Sam Kassegne
ProfessorCollege of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-1815Area of Expertise
Mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computational sciences, solar cell technology, microfluidics, MEMS
Experts Directory
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Lisa Kath
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]619-594-8702Area of Expertise
Broad base of knowledge in areas related to industrial-organizational psychology, such as: hiring, layoffs, training & development, performance appraisal/management, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and employee engageme
Joseph Katz
ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-2399Area of Expertise
Aerospace Dynamics and Mechanical Engineering, Internal combustion engines, Heat transfer and heat exchangers, Wind tunnel measurements, Non steady aero and hydrodynamics, potential flow and general fluid dynamics, Automotive aerodynamics and dynamics, Lifting body airplane, transonic wings, and stall resistant configurations.
Amanda Kearney
Full ProfessorDepartment of AnthropologySDSU[email protected]619 677 7679Area of Expertise
Australia, Australian Indigenous rights, Mining & human rights, Renewable energy & Indigenous rights, Marine rights for Indigenous groups, Human resilience, Interculturalism, Indigenous collaboration in science, Youth climate activism, Corporate social responsibility, Applied careers in anthropology, Environmental violence/harm
Scott Kelley
Associate Professor and Director, Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics ProgramCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-5371Area of Expertise
Environmental microbiology, indoor microbiology, computational biology and bacterial contamination of human environments.
Mark Kern
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-1834Area of Expertise
Exercise, nutrition, diet, fitness
Ron King
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]619-594-1094Area of Expertise
American politics, public policy, elections, presidential politics, republican primaries
Alicia Kinoshita
Associate ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-1330Area of Expertise
Wildfire, post-fire hydrology, disturbance hydrology, remote sensing applications
Risa Levitt Kohn
Professor and Chair of Religious Studies and ClassicsCollege of Arts and LettersDepartment for the Study of ReligionSDSU[email protected](619) 594-5327Area of Expertise
Hebrew Bible, Jewish and Christian origins, Judaism
Ahmet Kuru
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Islam, Muslim world, secularism, Middle East, Turkey, church-state, and authoritarianism.
Lyuba Kuznetsova
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPhysicsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6164Area of Expertise
My areas of expertise include high energy short-pulse generation in fiber laser systems, mode-locking in quantum cascade lasers, blue LEDs, microcavities, and metamaterials. Also Optics, Lasers, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials
Kelly Lane
LecturerCollege of Health and Human ServicesExercise and Nutritional SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-4492Area of Expertise
Food science/technology, food business/management and online course design and instruction
James Lange
DirectorWell-being & Health PromotionSDSU[email protected]619-594-4133Area of Expertise
Alcohol abuse, binge drinking, drug use, salvia divinorum, college-aged drinking, underage drinking, drunk driving.
Irene Lara
Associate Professor and Undergraduate AdvisorCollege of Arts and LettersWomen's StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-7151Area of Expertise
Chicana and indigenous women's spirituality and healing practices, Latina health and activism, women of color reproductive justice, Chicana/Latina cultural production, Our Lady of Guadalup/e La Virgen de Guadalupe and other Latina cultural and spiritual figures, feminist teaching/pedagogy, community engaged scholarship, South Bay/South San Diego Latino/a/x communities and community organizations, and Chicana/Mexican motherhood.
Lance Larson
Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Homeland Security and Coordinator for the Cyber Security Program OfficeGraduate Program in Homeland SecuritySDSU[email protected]949-682-8804Area of Expertise
Cyber Security, hacking, IT security, law enforcement tactic, online crime, child predators
Matthew Lauer
ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersAnthropologySDSU[email protected]619-594-0978Area of Expertise
Social science of small-scale coral reef fisheries, marine protected areas, environmental governance, disasters, climate change, Indigenous ecological knowledge, and science and technology studies. Pacific Island region including the Solomon Islands and French Polynesia (Moorea, Tahiti).
Martha Lauzen
Professor and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Women in Television and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSDSU[email protected]619 594 6301Area of Expertise
Women's employment and representation on screen and behind the scenes in film (The Celluloid Ceiling, Independent Women, Women @ the Movies) and television (Boxed In).
Vanja Lazarevic
Associate ProfessorCollege of EducationChild and Family DevelopmentSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Immigrant families, refugee families, adolescents and young adults, immigrant family dynamics, language brokering (i.e., translating, interpreting) and mental health and wellbeing.
Gordon Lee
Professor EmeritusCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-6388Area of Expertise
Robotics, control systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, intelligent systems
Young-Shin Lee
Associate ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of NursingSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Physical activity related to chronic disease, bone health, and falls among older adults, community engaged service learning health promotion projects in education, E-cigarette use and health impact, and oral health.
Douglas Leonard
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesAstronomySDSU[email protected]619-594-2215Area of Expertise
Astronomy, astrophysics, stellar explosions (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts), black holes (formation and detection), cosmology (Big Bang, accelerating universe), events of general public interest (e.g., lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers).
Rebecca Lewison
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-8287Area of Expertise
Conservation ecology, applied conservation science, wildlife, landscape connectivity, dynamic ocean management, climate resilience, climate readiness, land use, resource use, sustainability, species extinction, fisheries, sea turtles, seabirds, hippos and endangered species in San Diego.
Hanyang Li
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringCivil, Construction, and Environmental EngineeringSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Air quality, air pollution measurement and monitoring, aerosol instrument development, environmental justice and machine learning.
Marian Liebowitz
Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Music and DanceSDSU[email protected]619-594-6046Area of Expertise
Arts management, arts entrepreneurship, music, chamber music, performing arts and Latinx music and dance.
Kurt Lindemann
Associate DeanCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSDSU[email protected]619-594-4945Area of Expertise
communication, disability, sports, gender, social media, narratives, storytelling, public speaking, debate.
David Lipson
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected], [email protected]619-594-4460Area of Expertise
Soil microbial ecology, plant-microbe interactions, cycling of carbon and nitrogen and life in cold environments.
Xiaobai Liu
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesComputer ScienceSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision and their applications in Autonomous Driving, Intelligent Transportation, Real Estate and Data Science
Xiaofeng Liu
Associate ProfessorCollege of EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-1364Area of Expertise
Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Vortex Dynamics, Acoustics, Cavitation, Flow Measurement Techniques, Cooling, Heat Transfer, Image Processing and flow-induced vibration.
Virginia Loh-Hagan
Executive Director for AANAPISI Affairs, Director of the APIDA CenterStudent Affairs and Campus DiversitySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Literacy instruction, Children's and YA kidlit, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American histories and experiences, AANHPI-Serving Institutions, Inclusive K-12 curricula.
Jeremy Long
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]6198885294Area of Expertise
Ecology, environment, marsh, Baja, invasive species, abalone, snail, urchin, seaweed, restoration, aquaculture, marine biology, human impacts, anthropogenic impacts, species range and plants.
