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VIII. Visitors From Other Universities Who Will Teach at NYU Shanghai in 2015-‐16
Yshai Avishai Visiting Professor of
Physics
Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at Ben Gurion
University; teaches Foundations of Science at NYU
Shanghai.
Yehuda Band
Visiting Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Professor at Ben-‐Gurion University. Scholar of collision
theory and optics. Former director of Israel Science
Foundation Center of Excellence. Teaches Physics at NYU
Shanghai.
Shaul Bar Lev Visiting Professor
2013-‐14
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Professor at the University of Haifa. Scholar of statistics.
Former dean of research at University of Haifa, former
president of Israel Statistical Association. Fellow of
American Statistical Association. Teaches Probability and
Statistics and Statistics for Business and Economics at NYU
Shanghai.
Joel Bernstein Visiting Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also Global Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at NYU
AD, professor emeritus of chemistry at Ben-‐Gurion
University. Scholar of chemical crystallography. Teaches
Foundations of Science at NYU Shanghai.
Nicolas
Broutin
Visiting Assistant
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also researcher at French Institute for Research in
Computer Science and Automation. Scholar of analytic
combinatorics. Teaches Math for Economists and Analysis II
at NYU Shanghai.
Herming
Chiueh
Visiting Associate
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also associate professor at National Chiao Tung University.
Scholar of mixed-‐signal circuits and systems. Teaches
Circuits at NYU Shanghai.
Romain
Corcolle
Visiting Associate
Professor of
Computer Science
Associate Professor at Paris-‐Sud; scholar of multiphysics
and numerical modeling; teaches Digital Logic at NYU
Shanghai
Xiaoyang Feng Visiting Assistant
Arts Professor
Senior design technologist at Frog Design; teaches
Expressing Data at NYU Shanghai
Luis Renato
Fontes
Visiting Professor of
Mathematics
Professor at Institute of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Scholar of Probability and
Statistics. Teaches Honors Linear Algebra at NYU Shanghai
Pablo
Groisman
Visiting Associate
Professor of
Mathematics
Researcher at Argentine National Research Council,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Universidad de
Buenos Aires; teaches Precalculus at NYU Shanghai
Hichem
Hajaiej
Visiting Associate
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also associate professor at the Preparatory Engineering
School of Tunis. Scholar of mathematics. Teaches Calculus
Emphasizing Proofs at NYU Shanghai
Brian Hanssen Clinical Assistant
Professor of
Business
Former Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business;
former Global Services Manager at Intralinks, New York;
Finalist in Taproots/LinkedIn “Make it Matter Challenge”
Irith Hartman Visiting Professor of
Computer Science
Lecturer and Scientific Coordinator at the Caesarea
Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of
Computer Science, University of Haifa, Israel; teaches
Discrete Mathematics at NYU Shanghai
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Tao Huang
Visiting Assistant
Professor of
Mathematics
Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University;
teaches Honors Ordinary Differential Equations at NYU
Shanghai
Raz Jelinek
Visiting Professor of
Chemistry
Professor of Applied Science at Ben-‐Gurion University;
former Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Senior Fellow
at the National Institutes of Health, USA; teaches
Foundations of Chemistry at NYU Shanghai
Moshe Kim
Visiting Professor
2013-‐14
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Professor at University of Haifa. Scholar of economics.
Former chaired professor at Humboldt, former Senior
Distinguished Fellow at Swedish School of Economics.
Teaches Economics of Global Business at NYU Shanghai.
Jonathan Kuhn Visiting Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Previously senior lecturer at Israel Institute of Technology
(Technion). Scholar of genetics and biochemistry. Teaches
Foundations of Science at NYU Shanghai.
Gad Landau
Visiting Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Also research professor at NYU NY. Scholar of serial and
parallel algorithms and computational biology. Teaches
Discrete Mathematics at NYU Shanghai.
Yoram
Landskroner
Visiting Professor of
Finance
Professor, Sarnat School of Management, Or Yehuda, and
former Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
teaches Foundations of Finance at NYU Shanghai
Yuning Liu
Visiting Assistant
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Previously assistant professor of mathematics at
Universität Regensburg. Research interests include the
mathematics of fluid mechanics and control theory.
Teaches Complex Variables at NYU Shanghai.
Laurent Mertz Visiting Assistant
Professor of
Mathematics
Assistant Professor, University of Nice Sophia-‐Antipolis;
teaches Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations at
NYU Shanghai
Benjamin
Moskovitz
Visiting Assistant
Arts Professor
Member of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Teaches Interactive Media Arts at NYU Shanghai.
Caroline
Muller
Visiting Assistant
Professor of
Mathematics
Former researcher at Ecole Polytechnique of CNRS,
Princeton, and MIT. Scholar of oceanic fluid dynamics and
applied mathematics. Teaches in the mathematics program
at NYU Shanghai.
Avraham
Parola
Visiting Professor
Former chaired professor of biophysical chemistry and
dean at Ben Gurion University. Previous appointments
include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Naval
Medical Research Institute. Coordinator of Foundations of
Science at NYU Shanghai.
Addy Pross
Visiting Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Professor emeritus at Ben-‐Gurion University. Scholar of
theoretical organic chemistry. Previously taught at
Stanford, University of Sydney, Australian National
University. Teaches Organic Chemistry I at NYU Shanghai.
Nella Pross
Visiting Laboratory
Professor
2014-‐15
2015-‐16
Lecturer at Ben-‐Gurion University. Teaches Organic
Chemistry I at NYU Shanghai.