Leadership Team

  • Nina H. Fefferman

    PI/Director

    Arizona State University

  • Ivy Worsham

    Associate Director of Operations

    Arizona State University

  • Lydia Bourouiba

    Assoc. Director for Translation, Impact and Policy

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • K. Selcuk Candan

    Assoc. Director for Technology, Cyberinfrastructure and Tech Transfer

    Arizona State University

    Computing

  • Sadie Ryan

    Assoc. Director for Core and Working Group Research Efforts

    University of Florida

  • Su Chen Tan

    Assoc. Director for Consilience Facilitation

    Arizona State University

  • Shelby Wilson

    Assoc. Director for Education, Training, Outreach and Participation

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Senior Personnel

  • Gerardo Chowell

    Infectious disease modeling and forecasting

    Georgia State University

  • Eli Fenichel

    Natural resource economics, economic epidemiology, sustainable development

    Yale University

  • David Finnoff

    Natural Resource Economics

    University of Wyoming

  • Qiang He

    Environmental microbiology, built environment, water, microbial exposure

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel

    Applied Dynamical Systems

    Mount Holyoke College

  • Huan Liu

    AI, Feature Selection, Data Mining, Social Computing, Social Media Analysis

    Arizona State University

  • Eric Lofgren

    Infectious disease modeling

    Washington State University

  • Debra Miller

    One Health, Wildlife, Pathology

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Chika Okafor

    Antimicrobial stewardship, AMR, Epidemiology, Food Safety

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Dana Pasquale

    Epidemiology; infectious disease; social network analysis; population health; health behavior

    Duke University

  • Ami Radunskaya

    Dynamical systems and mathematical modeling

    Pomona College

  • J. Michael Reed

    Population ecology, extinction, conservation biology

    Tufts University

  • Garriy Shteynberg

    Social Psychology, Social Influence, Social Cognition, Shared Mental States

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Anna Sisk

    Mathematical Biology

    John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

  • Sebastian Stockmaier

    Infection diseases, infection-induced behavioral changes

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Oyita Udiani

    Applied Mathematics

    Virgina Commonwealth University

  • Mary Lou Zeeman

    Mathematical Modeling, Dynamical Systems, Resilience

    Bowdoin College

APPEX Members

  • Belinda Akpa

    Multiscale modeling of dynamic physiology

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Anthony Barley

    Evolutionary biology and genomics

    Arizona State University

  • Brooke Bauer

    History

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Heidi Goodrich Blair

    Microbial molecular biology and genetics

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Amanda Bleichrodt

    Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Georgia State University

  • Stephanie Bohon

    Colonial epidemics among Indigenous Americans

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • James Broda

    Dynamical systems and mathematical modeling

    Washington and Lee University

  • Yana Bromberg

    Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering

    Emory University

  • Michelle Brown

    Sociology

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Jesse Brunner

    Biological Sciences

    Washington State University

  • Erin Clancey

    Biological Sciences

    Washington State University

  • Alin Coman

    Psycology

    Princeton University

  • Alli Cramer

    Ecology, evolution, marine science, modeling

    Arizona State University

  • Jennifer DeBruyn

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Sharon DeWitte

    Demography, historical demography, historical epidemiology, paleoepidemiology, medieval plague

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Shigetoshi Eda

    Biosensor development

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Sheila Miller Edwards

    Mathematics; mathematical biology; AI Ethics

    Arizona State University

  • Luis Escobar

    Disease Ecology

    Virginia Tech

  • Olivia (Prosper) Feldman

    Mathematical and Physical Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Xiaobing Feng

    Mathematical and Physical Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Pilar Fernandez

    Biological Sciences

    Washington State University

  • Orou Gaoue

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Jonathon Gass

    One Health, zoonotic virology, outbreaks

    Tufts University

  • Bogdan Gavrea

    Applied Mathematics

    Arizona State University

  • Matt Gray

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Denita Hadziabdic Guerry

    Population Genetics

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Rachel Gur-Aire

    Bioethics, public health, decision-making

    Arizona State University

  • Barbara Han

    Ecology, Computing, and Global Health

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

  • Yixuan He

    Machine learning and network analysis

    Arizona State University

  • Claire Hemingway

    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Florence Hudson

    Data, AI, Engineering, Pandemics, TIPPSS

    Columbia University

  • Becky Jacobs

    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Jing Jiao

    Theory, model, disease

    University of Florida

  • Ananth Kalyanaraman

    Engineering

    Washington State University

  • Sanjat Kanjilal

    Medical Microbiology

    Amsterdam UMC

  • Frances Karttunen

    Language contact studies

  • Anahita Khojandi

    Industrial and Systems Engineering

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Stephanie Kivlin

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Katherine Lacasse

    Psycology

    Rhode Island College

  • Michael Langston

    Computer Science

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Sergey Lapin

    Computational Modeling & Data Science

    Washington State University

  • Susan C. Lawrence

    History

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Suzanne Lenhart

    Applied Mathematics

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Simon Levin

    Applied Math, Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Ecological Economics, Epidemiology

    Princeton University

  • Xueping Li

    Engineering

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Vanessa LoBue

    Psychology

    Rutgers University

  • Kelsey Lyberger

    Vector-borne disease expansion

    Arizona State University

  • Michael Mahero

    One Health, Epidemiology, Behavior risk-reduction

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Laura Miller

    Applied Mathematics

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Andrew Monteith

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • James Moody

    Networks; Diffusion; Sociology; Simulation; DataHound

    Duke University

  • Fahad Mostafa

    Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, ML/DL

    Arizona State University

  • Elena Naumova

    Mathematical Modeling, Environmental Statistics

    Tufts University

  • Joel Nishimura

    Complex Systems

    Arizona State University

  • Brian O’Meara

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Monica Papeş

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Giulia Pedrielli

    Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering

    Arizona State University

  • Hollie Raynor

    Public Health Nutrition

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Jennifer Schweitzer

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Dhara Shah

    Biochemistry

    Arizona State University

  • Charles Sims

    Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Mario Small

    Sociology

    Columbia University

  • Marcy Souza

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Timothy Sparer

    Biological Sciencer

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Alycia Stigall

    Earth and Planetary Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Christopher Stone

    Ecology of vector-borne diseases

    University of Illinois

  • Drew Story

    Science-for-Policy

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Christopher Strickland

    Mathematics

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Chunlei Su

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Ken Sweat

    Biological Sciences

    Arizona State University

  • Heather Szabo-Rogers

    Biological Sciences

    University of Saskatchewan

  • Thomas Talley

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Deadric Williams

    Sociology

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Tami Wyatt

    Biological Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Xiaopeng Zhao

    Engineering

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Xinyue Zhao

    Mathematical and Physical Sciences

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Asim Zia

    Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering

    University of Vermont

Postdocs

  • Xiaoyue Cui

    Machine learning, disease genetics, variant effect prediction

    Emory University

  • Preeti Dubey

    Mathematical and Computational Modeling

    Arizona State University

  • Geunsoo Jang

    Epidemic Modeling, Simulation-Based Inference

    Arizona State University

  • July Pilowsky

    Disease ecology, ecological modeling

    Cary Institute

Graduate Students

  • Irene Akunda

    Infectious Disease Ecology Zoonotic diseases One Health

    Washington State University

  • Faharudeen Alhassan

    Mathematical Modeling, Biostatistics

    Georgia State University

  • Ava Ardito

    Public Health and Infectious Disease Ecology

    Tufts University

  • Charchill Ayodo

    Immunology and Infections Disease

    Washington State University

  • Tasneema Azad

    Causal Machine Learning for Dynamical Systems

    Arizona State University

  • Kenneth Collins

    ISFET-based biosensors

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Caitlin Cox

    Wildlife, disease ecology, programming, math

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jada Day

    Public health policy & bioethics

    University of North Carolina

  • Alanna Haslam-Hyde

    Dynamical Systems

    Boston University

  • Shaylee Hodges

    Land dispossession, disasters, and health

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Chandler Hubbard

    Environmental Economics

    University of Wyoming

  • Tanjida Islam

    Transportation Equity and Climate Justice

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Bohon Jiang

    Data Mining, Machine Learning, AI

    Arizona State University

  • Hamed Karami

    Biostatistics, Infectious Diseases Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Graph theory

    Georgia State University

  • Kenneth Kau

    Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

    University of Wyoming

  • John McAlister

    Nonlocal modeling for complex systems

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Abdie Rachab

    Tufts University

  • Courtney Schreiner

    Mathematical disease ecologist

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Sarah Schrock

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Briana Sevilla

    Mathematical and Biological Sciences

    Arizona State University

  • Denysse Sevilla

    Mathematical and Biological Sciences

    Arizona State University

  • Monica Shah

    Environmental Sciences

    Ohio State

  • Raj Subedi

    Epidemiology, biostatistics, data visualization, infectious diseases

    Georgia State University

  • Mete Yuksel

    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    University of Toronto

  • Amjad Zakka

Undergraduate Students

  • Rishi Dadlani

  • Katie Fisher

    Biological Sciences

Administrative Staff

  • Kristen Mecke

    Project and Communications Manager

    Arizona State University

  • Jondale Stratton

    Assistant Director of IT

    Arizona State University


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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2412115 and 2622265. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation