Office of Faculty Recruitment News

Associate Professor Michael Zemcov is a co-investigator of NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory, which will provide an all-sky spectral survey of galaxies and stars providing scientists with data never before received. SPHEREx also will explore the origin of water in planetary systems.

Rochester Beacon quotes Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for Research.

Jairo Diaz Amaya, assistant professor of chemical engineering was honored with a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award for his work conducting fundamental research in the fabrication and self-assembly of colloids—key elements of soft matter.

WXXI highlights the visit from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Professor Jairo Diaz and his research team are experimenting with soft matter to create new materials for the future. Learn how they’re changing the internal structure of tiny, microscopic droplets to create something new.

Photonics Spectra interviews Steven Weinstein, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, about his recent collaboration on semiconductor research.

Researchers have discovered new ways to bend light to improve optical applications such as sensors, displays, and next-generation photonic devices.

A new RIT project aims to bring order to the chaotic world of digital media forensics. The project in development, led by Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity Matthew Wright, will help combat manipulated media, including deepfakes.

Lorraine Justice's career journey was filled with leading, learning, and designing what's next. True to her innovative spirit, she plans to remain busy in her retirement from RIT by exploring AI's role in design and creativity.

Linguists face a resource gap for studying visual prosody and its grammatical and emotional functions in sign languages, and for creating AI systems capable of processing visual prosody. Faculty members affiliated with RIT’s Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science aim to fill that gap through Deaf scientist-centered research.

Rochester Institute of Technology has again been recognized for offering one of the best online programs in the nation. The 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, released this week, listed Saunders College of Business’ online Executive MBA program as No. 11 in the nation for “Best Online MBA Programs.”

Faculty-researcher Gill Tsouri is developing a novel skin-sensing system that can be embedded onto the grip of a firearm to detect blood alcohol content levels, and once detected, the system could deter the trigger mechanism. The technology could be a step toward preventing firearm accidents, homicides, and suicides where there is a near 90 percent death rate.