People
Directorate
Maxine Brown
Director, EVL 2014-2020 (retired)
maxine@uic.edu
Andrew Johnson
Interim Director, EVL/STRC 2020-2024 (retired)
Director of Research, EVL 2014-2024 (retired)
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
ajohnson@uic.edu
Michael Papka
Director, EVL
EVL Faculty
Warren S. McCulloch Collegiate Professor, Computer Science
MS Graduate, 1994
papka@uic.edu
Dana M. Plepys
Associate Director
MFA Graduate, 1984
dplepys@uic.edu
Luc Renambot
EVL Faculty
Research Associate Professor
renambot@uic.edu
Jonas Talandis
Senior Research Scientist
jonast@uic.edu
Faculty
John Bell
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
jbell@uic.edu
Debaleena Chattopadhyay
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
debchatt@uic.edu
Thomas A. DeFanti
Director Emeritus, EVL
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
tom@uic.edu
Andrew Johnson
Interim Director, EVL/STRC 2020-2024 (retired)
Director of Research, EVL 2014-2024 (retired)
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
ajohnson@uic.edu
Steve Jones
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Professor, Communications
sjones@uic.edu
Louis H. Kauffman
EVL Affiliated Faculty (retired)
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
kauffman@uic.edu
Robert V. Kenyon
EVL Faculty (retired)
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
kenyon@uic.edu
Andruid Kerne
EVL Faculty
Professor, Computer Science
andruid@uic.edu
Hyungil Kim
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Human-Centered Engineering Lab
hyungil@uic.edu
Sidharth Kumar
EVL Faculty
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
sidharth@uic.edu
Zhiling Lan
EVL Faculty
Professor, Computer Science
zlan@uic.edu
Jason Leigh
Director Emeritus, EVL
Professor, Computer Science
leighj@hawaii.edu
Cristian J. Luciano
Research Assistant Professor (Bioengineering)
PhD Graduate, 2010
MS Graduate (Computer Science & Industrial Engineering)
clucia1@uic.edu
G. Elisabeta Marai
EVL Faculty
Professor, Computer Science
CS Director of Graduate Admissions
Director, UIC Institute for Health Data Science Research
gmarai@uic.edu
Victor Mateevitsi
Adjunct Faculty
Assistant Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
PhD Graduate, 2018
mvictoras@gmail.com
Fabio Miranda
EVL Faculty
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
fabiom@uic.edu
Tom Moher
EVL Faculty
Associate Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
moher@uic.edu
Peter C. Nelson
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Professor, Computer Science
Dean College of Engineering (retired)
nelson@uic.edu
Luc Renambot
EVL Faculty
Research Associate Professor
renambot@uic.edu
Daniel J. Sandin
Director Emeritus, EVL
Professor Emeritus, School of Art & Design
Senior Research Scientist, Softech (retired)
dan@uic.edu
Nikita Nandish Soni
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
nnsoni@uic.edu
Wei Tang
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
tangw@uic.edu
Daria Tsoupikova
EVL Faculty
Professor, School of Design
datsoupi@gmail.com
Students
Sarthak Agarwal
MS Candidate
sagarw35@uic.edu
Abdullah Ali
Undergraduate Researcher
abdullahalisye@gmail.com
Mir Masood Ali
PhD Graduate Student
mali92@uic.edu
Athena Angara
Undergraduate Researcher, Data Science - Business Analytics
aanga3@uic.edu
Rafiya Awan
College of Engineering Intern
rawan2@uic.edu
Marco Bonafini
MS Candidate
mbonaf3@uic.edu
Francesco Botto
MS Candidate
fbott1@uic.edu
Charles Brailovsky
Undergraduate Researcher - VR Systems
cbrai@uic.edu
Niccolò Brembilla
PhD Student
nbrem@uic.edu
Piotr Brozek
Undergraduate Researcher
pbroz3@uic.edu
Giacomo Brunetta
MS Candidate
gbrun@uic.edu
Hal Brynteson
MS Candidate
halbrynteson@gmail.com
Andrew Burks
PhD Candidate
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2016-2017
aburks3@uic.edu
Amy Byrnes
MS Candidate
ajbyrne2@uic.edu
Elizabeth Cardoso
Undergraduate Researcher
eccardoso05@gmail.com
Vamshi Chakrala
MS Candidate
jchakr3@uic.edu
Stefan Cobeli
PhD Student
scobel2@uic.edu
Melanie Cornelius
PhD Student
melanie.e.cornelius@gmail.com
Michael Cortez
Undergraduate Researcher
cortez.c.michael@gmail.com
Darian Danciu
College of Engineering Intern
ddanci2@uic.edu
Matthew Dearing
PhD Student
mdear2@uic.edu
Revathi Dhotre
MS Student
dhotrerevathi@gmail.com
Maisy Dunlavy
PhD Student
mdunl6@uic.edu
Landon Dyken
Phd Student
ldyke@uic.edu
Samuel Effendy
Undergraduate Researcher
seffe2@uic.edu
Ke Fan
PhD Graduate, 2025
kfan23@uic.edu
Hossein Fathollahian
PhD Student
hfatho2@uic.edu
Leonardo Ferreira
PhD Student
lferr10@uic.edu
Veronica Grosso
MS Student
vgross3@uic.edu
Nasibeh Heshmati
PhD Student
nasibeh20@gmail.com
Marius Horga
PhD Student
MS Graduate, 2014
mhorga@gmail.com
Charis Hulu
PhD Student
chulu@uic.edu
Adeniji Idunnuoluwa
PhD Student
iaden@uic.edu
Fatima Jassim
Undergraduate Researcher - Edge Computing
fjass2@uic.edu
Dian Jia
PhD Student
djia7@uic.edu
Sreten Kljaic
MS Student
Undergraduate Researcher 2023
skljai2@uic.edu
Oli Kosiacki
Research Experience Undergraduate
okosi3@uic.edu
Abhinav Kumar
PhD Candidate
akumar34@uic.edu
Yash Kurkure
PhD Student
ykurku2@uic.edu
Wesley Kwiecinski
MS Student
wkwie@uic.edu
Shanghao Li
PhD Student
sli261@uic.edu
Aakash Lilaramani
Research Experience Undergraduate
aakashlilaramani@gmail.com
Pietro Lodi Rizzini
MS Candidate
plodir2@uic.edu
Jiaxin Lu
PhD Student
jlu73@uic.edu
Alessandro Martinolli
MS Candidate
alessandro.martinolli@live.com
Fredric Massa
Undergraduate Researcher
rickmass2020@gmail.com
V Mattraa
Undergraduate Researcher
v.mattraa@gmail.com
Kim Meagher
MS Candidate
kmeag@uic.edu
Lubna Mirza
MS Student
lmirza3@uic.edu
Gustavo Moreira
PhD Student
gmorei3@uic.edu
Harish Naik
PhD Candidate
hnaik2@uic.edu
Hema Ningappa Kondakundi
MS Student
hemaalatha.nk@gmail.com
Md Nafiul Alam Nipu
PhD Student
mnipu2@uic.edu
John Novak III
PhD Candidate
John.Novak@gmail.com
Kazi Shahrukh Omar
PhD Student
komar3@uic.edu
Eseroghene (Ese) Omene
Research Experience Undergraduate
eserogheneo@gmail.com
Domenico Parente
MS Student
dparen4@uic.edu
Hyeonjeong Park
PhD Student
hpark233@uic.edu
Shrut Patel
Undergraduate Researcher
shrutpatel20@gmail.com
Om Patel
Undergraduate Researcher
patelom181005@gmail.com
Akshar Patel
PhD Student
apate776@uic.edu
Nguyen Hoa Pham
MS Candidate
npham30@uic.edu
JD Pirtle
PhD Student
Research Specialist, 2011-2013
MFA Graduate, 2011
jdpirtle@gmail.com
Szymon Popowski
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU)
spopow2@uic.edu
Kunting Qi
PhD Student
kqi@uic.edu
Jyotsna Rajaraman
PhD Student
jraja@uic.edu
Pranav Rathod
Undergrauate Research Assistant iMIX Lab
pranavrathodev@gmail.com
Alejandra Rios
Undergraduate Researcher
alejandrarios0206@gmail.com
Xiaoqian Ruan
PhD Student
xruan9@uic.edu
Tahsen Islam Sajon
PhD Student
tsajo@uic.edu
Nina Sakhnini
MS Student
sakhnini.nina@gmail.com
Isaac Salvador
PhD Candidate
isalva2@uic.edu
Aastha Saraf
MS Student
asaraf4@uic.edu
Aaqel Shaik
Undergraduate Researcher
mshai4@uic.edu
Shambhawi Sharma
PhD Student
sshar102@uic.edu
Ahmedur Rahman Shovon
PhD Graduate, 2025
ashov@uic.edu
Sanjana Srabanti
PhD Graduate Student
ssraba2@uic.edu
Riccardo Strina
MS Candidate
rstrin4@uic.edu
Seyfal Sultanov
Undergraduate Researcher
seyfal.s@outlook.com
Brian (Tong Ba) Ta
Undergraduate Researcher
tta48@uic.edu
Yiheng Tao
MS Student
ytao28@uic.edu
Nikita Thakur
MS Candidate
nthaku3@uic.edu
Hai Thanh Tran
PhD Candidate
htran41@uic.edu
Raghuraman Venkatesh
MS Candidate
rvenka26@uic.edu
Kanglin Xu
PhD Student
kxu27@uic.edu
Teddy Zaremba
Undergraduate Researcher
tzarem2@uic.edu
Jordan Zhang
PhD Student
yihe6@uic.edu
Siyuan Zhao
PhD Student
szhao69@uic.edu
Alumni
Dave Adamczyk
MS Graduate, 1994
dave@adamczyk.com
Michelle Afenya
MS Graduate, 1997
afenya@comm.mot.com
Julieta Aguilera
MFA Graduate, 2006
juli3ta@yahoo.com
Joshua Albers
New Media Arts Graduate, 2013
joshua.albers@gmail.com
Joseph Alexander
MFA Graduate, 1999
Mihailo Alic
MS Graduate, 1994, MFA Graduate, 1995
bgmix@verat.net
Javid Alimohideen
MS Graduate, 2007
javid.alimohideen@gmail.com
Jade Almaguer
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2020
Kyle Almryde
MS Graduate, 2017
kyle.almryde@gmail.com
Abeer Alsaiari
PhD Graduate, 2021
aalsai3@uic.edu
Simone Amico
MS Graduate, 2019
simoamico94@gmail.com
Josephine Anstey
MFA Graduate, 2000
jranstey@buffalo.edu
Kenan Arica
BS Graduate, 2022
Research Experience Undergraduate (2018-2021)
kenanarica@gmail.com
Kapil Arora
MFA Graduate, 2007
Ahmad Atra
Undergraduate Researcher (REU), BS 2018
ahmadatra81@gmail.com
Jillian Aurisano
PhD Graduate, 2021
MS Graduate, 2014
jillian.aurisano@gmail.com
Michael Avendano
Undergraduate Researchers (REU), BS 2018
mavend2@gmail.com
Joseph Baldwin
MFA Graduate, 2010
Galen Ballew
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2014-2016
Timothy Bargo
BS Graduate, 2022
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU) 2018-2022
tim@timbargo.com
Craig Barnes
PhD Graduate, 2001
cbarnes@intelligentlight.com
Jim Barr
MFA Graduate, 1995
jim.barr.1441@facebook.com
Geoffrey Allen Baum
MFA Graduate, 2005
gabaum@xiccarph.net
Marco Bernasconi
PhD Graduate, 2011
MS Graduate, 2010
marco_berna_76@alice.it
Krishna Bharadwaj
PhD Graduate, 2021
MS Graduate, 2015
krishnaknbharadwaj@gmail.com
Darshan Bhatt
MS Graduate, 2008
dbhatt4@gmail.com
Hisham Bizri
MFA Graduate, 2000
hbizri@umn.edu
Mark Blewett
BS, 2014
markrblewett@me.com
Joe Borowicz
Research Experience Undergraduate, BS 2018
Alejandro Borsani
MFA Graduate, 2010
alejandrobs@gmail.com
Christopher Brandt
BS, 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant
chris@topher.games
Hugh Bridgeford
MFA Graduate, 1990
Jeffrey Brooks
MFA Graduate, 2002
jeffrey@roughly.net
Huy A. Bui
PhD Graduate, 2015
Steve Cady
MFA Graduate, 2008
stephen@stephencady.com
Gordon Carlson
Graduate, Communication 2010
gordycarlson@gmail.com
Joshua Lagunda Castor
Undergraduate Researcher (REU), BS 2018
joshua.castor@joshuacastor.me
Marco Cavallo
MS Graduate, 2016
mastercava@hotmail.it
AnnMarie Cernoch
MFA Graduate, 2008
acernoch@gmail.com
Beth Cerny Patino
MFA Graduate, 2003
bcpatino@gmail.com
Jon Chambers
MFA Graduate, 2012
jon_chambers@sbcglobal.net
Vaidya Chandrasekhar
MS Graduate, 2005
Dennis Chau
MS Graduate, 2012
koracas@gmail.com
Zhongyi Chen
BS Graduate, 2023
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU) 2019-2023
zhongyi753@gmail.com
Yu-Chung Chen
PhD Graduate, 2011
julian9@gmail.com
Yongjoo Cho
PhD Graduate, 2003
Vikas Chowdry
MS Graduate, 2003
hobbes@vikaschowdhry.com
Hayley Christianson
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2019
Tom Coffin
MFA Graduate, 1996
coffin.tom@gmail.com
Steven Cohen
MS Graduate, 1994
steve@scohenpatents.com
Kayla Condrella
Undergraduate Researcher (REU), BS 2018
kayla.condrella@gmail.com
Steve Conner
MS Graduate, 2013
joat29@gmail.com
Jim Costigan
MA Graduate, 1997
jim@costigan.com
Alan Cruz
MFA Graduate, 1999
acruzanim8or@yahoo.com
Carolina Cruz-Neira
MS Graduate, 1991, PhD Graduate, 1995
cxcruz@ualr.edu
Junna Cui
MS Graduate, 1998
Marek Czernuszenko
PhD Graduate, 1998
marek@wt.net
Bryan Dalle Molle
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2013-2015
bryandallemolle@gmail.com
Sumit Das
PhD Graduate, 1994
smeet.das@gmail.com
Mohammed Dastagir Ali
MS Graduate, 1998
mali519@yahoo.com
Daniel Davidson
MFA Graduate
Fred Dech (1960 - 2011)
MFA Graduate, 1989
Frank Dietrich
MFA Graduate, 1982
frank@teleculture.com
Terry Disz
PhD Graduate, 1984
terrydisz@yahoo.com
Clark Dodsworth
MFA Graduate
clark@dodsworth.com
Margaret Dolinsky
MFA Graduate, 1999
dolinsky@indiana.edu
Blake Drolson
MS Graduate
blake@pixi.com
Joshua Eliason
MFA Graduate
Roger Engelman
MS Graduate
roger@hilum.bsd.uchicago.edu
Ray Fang
MS Graduate
Alessandro Febretti
MS Gradudate, 2008
PhD Graduate, 2017
febret@gmail.com
Carla Floricel
PhD Graduate, 2025
cflori3@uic.edu
Terry Franguiadakis
MFA Graduate, 1995
terryfranguiadakis@gmail.com
Lisa Fremont
MFA Graduate, 1985
lpf4@comcast.net
Tom Frisch
MFA Graduate, 1999
tom@tom11.com
Tiffany Ann Funk
MFA, 2012, New Media & PhD Candidate, Art History
tiffany.a.funk@gmail.com
Bill Gale
MS Graduate, 1989
bill.gale@navteq.com
Jinghua Ge
PhD Graduate, 2007
Petra Gemeinboeck
MFA Graduate, 2003
betarosa@gmx.net
Morteza Ghazisaedy
MS Graduate, 1994
mghazi@sharif.edu
Copper Giloth
MFA Graduate, 1980
giloth@art.umass.edu
Javier Girado
PhD Graduate, 2004, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2004-2006
jgirado@gmail.com
Jon Goldman
MS Graduate, 1995
jgoldma@sandia.gov
Ben Goldstein
MS Graduate, 2000
mindfeed@yahoo.com
Melissa Golter
MFA Graduate, 2006
Marientina Gotsis
MFA Graduate, 2003
marientina@yahoo.com
Vaibhav Govilkar
MS Graduate, 2103
vaibhavgovilkar88@gmail.com
Lindsay Grace
MFA Graduate, 2009
lindsay_grace@yahoo.com
Paul Grenning
MS Graduate, 2012
paul.grenning@gmail.com
Brent Grossman
MS Graduate, 2103
hbrentg@gmail.com
Robert Grzeszczuk
PhD Graduate
robert_grzeszczuk@hotmail.com
Dave Haas
MS Graduate, 2002
hasslehaas@gmail.com
Pantea Habibi
PhD Graduate, 2024
phabib4@uic.edu
Brook Habtegiorgis
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2015
brk.habte@gmail.com
Maggie Hallam
MFA Graduate, 1994
maggiebhallam@gmail.com
Peter Hanula
MS Graduate, 2018
peterhanulajr@gmail.com
John Hart
MS Graduate 1989, PhD 1991
jch@cs.uiuc.edu
Hiroshi Hayakawa
MS Graduate, 1999
deuva@hotmail.com
Eric He
PhD Graduate, 2006
eric.he@gmail.com
Steve Heminover
EVL Collaborator
steve@aura-technologies.com
Debra Herschmann
MFA Graduate, 1987
debra.herschmann@gs.com
Alex Hill
PhD Graduate, 2007
contact@alexshill.com
Jakub Hryniewicz
BFA Graduate, Collaborator in Art & Design
Assistant, “City of Brass”
Milana Huang
MS Graduate, 1996
Milana.Huang@pdi.dreamworks.com
Randy Hudson
MS Graduate, 1992
Hyejung Hur
PhD Graduate, 2014
James Hwang
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2016-2017
jameshwang2289@gmail.com
Tomoko Imai
MS Graduate, 1998
timai@mlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Joe Insley
MS & MFA Graduate, 2002
insley@anl.gov
Shriram Iyer
MS Graduate, 2008
Ann Jacobs Kolb
MFA Graduate, 1990
A-kolb@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Ganesh Jagadeesan
MS Graduate, 2019
csganeshj@gmail.com
Ratko Jagodic
PhD Graduate, 2011
rjagodic@gmail.com
Ka-Leung Jark
MFA Graduate, 2001
Byungil Jeong
PhD Graduate, 2008
myprelude@gmail.com
Kyra Jones
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2019
Stephen Joyce
MS Graduate
stephen.joyce@bitlab.com
Sai Priya Jyothula
PhD Graduate, 2024
sjyoth2@uic.edu
Ed Kahler
MS Graduate, 2011
ekahle2@gmail.com
Anupreet Kalra
MS Graduate
Farah Kamleh
MS Graduate, 2024
BS, 2023
Undergraduate Researcher, 2022-2023
fkamleh8800@gmail.com
Seung Kang
MFA Graduate, 2004
Abhinav Kapoor
MS Graduate, 2000
akapoor@qarbon.com
Janet Kim
MS Graduate, 2004
janet@dragonflyesque.com
Tae Jin Kim
MS Graduate
Heejoo Kim
MFA Graduate, 2010
scarlet.heejoo@gmail.com
Dimitar Kirilov
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2018
dimitarikirilov@gmail.com
Robert Kooima
PhD Graduate, 2008
robert.kooima@gmail.com
Tesia Kosmalski
MFA Graduate, 2010
tesiak@gmail.com
Helen-Nicole Kostis
MFA Graduate, 2006
elenikostis@gmail.com
Arkadius Koziol
MS Graduate, 2000
Vivek Krishnakumar
PhD Candidate
MS Graduate, 2017
vkrish9@uic.edu
Naveen Krishnaprasad
MS Graduate, 2001
naveen.krishnaprasad@gmail.com
Cole Krumbholz
MS Graduate, 2007
cole.krumbholz@gmail.com
Bartosz Kupiec
Research Experience Undergraduate, BS 2018
Kristine Lee
MS Graduate 2018
EVL Research Experience Undergraduate, 2015-2016
hmsklee@gmail.com
Sangyoon Lee
PhD Graduate, 2013
MFA Graduate, 2006
slee10@conncoll.edu
Jason Leigh
Director Emeritus, EVL
Professor, Computer Science
leighj@hawaii.edu
Gordon Lescinsky
MFA Graduate, 1991
Michael Lewis
PhD Graduate, 2017
MS Graduate, 2002
mlewisaquarius@gmail.com
Qin Li
MS Graduate, 2013
liqin.channinglee@hotmail.com
Zoe Likoudis
MS Graduate
zlikoudi@vivodinet.gr
Ya Lu Lin
MFA Graduate, 2003
yalugorcz@gmail.com
Robert Lin
MS Graduate
rlin@apple.com
Gary Lindahl
MFA Graduate, 1991
garylindahl@yahoo.com
Josephine Lipuma
MFA Graduate, 2005
puma@evl.uic.edu
Fu Hu Liu
MS Graduate
liufuhu@evl.uic.edu
Brenda Lopez Silva
MFA Graduate, 2004
brenda.ls@gmail.com
Deb Lowman
MFA Graduate, 1996
Timothy Luciani
PhD, 2019
tluciani21@gmail.com
Cristian J. Luciano
Research Assistant Professor (Bioengineering)
PhD Graduate, 2010
MS Graduate (Computer Science & Industrial Engineering)
clucia1@uic.edu
Xun Luo
PhD Graduate, Spring 2008
Chihua Ma
PhD Graduate, 2018
chma87@gmail.com
David Maduram
MS Graduate
Vijayray Mahida
Research Experience Undergraduate, BS 2018
vijayrajmahida@gmail.com
Peter Malcolm
MS Graduate, 2009, Learning Technologies Group
peter.t.malcolm@gmail.com
Francesco Mantovani
MS Graduate, 2018
fra.mantovani@gmail.com
Mirko Mantovani
MS, 2019
mmanto2@uic.edu
Todd Margolis
MFA Graduate, 2003
tmargo@gmail.com
Thomas Marrinan
PhD Graduate, 2016
thomas.j.marrinan@gmail.com
Joanna Mason
MS Graduate, 1995
Joanna.Mason@gmail.com
Brad McGinnis
MS Graduate, 2012
bwmcginnis@prodigy.net
Mark McKernin
MFA Graduate, 1983
m-mckernin@neiu.edu
David Mei
Research Experience Undergraduate
Stephan Meyers
MFA Graduate, 1991
stephan@stephan.com
Keith Miller
MFA Graduate, 2005
keith.francis.miller@gmail.com
Alan Millman
MFA Graduate, 1997
alan@alanmillman.com
Natt Mintrasak
MFA Graduate, 2001
natt@tumbleview.com
Zsuzsanna Molnar
MFA Graduate, 1981
zsuzsa@teleculture.com
Paul Murray
PhD Graduate Student, 2014-2016
Ashwini Naik
PhD Graduate, 2024
ashwinignaik@gmail.com
Sungwon Nam
PhD Graduate, 2013
Swaminathan Narayanan
MS Graduate, 1997
Atul Nayak
MS Graduate, 2003
nayakatul@yahoo.com
Paul Neumann
PhD Graduate, 2000 (Computer Science)
paul_neumann@acm.org
Arthur Nishimoto
PhD Graduate, 2023
MS Graduate, 2014
anishi2@uic.edu
Ryan Nishimoto
MS, 2020
nishimo1@uic.edu
Jack O'Donnell
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2018
odonnellj24@gmail.com
TJ O'Donnell
MS Graduate - EVL’s First Graduate Student
tjo@acm.org
Julio Obelleiro
MFA Graduate, 2010
julio.obelleiro@gmail.com
Kathy OKeefe
MFA Graduate, 1995
kady0@msn.com
Andrew Oleksiuk
MFA Graduate, 2010
mailart@earthlink.net
Don Olmstead
MS Graduate, 2008
don.j.olmstead@gmail.com
Carlos Orrego
MS Graduate, 1999
orrego@inflexa.com
Dave Pape
PhD Graduate, 2001
dave.pape@acm.org
Kyoung Shin Park
MS Graduate, 1997, PhD Graduate, 2003
Soyon Park
MFA Graduate, 1998
sypark@sky.wkhc.ac.kr
HyeYun Park
MFA Graduate, 2006
Filippo Pellolio
MS Graduate, 2016
Anthony Perritano
PhD, 2019
aperritano@gmail.com
Tom Peterka
MS Graduate, 2003, PhD Graduate, 2007
t.peterka@comcast.net
Lucy Petrovich
MFA Graduate, 1985
lucy.petro42@GMAIL.COM
Stuart Pettigrew
MFA Graduate
s2art@ix.netcom.com
James Pinkl
Undergraduate Student, 2013-2015
jimmypinkl@yahoo.com
Dana M. Plepys
Associate Director
MFA Graduate, 1984
dplepys@uic.edu
Tim Portlock
MFA Graduate, 2003
tim.portlock@hunter.cuny.edu
Chris Pratico
MS Graduate
chris@pratico.name
Michelle Lee Pratico (Miller)
MFA Graduate, 1992
michelle@pratico.name
Andrea Purgato
MS Graduate, 2016
andrea.purgato@gmail.com
Vicki Putz
MFA Graduate
Zhongwei Qui
MS Graduate
Arunan Rabindran
MFA Graduate, 2010
MS Graduate, 2008
r.arunan@gmail.com
Mukund Raghunath
MS Graduate
Vivek Rajan
MS Graduate, 2001
vrajan@gmail.com
Brittany Ransom
MFA Graduate, 2011
brittany@brittanyransom.com
Arun Rao
MS Graduate, 2007
arun.g.rao@gmail.com
Mary Rasmussen
EVL Affiliated Faculty
Research Associate Professor (retired)
MFA Graduate, 1989
mary.rasmussen@gmail.com
Maggie Rawlings
Associate Director (retired)
MFA Graduate, 1991
Mmrawlings@aol.com
Khairi Reda
PhD Graduate, 2014
Ken Rehor
MS Graduate
ken@rehor.com
Joe Reitzer
MFA Graduate, 1985
Bill Reynolds
MS Graduate
Saleha Rizvi
MS Graduate, 2005
Joshua Rodriguez
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2015
Sally Rosenthal
MFA Graduate, 1983
Andrea Rottigni
MS Graduate, 2016
Maria Roussou
MS & MFA Graduate, 1997 (CS & EV)
maria@makebelieve.gr
Trina Roy
MS Graduate, 1995
trina@acm.org
Marty Ryan
MS Graduate
marty@rhythm.com
Nikita Sawant
MS Graduate, 2000
Chris Scharver
MS Graduate, 2005
chris.scharver@mechdyne.com
Paul Schneider
MS Graduate
Nicholas Schwarz
MS Graduate, 2007
nicholas.schwarz@gmail.com
Anna Seeto
MFA Graduate, 1991
annaseeto@yahoo.com
Tina Shah
MFA Graduate, 2008
tinashah8@gmail.com
Lewis Siegel
MS Graduate, 1992
lnsiegel@gmail.com
Alex Simes
MS Graduate, 2014
simes.alex@gmail.com
Rajvikram Singh
MS Graduate, 2003
rajvikrams@gmail.com
Shiwangi Singh
MS Graduate, 2017
shiwangi27@gmail.com
Allan Spale
MS Graduate, 2003, Systems Administrator - Center for Virtual Reality in the Arts (CVRA)
Robert Stevenson
MS Graduate, 1997
robert.stevenson@gmail.com
Satheesh Subramanian
MS Graduate, 2000
gsat@iname.com
Hiroe Sugimoto
MFA Graduate
h_sugimoto@hotmail.com
Kang B. Sun
PhD Graduate, 2004
Yiwen Sun
PhD Graduate, 2012
marieywsun@gmail.com
Dmitri Svistula
MS Graduate, Spring 2008
svistula@gmail.com
Dave Swoboda
MFA Graduate, 1995
Matthew Szymanski
MS Graduate, 1998
matt.szymanski@mechdyne.com
Kathy Tanaka
MFA Graduate, 1985
kdt7@aol.com
Davide Tantillo
MS Graduate, 2016
Jacqueline Tapia
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2016
Elisa Tardini
MS Graduate, 2021
etardi2@uic.edu
Poliana Tassini
MFA Graduate, 2006
Marcus Thiebaux
MS & MFA Graduate, 1997
thiebaux@gmail.com
Manu Mathew Thomas
MS Graduate 2018
manumathewthomas@gmail.com
Galen Thomas-Ramos
MS Graduate, 2014
galen.thomasramos@gmail.com
Darren Thompson
MS Graduate, 1998
lastingempreshins@gmail.com
Samroeng Thongrong
MFA Graduate, 2001
sam_thongrong@hotmail.com
Benjamin Thorp
MFA Graduate, 2010
benjaminthorp@gmail.com
Karl Timm
PhD Graduate, 2003
Paige Treebridge
MFA Graduate, 2009
paigetreebridge@gmail.com
Juan Trelles Trabucco
PhD Graduate, 2023
MS Graduate, 2017
juantrelles@gmail.com
Joseph Tremonti
MFA Graduate, 2002
tremont@hawaii.edu
Jeremey Tubbs
MFA Graduate, 2012
contact@jeremytubbs.com
Brian Uphoff
MS Graduate, Learning Technologies Group
buphoff@gmail.com
Carlos Uribe
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2015-2016
carlosuribe80@gmail.com
Ramnarayanan Vannia Samy
MS Graduate, 2019
ramnarayanan15144@gmail.com
Christina Vasilakis
MS & MFA Graduate, 1997
chris@intelligentlight.com
Jonathan Vega
Undergrad Researcher, BS 2020
Shalini Venkataraman
MS Graduate, 2004
Alan Verlo
Associate Director (retired), MS Graduate
Rafael Vilasuso
MS Graduate
neferset0@hotmail.com
Venkatram Vishwanath
PhD Graduate, 2009
venkatram.vishwanath@gmail.com
Sean Walker
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2019
seanwalker909@gmail.com
Muxuan Wang
PhD Graduate, 2011
Haoyu Wang
PhD, 2019
Fang Wang
MS Graduate, 1998
fwang@microsoft.com
Eda Warren
MFA Graduate, 1995
edawarren@ameritech.net
Margaret Watson
MFA Graduate, 1997
mw@mwatson.org
Hubert Weldon
MFA Graduate, 2009
hweldon@gravatonia.com
Andrew Wentzel
PhD Graduate, 2024
awentze2@uic.edu
Chris White
MFA Graduate, 2004
rchrisw@mac.com
Chaoyue Xiong
PhD Graduate
chaoyue.xiong@sun.com
Ruoyun Yang
MS Graduate
Shi Yin
MS Graduate, 2018
Bo Yuan
MS Graduate
Charles Zhang
PhD Graduate, 2008
czhang@factset.com
Matt Ziminski
MS Graduate, 2023
mziminski@outlook.com
Zhiming Zou
PhD Graduate, 2024
zzou6@uic.edu
Former Staff
Harlyn Baker
Senior Research Scientist, 2014-2017
harlyn.baker@gmail.com
Drew Browning
EVL Faculty, emeritus
Associate Professor, School of Art & Design
drew@uic.edu
Anil Camci
Post-doctoral Research Associate 2015-2017
anilcamci@gmail.com
Tuan Dang
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2014-2016
nhontuan@gmail.com
Greg Dawe
Manager System Services, 1994 - 2005
greg.dawe@gmail.com
Franz Fischnaller
former EVL Faculty
franz@fabricat.com
Angus Forbes
Former Assistant Professor, EVL
Robert L. Grossman
Former EVL Affiliated Faculty
Professor, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Patrick Hallihan
Research Programmer, 2000 - 2010
Joseph Hocking
Former EVL Adjunct Faculty
Digital Artist - Animator, Programmer, Teacher
jhocking@newarteest.com
Lance Long
Senior Research Programmer, 2003-2025
MS Graduate, 2003
llong4@uic.edu
Thomas Prudhomme
Senior Research Scientist, 2006 - 2009
tiprudhomme@gmail.com
Steve Sander (1953-2011)
Assistant Director of Budgets & Contracts, 2003 - 2010 (retired)
Daniel Sauter
Associated Faculty
Associate Professor, School of Art & Design
Laura Wolf
Project Coordinator, 1999 - 2009
laura.wolf@mac.com
Visitors
Rita Addison
Visiting Artist
raddison@world.std.com
Mark Akgulian
Former MFA Candidate
avak@veinworks.com
Romeu Bessa
Former MFA Candidate
Keith Beu
Former MFA Candidate
keitho@anet.com
Michael Bogucki
Former MS Candidate
Derek Bolt
Research Experience Undergraduate
junglist88@gmail.com
Thomas Brown
Former MFA Candidate (1953-2023)
tomasbrown@gmail.com
Misha Caylor
Former MFA Candidate
Karan Chakrapani
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2010-2011
kc21989@gmail.com
Yi Chen
Visting Research Scholar
chenyi@th.btbu.edu.cn
Chip Collier
Former MFA Candidate
chip@wasbecause.com
Katie Cruppenink
Research Experience Undergraduate
Cees de Laat
Professor, System and Network Engineering Lab Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam
delaat@uva.nl
Ralph De Stefano
Former MFA Graduate Student
Corbin Frame
Former MFA Candidate
corbinframe@usa.net
Filippo Galgani
Visiting MS Graduate Student, Istituto Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Javier Girado
PhD Graduate, 2004, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2004-2006
jgirado@gmail.com
Gideon Goldman
Former MCS Undergraduate REU
Elisa Green
Former Undergraduate REU, Web Development
elisagrn@gmail.com
Bill Hibbard
Emeritus Senior Scientist
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
bh@ssec.wisc.edu
Akira Hirano
Visiting Scholar & Senior Research Engineer, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
hirano.akira@lab.ntt.co.jp
Jeremy Hollister
Former EVL MFA Graduate Candidate
jhollist@jeremyhollister.com
Ivan Judson
Former PhD Candidate
Dubi Kaufmann
Former MFA Graduate Student
Damin Keenan
Former MFA Candidate
keenand@cdnet.cod.edu
Muhammad Ali Khan
Former Undergraduate REU
Jenny Kinahan
Research Experience Undergraduate
Michael Kmak
Former Undergraduate REU, Web Developer
John Landry
Former MFA Candidate
johnclandry@yahoo.com
Johnny Lawson
Former MFA Candidate
jlawviz@yahoo.com
Jung-Min Lee
Former MS Candidate
Wei Li
Former PhD Candidate
Mitsunori Makino
Visiting Scholar & Associate Professor, Dept. of Info. & Sys. Eng., Chuo Univ.
makino@m.ieice.org
Jiri Matela
Visiting Researcher
xmatela@fi.muni.cz
Jakub Misterka
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2009-2012
san.y4ku@gmail.com
Shreyas Mohan
EVL Summer Intern
talk2shreyas@gmail.com
Glen Murray
EVL Staff, Retired
glen@wandavr.com
Tom Nawara
Former MFA Candidate
tom@nawara.com
Michael North
Former MS Candidate
north@anl.gov
Fernando Orellana
Former MFA Candidate
orellana@gmail.com
Brad Phillips
Undergrad Student, Web REU
Phil Pilosi
Research Experience Undergraduate
ppilosi2@gmail.com
Rakesh Raju
Former MFA Candidate
rakesh@raju.net
Navya Reddy
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2019
Chris Rosenthal
Former EVL REU, IIT Graduate
chris.rosenthal@gmail.com
Paul Rossman
paul.rossman@gmail.com
Ellen Sandor
Former Adjunct Associate Professor
ellen@artn.com
Andrew Schmidt
Visiting Sr. Research Scientist
andrew_schmidt@ameritech.net
Grit Sehmisch
Former MFA Candidate
Haoyue Shi
PhD Student
hshi26@uic.edu
Liushuai Shi
PhD Student
lshi26@uic.edu
Sumaya Siddiqui
Research Experience Undergraduate (REU), 2019
Todd Richard Silvia
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2010-2011
Cassiano Sugiyama
Research Experience Undergraduate
sugiyam2@uwm.edu
Akihiro Tsutsui
Visiting Sr. Research Scientist
NTT Network Innovation Lab and STAR TAP / UIC
akihiro@exa.onlab.ntt.co.jp
Jane Veeder
EVL Collaborator - Associate Professor Design and Industry Department College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University
jane.veeder@gmail.com
Santi Vitayaudom
Former MFA Graduate Student
santiv@spacepixels.com
Xi Wang
Former Visiting Post-Doctoral Research Associate
l0l0ll0l00l0l0@gmail.com
Kiun Xia
PhD Student
kxia5@uic.edu
Naomi Yarin
Research Experience Undergraduate, 2011
naomi_aboo@yahoo.com