Trustees appoint assistant professors
The Board of Trustees has appointed these new assistant professors to the faculty:
In anthropology, Carolyn Rouse specializes in cultural anthropology. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she received a Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of Southern California. She has been assistant director of the Center for African-American Studies at the University of California-Los Angeles since 1999.
In comparative literature, Rachel Gabara is interested in 20th century French, Francophone and American literature and film. A 1991 graduate of Yale University, she has a 1993 M.A. from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and a 2000 Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where she has been an instructor since 1998.
Also in comparative literature, Daniel Heller-Roazen, who studies medieval Romance literature, is a 1995 graduate of the University of Toronto. He has a 1997 M.A. and 2000 Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
In computer science, Moses Charikar whose field of specialization is algorithms, has a 1995 B.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. He received a Ph.D. from Stanford University this year.
Also in computer science, Amit Sahai is interested in cryptography. A 1996 graduate of the University of California-Berkeley, he has a 1998 M.S. and 2000 Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In ecology and evolutionary biology, Michaela Hau, who studies biology, zoology and ecology, has a 1991 Diploma and 1995 Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich. She was a research fellow at the University of Washington from 1995 to 1998, a visiting research fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama from 1997 to 1999 and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois since 1999.
Also in ecology and evolutionary biology, Claire Kremen, who studies biology and ecology, is a 1982 graduate of Stanford University. She has a 1987 Ph.D. from Duke University, where she was an instructor and conservation officer for a national park project in Madagascar between 1987 and 1989. She has continued to work in Madagascar in various capacities for the Xerces Society, for Project Masoala and for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Since 1999, she also has been a research associate at Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology.
Also in ecology and evolutionary biology, David Stern studies ecology, evolutionary biology and genetics. A 1989 graduate of Cornell University, he received a 1991 M.S. and 1994 Ph.D. from Princeton. Since 1994, he has been a research fellow at the University of Cambridge.
Also in ecology and evolutionary biology, Martin Wikelski is interested in zoology, ecology and anthropology. He has a 1991 M.S. from Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich and 1994 Ph.D. from the University of Bielefeld. A research associate from 1995 to 1998 at the University of Washington and a research fellow from 1996 to 1998 at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, he has been an assistant professor at the University of Illinois for the past year.
In electrical engineering, Evgueni Narimanov, who specializes in the physics of optical and electronic systems, has a 1989 B.S., 1991 M.S. and 1994 Ph.D. from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He had postdoctoral appointments as a research associate at Yale University from 1995 to 1997 and as a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies since 1998.
In English, Timothy Watson, who studies post-colonial literature, has a 1987 B.A. from the University of Cambridge and a 1990 M.A. from the Univesity of Sussex. From 1992 to 1998, he attended Columbia University, where he received an M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. Since then he has been an assistant professor at Montclair State University.
In history, Eagle Glassheim is interested in modern European history. A 1992 graduate of Dartmouth College, he has a 1995 M.A., 1997 M.Phil. and 2000 Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Also in history, Kevin Kruse's field of specialization is 20th century United States. He has a 1994 B.A. from the University of North Carolina and a 1997 M.A. and 2000 Ph.D. from Cornell University.
In mathematics, Leonid Koralov studies stochastic processes and elliptic partial differential equations. He has a 1991 B.A. from Moscow State University and a 1998 Ph.D. from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Since then he has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study.
In molecular biology, Hays Rye's field of specialization is biochemistry and biophysics. He has a 1989 B.A. from Rice University and a 1995 Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley. Since then he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University.
Also in molecular biology, Saeed Tavazoie studies genetics and bioinformatics. He has a 1992 B.S. from the University of Utah, a 1999 Ph.D. from Harvard University and a 2000 M.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, where he has been a postdoctoral fellow.
All appointments are for three years starting Sept. 1, 2000, except those of: Heller-Roazen and Koralov, which began July 1, 2000; Stern, which is for three and a half years and begins Feb. 1, 2001; and Kremen, which begins July 1, 2001.
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