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Aaida Mamuji

Associate Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management

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Adriano Solis

Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies

Research Interests: Data Science & Analytics, Disaster & Emergency Management, Machine Learning, Operations & Supply Chain Management

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Afshin Rezaei-Zare

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interests: Electric Vehicles & Transportation Electrification, Mathematical Modeling

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Aijun An

Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Science & Analytics

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Ali Asgary

Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Business, Decision Support & Policy Systems, Disaster & Emergency Management, GIS & AI categories, Mathematical Modeling, Urban Studies, Virtual & Augmented Reality

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Ali Sadeghi-Naeini

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interests: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modeling

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Anna Zalik

Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Globalization & Development Studies, Political & Social Dimensions of Risk & Development

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Carlota McAllister

Associate Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Political & Social Dimensions of Risk & Development

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Carly Rozins

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Science and Technology Studies

Research Interests: Infectious Disease, Mathematical Modeling, Urban Studies

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Cary Wu

Associate Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Department of Sociology

Research Interests: Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Political & Social Dimensions of Risk & Development, Trust

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Celina Da Silva

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health, School of Nursing

Research Interests: Health & Well-Being

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Costas Armenakis    

Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Earth & Space Science and Engineering

Research Interests: Data Science & Analytics, Disaster & Emergency Management, Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, Risk Management, Science & Engineering

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David A. Etkin

Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management

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Edward Furman

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Applied Mathematics, Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics, Data Science & Analytics, Risk Management

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Eric Kennedy

Associate Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management, Infectious Disease, Science & Technology Studies, Science Policy

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Eva Peisachovich

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health, School of Nursing

Research Interests: Educational Technology & Simulation

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Evalyna Bogdan

Assistant Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Climate Change, Community Engagement, Disaster & Emergency Management, Disaster & Environmental Sociology, Mathematical Modeling, Risk Management

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Fuminori Toyasaki

Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies

Research Interests: Business, Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics, Data Science & Analytics, Disaster & Emergency Management, Humanitarian Logistics, Management, Supply Chains

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Gunho Sohn

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Earth & Space Science and Engineering

Research Interests: Building Information Model (BIM), Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, GIS, Geometric Remote Sensing

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Harris Ali

Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Department of Sociology

Research Interests: Climate Change, Disaster & Emergency Management, Environment & Sustainability, Infectious Disease, Risk Management

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Hassan Qudrat-Ulla

Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies

Research Interests: Climate Change, Decision Support & Policy Systems, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, System Dynamics

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Huaiping Zhu

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics

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Iain Moyles

Associate Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Applied Mathematics

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Ian Garrett 

Associate Professor

School of Art, Media, Performance & Design, Department of Theatre, Dance & Performance

Research Interests: Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Urban Studies

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Ida Ferrara

Associate Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Department of Economics

Research Interests: Economics, Environment & Sustainability, Public Health

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Jack Rozdilsky

Associate Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management

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Jane Heffernan

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Immunity, Public Health, Vaccine Development

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Jennifer A. Spinney

Assistant Professor

School of Administrative Studies, Disaster & Emergency Management

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management, Disaster Risk, Early Warning Systems, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Well-Being, Risk Management

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Jianhong Wu

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Applied Mathematics, Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics, Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, Mathematical Modeling

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Jimmy Huang

Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Information Technology

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Health & Well-Being, Information Search & Retrieval, Machine Learning

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José Etcheverry

Associate Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change, International Renewable Energy Academy

Research Interests: Climate Change, Educational & Capacity Development Networks, International & National Renewable Energy Policies, Urban Studies

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Jude Dzevela Kong

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Science, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Community Engagement, Data Science & Analytics, Digital Health, Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, Early Warning Systems, Gender, Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Impact Studies, Infectious Disease, Mathematical Modeling, Population Dynamics

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Kelly Thomson

Associate Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies

Research Interests: Equality & Inclusion, Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Management, Migration & Displacement

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Leila Daddoust

Y-EMERGE Coordinator

York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response, and Governance Institute (Y-EMERGE)

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management

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Liette Gilbert

Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change, Environmental Studies

Research Interests: Migration & Displacement, Urban Studies

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Maleknaz Nayebi

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interests: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Empirical Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Open Innovation

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Mark Winfield

Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Climate Change, Environment & Sustainability, Environmental Studies

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Martin Bunch

Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management, Ecohealth & Ecosystem Approaches, Environmental Studies, GIS, Sustainability, Systems Thinking & Complex Systems, Urban Studies

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Melanie Cao

Professor

Schulich School of Business, Financial Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Master of Finance

Research Interests: Finance

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Mojgan A. Jadidi

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Building Information Model (BIM), Educational Technology & Simulation, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, GIS, Infrastructure

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Muna-Udbi A. Ali

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Environment & Sustainability, Gender, Migration & Displacement, Public Health, Urban Studies

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Neil Tandon

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Earth & Space Science and Engineering

Research Interests: Atmospheric Dynamics, Climate Change, Ocean dynamics, Sea Ice Dynamics

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Peter Tsasis

Associate Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies

Research Interests: Health Systems & Care & Climate Change, Implementation Science, Management, Systems Thinking & Complex Systems

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Peter Y. Park

Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Civil Engineering – Computational & Statistical Methods, GIS, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Transportation

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Roger Keil

Professor

Faculty of Environment and Urban Change

Research Interests: Globalization & Development Studies, Infectious Disease, Urban Studies

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Seyed Moghadas

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics

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Stephen Gaetz

Professor

Faculty of Education

Research Interests: Homelessness, Infectious Disease

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Usman T. Khan

Associate Professor

Lassonde School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Interests: Applied Mathematics, Disaster & Emergency Management, Floods, Hydroinformatics, Mathematical Modeling, Urban Studies, Water Quality

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W. Assefa Woldegerima

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Interests: Core Mathematical Modeling & Applied Mathematics, Data Science & Analytics, Domain-Specific Modeling Applications, Mathematical Modeling

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Yvonne Su

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Department of Equity Studies

Research Interests: Disaster & Emergency Management, International Development, Migration & Displacement, Social Capital

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