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Home > Research & faculty > Faculty > New faculty members

New faculty members

Learn more about engineering tenure-track and teaching professors joining us this semester:

Spring 2025

Franco Zunino Sommariva

Franco Zunino Sommariva

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Manxi Wu

Manxi Wu

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Emma Pierson

Emma Pierson

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Mengjie Yu

Mengjie Yu

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Zaijun Chen

Zaijun Chen

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Claudio Hail

Claudio Hail

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Jiyun Kang

Jiyun Kang

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Alex Dimakis

Alex Dimakis

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Previous cohorts

Fall 2024

Yuan Cao

Yuan Cao

Assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences* and of Physics

Huiwen Jia

Huiwen Jia

Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Ken Kamrin

Ken Kamrin

Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering

Phillip Kerger

Phillip Kerger

Assistant teaching professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Pierluigi Nuzzo

Pierluigi Nuzzo

Associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Eleanor Tubman

Eleanor Tubman

Assistant professor of Nuclear Engineering

Spring 2024

Luis Ceferino

Luis Ceferino

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Christopher Fletcher

Christopher Fletcher

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Leah Guthrie

Leah Guthrie

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

Negar Mehr

Negar Mehr

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Eyitayo Opabola

Eyitayo Opabola

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Siefman

Daniel Siefman

Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Allon Wagner

Allon Wagner

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences* and Molecular and Cell Biology

Max Willsey

Max Willsey

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Lining Yao

Lining Yao

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Ying Cui

Ying Cui

Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Bethany Goldblum, a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, is also the executive director of the Berkeley-based Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

Bethany Goldblum

Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Preeya Khana

Preeya Khana

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Alane Suhr

Alane Suhr

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Chiwei Yan

Chiwei Yan

Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Matei Zaharia

Matei Zaharia

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences*

Jessica Boles

Jessica Boles

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Jun-Chau Chien

Jun-Chau Chien

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Mohammad Hallal

Mohamad Hallal

Assistant Teaching Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Narges Norouzi

Narges Norouzi

Assistant Teaching Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Photo of Thomas Schutzius

Thomas Schutzius

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Guanyu Su

Guanyu Su

Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Stewart Liu

Stewart Liu

Assistant Teaching Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Taner Sen

Taner Sen

Associate Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering

Rayne Zheng

Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng

Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi

Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Venkatesan Guruswami

Venkatesan Guruswami

Chancellor’s Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Senior Scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing

John Wright

John Wright

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Lisa Yan

Lisa Yan

Assistant Teaching Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Maya Carrasquillo

Maya Carrasquillo

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Principal Investigator of J.E.D.I. (L)ab at UC Berkeley

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)

Cesunica Ivey

Cesunica Ivey

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Principal Investigator, Air Quality Modeling and Exposure Lab

Thibaut Mastrolia

Thibaut Mastrolia

Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Ahmad Omar

Ahmad Omar

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Grigory Tikhomirov

Grigory Tikhomirov

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Ziqi Wang

Ziqi Wang

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rediet Abebe

Rediet Abebe

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli

Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Joshua Apte

Joshua Apte

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Lee Bernstein

Lee Bernstein

Nuclear Engineering

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Christian Borgs

Christian Borgs

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Sarah Chasins

Sarah Chasins

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Iain Clark

Iain Clark

Bioengineering

Natacha Crooks

Natacha Crooks

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Derfogail Delcassian

Derfogail Delcassian

Bioengineering

Nika Haghtalab

Nika Haghtalab

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Alexis Kaminski

Alexis Kaminski

Mechanical Engineering

Angjoo Kanazawa

Angjoo Kanazawa

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Amy Pickering

Amy Pickering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Blum Center for Developing Economies

Daniel Pirutinsky

Daniel Pirutinsky

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Alp Sipahigil

Alp Sipahigil

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Rajan Udwani

Rajan Udwani

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

* The EECS department is in both the College of Engineering and the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

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