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IV. Junior Faculty (continued)
Pilkyung Moon Assistant Professor Former assistant professor at Tohoku University. Scholar of
condensed matter physics and nanoscience. Work has
appeared in Nature, Science and Physical Review. Teaches
Physics at NYU Shanghai.
Armin
Selbitschka
Assistant Professor Former assistant professor at Ludwig-‐Maximilians-‐
University and postdoc at Stanford. Scholar of scribal
culture and Silk Road material culture in ancient China.
Teaches Ancient Chinese history at NYU Shanghai.
Xing Tian
Assistant
Professor
Former postdoc at NYU New York. Scholar of neural science.
Twelve papers already published in peer reviewed journals.
Teaches Neuroscience at NYU Shanghai.
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V. Affiliated Faculty Who Will Teach at NYU Shanghai in 2015-‐16
Miriam Basilio Affiliated Professor
2015-‐16
Also Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies
at NYU. Scholar of Spanish and Latin American art, cultural
property and national identity. Former curatorial assistant
at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Teaches in the
Humanities Program at NYU Shanghai.
Adam
Brandenburger
Affiliated Professor
2015-‐16
Also J.P. Valles tenured Professor at NYU Stern School of
Business, Distinguished Professor at the NYU Polytechnic
School of Engineering, member of the NYU Institute for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Decision Making, and associated
faculty member of the NYU Center for Data Science. Former
professor at Harvard Business School. Scholar of game
theory, business strategy and quantum information.
Teaches The Strategist at NYU Shanghai.
David Cai
Affiliated Professor
2013-‐14
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also tenured professor at NYU NY. Scholar of theoretical
and computational neuroscience and network dynamics.
Taught Networks and Dynamics at NYU Shanghai.
Wen-‐jui Han
Affiliated Professor
2014-‐5
2015-‐16
Also professor at NYU NY. Co-‐Director, Institute of Social
Development. Former tenured professor at Columbia.
Scholar of social policy, families, poverty, and inequality.
More than 50 published articles. Teaches Poverty and
Inequality Around the Globe at NYU Shanghai.
Zhongping
Jiang
Affiliated Professor
2013-‐14
2015-‐16
Also tenured professor at NYU Poly. Scholar of non-‐linear
control systems. Fellow of IEEE, IFAC and IFAC. Former
chaired professor at Beijing University. Teaches Differential
Equations at NYU Shanghai.
Minchao Jin
Affiliated Assistant
Professor
2015-‐16
Also assistant professor of social work at NYU. Scholar of
global social development, and public health, especially the
relation of poverty and child and maternal health. Teaches
in the Global Masters of Social Work program at NYU
Shanghai.
Siuping Ma
Affiliated Associate
Professor
2015-‐16
Also clinical associate professor of social work at NYU.
Scholar of Asian-‐American mental health, especially on
college campuses. Teaches in the Global Masters of Social
Work program at NYU Shanghai.
Charles
Newman
Affiliated Professor
2013-‐14
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also chaired professor at NYU NY. Scholar of mathematics.
Former mathematics department chair at NYU NY. National
Academy of Sciences fellow, American Academy of Arts and
Sciences member, American Mathematical Society member.
Teaches Complex Variables at NYU Shanghai.
Marianne Petit Associate Arts
Professor
2013-‐14
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also Master Teacher and Associate Arts Professor at NYU
NY. Director of Interactive Media Arts Program. Work
exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide. Co-‐Director
of Greylock Arts new media enterprise. Teaches Paper Arts:
History & Practice and Communications Lab at NYU
Shanghai.
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John Sexton
Affiliated Professor
2014-‐5
2015-‐16
Also President of New York University and the Benjamin
Butler Professor and Dean Emeritus at NYU NY. Many
honors, including fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences. Taught The Relationship Between
Government and Religion at NYU Shanghai.
Clay Shirky
Affiliated Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also Distinguished Writer in Residence and Assistant Arts
Professor at NYU NY. Scholar of the internet; creator of the
Shirky Principle. Writings published in Wall Street Journal,
NY Times, etc. Many honors, including Morrow Lecturer at
Harvard. Teaches Media and Participation and at NYU
Shanghai.
Zhen Zhang
Affiliated Associate
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also tenured Associate Professor at NYU NY. Scholar of
studies. Books published by University of Chicago
Press and Duke University Press. Many honors including
Mellon fellowship, J.P. Getty fellowship. Taught History of
Chinese Cinema at NYU Shanghai.