Meet the New House Faculty Fellows

Professors Peter Chin and Geoffrey Luke (Photos by Eli Burakian '00)

All undergraduates are assigned to one of six houses when they arrive as first-year students, and they maintain their affiliation throughout their time at Dartmouth. Each house is overseen by a member of the faculty—the house professor—who lives in a single-family home on campus. House leadership teams also include a residential education professional staff member, four resident fellows, a team of undergraduate advisors, and a program coordinator.

The new fellows include Peter Chin, professor of engineering (West House) and Geoffrey Luke, associate professor of engineering (North Park House).

Chin leads the Learning, Intelligence, and Signal Processing Lab, where he and his students investigate fundamental questions such as "Can intelligence be learned?" through the lens of signal processing, machine learning, game theory, differential geometry, extremal graph theory, and computational neuroscience.

"I have always enjoyed working with undergraduate students—not only those who are in my classes, but also those who work in my research lab," Chin says. "I believe that the faculty fellow position will allow me to connect with a wider spectrum of students in deep and meaningful ways, outside of classroom or lab environments. I am super excited about helping to create a thriving, living community together at West House!"

Luke's research focuses on the intersection of light, sound, and nanotechnology to develop new tools for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. He is interested in ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, bionanotechnology, cancer diagnostics and therapy, and molecular imaging.

"Over the last 10 years, I have loved teaching—and learning from—the wonderful students at Dartmouth," Luke says. "As a house faculty fellow, I am excited to connect with even more students outside of the classroom. I am especially enthusiastic about sharing my love of the outdoors, my passion for creative pursuits, and a perspective on neurodiversity shaped by lived experience. I look forward to working with Melanie [Taylor] and the housing community staff to develop programming that brings these interests to the Dartmouth community."