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Dr. Brenda
Malone, CUNY
Vice Chancellor
for Faculty
Relations, and
the Hon. Trustee
Wellington Z.
Chen, member of
the CUNY Board
of Trustees will
join members of
the AAARI board
to welcome new
Asian faculty
and staff to the
CUNY family.
Later in the
evening, Trustee
Chen will also
dialog with
those present
about the vision
of CUNY for the
Asian American
community.
We would like to
have the new
faculty and
staff as active
participants in
our many
intellectually
stimulating
programs, and
offer our
institute as an
opportunity for
them to network
with other
colleagues. We
appreciate the
time that these
faculty and
staff have taken
to make the CUNY
family a more
pleasant and
supportive
environment.
CUNY Asian
Faculty & Staff
Biographies
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or name of
faculty & staff
member to view
streaming video.
Zhao Chen
is an Assistant
Professor of
Mathematics at
New York City
College of
Technology,
CUNY. Dr. Chen
received his
Ph.D. in
Mathematics from
the Graduate
Center, CUNY.
He has served as
the chair of
Student
Development
Committee of
Title V, and has
taught at the
City University
of New York for
a long time and
has published
many research
papers in
mathematics.
Niloufar Haque
is an Assistant
Professor of
Physical and
Biological
Sciences at New
York City
College of
Technology,
CUNY. Dr. Haque
received her
Ph.D. in
neurochemistry
from Aligarh
Muslim
University,
Aligarh, India.
She has
previously
worked at the
National
Institutes of
Health in
Maryland, and at
the Department
of Pharmacology
at Georgetown
University,
before moving to
the Institute
for Basic
Research in
Developmental
Diseases in
Staten Island.
Dr. Haque’s
research
interest is in
Neurodegenerative
Diseases and
Related
Disorders, with
a special focus
on Alzheimer’s
and Parkinson’s
Diseases. She
also mentors
women at the
Neuroscience
Society in
Washington, DC;
initiated a
Student’s Summer
Research Program
at NYC College
of Technology;
and initiated
collaborative
research on the
Gowanus Canal,
which received
coverage in the
New York Times.
Andrea Li is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Queens College,
CUNY. Professor
Li is interested
in the
perceptual and
neural
mechanisms of
visual
processing, with
a particular
interest in
understanding
the perception
of 3D shapes and
objects from 2D
images. She
received her
B.S. in Brain
and Cognitive
Science from MIT
(1990) where her
research
interests
focused on
cognitive
aspects of
language
processing and
visual
perception. She
then received
her Masters
degree in
Psychology
(1993) and her
Ph.D. in Brain
and Cognitive
Sciences from
the University
of Rochester
(1996). Her
dissertation
examined the
perceptual roles
of color and
brightness in
the segmentation
of textured
surfaces. She
then received a
post-doctoral
NRSA award from
NIH to work at
SUNY College of
Optometry,
examining the
roles of spatial
frequency and
orientation in
3D shape
perception from
images of
textured
surfaces.
Subsequently,
she has
continued her
collaborations
at SUNY on an
R01 from NIH to
further study
the neural basis
of 3D shape
perception from
textural cues.
Hong Li
is an Assistant
Professor of
Computer Systems
Technology at
New York City
College of
Technology,
CUNY. Dr. Li
received her
Ph.D. degree in
Mathematics from
the University
of Oklahoma. She
worked as a
software
developer and
system analyst
in numeric
modeling for 5
years in
different
companies such
as Goldman
Sachs, Inc. and
Conoco, Inc. She
taught as an
Assistant
Professor in
Eastern
Washington
University and
in Kean
University
before she
joined the
Department of
Computer Systems
Technology at
NYCCT in 2002.
She brought her
expertise and
years of
experience.
Currently, her
research
interests are
mathematical
modeling, system
identification
by Neural
Networks and
software
applications.
She is working
on a granted
project that
investigates the
estimation of
oil saturation
using neural
networks.
Lihong (Connie)
Li
is an Assistant
Professor of
Engineering
Science and
Physics at
College of
Staten Island,
CUNY. Dr. Li
received her
Ph.D. degree in
Electrical and
Computer
Engineering from
the State
University of
New York (SUNY)
at Stony Brook
in 2002. Her
research
interests
include
signal/image
processing,
medical
informatics,
pattern
recognition, and
computer vision.
Her research
work has been
continuously
funded by
National
Institute of
Health (NIH),
National
Multiple
Sclerosis
Society, and the
Research
Foundation of
CUNY.
Dr. Li has
published
extensively and
served as
referee in major
journals. She
has organized
and given a
number of
presentations in
the
international
professional
societies. One
of her developed
technologies on
Virtual
Colonoscopy has
been
successfully
adopted by
Viatronix, Inc.
and got approved
by US Food and
Drug
Administration
for industry
marketing. She
holds one patent
in the area of
medical imaging.
Dr. Li has won
many awards,
including CSI
Dean’s Award for
Summer Research.
Currently, she
is serving as
the Doctoral
faculty of the
CUNY Ph.D.
Program of
Electrical
Engineering, CSI
curriculum
committee
member, as well
as the Institute
of Electrical
and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE)
Branch Advisor.
Rifat Salam is currently completing her PhD in
Sociology at New
York University.
Her doctoral
dissertation,
entitled Second
Generation South
Asians: Dating,
Mating and
Becoming
American,
explores the
link between
dating and
marriage choices
and the
assimilation
process. Her
research
interests are
currently
focused on the
experiences of
South Asians in
the United
States and South
Asian American
identity but she
is also more
generally
interested in
the family,
gender and
immigration and
ethnicity in
American life.
In Fall 2005,
she joined the
Social Science
Department at
the Borough of
Manhattan
Community
College.
Vamsicharan Vakulabharanam is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Queens
College, CUNY.
Dr. Vakulabharanam
received his
Ph.D. from the
University of
Massachusetts in
2004. His
research and
teaching
interests
include
development
economics,
political
economy,
mathematical
methods, and
economic
history. His
dissertation, is
a
methodologically
and conceptually
innovative study
of “Immiserating
Growth:
Globalization
and Agrarian
Change in South
India,
1985-2000.” He
has forthcoming
articles and
conference
presentations on
issues of
irrigation,
cotton farming,
the relationship
between Indian
economic
liberalization
and the
sustainability
of peasant
households in
South India.
Xinzhou (Joe)
Wei is an
Assistant
Professor of
Electrical
Engineering and
Telecommunications
at New York City
College of
Technology ,
CUNY. Dr. Wei
received his
Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science
at the Graduate
School of CUNY
in May 2002. His
research
interests
include signal
processing,
telecommunication,
and computer
network
security. Dr.
Wei served as
the Session
Chair in the 9th
World
Multi-Conference
on Systematics,
Cybernetics, and
Informatics. He
is also serving
in the
Information
Technology
Advisory
Committee at NYC
College of
Technology.
Ming-Chin Yeh
is an Assistant
Professor in the
Urban Public
Health Program,
Nutrition and
Food Science at
the School of
Health Sciences,
Hunter College,
CUNY. upon Dr.
Yeh received his
Ph.D. from the
University of
North Carolina
at Chapel Hill;
MEd, Columbia
University; MS,
New York
University; BS,
Taipei Medical
College, Taiwan,
and completed
his training at
the Yale
University
Prevention
Research
Center.. His
research
involves
developing
innovative
intervention
strategies on
overweight /
obesity
prevention and
control.
Another research
interest focuses
on promoting
fruit and
vegetable
consumption in
multi-ethnic
populations.
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