Regular Faculty
Kathryn Leonard, Chair
Professor, Computer Science
B.S., University of New Mexico; M.S., Ph.D., Brown University
Kathryn Leonard studies geometric models for computer graphics, computer vision, and data analysis.
Celia Chen
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington; Ph.D., USC
Celia Chen’s research focuses on systems and software engineering, specifically on unorthodox modeling to measure and improve software quality using natural language processing. Read her Oxy Story profile.
Justin Li
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer Science
B.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D, University of Michigan
Justin Li teaches in cognitive science and computer science, and is interested in how people and artificial agents perform knowledge search.
Irina Rabinka
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., Scripps College; M.S., Loyola University of Chicago; P.h.D., Northwestern University
On Special Appointment
Hsing-Hau Chen
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.A., B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Southern California
Gabriel Freiman
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Physics and Computer Science
M.S. in Engineering, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (France); M.S.in Applied Physics, University of Paris 6 (France); Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique (France)
Gabriel Freiman's research deals with physico-chemistry of surfaces/interfaces. His research work focus towards fluids interaction with solid 2D materials (metals, oxides, carbon nanostructures) at the nanometer scale. He is also interested by its applications (microfluidic sensors, MEMS sensors, photovoltaic conversion, batteries).
Alan Knoerr
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus
B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Alan Knoerr is an applied mathematician who teaches a broad range of courses in mathematics; he also teaches in the cognitive science and computer science programs.
Teddy Pozzo
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., P.h.D, UC Santa Barbara
Thomas Yeh
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., UC Berkeley; M.S., P.h.D., UCLA
