Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & AFFILIATIONS

Northwestern University, School of Communication

2017-present, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Northeastern University, Network Science Institute

2018-2020, Visiting Research Assistant Professor

Pennsylvania State University, Social Science Research Institute

2015-2017, Research Associate

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Technology and Social Behavior, 2015

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

School of Communication & McCormick School of Engineering

M.Sc. Management Information Systems, 2002

Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

The Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics

B.Sc. Economic Informatics, 2001

Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

The Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics

FUNDED RESEARCH

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2021
    • Composing Teams with TEAMSTaR: Tool for Evaluating And Mitigating Space Team Risk
    • Co-Investigator, Award #80NSSC21K0925, 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023, $1,049,943
  2. National Science Foundation & National Institutes of Health, 2019
    • SCISIPBIO: Understanding and Assembling Dream Teams to Conduct Clinical and Translational Science
    • Principal Investigator, Award #R01GM1374100, 12/01/2019 -11/30/2023, $997,132
  3. National Science Foundation, 2019
    • Safe Bets and Risky Propositions: Leveraging Rich Data to Understand Scientific Diversity, Impact, and the Potential of Teams
    • Co-Investigator, Award #1856090, 08/15/2019-07/31/2022, $549,663
  4. Pennsylvania State University, Social Science Research Institute, 2016
    • Global Networks of Science: The Role of American Research Universities in the Internationalization of New Scientific Knowledge
    • Co-Investigator, $14,988

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S.  (2022). Diversity, networks, and innovation: A text analytic approach to measuring expertise diversity. Network Science.
  2. Lungeanu A., Mesmer-Magnus J., Niler, A.A., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2022) Organizing for Mars: How work patterns shape information network formation in spaceflight multiteam systems. Human Factors.
  3. Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2022). Leading teams over time through space: Computational experiments on leadership network archetypes. The Leadership Quarterly, 101595.
  4. Lungeanu, A., McKnight, M., Negron, R., Munar, W., Contractor, N.S., & Christakis, N. (2021). Using Trellis software to enhance high-quality large-scale network data collection in the field. Social Networks, 66, 171-184.
  5. Whalen, R., Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L., & Contractor, N. (2020). Patent similarity data and innovation metrics. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 17(3), 615-639.
  6. Lungeanu, A., Carter D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2018). How team interlock ecosystems shape the assembly of scientifict eams: A Hypergraph Approach. Communication Methods and Measures, 12(2-3), 174-198.
  7. Graif, C., Lungeanu, A., & Yetter, A. (2017). Neighborhood isolation in Chicago: Violent crime effects on structural isolation and homophily in inter-neighborhood commuting networks, 2002-2013. Social Networks, 51, 40-59.
    • 2019 Robert J. Bursik Junior Scholar Award, American Society of Criminology
  8. Norton, W., Lungeanu, A., Chambers, D., & Contractor, N.S. (2017). Mapping the growing discipline of dissemination and implementation science in health. Scientometrics, 112(3), 1367-1390.
  9. Lungeanu, A. & Contractor, N.S. (2015). The effects of diversity and network ties on innovations: the emergence of a new scientific field. American Behavioral Scientist, 59(5), 548-564.
  10. Sullivan, S., Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2015). Space, time, and the development of shared leadership networks in multiteam systems. Network Science, 3(S01), 124-155.
  11. Lungeanu, A., Huang, Y., & Contractor, N.S. (2014). Understanding the assembly of interdisciplinary teams and its impact on performance. Journal of Informetrics, 8(1), 59-70.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (forthcoming) Collective leadership. In G. R. Goethals, S. T. Allison, & G. J. Sorenson (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies.
  2. Mesmer-Magnus, J., Lungeanu, A., Harris, A., Niler, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. (2020). Working in space: Managing transitions between tasks. In L. Landon, K. Slack, & E. Salas (Eds.), Psychology and Human Performance in Space Programs: Extreme Application (pp. 179-203): CRC Press.
  3. Antone, B., Lungeanu, A., Bell, S. T., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. (2020). Computational modeling of long-distance space exploration: A guide to predictive and prescriptive approaches to the dynamics of team composition. In L. Landon, K. Slack, & E. Salas (Eds.), Psychology and Human Performance in Space Programs: Research at the Frontier (pp. 107-130): CRC Press

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2022). Think like a team: Shared mental models predict creativity and problem-solving in HERA and SIRIUS ’19. IAC 2022 Congress Proceedings, 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France.
  2. DeChurch, L. A., Lungeanu, A., Contractor, N. S., & Liebman, J.C. (2022). A tale of three teams: Effect of long-term isolation in SIRIUS-21 on crew interpersonal networks. IAC 2022 Congress Proceedings, 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France.
  3. Antone, B., Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L. A., Bell, S. T., & Contractor, N. S. (2021). Re-pairing to repair: A countermeasure that enhances crew relations in deep space. IAC 2021 Congress Proceedings, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  4. Lungeanu, A., Sullivan, S., Wilensky. U, & Contractor, N.S. (2015). A computational model of team assembly in emerging scientific fields. Proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, Huntington Beach, Edited by CA. L. Yilmaz, W. K. V. Chan, I. Moon, T. M. K. Roeder, C. M. Macal & M. D. Rossetti (Eds.).

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

  1. Dream Team Recommender: A web application deployed to facilitate the assembly of scientific teams using matching and ranking algorithms based on individual attributes, such as skills or areas of expertise, and prior networks, such as co-authorship.
  2. TEAMSTaR: A web-based software interface that allows NASA mission support and crew members to directly assess the current and future health of a crew, make informed decisions about crew membership and assignments, and receive mitigation strategies.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  1. Instructor, Northeastern University – Undergraduate Class
    • College of Arts, Media and Design in Communication Studies
    • Social Networks, Fall 2022
  2. Guest Instructor, Pennsylvania State University – Graduate Class
    • Sociology Department
    • Methods in Social Network Analysis, 2015 & 2016
  3. Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University – Graduate Class
    • Kellogg School of Management, Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, and School of Communication
    • Social Network Analysis, 2012