Noshir Contractor – Director
Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Office: 2-133, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-491-3669
Email: nosh@northwestern.edu
Marilyn J. Logan – Program Assistant
Office: 1-122, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-467-0207
Email: mjlogan@northwestern.edu
The SONIC Program Assistant provides clerical and administrative support for all members of SONIC.
Willem Pieterson – General Manager
Visiting Research Scientist
Office: 1-459A, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-532-0625 / +31 (0)62-294-2630
Email: w.j.pieterson@northwestern.edu
Interests: Communication Networks, role of media in Communication and Information Dissemination networks, the impact of social media on communication strategies and network structures, integration of old and new media, multi-channel management, governmental service delivery and communication strategies, e-Government.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Assistants
Postdoctoral fellows coordinate research projects, write papers, and guide research assistants.
Research assistants help staff and graduate students with their projects.
Graduate Student Researchers
SONIC offers graduate students interested in social network analysis opportunities to be involved in a variety of projects, including studies of virtual worlds, team-assembly and collaboration, and community-based information and communication networks. Depending on the project, responsibilities include participating in and/or managing data collection, conducting analysis, and preparing reports and publications.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Undergraduate researchers assist SONIC’s graduate students in their research. They may also lead research projects of their own design with graduate student or faculty supervision.
Software Developers
Senior research programmers and other research programmers collaborate with a diverse team to develop social networking capabilities that interface with SONIC’s existing platform: a web-based software tool for survey, analysis, visualization, and recommendation.
Alumni
Past SONIC Laboratory members that are now faculty, graduate students, or in industry.

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