DEAN, GRADUATE DIVISION UCI,
WHY:Computer scientist, professor and vice provost for graduate education at Orange County’s top public university. Faculty member since 2007. Named dean of the graduate division in 2019.
IN THE NEWS:Adding new graduate programs, including a Master of Data Science track that was ranked No. 7 in the country by Fortune magazine just a year after launching. Speaker during the Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year Awards.
NOTABLE:Research interests include human-computer interaction and health informatics. Co-directs the global Jacobs CERES research network, and is a Jacobs Foundation Senior Research Fellow alumna.
