Subject Matter Experts

University of West Florida faculty members are available to share their expertise with interested media. Use the menu below to find faculty members identified as subject matter experts. To arrange an interview with one of the experts listed, please email news@uwf.edu.

Engineering & Technology

Dr. Tony Al-Abed

Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Enterprise Networking Network Performance Monitoring Security and Automation

Haris Alibasic

Dr. Haris Alibašić

Associate Professor, Business Administration

Resilience Planning Governance Public Policy Public Administration Ethics Strategic Planning Local Government Hybrid Intelligence Policies and Use in Administration Integrity National Development Strategies Strategic Management Environmental Policies Machine Learning in Government Use Artificial Intelligence Ethics Cybersecurity Planning and Incident Management for Government Leaders

Dr. Mahd Alzoubi

Associate Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Cybersecurity Digital Forensics Blockchain Cloud Computing Networking (all levels) Operating Systems (Microsoft and Linux)

Dr. Raid Amin

Distinguished University Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Geospatial Cluster Analysis - Breast Cancer COVID Opioid Use/Suicide

Dr. Sikha Bagui

Dr. Sikha Bagui

Professor, Computer Science

Data Analytics Big Data

Dr. Ezzat Bakhoum

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Communications and Sensors

Dr. Glaucio Haroldo Silva de Carvalho

Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Network Security Cloud Computing Cloud Security Ethical Hacking Federated Learning Pent Testing

Dr. Achraf Cohen

Dr. Achraf Cohen

Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Statistics Data Science Statistical Monitoring Analytics in Education Analytics in Health

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh

Associate Vice President and Professor of Computer Science, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Higher Education Leadership

Dr. Xingang (Ian) Fang

Lecturer, Computer Science

Machine Learning Data Science AI Application Deep Learning Programming

Dr. Guillermo Francia III

Dr. Guillermo Francia III

Research and Innovation Director, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity Industrial Control Systems Connected Autonomous Vehicle Security Compliance Critical Infrastructure Security Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Guy Garrett

Associate Director of Technology and Training, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Workforce Development/Education Social Media/Online Safety K12 and Youth Outreach

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh

Associate Director and Professor, Center for Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Dr. Brian Jalaian

Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of West Florida Associate Professor of IHMC-UWF Program in Intelligent Systems & Robotics Research Scientist, Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)

AI in Cybersecurity AI in Education Safety of AI systems the Responsible use of AI

Dr. Caroline John

Dr. Caroline Sangeetha John

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Security of Smart Grids SCADA Machine Learning

Dr. Ezhil Kalaimannan

Dr. Ezhil Kalaimannan

Associate Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Digital Forensics Networks and Network Security

Dr. Salih Kocak

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering Engineering Materials

Sai Santosh Malladi

Lecturer, Computer Science

Machine Learning Data Analysis

Connar McCasland

Instructor, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity (State and Local Government) Elections Security Open-Source Intelligence Social Engineering Cybersecurity Management

Dr. Amitabh Mishra

Chair and Associate Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence - Neural Networks Cell-phone Technologies Cyber Physical Systems and Their Security Fuzzy Systems Internet of Things and IoT Security Large Language Models and Transformers Network Security Wired and Wireless Networks

Anthony Pinto

Anthony Pinto

Lecturer, Computer Science

Cybersecurity Software Engineering Application Development

Dr. Lakshmi Prayaga

Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Machine Learning Data Analytics and Visualization Generative AI

Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Artificial Intelligence Advanced Computational Modeling and Stimulation Methods Machine Learning Based Algorithms for Smart Grid Applications

Dr. Maryam Ramezanzadehmoghadam

Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Machine Learning Deepfake Detection Large Language Model in Cyber Threat Intelligence Trustworthy AI

Dr. Elizabeth Rasnick

Assistant Professor, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Education Supply Chain Security Cybersecurity Workforce Development

Dr. Thomas Reichherzer

Dr. Thomas Reichherzer

Chair and Associate Professor, Computer Science

Smart Home Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Hakki Erhan Sevil

Associate Professor, Intelligent Systems and Robotics

Drones Swarm Navigation Model

Sajida Shabanali

Instructor and Employer Engagement Coordinator, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Workforce Development Data Security

Dr. Hossain Shahriar

Associate Director and Professor, Center for Cybersecurity and AI

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Mobile and Web Security Healthcare Security Malware

Ashok Srinivasan

Dr. Ashok Srinivasan

William Nystul Eminent Scholar Chair, Computer Science

High Performance Computing Applications in Science and Public Health

Dr. Vasudha Vedula

Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Network Security Database Security Networking

Yuanqi Xie

Lecturer, Computer Science

Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Neural Network Models in Neuroscience

Dr. Behrouz Zolfaghari

Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity and Information Technology

Network Performance Monitoring Computer Networks