Affiliated Faculty
UCI Faculty and Researchers
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Jonathan Alexander, Professor Research Area: Writing Studies, Composition/Rhetoric, New Media Studies Department: English, School of Humanities Email: jfalexan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7397 Office: 500D Krieger Hall Learn more |
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Mark Bachman, Assistant Professor Research Area: Design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Email: mbachman@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6421 Office: EG 2227 Learn more |
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Pierre Baldi, Chancellor’s Professor, Director Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Area: Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Databases and Data Mining Environmental Informatics Department: Computer Science Email: pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5809 Office: DBH 4038 Learn more |
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Jill Berg, Associate Professor Research Area: Games and Chronic Disease self-management, chronic pulmonary disease (Asthma, TB), vulnerable populations, Obesity and Latino Health Department: Nursing Science Email: jpberg@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0696 Office: 252G Berk Hall Learn more |
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Rebecca Black, Assistant Professor Research Area: Literacy, popular culture, second language acquisition, computer-mediated communication Department: Education Email: rwblack@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0592 Office: 3456 Education Learn more |
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Tom Boellstorff, Professor Research Area: Anthropology of virtual worlds Department: Anthropology Email: tboellst@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9944 Office: Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG) 3322 Learn more |
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Liane Brouillette, Assistant Professor Research Area: Games for teaching children constructive social values Department: Education Email: lbrouill@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4317 Office: Education 3356 Learn more |
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James Bullock, Professor Research Area: Simulations and Gas cooling and the formation of galaxies, Galaxy mergers and interactions, Dark Matter and Dwarf Galaxies, Galaxy Stellar Halos Department: Physics and Astronomy Email: bullock@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7727 Office: 2127 Frederick Reines Hall Learn more |
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Kim Burge, Senior Lecturer Research Area: Games for teaching students and teachers Department: Co-Director ArtsBridge America, & Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Learning in the Arts, Sciences and Sustainability Email: kburge@uci.edu Phone: (949) 233-4782 Office: UC Irvine, Education Building, Room 3200 Learn more |
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Dan Burk, Professor Research Area: Intellectual property in virtual worlds Department: Law Email: dburk@law.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9944 Office: Law 4800-N Learn more |
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Luke Cantarella, Assistant Professor, Head of Scene Design Research Area: Set design in virtual worlds Department: Drama Email: luke.cantarella@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7358 Office: 2016 CAC Learn more |
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Yunan Chen, Assistant Professor Research Area: Virtual worlds for medical collaboration and training Department: Informatics Email: yunanc@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0959 Office: 5066 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Steven Cramer, Professor Research Area: Mapping and treating neurorecovery in humans Department: Neurology, Anatomy & Neurobiology Email: scramer@uci.edu Phone: (714) 456-6876 Office: UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Building 53, Room 203, Orange Learn more |
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John Crawford, Associate Professor Research Area: Dance Film, Interactive Media, Telematic Performance, Motion Capture, Digital Arts Department: Dance and Media Arts Email: john.crawford@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8817 Office: 300 Mesa Arts Building Learn more |
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Joseph Donnelly, Physician Research Area: Autism, ADHD, Developmental disorders Department: Pediatrics, Pediatric Neurology Email: donnelly@uci.edu Phone: (714) 939-6118 Office: For O.C. Kids Neurodevelopmental Center, 1915 W. Orangewood, Ste. 200 Orange, CA 92868 Learn more |
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Paul Dourish, Professor Research Area: Interactive & Collaborative Technology: Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics, Visualization, Digital Arts Department: Informatics Email: jpd@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8127 Office: 5086 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Holly Poe Durbin, Associate Professor, Head of Costume Design Research Area: Costumes for Virtual Environments and Computer Games Department: Drama Email: hdurbin@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2179 Office: 147B Drama Learn more |
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Nikil Dutt, Chancellor’s Professor Research Area: Design of embedded systems for games and related technologies Department: Computer Science Email: dutt@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7219 Office: 3086 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Mike D’Zmura, Professor Research Area: Brain-computer interfaces, vision, hearing, and virtual environments Department: Cognitive Sciences Email: mdzmura@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4055 Office: Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG) 2332 Learn more |
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Magda El Zarki, Associate Dean and Professor Research Area: Computer Networks/Internet, Multimedia, Wireless Department: Computer Science Email: elzarki@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8584 Office: 3216 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Robin Epstein, Assistant Professor Research Area: Developmental Pediatrics, Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics, Autism, Behavioral & Learning Problems Department: Pediatrics Email: rsteinbe@uci.edu Phone: (714) 456-7011 Office: City Tower, Suite 800 Learn more |
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Dan Frost, Lecturer SOE Research Area: Game science education and student project courses Department: Computer Science Email: frost@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1588 Office: 5058 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Wendy Goldberg, Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education Research Area: Games and raising children with an autism spectrum disorder Department: Director UCI Family Lab, Center for Learning in the Arts, Sciences and Sustainability Email: wagoldbe@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5219 Office: 4564 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway Learn more |
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Ian Harris, Associate Professor Research Area: Design of embedded systems for games and related technologies Department: Computer Science Email:harris@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8842 Office: 3088 Bren Hall Learn more |
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André van der Hoek, Associate Dean and Professor Research Area: Games, game-based virtual worlds, and other multi-modal interfaces for software engineering Department: Informatics Email: andre@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6326 Office: 5228 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Alison Holman, Assistant Professor Research Area: The mental and physical health consequences of trauma; genetic vulnerability to stress-related mental/physical health problems; resilience; cognitive, social and emotional response to trauma Department: Nursing Science Email:aholman@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0217 Office: 205A Irvine Hall Learn more |
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Brad Hughes, Director of Science Education and Media Research Area: Science Education,Educational Media Production, Scientific Visual Arts Department: School of Biological Sciences Email: bhughes@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2359 Office: 301 Steinhaus Hall Learn more |
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Mimi Ito, Project Scientist Research Area: International study of game cultures and technologies Department: Informatics Email: mizukoi@uci.edu Office: 5042 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Mahtab Jafari, Associate Professor Research Area: The Impact of Botanical Extracts on Longevity and Health Span, Anti-Aging Pharmacology, and Preventive Medicine Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences Email: mjafari@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0145 Office: 3232 McGaugh Learn more |
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Zeev Kain,Professor & Chair, Anesthesiology; Associate Dean for Clinical Operations Research Area: Clinical management of perioperative fear and anxiety, Management of children undergoing invasive medical procedures Department: Anesthesiology Email: zkain@hs.uci.edu Phone: (714) 456-7414 Office: 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 2150, Orange Learn more |
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Alfred Kobsa, Professor Research Area: Interactive & Collaborative Technology: HCI Department: Informatics Email: kobsa@uci.edu Phone: (949) 485-5020 Office: 5092 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Peter Krapp, Professor Research Area: Machinima; media history of artificial worlds Department: Film/Media Studies Email: krapp@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3031 Office: 2321 Humanities Gateway Learn more |
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Fadi Kurdahi, Professor Research Area: Low-power, process-aware Systems-on-Chip design, Low-power, process-aware Systems-on-Chip design, Mobile and portable wireless and multimedia systems, Reconfigurable computing, Software-defined Radio Department: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Email: kurdahi@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824 8104 Office: Engineering Tower, Room 516C Learn more |
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Antoinette LaFarge, Professor Research Area: Games as performance art Department: Studio Art Email: alafarge@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824 4088 Office: 2224 ACT Art Culture & Technology Learn more |
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Jung-Ah Lee, Assistant Professor Research Area: Health care systems management, Patient Safety, Cost-Effectiveness in Health, Venous thromboembolism Prevention and Management, Technology for Older Adult Health Care, Simulation in Health Education Department: Nursing Science Email: jungahl@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2855 Office: 100A Berk Hall (Building 802) Learn more |
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Cristina V. Lopes, Associate Professor Research Area: Design and construction of virtual worlds and core technologies Department: Informatics Email: lopes@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1525 Office: 5076 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Hartmut Luecke,Professor Research Area: Structure-function investigations of integral membrane proteins, structure-based drug discovery Department: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Computer Science and Physiology & Biophysics Email: hudel@uci.edu Phone: (949) 394-7574 Office: Steinhaus Hall SH520/SH530&SH540 Learn more |
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Aditi Majumder, Associate Professor Research Area: Geometry, Computer Graphics and Visualization, Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email: majumder@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8877 Office: 4056 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Gloria Mark, Professor Research Area: Virtual worlds for collaborative work Department: Informatics Email: gmark@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5955 Office: 5212 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Gopi Meenakshisundaram, Associate Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics / Visualization / Digital Arts Department: Computer Science Email: gopi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9498 Office: DBH 4204 Learn more |
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Kristen Renwick Monroe, Professor Research Area: Political Psychology, Political Economy, Ethics with special emphasis on rationality, altruism, genocide, and gender equality Department: Political Science Email: kmonroe@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6092 Office: 4103 Social Sciences Plaza A Learn more |
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Bonnie Nardi, Professor Research Area: Interactive & Collaborative Technology: Human-Computer Interaction / Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Theoretical approaches to HCI/CSCW Department: Informatics Email: nardi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6534 Office: DBH 5088 Learn more |
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Lisa Naugle, Associate Professor & Chair Research Area: motion capture, video, animation and telematics Department: Dance Email: lnaugle@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3209 Office: 300 Mesa Arts Building Learn more |
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Robert Nideffer, Professor Research Area: Game culture and technology, heterogeneous game play devices and experiences, games as art Department: Studio Art Email: nideffer@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4218 Office: 2200 ACT Learn more |
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Diane O’Dowd,HHMI Professor Research Area: Genes and molecular genetic manipulations Department: Developmental and Cell Biology Email: dkodowd@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4562 Office: 112 Irvine Hall Learn more |
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Ellen Olshansky, Professor & Director Research Area: Women’s health across the lifespan, infertility, depression, qualitative research methods Department: Nursing Science Email: eolshans@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9734 Office: 233 Irvine Hall Learn more |
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Gary Olson, Bren Professor Research Area: Collaborative 3D virtual world environments for work and HCI Department: Informatics Email: golson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0077 Office: 5202 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Judy Olson, Bren Professor Research Area: Collaborative 3D virtual world environments for work and HCI Department: Informatics Email: jsolson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0080 Office: 5206 Bren Hall Learn more |
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David Reinkensmeyer, Professor Research Area: neuromuscular control, motor learning, robotics, and rehabilitation Department: Biomedical Engineering/Anatomy/Neurobiology Email: dreinken@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5218 Office: EG 3225 Learn more |
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Walt Scacchi, Research Scientist Research Area: Game culture and technology, game-based virtual worlds, virtual worlds as decentralized collaborative work environments, science learning games Department: Institute for Software Research Email: wscacchi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4130 Office: ICS2 202 Learn more |
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Patricia Seed, Professor Research Area: modern dance, the history of cartography, and digital analysis and restoration of maps Department: History Email: seed5@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8223 Office: 259 Krieger Hall Learn more |
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Bill Tomlinson, Associate Professor Research Area: Games/virtual worlds for Green IT, ecological restoration, and informal science education Department: Informatics Email: wmt@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824- Office: Learn more |
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Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Professor Research Area: Networked & Distributed Systems, Internet Technologies, Applications Department: Computer Science Email: nalini@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5898 Office: 2086 Bren Hall Learn more |
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Mark Warschauer, Professor Research Area: Game-based learning and student writing environments Department: Education Email: markw@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2526 Office: Education 3000C Learn more |
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Sharon Wigal, Associate Clinical Professor Research Area: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Department: Pediatrics Email: sbwigal@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1833 Office: Child Development Center, 19722 MacArthur Boulevard Learn more |
| Tim Wigal, Deputy Director, Child Development Center, Pediatrics Research Area: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Department: Pediatrics Email: tlwigal@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1812 Office: Child Development Center, 19772 MacArthur Blvd Learn more |
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Sheron Wray, Assistant Professor Research Area: Cell phone based games for interactive dance performance Department: Dance Email: wrays@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0943 Office: Learn more |
Other Affiliates
| Sandy Appleoff, chair, Laguna College of Art and Design, Game Art Research Area: Visual Communication Department: Game Art Email: sappleoff@lagunacollege.edu Phone: (949) 376-6000 Office: Laguna College of Art Design Learn more |
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Elizabeth Losh, Professor Research Area: Games as literature, games as new media, game criticism Department: Director of Academic Programs, Sixth College, UC San Diego Email: elosh@mail.ucsd.edu Phone: (858) 822-1666 Office: 249 Pepper Canyon Hall, University of California, San Diego Learn more |
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Michael Shafae, Assistant Professor Research Area: level-of-detail rendering, real-time rendering, and parallel rendering Department: Computer Science, California State University, Fullerton Email: mshafae@fullerton.edu Phone: (657) 278-3291 Office: CS-540 Learn more |
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Victor B. Zordan, Associate Professor Research Area: graphics and animation with a focus on physically based modeling and human motion Department: CSE, UC Riverside Email: vbz@cs.ucr.edu Phone: 951 827 2557 Office: Eng II 337, 900 University Ave, CSE, Riverside CA, 92521 Learn more |
