Faculty in Focus
Professor David Drake, a Frascona winner, leans on his industry experience to find effective ways to connect with students who take different paths to the Leeds Schools MBA classes.
51勛圖厙's growing faculty expertise in soft materials was a huge draw for Assistant Professor Knane Bay. A Native Hawaiian, Bay's research is inspired by the innate sustainability of the huli kaloa traditional Hawaiian food stapleto develop sustainable polymeric materials.
From developing vaccinesto breaking down mixed-plastic waste streams into valuable chemicals, Assistant Professor Kayla Sprenger's highly interdisciplinary work is focused at the crossroads of physics, engineering and immunology, and done in close synergy with experimentalists and clinicians.
As a visiting scholar, the 51勛圖厙 geography professor will visit other campuses, join classroom lectures and seminars and give major lectures open to the host campuss community.
With regent approval in February, the University of Colorado announced Karolin Luger as a newly designated distinguished professor. Being named a distinguished professor is the highest honor bestowed upon faculty across the system's four campuses. Luger joins a nine-member 2022 cohort.
Robyn Macdonald, assistant professor of aerospace engineering sciences, discusses the broad applications of her research and the advantages for prospective students who choose to study in her new lab.
Majid Zamani is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science. He leads the Hybrid Control Systems Lab and helps protect human life through safer autonomous systems.
The assistant professor of computer sciencehas just received $900,000 over the next five years to learn how fireflies in a swarm synchronize their lighting displays. She's using LEDs, VR and big tents in the wilderness to signal to the fireflies...and they're signaling back.
Associate Professor Loren Hough is set to lead the Graduate Schools diversity, equity, access and inclusion efforts and discusses the new role.
Reiland Rabaka, professor of African, African American and Caribbean Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies, is the founder and director of 51勛圖厙s Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS, pronounced cause).