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Nearly 70 FAU Faculty Named Among World’s Top 2% Scientists

Florida Atlantic University faculty members have been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists, according to the annual Stanford–Elsevier ranking. This distinction highlights FAU’s growing global impact across disciplines, with honorees representing fields spanning engineering, science, medicine, business, neuroscience, nursing, the humanities, marine science, and criminology and criminal justice. Here’s a closer look:

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
  • Valentine A. Aalo, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Mohsen Ahmadi, Ph.D., graduate research assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Waseem Asghar, Ph.D., associate chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
  • Reza Azarderakhsh, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) fellow
  • Mihaela Cardei, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Leif A. Carlsson, Ph.D., J.M. Rubin Foundation Professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Manhar R. Dhanak, Ph.D., professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Isaac E. Elishakoff, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Eduardo B. Fernandez, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Borko Furht, Ph.D., professor and director of the NSF Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Hari Kalva, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Stewart A.L. Glegg, Ph.D., professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
  • Kevin Yunqing Kang, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D., Motorola Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Oge Marques, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Arslan Munir, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Zhen Ni, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., professor, director of the Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) and a fellow of the FAU Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Yufei Tang, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Sensing Institute (I-SENSE) fellow
  • Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu, Ph.D., professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering 
  • Hanqi Zhuang, Ph.D., associate dean and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Ph.D., professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
  • David F. Bjorklund, Ph.D., associate chair and professor, Department of Psychology
  • Steven L. Bressler, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, and a member of the FAU Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences (retired)
  • Kate S. Carroll, Ph.D., professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Eric Dumbaugh, Ph.D., professor and associate director, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
  • Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., FAU vice president for research and professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Valery E. Forbes, Ph.D., dean and professor of biological sciences  
  • Erika Hoff, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology
  • J.A. Scott Kelso, Ph.D., the Glenwood and Martha Creech Eminent Scholar Chair in Science, founder of FAU’s Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
  • Brett Laursen, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology
  • George R. Newkome, Ph.D., research professor, Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  • Stephane P. Roche, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Monica Rosselli, Ph.D., professor and associate chair, Department of Psychology
  • Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., professor and the Bjorn Lamborn Endowed Chair in Astrophysics
  • Wolfgang Tichy, Ph.D., professor, Department of Physics
  • Robert P. Vertes, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
  • Richard F. Voss, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Statistics (retired)
  • Caiyun Zhang, Ph.D., professor, Department of Geosciences
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
  • Anil Bilgihan, Ph.D., professor of hospitality management, Marketing Department
  • Christopher Boudreaux, Ph.D., associate professor, Economics Department 
  • Rebel Cole, Ph.D., Lynn Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor of Finance
  • Douglas J. Cumming, Ph.D., professor, Department of Finance
  • Tamara Dinev, Ph.D., chair and professor, Information Technology and Operations Management Department
  • Mingxiang Li, Ph.D., professor, management programs
  • Michael R. Mullen, Ph.D., professor of marketing and international business
  • Donald Neubaum, Ph.D., associate dean of faculty and administrative affairs and the Desantis Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Siri Terjesen, Ph.D., professor and associate dean for research and external affairs
CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
  • Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., executive director, FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, the David J.S. Nicholson Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, and professor of biomedical science
  • Keith Brew, Ph.D., emeritus professor, Department of Biomedical Science
  • Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., First Sir Richard Doll Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, senior academic advisor, and interim chair, Department of Population Health
  • Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D., professor of geriatric medicine
  • Ning Quan, Ph.D., professor, Department of Biomedical Science, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute  
  • Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biomedical Science, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
  • Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., professor, Department of Biomedical Science, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING
HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
  • Aaron Adams, Ph.D., senior scientist FAU Harbor Branch and director of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust 
  • Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., research professor  
  • Shirley A. Pomponi, Ph.D., research professor (retired)
  • Michael S. Twardowski, Ph.D., research professor
DOROTHY F. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
HARRIET L. WILKES HONORS COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  • Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, co-director, Cyberbullying Research Institute, and faculty associate, Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University

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