Leaders, Core Members and Staff

Learn about the executive leadership and core members that make up the AI Hub community.

AI Hub Core Members are a diverse set of interdisciplinary UMN faculty who are actively engaged in foundational or domain specific research, aligned with the AI Hub's mission and vision. Core members contribute to the AI Hub's strategy and programs. Learn more about the roles, responsibilities, and perks of being a Core Member here.

 

Our Leaders

Galin Jones
Galin Jones, Vice Provost for AI
Genevieve Melton-Meaux
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, Deputy Director
Hayley Borck
Hayley Borck, Managing Director
Vlad Griskevicius
Vlad Griskevicius, Director of Teaching and Learning
James C. Wilgenbusch
James C. Wilgenbusch, Director of Research

Our Core Members

Joe Koopmeiners
Joe Koopmeiners - School of Public Health
Jaideep Srivastiva
Jaideep Srivastiva - College of Science and Engineering
Constantin Aliferis
Constantin Aliferis - Institute for Health Informatics
Elisia Cohen
Elisia Cohen - Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Jenna Marquard
Jenna Marquard - School of Nursing
Serguei Pakhomov
Serguei Pakhomov - Institute for Health Informatics
J. Sunil Rao
J. Sunil Rao - Masonic Cancer Center
Jarvis Haupt
Jarvis Haupt - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phil Pardey
Phil Pardey - College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences
Xiaotong Shen
Xiaotong Shen - School of Statistics
Gilad Lerman
Gilad Lerman - School of Mathematics
Alicia Hofelich Mohr
Alicia Hofelich Mohr - Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services
Ju Sun
Ju Sun - Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Abraham Ayebo
Abraham Ayebo - Center for Learning Innovation
Claire Segijn
Claire Segijn - Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Jong-Min Kim
Jong-Min Kim - Statistics, University of Minnesota Morris
Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou
Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou - Department of Educational Psychology
Robert Erdmann
Robert Erdmann - Center for Learning Innovation
Diba Malekpour Koupaei
Diba Malekpour Koupaei - Center for Sustainable Building Research
Logan Spector
Logan Spector - Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
Pinar Mandic
Pinar Mandic - Business Advancement Center for Health
Jie Ding
Jie Ding - School of Statistics
Dr. Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang - Division of Computational Health Sciences
Dr. Nathaniel Helwig
Nathaniel Helwig - Department of Psychology, School of Statistics
Dr. Dan Keefe
Dan Keefe - Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Christophe Lenglet
Christophe Lenglet - Department of Radiology
Michael Gallope
Michael Gallope - Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
James Hollyer
James Hollyer - Political Science
Thomas Lindsay
Thomas Lindsay - Liberal Arts Technologies and Innovation Services
Ann Meier
Ann Meier - College of Liberal Arts
Melissa Polonenko
Melissa Polonenko - Speech Language Hearing Sciences
Awa K. Saidy
Awa K. Saidy - African Studies Initiative
Tom VanHeuvelen
Tom VanHeuvelen - College of Liberal Arts, Sociology
Diane Willow
Diane Willow - College of Liberal Arts, Art
Josef Woldense
Josef Woldense - African American & African Studies
Alvin Zhou
Alvin Zhou - Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Katerina Marcoulides
Katerina Marcoulides - College of Liberal Arts, Psychology
Xuan Bi
Xuan Bi - Information and Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Managment
Claire Halpert
Claire Halpert - College of Liberal Arts, Linguistics
pamela lutsey
Pamela Lutsey - Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
mark fiecas
Mark Fiecas - Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
Mark Miazga
Mark Miazga - University Survey & Assessment Services
Luis I. Garrido
Luis I. Garrido - Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Richard N. Landers
Richard N. Landers
David Guinovart
David Guinovart - The Hormel Institute
Mark Collier
Mark Collier - Philosophy, University of Minnesota Morris
Catharine (Cat) Saint-Croix
Catharine (Cat) Saint-Croix - Philosophy, University of Minnesota
Jisu Huh
Jisu Huh - College of Liberal Arts, Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Di Zhu
Di Zhu - College of Liberal Arts, Geography, Environment & Society
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon - Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Jasmine Foo
Jasmine Foo - College of Science and Engineering School of Mathematics
Peter Willemsen
Peter Willemsen - University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Computer Science
Colin Agur
Colin Agur - Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Paul Schrater
Paul Schrater - Department of Computer Science and Engineering
jean-paul
Jean-Paul Noel - Department of Neuroscience
Adam Saffer
Adam Saffer - College of Liberal Arts
Martin Michalowski
Martin Michalowski - School of Nursing
Sean Masterman
Sean Masterman - College of Continuing and Professional Studies

DSAI Hub Staff Members

Leah Saaristo, Communications Specialist
Leah Saaristo, Communications Specialist
Amanda Schwartz, Events Manager
Amanda Schwartz, Events Manager
Tia Clasen
Tia Clasen, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Annika Ekblad
Annika Ekblad, Project Manager
Hannah Majkrzak
Hannah Majkrzak, AI Hub Administrative and Operations Coordinator
Grace Clark, Communications and Event Student Worker
Grace Clark, Communications and Event Student Worker
Daryn
Daryn Ngam, Communications and Event Student Worker
Sidney Hall
Sidney Hall, Communications and Event Student Worker