Faculty

Mirela Alistar
Mirela Alistar
Assistant Professor • Living Matter Lab • BIOCHIPS, PERSONAL MEDICINE, DIY BIO • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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John Bacus
Senior Director of Design, Trimble Platform, Lecturer • DESIGN, AR/VR, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
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John Breznicky
Lecturer • Art + Design • Cycling • Photography
Carson Bruns
Carson Bruns
Assistant Professor • Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials • CREATIVE MOLECULAR NANOTECH • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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Aidan Chopra
Lecturer • DESIGN FOR CHILDREN • CODING EDUCATION • PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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Ruscha Cohen
Ruscha Cohen
Scholar in Residence, Director of ATLAS Academic Programs • GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Laura Devendorf
Laura Devendorf
Assistant Professor • Unstable Design Lab • SMART TEXTILES, HCI, DESIGN RESEARCH • INFORMATION SCIENCE
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Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Professor • Director, ATLAS Partnerships & Innovation • ACME Lab • DESIGN, TANGIBLE INTERACTION, HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Derek A. Friday
Lecturer • Experiential Graphic Designer • Athlete
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Justin Gitlin
Lecturer • CREATIVE CODER • MUSICIAN • MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
Mark Gross
Mark D. Gross
Professor • ATLAS Director • DESIGN, ROBOTICS, TANGIBLE INTERACTION • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Casey Hunt
Casey Hunt
Lecturer • PhD Student • MS, CTD—Creative Industries '21 • PRO-SOCIAL INTERACTION DESIGN
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Gabe Johnson
Lecturer
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Grace Leslie
Assistant Professor • Brain Music Lab • MUSICIAN • BRAIN-MUSIC INTERFACES • ELECTRONIC MUSIC
ATLAS Institute • College of Music
Annie Margaret
Annie Margaret
Associate Teaching Professor • STORYTELLING • PSYCHOTECHNOLOGIES • ATTENTION ACTIVISM
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Erika Palmer
Erika Palmer
Lecturer • SOCIAL IMPACT
Anthony Pinter
Anthony Pinter
Assistant Teaching Professor • IDENTITY, DATA REPRESENTATIONS, HCI, BREAK-UPS
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Denise Powell
Denise Powell
Lecturer • MS, TMS—Information and Communication Technology for Development '18
Danny Rankin
Danny Rankin
Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Undergrad Programs • Whaaat!? Lab • MATERIALS, GAMES, GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Sheiva Rezvani
Sheiva Rezvani
Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs • ART & DESIGN, SOCIOTECHNOLOGY, DEAD MEDIA
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Michael Rivera
Michael Rivera
Assistant Professor • HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION • DIGITAL FABRICATION
ATLAS Institute • Computer Science
Peter Rosenthal
Peter Rosenthal
Lecturer • MS, CTD—Creative Industries '22
David Schaal
David Schaal
Associate Teaching Professor • Sound Audio Frequency Lab • SOUND DESIGN • UNIVERSAL DESIGN
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Suzanne Stoller
Suzanne Stoller
Lecturer • Executive Advisor • Industry Mentor
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Ryo Suzuki
Assistant Professor • PhD, Computer Science '20
ATLAS Institute
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Joel Swanson
Associate Professor • TYPO Studio • ART, DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY • Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
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Brittney VanHorssen
Lecturer • USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Zack Weaver
Zack Weaver
Assistant Teaching Professor • Director, BTU Lab
ATLAS Institute
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John Weiss
Lecturer
Shaz Zamore
Shaz Zamore
Assistant Teaching Professor • STEM Outreach • OUTREACH & INCLUSION, NEUROENGINEERING, VR/AR
ATLAS Institute

Adjunct Faculty & Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Pierre de Vries
Pierre de Vries
Scholar-in-Residence by courtesy
ATLAS Institute
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Dr. Subhankar Mandal
Post Doctoral Research Associate, TOUGH HYDROGEL, POLYMER SYNTHESIS, FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS
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Gabor Molnar
Gabor Molnar
Associate Professor Adjunct • Lecturer
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Wayne Seltzer
Wayne Seltzer
Assistant Professor Adjunct • ELECTRONICS, DIY, U-FIXIT
ATLAS Institute

Visiting Faculty

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Lucjan Janowski
Visiting Scholar
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Gordon Müller-Seitz
Visiting Scholar

Affiliate Faculty

Alaa Ahmed
Alaa Ahmed
Professor
Integrative Physiology • Mechanical Engineering
Jed Brubaker
Jed Brubaker
Assistant Professor
Information Science
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Nikolaus Correll
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Marcel de Lange
Marcel de Lange
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program of Environmental Design
Ann Eisenberg
Ann Eisenberg
Senior Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science
Dale Hatfield
Dale Hatfield
Spectrum Initiative Co-Director
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Brian Keegan
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Daneil Leithinger
Daniel Leithinger
Visiting Assistant Professor • THING Lab • SHAPE CHANGING & HAPTIC INTERFACES • COMPUTER SCIENCE
Clayton Lewis
Clayton Lewis
Professor Emeritus
Computer Science
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Dan Ligon
Professor of Practice
Advertising PR and Media Design
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Ricarose Roque
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Aubrey Shick
Aubrey Shick
Research Affiliate
ATLAS Institute
Dan Szafir
Dan Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member
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Danielle Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member
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Stephen Voida
Assistant Professor • Founding Faculty
Information Science
Gregory Whiting
Gregory L Whiting
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
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Helanius J. Wilkins
Assistant Professor
Theater and Dance
Tom Yeh
Tom Yeh
Associate Professor
Computer Science

Affiliated Researcher

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Ted Selker
Affiliated Researcher

Industry Mentors

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Lennon Barnica
Industry Mentor • Executive Producer, Plus Productions; Owner/Furniture Maker, Dean Designs
Todd Berger
Todd Berger
Industry Mentor • CEO Co-Founder Ello, the creators network • Co-Founder Berger & Föhr
Matthew Elliot
Matthew Elliott
Industry Mentor • UX Humanitarian • Co-Founder of Super Humane
Joseph Kerski
Joseph Kerski
Industry Mentor • Geographer • Educator • GIS Professional
Courtney Loveman
Courtney Loveman
Industry Mentor • VP, Chief Strategy Officer at Noun (CP+B Brand Invention)
Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti
Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti
Industry Mentor • Director of programs at Newlab
Alexandra Morgan-Kisarale
Alexandra Morgan-Kisarale
Industry Mentor • Social Impact Alum
Rhiannan Price
Rhiannan Price
Industry Mentor • Managing Director at DevGlobal Partners
Lise St. Denis
Lise St. Denis
Industry Mentor • Data Scientist • UX Researcher / Designer
Heather Underwood Wilder
Heather Underwood Wilder
Industry Mentor • CEO of EvoEndo, Inc.
Tran Wills
Tran Wills
Industry Mentor • Creative Director/Entrepreneur • Co-Founder of Base Coat Nail Salon, SVPER ORDINARY