Soha Hassoun

Soha Hassoun is American computer scientist. She is Professor (since 2015) and Past Chair (2013-2016) of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University. Her interests are in bio design automation and her lab (Hassoun Lab) builds tools for analyzing and designing complex biological systems. [1]

She earned BSEE degree from the South Dakota State University (1986), MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988), and Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington (1997).[1]

In 1988-1991 she was integrated circuit designer with the Microprocessor Design Group, Digital Equipment Corporation. She worked as consultant for IKOS Systems (now part of Mentor Graphics) (1999-2001) and some other EDA companies. Since 1998 she has been with Tufts University.[1]