Academic Advisors


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Academic Advisors

Undergraduate students will be assigned a CS Faculty Advisor from the following list. Students will typically have the same advisor throughout their time in the program. However, students are encouraged to check this list at the start of every term to ensure their advisor remains the same.

To reach out to your CS Faculty Advisor, please email first, or visit during office hours. Both OH times and email addresses are on their “Faculty” pages in the above navigation.


Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education Jae Woo Lee
Director of Undergraduate Studies for BS Programs Paul Blaer
Director of Undergraduate Studies for BA Programs Jae Woo Lee
Information Science Advisor – GS Toniann Pitassi
Information Science Advisor – CC Eleni Drinea
3-2 Combined Program Advisor Stephen Edwards
CS-Math Joint Program Advisor Jae Woo Lee
Data Science Program Advisor Tim Roughgarden
Minor and Concentration Advisor (SEAS) Paul Blaer
Minor and Concentration Advisor (CC & GS) Jae Woo Lee
SEAS Undergraduates
Seniors (Last Name A-J) Simha Sethumadhavan
Seniors (Last Name K-P) Ronghui Gu
Seniors (Last Name Q-Z) Kenneth Ross
Juniors (Last Name A-J) Peter Belhumeur
Juniors (Last Name K-O) Nakul Verma
Juniors (Last Name P-Z) Roxana Geambasu
Sophomores (Last Name A-J) Junfeng Yang
Sophomores (Last Name K-O) Andrew Blumberg
Sophomores (Last Name P-Z) Adam Cannon
First Year Paul Blaer
Columbia College Seniors (Last Name A-L) Josh Alman
Seniors (Last Name M-Z) Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
Juniors (Last Name A-L) Tony Dear
Juniors (Last Name M-Z) Jason Nieh
Sophomores (Last Name A-L) Brian Borowski
Sophomores (Last Name M-Z) Jae Woo Lee
First Year Jae Woo Lee
General Studies, Continuing Education, & Special Programs
All Grades (A – L) Daniel Bauer & Xia Zhou
All Grades (M – Z) Sal Stolfo
Computational Biology Majors (CC & GS)
Biology: For students with last names beginning with:

A-N: Dr. Harmen Bussemaker; hjb2004@columbia.edu
O-Z: Dr. Simon Tavare; st3193@columbia.edu

Computer Science: Dr. David Knowles; dak2173@columbia.edu
Barnard Please see https://cs.barnard.edu/academic-advising


Updated: 06/16/2025