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Department Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Amir Chinaei<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor, Teaching Stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (<\/strong>416)736-2100 x 33947
Email:\u00a0<\/a><\/a>chinaei@yorku.ca<\/a><\/a>
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Vice Chair, Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (416)736-2100 x 44646 
Email: <\/a>egz@cse.yorku.ca<\/a>
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Vice Chair, Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Minas Spetsakis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (416)736-2100 x 77886
Email:\u00a0<\/a><\/a>minas@yorku.ca<\/a><\/a>
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Graduate Program Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Emmanouil (Manos) Papangelis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (416)736-2100 x 44782 <\/strong>
Email: <\/a><\/a><\/a>papaggel@yorku.ca<\/a>
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Graduate Program Director, Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Hina Tabassum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (416)736-2100 x 20889
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Department Chair Dr. Amir Chinaei Professor, Teaching Stream Phone: (416)736-2100 x 33947Email:\u00a0chinaei@yorku.ca1012R Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Vice Chair, Engineering Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh Associate Professor Phone: (416)736-2100 x 44646 Email: egz@cse.yorku.ca1012D Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Vice Chair, Science Dr. Minas Spetsakis Associate Professor Phone: (416)736-2100 x 77886Email:\u00a0minas@yorku.ca3049 Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Graduate Program Director…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4699","about","type-about","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLeadership Team | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leadership Team | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Department Chair Dr. Amir Chinaei Professor, Teaching Stream Phone: (416)736-2100 x 33947Email:\u00a0chinaei@yorku.ca1012R Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Vice Chair, Engineering Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh Associate Professor Phone: (416)736-2100 x 44646 Email: egz@cse.yorku.ca1012D Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Vice Chair, Science Dr. Minas Spetsakis Associate Professor Phone: (416)736-2100 x 77886Email:\u00a0minas@yorku.ca3049 Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence Graduate Program Director...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-06T20:43:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/\",\"name\":\"Leadership Team | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Graduate-Student-Resources.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-06T20:36:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-06T20:43:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Graduate-Student-Resources.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/mech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/Graduate-Student-Resources.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/about\/leadership-team\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leadership Team\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/eecs\/\",\"name\":\"Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\",\"description\":\"Just another Lassonde - 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