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  • Sahar Sharifzadeh

    Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry
    Sahar Sharifzadeh is an associate professor of electrical & computer engineering (ECE), materials science & engineering (MSE), and chemistry at Boston University. She was selected as a Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow in fall 2016. Sharifzadeh’s research interests include computational materials science, materials by design, photonics and optical systems, and semiconductor physics.  Her work involves […]

  • Shanshan Sheehy

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Dr. Shanshan Sheehy is an epidemiologist with research interests in cardiometabolic health, pregnancy complications, and health disparities. Her ultimate career goal is to be an independent investigator studying risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and to make a meaningful contribution to improving the health of people from disadvantaged backgrounds.  

  • Koichiro Shiba, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, SPH
    Koichiro Shiba's overarching research goal is using rigorous causal inference thinking and methods to improve evidence on social determinants of health and health disparities. Rather than merely applying complex methods, his motto is to harness their full potential by identifying and applying the methods to the unique challenges in social epidemiologic studies where they truly shine. […]

  • Kayoko Shioda, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Global Health
    I am an infectious disease epidemiologist and veterinarian working at the intersection of global health, One Health, vaccine epidemiology, and Bayesian statistics. My research integrates veterinary medicine, epidemiological methods, mathematical modeling, and Bayesian statistics to tackle issues in infectious disease epidemiology, with two major foci: 1) One Health with climate change and 2) vaccine epidemiology. […]

  • Michael Silverstein

    Graduate Student Fellow (2022) PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Programs, Bioinformatics
    Michael Silverstein is a 2022 Hariri Institute for Computing Graduate Student Fellow and in the fourth year of his PhD program. He is co-advised by Professors Daniel Segrè (Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering), and Jennifer Bhatnagar (Biology). Silverstein is interested in the role that soil microbial interactions play in regulating climate change. He got his […]

  • Jeff Simeon

    Associate Director, Programs and Product Management, SAIL
    Jeff Simeon is Associate Director of Programs and Product Management at the Software and Application Innovation Lab. Before joining to BU, Jeff launched several software startups and did product management. These experiences solidified his love of software and research. His goal is to make you love to work on research software as much as he […]

  • Priscilla Slanetz

    Professor, Radiology
    Priscilla Slanetz is a practicing radiologist specializing in all aspects of breast imaging including screening, diagnostic evaluation and image guided intervention. She is a clinical researcher focusing on evaluation of new imaging modalities in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer with specific interests in MRI, digital breast tomosynthesis, contrast-enhanced mammography, and artificial […]

  • Mary Slavin, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
    Dr. Mary Slavin is the Director of Education and Dissemination at the Health Outcomes Unit. She is a physical therapist with more than 30 years of experience in the rehabilitation field, serving as a clinician, educator and researcher. Dr. Slavin a co-investigator on several funded studies and co-directs the Dissemination core for the Center on […]

  • Stelios Smirnakis, MD, PhD

    Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
    Dr. Stelios Smirnakis is an associate neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Smirnakis’s laboratory aims to understand the principles of neural circuit function and malfunction during disease states such as autism, epilepsy and stroke, with a particular focus on visual perception and motor learning. The laboratory uses tools […]

  • Ian Smith

    Research Scientist, CAS
    Ian Smith is a Research Scientist in the Department of Earth & Environment at the College of Arts & Sciences. His research interests center around anthropogenic influences on the carbon cycle. Previously, he worked as a visiting fellow at Boston University where he studied landscape fragmentation and urbanization impacts on forest productivity and respiration. 

  • Adam Smith

    Professor, Computer Science, Engineering
    Adam Smith is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Boston University. His research interests lie in data privacy and cryptography, and their connections to machine learning, statistics, information theory, and quantum computing. He obtained his Ph.D. from MIT in 2004 and has held visiting positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science, UCLA, and […]

  • V. Scott Solberg

    Professor, Counseling Psychology and Applied Human Development, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
    V. Scott Solberg is Professor at the Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Solberg is working internationally and nationally on the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective career development programs and services for especially high-need youth populations, including youth with disabilities. His most recent book is “Making School Relevant with Individualized […]

  • Evan Solomon Weinberg

    Postdoctoral Associate CCS

  • Mohammad Soltanieh ha

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Information Systems
    Mohammad Soltanieh-ha is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Information Systems department at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Mohammad obtained his Ph.D. in computational physics in 2015 from Northeastern University where he studied strongly correlated electronic systems in low dimensions. His current research interest revolves around computer vision applications in automating cancer diagnosis, macroeconomics […]

  • David Somers

    Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, CAS Director, Neuroimaging, Perception & Attention Laboratory
    David Somers is a Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences and the Director of the Neuroimaging, Perception & Attention Laboratory. His research employs functional MRI, psychophysics, and computational modeling to investigate the mechanisms underlying visual perception and cognition. His laboratory performs experiments to identify the human brain circuity which support […]

  • Yicheng Song

    Information Systems, QST
    Graduate Student Fellow, Information Systems, Questrom School of Business Yicheng Song became a Hariri Graduate Fellow in May, 2016. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Information Systems at Questrom School of Business, advised by Professor Nachiketa Sahoo and Professor Chris Dellarocas. Previously, Song received his BS from Wuhan University in 2006 and PhD in computer science from […]

  • Benjamin Sovacool

    Director, IGS Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, Earth & Environment
    Benjamin K. Sovacool is the Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. He works as a researcher and consultant on issues pertaining to global energy policy and politics, energy security, energy justice, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. More specifically, his […]

  • Keith Spangler

    Research Scientist, SPH
    Keith Spangler is a research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC) at Boston University. His research interests are in the health effects of climate change and its disproportionate impacts on socially vulnerable communities. His recent work includes assessing spatiotemporal changes in heat-related mortality, developing a […]

  • Nicole Spartano

    Medicine, MED
    Research Assistant Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine Nicole Spartano serves as Co-Director for the Physical Activity Station at the Framingham Heart Study, overseeing the accelerometry data collection and contributes to the new initiative to introduce mobile health technology into this historic epidemiological study. She also collaborates with the BMC Diabetes Team, using continuous glucose monitors […]

  • Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

    Professor and Director of Statistics Program, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, CAS
    Konstantinos Spiliopoulos is a Professor and Director of the Statistics Program in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at BU, and is a member of the Applied Mathematics and Probability and Statistics research groups. He is a faculty affiliate of the Hariri Institute of Computing and was an Institute Junior Faculty Fellow (2013-2016). He is also an […]