People Group Archives: Affiliate Faculty

Mathew Jacob, Th.D. is a Visiting Lecturer in UCF’s Department of Philosophy. Born and brought up in India, Dr. Jacob speaks two Indian languages, Malayalam and Hindi. He received his doctorate from the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg, Austria, and his thesis was in Christology. He previously taught at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agricultural […]

Woo Hyoung Lee, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH in 2009. Before joining UCF, Dr. Lee was an ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory in […]

Cyrus Ali Zargar, Ph.D. is the Endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies in 2008. Dr. Zargar’s research interests include Classical Sufism, Islamic Philosophy, Arabic and Persian Sufi Literature, and Ethics in Literature and Film. Dr. Zargar is currently completing a […]

Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics . Dr. Gurupur is a recipient of two international awards, two national awards, and several regional and institutional awards. His core research is focused on software engineering decision support systems for healthcare and education. Dr. Gurupur is a recipient […]