New Faculty at NJIT

Exploring Science and Technology Frontiers

Destined to make a major impact on the economy and quality of life in the future, NJIT is making significant commitments to tomorrow’s primary scientific and technological frontiers and taking a strategic approach to multi-disciplinary hiring of the best and the brightest candidates at all professorial ranks in our strategic focus areas:

Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Architecture Design & Construction
Big Data
Biochemistry
Business Systems & Processes
Material Science & Engineering
Sensing & Control

The new faculty joining the NJIT community will help implement our new interdisciplinary initiative with key roles in an exciting and important venture — aligning our programs in research and education with real-world expectations for a technological university in the 21st century.

Meet our new faculty:

	Cesar Bandera BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Healthcare Business Systems Assistant Professor of Management Phone: 973-596-5634 Office: Central Ave. Bldg., Room 4028 Email: cesar.bandera@njit.edu
	Michel Boufadel ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES: Industrial Ecology Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: 973-596-5657 Office: Tiernan Hall, Room 274 Email: michel.boufadel@njit.edu
	James Cicon BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Energy Industry Business Systems Assistant Professor of Management Phone: 973-596-3290 Office: Central Ave. Bldg., Room 4018 Email: james.cicon@njit.edu
	Martina Decker ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: Sustainable Building Design Assistant Professor of Architecture Phone: 973-596-5371 Office: Colton Hall, Room 333 Email: martina.decker@njit.edu
	Cristiano L. Dias BIOCHEMISTRY: Molecular Biophysics Assistant Professor of Physics
	Xiaoning Ding BIG DATA/CLOUD COMPUTING: Developing Computing Systems Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Phone: 973-596-3390 Office: GITC, Room 4203 Email: xiaoning.ding@njit.edu
	Lian Duan BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Digital Media Business Assistant Professor of Information Systems Phone: 973-596-5815 Office: GITC, Room 4106 Email: lian.duan@njit.edu
	Eric Fortune SENSING AND CONTROL: Bio-Cellular Sensing Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Email: eric.s.fortune@njit.edu
	Jesse LeCavalier ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: Sustainable Building Design Assistant Professor of Architecture Phone: 973-596-7199 Office: Colton Hall, Room 334 Email: jesse.w.lecavalier@njit.edu
	Ji Meng Loh BIG DATA: Healthcare Analytics Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Email: ji.m.loh@njit.edu
	Bernadette Longo BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Technical Communications Associate Professor of Humanities Phone: 973-596-5384 Office: Cullimore Hall, Room 419 Email: bernadette.c.longo@njit.edu
	Wen Zhang ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: Industrial Ecology Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: 973-596-2477 Office: Tiernan Hall, Room 237 Email: wen.zhang.2@njit.edu
	Bharat Biswal BIOCHEMISTRY: Cellular Neural Engineering Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering Phone: 973-596-8380 Office: Fenster Hall, 607 Email: bharat.biswal@njit.edu
	Wenbo Selina Cai BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Energy and Healthcare Business Systems Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Phone: 973-596-3338 Office: Mechanical Engineering Center (MEC), Room 308 Email: wenbo.cai@njit.edu
	Simon Garnier SENSING AND CONTROL: Bio-Cellular Sensing Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Email: simon.j.garnier@njit.edu
	Abdallah Khreishah BIG DATA: Large Data Set Analytics Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Phone: 973-596-3528 Office: Electrical & Computer Engineering Center (ECEC), Room 349 Email: abdallah.khreishah@njit.edu
	Keith Krumwiede ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: Sustainable Building Design Associate Professor of Architecture Email: keith.a.krumwiede@njit.edu
	Alison Lefkovitz BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES: Law, Gender and Political Economy Assistant Professor of History Email: alison.lefkovitz@njit.edu
	Mei Liu BIG DATA: Healthcare Analytics Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Phone: 973-596-6597 Office: GITC, Room 4214 Email: mei.liu@njit.edu
	Catalin Turc SENSING AND CONTROL: Mechatronics Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Phone: 973-596-5327 Office: Cullimore Hall, Room 625 Email: catalin.c.turc@njit.edu
	Songhua Xu BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES Healthcare Business Systems Assistant Professor of Information Systems Phone: 973-596-5815 Office: GITC, Room 5604 Email: songhua.xu@njit.edu