Faculty
Mirela Alistar
Assistant Professor • Living Matter Lab • BIOCHIPS, PERSONAL MEDICINE, DIY BIO • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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John Bacus
Senior Director of Design, Trimble Platform, Lecturer • DESIGN, AR/VR, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
John Breznicky
Lecturer • Art + Design • Cycling • Photography
Carson Bruns
Assistant Professor • Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials • CREATIVE MOLECULAR NANOTECH • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Aidan Chopra
Lecturer • DESIGN FOR CHILDREN • CODING EDUCATION • PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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Ruscha Cohen
Scholar in Residence, Director of ATLAS Academic Programs • GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Laura Devendorf
Assistant Professor • Unstable Design Lab • SMART TEXTILES, HCI, DESIGN RESEARCH • INFORMATION SCIENCE
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Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Professor • Director, ATLAS Partnerships & Innovation • ACME Lab • DESIGN, TANGIBLE INTERACTION, HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Derek A. Friday
Lecturer • Experiential Graphic Designer • Athlete
Justin Gitlin
Lecturer • CREATIVE CODER • MUSICIAN • MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
Mark D. Gross
Professor • ATLAS Director • DESIGN, ROBOTICS, TANGIBLE INTERACTION • COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Casey Hunt
Lecturer • PhD Student • MS, CTD—Creative Industries '21 • PRO-SOCIAL INTERACTION DESIGN
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Gabe Johnson
Lecturer
Grace Leslie
Assistant Professor • Brain Music Lab • MUSICIAN • BRAIN-MUSIC INTERFACES • ELECTRONIC MUSIC
ATLAS Institute • College of Music
Annie Margaret
Associate Teaching Professor • STORYTELLING • PSYCHOTECHNOLOGIES • ATTENTION ACTIVISM
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Erika Palmer
Lecturer • SOCIAL IMPACT
Anthony Pinter
Assistant Teaching Professor • IDENTITY, DATA REPRESENTATIONS, HCI, BREAK-UPS
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Denise Powell
Lecturer • MS, TMS—Information and Communication Technology for Development '18
Danny Rankin
Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Undergrad Programs • Whaaat!? Lab • MATERIALS, GAMES, GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Sheiva Rezvani
Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs • ART & DESIGN, SOCIOTECHNOLOGY, DEAD MEDIA
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Michael Rivera
Assistant Professor • HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION • DIGITAL FABRICATION
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Peter Rosenthal
Lecturer • MS, CTD—Creative Industries '22
David Schaal
Associate Teaching Professor • Sound Audio Frequency Lab • SOUND DESIGN • UNIVERSAL DESIGN
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Suzanne Stoller
Lecturer • Executive Advisor • Industry Mentor
Ryo Suzuki
Assistant Professor • PhD, Computer Science '20
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Joel Swanson
Associate Professor • TYPO Studio • ART, DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY • Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
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Brittney VanHorssen
Lecturer • USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Zack Weaver
Assistant Teaching Professor • Director, BTU Lab
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John Weiss
Lecturer
Shaz Zamore
Assistant Teaching Professor • STEM Outreach • OUTREACH & INCLUSION, NEUROENGINEERING, VR/AR
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Adjunct Faculty & Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Pierre de Vries
Scholar-in-Residence by courtesy
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Dr. Subhankar Mandal
Post Doctoral Research Associate, TOUGH HYDROGEL, POLYMER SYNTHESIS, FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS
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Gabor Molnar
Associate Professor Adjunct • Lecturer
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Wayne Seltzer
Assistant Professor Adjunct • ELECTRONICS, DIY, U-FIXIT
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Visiting Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
Alaa Ahmed
Professor
Integrative Physiology • Mechanical Engineering
Jed Brubaker
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Nikolaus Correll
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Marcel de Lange
Assistant Clinical Professor
Program of Environmental Design
Ann Eisenberg
Senior Research Associate
Institute of Cognitive Science
Dale Hatfield
Spectrum Initiative Co-Director
Brian Keegan
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Daniel Leithinger
Visiting Assistant Professor • THING Lab • SHAPE CHANGING & HAPTIC INTERFACES • COMPUTER SCIENCE
Clayton Lewis
Professor Emeritus
Computer Science
Dan Ligon
Professor of Practice
Advertising PR and Media Design
Ricarose Roque
Assistant Professor
Information Science
Aubrey Shick
Research Affiliate
ATLAS Institute
Dan Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member
Danielle Szafir
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill • Former ATLAS faculty member
Stephen Voida
Assistant Professor • Founding Faculty
Information Science
Gregory L Whiting
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Helanius J. Wilkins
Assistant Professor
Theater and Dance
Tom Yeh
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Affiliated Researcher
Ted Selker
Affiliated Researcher
Industry Mentors
Lennon Barnica
Industry Mentor • Executive Producer, Plus Productions; Owner/Furniture Maker, Dean Designs
Todd Berger
Industry Mentor • CEO Co-Founder Ello, the creators network • Co-Founder Berger & Föhr
Matthew Elliott
Industry Mentor • UX Humanitarian • Co-Founder of Super Humane
Joseph Kerski
Industry Mentor • Geographer • Educator • GIS Professional
Courtney Loveman
Industry Mentor • VP, Chief Strategy Officer at Noun (CP+B Brand Invention)
Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti
Industry Mentor • Director of programs at Newlab
Alexandra Morgan-Kisarale
Industry Mentor • Social Impact Alum
Rhiannan Price
Industry Mentor • Managing Director at DevGlobal Partners
Lise St. Denis
Industry Mentor • Data Scientist • UX Researcher / Designer
Heather Underwood
Industry Mentor • CEO of EvoEndo, Inc.
Tran Wills
Industry Mentor • Creative Director/Entrepreneur • Co-Founder of Base Coat Nail Salon, SVPER ORDINARY