor and Director, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; Chair and Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Associate Dean, Basic Sciences; Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Philip Smith Professor and Chair, Integrated Systems Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
Piers Turner Associate Professor, Philosophy and (by courtesy) Political Science, College of Arts and Science; Director, Center for Ethics and Human Values
Ping Zhang Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, and Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Qin Ma Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
Radu Herbei Professor, Statistics; Co-Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies and Administration; College of Arts and Sciences
Raef Bassily Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Raghu Machiraju Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
Rajiv Ramnath Professor of Practice, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Ralph Greco Director, Business Analytics Initiative, Nationwide Center for Advanced Customer Insights, Fisher College of Business
Rebecca Garabed Associate Professor, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Robert Bond Assistant Professor, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
Rongjun Qin Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering
Sam Davanloo Assistant Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
Sami Khanal Assistant Professor, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Samuel Clark Professor, Demography, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Sanggu Kim Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Scott Shearer Professor and Chair, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Scott Strassels Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine; Scientific Director, Center for Surgical Health Assessment, Research, and Policy
Sean Downey Associate Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Sebastian Kurtek Associate Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Seth Young Director of Center for Aviation Studies; John McConnell Chair of Aviation and Associate Professor in Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering; courtesy appointment in the Knowlton School of Architecture’s Department of City and Regional Planning; College of Engineering. Associate Director of Aviation and Aerospace Policy with the Battelle Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Sheldon Retchin Professor, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine; and Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health
Shili Lin TDAI Faculty in Residence; Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick Professor, Communication, College of Arts & Sciences
Skyler Cranmer Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences; Co-Founder and Co-Organizer, Network Evolution and Technology (NET) Collaborative
Spyros Blanas Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Srinivasan Parthasarathy Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine; Director, Data Mining Research Laboratory; Co-Director, Data Analytics Major
Steffanie Wilk Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; Professor of Management and Human Resources; Fisher College of Business
Steffen Lindert Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Steve Chang Technology Solutions Engineer
Steve MacEachern Professor and Chair, Statistics; Courtesy Appointment, Psychology; College of Arts and Sciences
Steven Quiring Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Subhadeep Paul Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Tamal Dey TDAI Faculty in Residence; Interim Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Tanya Berger-Wolf Faculty Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology; and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Theodore Allen Associate Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
Vince Vu Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Virginia Rich Assistant Professor, Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences
Vladimir Kogan Associate Professor, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences; Member, Education Governance and Accountability Project
Waleed Muhanna Professor and Chair, Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems, Fisher College of Business
Wei Xu Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
William Martin Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
William Minozzi Associate Professor, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Xia Ning Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, and Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Xiaodong Zhang Robert M. Critchfield Professor in Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Xiaokui (Molly) Mo Research Assistant Professor, Center for Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Xiaolin Cheng Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy
Xinmiao Zhang Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Yan Zhang Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
Yasuyuki Motoyama Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning, Knowlton School of Architecture, College of Engineering
Yingbin Liang Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Yuan Zhang Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Yunzhang Zhu Assistant Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Yusu Wang TDAI Faculty in Residence; Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Zheng (Joyce) Wang Professor, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences
Zhiqiang Lin Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering