Alina Lungeanu is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies in the College of Arts, Media and Design, with a joint appointment in the D’Amore McKim School of Business in the Management and Organizational Development Group. She also holds an appointment as a Core Member of the Network Science Institute (NetSI). Her research combines insights from social science and network science to examine how team networks configure to advance the frontier of science.

Education

  • Ph.D. Technology and Social Behavior, Northwestern University, School of Communication & McCormick School of Engineering
  • M.Sc. Management Information Systems, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
  • B.Sc. Computer Science, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

Selected Publications

  • Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2023). Diversity, networks, and innovation: A text analytic approach to measuring expertise diversity. Network Science, 11(1), 36-64.
  • 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
  • Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2022). Leading teams over time through space: Computational experiments on leadership network archetypes. The Leadership Quarterly
  • Lungeanu, A., Carter D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2018). How team interlock ecosystems shape the assembly of scientific teams: A hypergraph approach. Communication Methods and Measures, 12(2-3), 174-198.
  • 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.

Awards and Recognition

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). “Composing Teams with TEAMSTaR: Tool for Evaluating and Mitigating Space Team Risk” (Award #80NSSC21K0925, 01/01/2021 -12/31/2024, $1,049,943) Co-Investigator
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) & National Institutes of Health (NIH). “SCISIPBIO: Understanding and Assembling Dream Teams to Conduct Clinical and Translational Science” (Award #R01GM1374100, 12/01/2019 -11/30/2023, $997,132). Principal Investigator
  • National Science Foundation (NSF). “Safe Bets and Risky Propositions: Leveraging Rich Data to Understand Scientific Diversity, Impact, and the Potential of Teams” (Award #1856090, 08/15/2019-07/31/2022, $549,663). Co-Investigator