Distinguished Reviewer Award, 32nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2024
Best Research Paper Award, 29th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2021
Best Emerging Results and Vision Paper Award, 15th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2021
Most Influential Paper Award, 26th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2018
Best Research Paper Award, 24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2016
NSF CAREER Award, 2014–2019
As of October 3, 2025: 4,821 total citations, h-index 42, i10-index 109
12 published IEEE Transactions papers
10 full research papers in top-tier software engineering conferences (ICSE, FSE, ASE)
13 full research papers in the IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference series
Research Experience
RF-SMART and Morales Family Director of the School of Computing, University of North Florida (UNF), since July 2025
Tenured Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
Software Developer, Lenovo
Software Consultant at Danfoss during sabbatical
Special Government Employee (SGE) at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Background
Research interests include Multimedia & Human-centered Computing and Software Requirements Engineering.
Joined the University of North Florida (UNF) in July 2025 as the RF-SMART and Morales Family Director of the School of Computing (SoC).
Senior Member of IEEE.
Serves on the editorial boards of the Requirements Engineering journal and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
Held key roles in multiple international conferences, including Lead Program Co-Chair of IEEE IRI (2021–2025), General Co-Chair of SST 2023, and General Chair of ICSR 2019.
Served as ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Coordinator from 2017 to 2025.