Potential Mentors for High School Research Experience

Alastair J. Neil 

Computing operations and research computing infrastructure;

Interim Director, Office of Research Computing (ORC), aneil2@gmu.edu

Alireza Ermagun

Geospatial Modeling and Accessibility

Associate Professor, GGS, aermagun@gmu.edu 

Amira Roess

Epidemiology and global health;

Professor, Global Health and Epidemiology, aroess@gmu.edu

Anusha Srirenganathan Malarvizhi

Spatiotemporal Computing and Uncertainty Quantification

Post-Doc, Graduate Research Assistant, asrireng@gmu.edu

Armita Kar

Spatiotemporal data analytics and data fusion

Assistant Professor, GGS, akar3@gmu.edu

Chaowei Phil Yang

Spatiotemporal computing and digital twin

Director, NSF Spatiotemporal IUCRC, Professor, GGS, cyang3@gmu.edu

Christine Rosenfeld

Undergraduate education and STEM accelerator

Associate Professor, GGS, crosenfe@gmu.edu 

Daniel Rothbart

Peace and conflict resolution (Sudan)

Professor, Program on Prevention of Mass Violence, drothbar@gmu.edu

Daniel Tong

Wildfire and dust forecasting using AI and physical models;

Associate Professor and Director, Satellite and Earth Science Research, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, qtong@gmu.edu 

Dieter Pfoser

Geospatial intelligence

Professor and Department Chair, GGS, Director, Geospatial Intelligence, dpfoser@gmu.edu 

Donglian Sun

Flooding and Remote Sensing

Professor, GGS, dsun@gmu.edu 

Fengxiu Zhang

Public policy and stakeholder engagement

Assistant Professor, Public policy, fzhang22@gmu.edu

Hong Xue

Systems modeling of obesity epidemiology

Associate Professor, Health Administration & Policy, hxue4@gmu.edu

Jenna R. Krall

Climate-related health issues

Associate Professor, Global & Community Health, jkrall@gmu.edu

Jie Xu

Electrical Vehicle, AI/ML and digital twins

Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, CEIE Affiliate Faculty, jxu13@gmu.edu

Jie Zhang

Space weather

Professor, Physics & Astronomy, jzhang7@gmu.edu

John Friedrich Shortle

System operations and air traffic control

Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR), jshortle@gmu.edu

John Qu

Remote Sensing and Wildfire

Professor, GGS, Director, Environmental Science and Technology Center, jqu@gmu.edu 

Karina Korostelina

Conflict resolution (Ukraine);

Professor, Director Sustainable Peace Lab, ckoroste@gmu.edu

Lance Sherry

FAA flight controls and air transportation systems;

Professor, Director for Air Transportation Systems Research, SEOR, lsherry@gmu.edu

Lori A Mandable

GIS for Business

Assistant Professor, GGS,  lmandabl@gmu.edu 

Massimiliano Albanese 

Cybersecurity, digital innovation, and infrastructure security in AI

Executive Director, IDIA, malbanes@gmu.edu

Matt Rice 

GIS and digital twin curriculum

Associate Professor, COS– mrice4@gmu.edu

Maction Komwa

High school student engagement and education outreach

Associate Professor, GGS, mkomwa@gmu.edu 

Paul Houser

Water and Energy Sciences

Professor, GGS, Director,  Center for Resilient, Adaptable, and Safe Communities, phouser@gmu.edu 

Shanjiang Zhu

Transportation / Smart Cities

Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, szhu3@gmu.edu 

Songqing Chen

Computer networks and cybersecurity;

Professor, Computer Science, sqchen@gmu.edu

Sung Nam

Game Design / Interactive Media

Associate Professor & Director, Computer Game Design Program, snam5@gmu.edu

Taylor Anderson

Spatiotemporal analytics for public health;

Associate Professor, GGS, tander6@gmu.edu

Wenying Ji

Infrastructure systems under extreme events and engineering education.

Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, wji2@gmu.edu