Faculty & Staff

 

Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah

Interim Director and Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy

Transit planning, policy and operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems, comparative international transportation systems, equity and the measurement of mobility and accessibility, transportation modeling, simulations and Spatial Decision Support Systems

370 CUPPA Hall             312.355-0447

vonu-pt@uic.edu             Web page

 

Karin Allen

Research Transportation Program Manager and Interim Assistant Director for Research Programs

Transportation Demand Management, Job Access/Reverse Commute, public transit planning and operations, public/private partnerships

372 CUPPA Hall             312.996.9357

karina@uic.edu

 

Silvia Becerra

Program Coordinator

340 CUPPA Hall             312.996.4821

silabec@uic.edu

 

Joseph DiJohn

Director, METSI and Research Professor

Public transit planning and operations, freight analysis, congestion management and pricing, public/private partnerships

368 CUPPA Hall             312.996.1458

joedi@uic.edu

 

Lise Dirks

Research Transportation Specialist

Land Use and Travel Behavior, Public Transportation Planning and Policy, Job Access/Reverse Commute Program, Geographic Information Systems in Transportation

351 CUPPA Hall             312.413.1198

ldirks1@uic.edu

 

Kazuya Kawamura

Associate Professor

Freight transportation, Transportation Economics, Congestion Pricing, Accessibility

234 CUPPA Hall             312.413.1269

kazuya@uic.edu             Web page

 

Paul Metaxatos

Research Assistant Professor

Passenger and Freight Demand Forecasting, Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning, Transit Planning

366 CUPPA Hall             312.996.4713

pavlos@uic.edu             Web page

 

Ashish Sen

Professor Emeritus

Transportation Statistics, Modeling, Transportation and Land Use, ITS, Performance Measurement

347 CUPPA Hall             312.996.2578

ashish34@earthlink.net

 

Vanessa Smith

Associate Director for Business and Finance

343 CUPPA Hall             312.413.1920

vcsmith@uic.edu

 

Siim Sööt

Associate Professor Emeritus and Retired Director

Urban sprawl, travel demand

362 CUPPA Hall             312.996.2666

siim@uic.edu               Web page

 

P.S. Sriraj

Senior Associate and Research Assistant Professor

Public transportation systems, Welfare-to-work, Transportation Asset Management, GIS in transportation, socio-economic factors in transportation, and systems thinking/complex problems in transportation

353 CUPPA Hall             312.413.7568

sriraj@uic.edu

 

George Yanos

Principal Research Programmer

Information technology and transportation

349 CUPPA Hall             312.413.0059

george@yanos.com

 

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Affiliated Faculty

Darold Barnum

Professor, Managerial Studies

dbarnum@uic.edu                   Web page

 

Timothy Johnson

Director of the Survey Research Lab and Professor, Public Administration Program

timj@uic.edu                        Web page

 

Jie (Jane) Lin

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Materials Engineering

janelin@uic.edu                       Web page

 

Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Materials Engineering

kouros@uic.edu                       Web page

 

Peter Nelson

Dean, College of Engineering

Professor, Department of Computer Science

nelson@uic.edu                      Web page

 

Anthony Pagano

Associate Professor, Managerial Studies

amp@uic.edu                           Web page

 

Michael Pagano

Interim Dean, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

Professor, Public Administration Program

mapagano@uic.edu                 Web page

 

Joseph Persky

Professor, Department of Economics

jpersky@uic.edu                     Web page

 

Eric Welch

Associate Professor, Public Administration Program

ewwelch@uic.edu                  Web page

Ouri Wolfson

Richard and Loan Hill Professor, Computer Science

wolfson@uic.edu                    Web page

 

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Students

Barbara Bhojraj

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

bwrobel@uic.edu

 

Curtis Bright, Jr.

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

cbrigh4@uic.edu

 

Caitlin Cottrill

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.9818

ccottr2@uic.edu

 

Andrew Heidel

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.3116

aheidel@uic.edu

 

Yandan Lu

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.0746

ylu2@uic.edu

 

Jasmine Pope

General Office Aide

312.996.4820

jpope7@uic.edu

 

Wenjing Pu

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.0746

wpu2@uic.edu

 

Minyan Ruan

Graduate Research Assistant

mruan2@uic.edu

 

Amir Samimi

Graduate Research Assistant

asamim2@uic.edu

 

Hersh Singh

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.3116

hsingh20@uic.edu

 

Matthew Smith

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

msmith54@uic.edu

 

Rajmonda Sulo Cáceres

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.3116

rsulo1@gmail.com

 

Tanushri Swarup

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

tswaru2@uic.edu

 

Lei Tang

Graduate Research Assistant

312.413.0746

ltang4@uic.edu

 

William Vassilakis

Research Aide

312.996.2667

wvassi2@uic.edu

 

Yi Wang

Graduate Assistant

312.996.2667

ywang69@uic.edu

 

Nilay Yavuz

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

nyavuz2@uic.edu

 

Emily Ziring

Graduate Research Assistant

312.996.2667

ezirin2@uic.edu

 

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Visiting Faculty

Yingling Fan

Visiting Research Assistant Professor

254 CUPPA Hall

ylfan@uic.edu

C. Jotin Khisty

Visiting Scholar

347 CUPPA Hall             312.996.7568

khisty@iit.edu

 

Susumu Kudo

Visiting Scholar

374 CUPPA Hall             312.996.9818

kudo@uic.edu

 

H. Onur Tezcan

Visiting Scholar

374 CUPPA Hall             312.996.9818

hotezcan@uic.edu

 

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Students

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