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New Faculty to Further Strengthen Research, Academic Programs

August 23, 2012

UC Merced has added 26 new faculty members this year, giving the campus more than 150 ladder-rank professors. The campus has 1,200 staff and faculty members, not including student employees.

The faculty hires reflect areas of rapid enrollment growth, greatest potential for interdisciplinary collaboration, research potential and other factors aligned with the university’s strategic academic vision and long-term mission.

The new faculty members and their areas of concentration are:

  • Ricardo Cisneros, environmental systems, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • YangQuan Chen, mechanical engineering, School of Engineering
  • Fabian Filipp, systems biology, School of Natural Sciences
  • David Fortunato, political science, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Tanya Golash-Boza, sociology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Sachin Goyal, mechanical engineering, School of Engineering
  • Katrina K. Hoyer, cellular and molecular pathology, School of Natural Sciences
  • Christine M. Isborn, theoretical and computational chemistry, School of Natural Sciences
  • David Kaminsky, ethnomusicology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Karin Leiderman, applied mathematics, School of Natural Sciences
  • Kelvin Lwin, computer science and engineering, School of Engineering
  • Teny Maghakian, economics, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Paul Maglio, service science, cognitive science and human-computer interaction, School of Engineering
  • Robert Rice, environmental engineering, School of Engineering
  • Erik Rolland, technology management, innovation, strategy, operations and entrepreneurship, School of Engineering
  • Suzanne Sindi, computational and mathematical biology, School of Natural Sciences
  • Mukesh Singhal, electrical engineering and computer science, School of Engineering
  • Alexander George Theodoridis, political science, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Jitske Tiemensma, health psychology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Christina Torres-Rouff, bio-anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • David Torres-Rouff, history, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Theofanis Tsoulouhas, financial management, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Jess Vickery, chemistry, School of Natural Sciences
  • Eric Walle, developmental psychology, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Anne Warlaumont, behavioral and cognitive precursors of human speech, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  • Ken Yoshida, art, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts