Kyle Hasenstab
Assistant ProfessorMathematics and StatisticsCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence, deep learning and medical imaging.
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Sean Hauze
DirectorInstructional Technology ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-1348Area of Expertise
Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Mixed Reality Spatial Computing Immersive Simulation Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Motivation to Learn STEM Workforce Skills Online Learning Quantitative Research Analysis Mobile Learning Educational Technology
Marshal Hedin
Professor, Director of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Biodiversity MuseumBiologyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Biodiversity, conservation, California biodiversity, arachnids, spiders, speciation, caves, phylogeny and evolution.
Brian Hentschel
Associate ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-0358Area of Expertise
Biology, oceanography, Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, larval ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, organism-flow interactions
Peter Herman
ProfessorEnglish and Comparative LiteratureCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected](619)-594-7776Area of Expertise
Shakespeare, literature and culture, relationship between sports and academia, Milton, contemporary culture, youth culture, teaching/pedagogy and society.
Roberto Hernandez
ProfessorChicana and Chicano StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-4219Area of Expertise
Violence on the U.S-Mexico border, anti-immigrant vigilante efforts, border politics, comparative social movements, black-Latina/o relations, critical hemispheric indigeneity, masculinity and decolonial feminism
Lawrence Herzog
ProfessorSchool of Public AffairsCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-6964Area of Expertise
Urban/community planning and environmental design with an emphasis on Mexico, the Mexico-United States border and Latin America
Audrey Hokoda
ProfessorChild and Family DevelopmentCollege of EducationÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-1591Area of Expertise
Child development, family life, abusive relationships, abuse, bullying, violence prevention, trauma and resilience, teen dating violence and domestic violence.
Gregory Holland
ProfessorChemistry and BiochemistryCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Physical and analytical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy, bio-inspired materials, origin of life, surface chemistry, nanoparticles, liquid crystals, spider silk, spider venom peptides, biopolymers, biomembranes, electron microscopy (SEM/TEM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
Hajar Homayouni
Assistant ProfessorComputer ScienceCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Data science, applied machine learning, data quality assurance and anomaly detection.
Heather Honea
Associate Professor and Department ChairMarketingFowler College of BusinessÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected](619) 594-4308Area of Expertise
Environmental business issues, sustainable business, resilient business systems, adaptive marketing, sustainable consumption, biophilia, systems marketing, green marketing, BCorp marketing, rational versus nonrational (emotional) determinants of consumption.
Mee Hong
ProfessorExercise and Nutritional SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected](619) 594-6553
Shirin Hooshmand
Senate Distinguished ProfessorExercise and Nutritional SciencesCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected](619) 594-6823Area of Expertise
Osteoporosis, Nutrition, Diet, Aging, Functional Foods, Women's Health.
DJ Hopkins
ProfessorSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-6884Area of Expertise
Theatre, Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare on film, site-specific theatre, immersive theater, the La Jolla Playhouse's WOW Festival and virtual reality (including VR Shakespeare).
Carrie House
Associate ProfessorBiologyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-3053Area of Expertise
Cancer biology and signaling in ovarian and breast cancers; role of tumor microenvironment in supporting stem-like phenotypes and tumor regrowth following treatment
Kevin Hovel
Professor, Assistant ChairBiologyCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-6322Area of Expertise
Spiny lobster biology and ecology, kelp forest ecology, seagrass ecology and effects of ocean acidification and pollution on seagrasses.
Mel Hovell
ProfessorSchool of Public HealthCollege of Health and Human ServicesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]858-505-4772Area of Expertise
Health promotion, child development, second hand smoke, migrant populations, risk reduction practices for medical concern, pregnancy prevention in adolescents.
Brian Hu
Associate ProfessorSchool of Television, Film, and New MediaCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
International Cinema, Asian Cinema, Asian American media, film festivals, film history, independent cinema, Chinese cinemas, Taiwan popular culture, film stardom, race and film
Anh Hua
Associate ProfessorWomen's StudiesCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Postcolonial feminism, critical race feminism, cultural studies, humanities and the arts, diaspora studies, global empathy and compassion, decolonial healing and literature, film and the arts by women of color
Tong Huang
Assistant ProfessorElectrical and Computer EngineeringCollege of EngineeringÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]9795716488Area of Expertise
Power grids, renewable energy, data analytics and cyber security
Jess Humphrey
ProfessorSchool of Music and DanceCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-6031Area of Expertise
Performance, dance, improvisation, choreography, experimental dance, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, somatics, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, contemplative practice, body awareness, mind-body practices, movement analysis, facilitation, creativity, creative process, somatics, interoception and trauma-sensitive performance.
Tom Huxford
Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry DepartmentCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-1606Area of Expertise
Protein structure and molecular mechanism, antibody structure and design, cancer, molecular biology, kinases and signal transduction, transcription factors, structural biology, x-ray, crystallography
Jennifer Imazeki
Professor, Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff DiversityEconomicsCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-5012Area of Expertise
School finance (state funding formulas, adequacy, equity, cost differences), scholarship of teaching and learning, training and development, diversity, equity and inclusion
James Ingram
LecturerPolitical ScienceCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected] [email protected]619-594-3776Area of Expertise
American presidency, elections, presidential history, urban and California state politics.
Carmelo Interlando
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of MathematicsMathematics and StatisticsCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Abstract algebra, number theory, cryptography, lattices, post-quantum cryptography and quantum computers.
Gustaaf Jacobs
ProfessorAerospace EngineeringCollege of EngineeringÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-4046Area of Expertise
Aerospace engineering, rocket engineering, scientific Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow Control, Propulsion Systems, Hypersonics, Multiphase-Flows, Turbomachinery, Gas Turbines, Wind Turbines, Aerodynamic Design, Truck Aerodynamics, High-Speed Aerodynamics, Algorithms, High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Uncertainty Quantification.
Sureshi M. Jayawardene
Associate Professor, Africana Studies; Associate Director, Digital Humanities InitiativeCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
African diaspora; Black student mothers; Race, caste, and blackness; Anti-blackness and racism
Ben Jenkins
Lecturer, Assistant Director of the Lower Division Writing ProgramRhetoric and Writing Studies; Weber Honors CollegeCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
rhetoric, pop culture, visual rhetoric, comics, Indigenous comics, storytelling, visual storytelling
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
ProfessorGeographyCollege of Arts and LettersÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]619-594-0906Area of Expertise
Food: urban food access, food and gentrification, food and tourism, ethnicity/race/ immigration and food, informal food economy, low-wage labor in the food sector, food justice, and alternative food practices
Calvin Johnson
ProfessorPhysicsCollege of SciencesÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»[email protected]Area of Expertise
Neutrino physics and astrophysics; detection of dark matter; the interplay of science and science fiction and science in popular culture
