PhD Advisors at Carnegie Mellon University 卡内基梅隆大学
Research-focused faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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Aaron M. Johnson
Courtesy Faculty · School of Computer Science
Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics, Contact Modeling and Manipulation, Dynamics, Field & Service Robotics, Force Control, Human-Centered Robotics, Legged Robots, Manipulation & Interfaces, Mechanisms and Actuation, Motion Control, Roboethics: Social and Ethical Impli…
Aayushya Agarwal
Special Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abhinav Gupta
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
How do we represent the visual world? My research focuses on developing representation and reasoning approaches for deeper understanding of the scene. I am interested in formulating the scene understanding problem in terms of the underlying 3D scene and develop reasoning approach…
Abhisesh Silwal
Systems Scientist · School of Computer Science
3-D Vision and Recognition, Active Perception, Computer Vision, Control Theory, Deep Learning, Dynamics, Field & Service Robotics, Graphics & Creative Tools, Grasping, Human Robot Collaboration, Human-Centered Robotics, Imaging, Kinematics, Manipulation & Interfaces, Mechanisms a…
Adam Bjorndahl
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Modal Logic
Game Theory & Decision Theory
Formal Epistemology
Adam D. Linstedt
Professor · Mellon College of Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Paulisick
Distinguished Service Professor, Language Technologies Institute · School of Computer Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Perer
Associate Professor · School of Computer Science
Human-Centered AI, Data Visualization, Healthcare + HCI
Adam W. Feinberg
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering · College of Engineering
tissue regeneration in neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems; self-assembly and multi-scale coupling in biological systems; cell-material interactions; protein-based materials; bioprosthetics; stem cell differentiation and engineered morphogenesis
Aditi Raghunathan
Assistant Professor , Computer Science Department · Carnegie Mellon University
Aditi works broadly in machine learning and her goal is to make machine learning more reliable and robust. Her work spans both theory and practice, and leverages tools and concepts from statistics, convex optimization, and algorithms to improve the robustness of modern systems ba…
Agoston Pisztora
Associate Professor · Mellon College of Science
My research interest is concerned with probabilistic analysis of random fields, certain disordered systems and of phase transitions. The basic goal is to explain phenomena observed at a macroscopic level by a probabilistic analysis based entirely on microscopic hypotheses on the …
Akari Asai
Assistant Professor (Beginning Fall 2026), Language Technologies Institute · School of Computer Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Akshaya Jha
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Jha’s research interests lie at the intersection of energy and environmental economics and industrial organization. His research uses a combination of economic modeling and causal inference techniques to quantify the economic and environmental costs and benefits of a wide range o…
Akshitha Sriraman
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Computer systems; Computer architecture; Hardware-software co-design; Data center computing; Parallel computing; Microservices and Serverless
Alan Frieze
PhD Student · Mellon College of Science
My research interests are in Probabilistic Combinatorics and its application to Theoretical Computer Science and Operations Research. Much of my work has focused on the properties of random graphs and I have recently completed a book on the subject: Introduction to Random Graphs …
Alan Montgomery
Professor of Marketing; Director, PNC PNC Center for Financial Services Innovation · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan Scheller-Wolf
Head, Ph.D. Program; Richard M. Cyert Professor of Operations Management · Tepper School of Business
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Alessandro Acquisti
Trustees Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Economics of Privacy and Information Security, Human-Agent Interaction, Security, Transition Economics, Ecommerce
Alex John London
K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander Waibel
Professor (On Leave), Language Technologies Institute · School of Computer Science
Machine Learning, Machine Translation, Multimodal Computing and Interaction, Neural Networks, Speech Processing, Spoken Interfaces and Dialogue Processing, Spoken Language Translation
Alexandra Ion
Courtesy Faculty · School of Computer Science
Digital fabrication, metamaterials, computational design, interactive design tools, programmable matter.
Ali Shourideh
Associate Professor of Economics · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alicia DeVrio
PhD Student · Carnegie Mellon University
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Alisha B. Wormsley
Assistant Professor of Art · Carnegie Mellon University
Collective memory, the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color, interdisciplinary art, cultural production, public art installations, film, video, and performance art.
Alison Barth
Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering · College of Engineering
activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS; the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that underlie learning and memory; the effect of behavioral training on neural excitability and anatomy
Alison L. Barth
Maxwell H. and Gloria C. Connan Professor in the Life Sciences · Mellon College of Science
How does experience shape the brain?
Research in the Barth Lab is focused on understanding how experience assembles and alters the properties of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, in both normal and disease states. The lab has a specific focus on somatosensation in the mous…
Alon Lavie
Distinguished Career Professor, Language Technologies Institute · School of Computer Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amelia M. Haviland
E.J. Barone Professor of Health Systems Management · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Dr. Haviland's research focuses on causal analysis with observational data and analysis of longitudinal and complex survey data applied to policy issues in health and criminology.
Amir Barati Farimani
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering · College of Engineering
MD simulations, statistical learning
Amy Ogan
Associate Professor of Learning Sciences · School of Computer Science
Learning Sciences and Educational Technologies, Human-Centered AI, Games and Play, Interaction and Experience Design
Ana Maria Pinto da Silva
Head of School · Carnegie Mellon University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anand Rao
Distinguished Service Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
operationalizing AI, responsible AI, systems thinking, ROI of AI, theory and practice of building agent-based models and digital twins, behavioral economics, and human decision-making
Ananya Sen
Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Management · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Ananya's research interests centre around platforms with a special focus on the media, innovation and more broadly the digital economy. He uses a variety of empirical techniques to analyze data from field experiments as well as observational data to gain insight into broad resear…
Andre M. Sztutman
Assistant Professor of Economics · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Bajcsy
Assistant Professor · School of Computer Science
Control Theory, Reinforcement Learning, AI Reasoning for Robotics, Safety for Physical Human-Robot Interaction, Robot Learning for Manipulation, Deep Learning, World Modeling, Perceptual Robotics, Human Activity Forecasting, Human-Centered Robotics, Robotics Foundations
Andrea Zanette
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
foundations of reinforcement learning, a sub-area of machine learning that deals with decision-making under data-uncertainty
Andreas Pfenning
Associate Professor, Computational Biology, Neuroscience Institute and Biomedical Engineering · College of Engineering
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, genetics, genomics, neurological disorders, Alzheimer's disease
Andrew Begel
Associate Professor of Computer Science · School of Computer Science
Human aspects of software engineering, neurodiversity, accessibility, HCI, understanding communication, collaboration tools, biometrics, organizational behavior
Andrew Garin
Assistant Professor of Economics · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Ilyas
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
My goal is to uncover general principles that describe and predict the behavior of ML systems—ideally enabling predictably reliable future systems. This goal entails combining statistical tools with large-scale experiments to precisely understand the ML "pipeline," from training …
Andrew Pavlo
Associate Professor · School of Computer Science
Data-Intensive and Cloud Computing, Databases, Distributed Systems
Andrew Spielberg
Courtesy Faculty · School of Computer Science
Simulation/Digital Twins
Computational Design
Digital Manufacturing
Robotics
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Andrew Thomas Dunn
Visting Scholar · Carnegie Mellon University
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Anh Nguyen
PhD Student · Tepper School of Business
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Aniket (Niki) Kittur
Professor & Associate Director for Strategy and Partnerships · School of Computer Science
Sensemaking by groups and individuals, collective intelligence, visualization and insight, cognitive psychology
Aniko Öry
PhD Student · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Fisher
Associate Professor of Psychology · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cognitive Science, Computational, Developmental, Learning Science
Anna M. Kietrys
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Member of The Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Chemistry · Mellon College of Science
Chemical biology, RNA structure & function, epitranscriptomics, RNA signaling, ageing & neurodegeneration
Anna Mayo
Anna Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anne Skaja Robinson
Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering · College of Engineering
biotechnology and pharmaceutical engineering, neurodegeneration and tau pathology, antibody and AAV production
Anthony (Tony) Stentz
Courtesy Faculty · School of Computer Science
Field & Service Robotics, Manipulation & Interfaces, Multi-Robot Planning & Coordination, Robotics Foundations
Anthony Rollett
U.S. Steel Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science and University Professor · College of Engineering
additive manufacturing, advanced materials processing and manufacturing, digital twins, energy production, grid and energy infrastructure, industrial decarbonization and efficiency, materials genome, materials science & engineering, metallurgy & metallurgical engineering, multisc…
Anthony Rowe
Siewiorek and Walker Family Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
Embedded Sensing Systems
Distributed Systems
Mixed Reality
Antonella Palmese
Assistant Professor · Mellon College of Science
I am an observational cosmologist and astronomer interested in novel methods to understand the content and evolution of the Universe. My main goal is to exploit information from both galaxy surveys and gravitational wave (GW) data to understand the Universes dynamics and content,…
Aran Nayebi
Courtesy Faculty · School of Computer Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ari Lightman
Professor, Digital Media and Marketing; Co-Director, CISO Executive Education Program; Commercialization Advisor, Center for Machine Learning and Health · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Social Networks in Regulated Markets
Generation Z and disruption in the workplace
Diffusion of knowledge in collaborative systems
Ariel Zetlin-Jones
Associate Professor of Economics · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aryn Gittis
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering · College of Engineering
electrophysiology; optogenetics; neural circuits; movement disorders
Aryn H. Gittis
Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences · Mellon College of Science
How do neural circuits transform our thoughts into actions? I study neural circuits in the basal ganglia, a multifunctional brain region that plays a role in the regulation of movement, learning, motivation, and reward. My specific interests include how neural circuits in the bas…
Ashley Deal
Special Faculty · Carnegie Mellon University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aswin Sankaranarayanan
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Role of signal models in breaking traditional sensing and processing limitations; Co-design of optics/imaging and processing for novel sensor design; Use of non-linear signal models for efficient sensing and processing of high-dimensional data; Compressed sensing and image proces…
Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Assistant Professor · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Avinash (Avi) Collis
Assistant Professor · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
economic implications of information technologies
Axel Moore
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering · College of Engineering
articular cartilage, intervertebral disc, spine, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, physical rehabilitation, in vivo biomechanics, ex vivo biomechanics
Aydin Mohseni
Assistant Professor · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Formal, Social Epistemology
Game Theory & Decision Theory
Existential Risk & AI Safety
Azadeh O. Sawyer
Adjunct Professor of Law · Carnegie Mellon University
Azadeh O. Sawyer was appointed Assistant Professor in Building Technology at Carnegie Mellon Architecture in 2019. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate the building envelope, its effect on lighting, and occupants’ comfort and …
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham
Glen de Vries Dean of Mellon College of Science, Lab PI/Director, Professor with appointments in the Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments and Neuroscience Institute · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
auditory attention in normal and special populations; binaural and spatial hearing; subcortical and cortical sound processing; multi-sensory attention networks
Baruch Fischhoff
Howard Heinz University Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology · Carnegie Mellon University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beibei Li
Professor of IT and Management · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Beibei's research interests lie at the intersection between social and technical aspects of information technology. She is especially interested in the interaction between human decisions and recent technological disruptions in the markets. Specifically, the ubiquitous adoption a…
Beidi Chen
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Machine Learning Systems
Algorithms
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Models
Algorithm-system Co-design
Benjamin M. Hunt
Associate Professor · Mellon College of Science
I am broadly interested in condensed-matter physics, but particularly in the way that electrons behave when they are subjected to extreme conditions such as ultra-low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Under such conditions, electrons can display striking collective quantum b…
Bhiksha Raj
Professor, Language Technologies Institute · School of Computer Science
Machine Learning, Multimodal Computing and Interaction, Privacy and Security, Speech Processing, Spoken Interfaces and Dialogue Processing
Bin He
Trustee Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute · College of Engineering
electrophysiological source imaging; brain-computer interface; neuromodulation; functional neuroimaging; tissue electrical property imaging
Bonnie John
Consulting Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Human-computer interaction, engineering models of human performance
Boris Bukh
Alumni Professors · Mellon College of Science
I enjoy searching for the largest and best combinatorial objects. Oftentimes the search brings problems of algebraic and geometric flavour, which I especially like.
Below are some of the topics and basic problems that I have played with in the past:
- Turán problems: What is th…
Brad Mahon
Professor of Psychology · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Perception
Brad Myers
Charles M. Geschke Director and Professor · School of Computer Science
User interface software, handheld devices, making programming easier, intelligent user interfaces, demonstrational interfaces
Brandon Lucia
Kavčić-Moura Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Intersection of computer architecture, computer systems, and programming languages; Intermittent computing on batteryless, energy-harvesting devices; Parallel computing; Parallel graph processing; Improving programmability, reliability, and efficiency of computing systems; Effici…
Brent Glover
Associate Professor of Finance · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian K. Kovak
Professor of Economics and Public Policy · Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
His research examines the labor market impacts of international trade, migration, and technological change. Dr. Kovak’s recent work concerns the long-run effects of trade liberalization on workers' employment and earnings, workers' geographic mobility in response to local economi…
Brian MacWhinney
Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cognitive Science, Developmental, Learning Science
Britt Ransom
Associate Professor of Art · Carnegie Mellon University
sculpture and installations made using digital fabrication processes; probes the lines between human, animal, and environmental relationships; systematic construction and concept; microcosms found at the surface of our feet; digital mesh; braided entanglements between ourselves a…
Brooke Feeney
Professor of Psychology · Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Health Psychology, Lifespan Social Development, Social Psychology
Brooke M. McCartney
Associate Professor · Mellon College of Science
The McCartney lab investigates fundamental cellular mechanisms that drive developmental processes including oogenesis and systemic growth in Drosophila. In oogenesis, we are dissecting the mechanisms controlling the assembly, organization, dynamics and function of two co-aligning…
Bruce Armitage
Professor, Department Head, Chemistry · Mellon College of Science
Bioorganic chemistry, fluorescent dyes, DNA nanotechnology, molecular evolution, peptide nucleic acids, molecular recognition of DNA/RNA, G quadruplexes
Bruce Hanington
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Human centered design, design ethnography, participatory design, the meaning of form in context
Bruce M. McLaren
Professor · School of Computer Science
Learning Sciences and Educational Technologies, Human-Centered AI, Responsible Computing, Ethics and Policy, Games and Play, Digital Learning Games, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Collaborative Learning
Bryan Parno
Kavcic-Moura Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · College of Engineering
Secure systems, End-to-end guarantees, Formal software verification, Applied Cryptography, Data privacy, Usable security
Bryan Routledge
Associate Professor of Finance · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Burcu Akinci
Courtesy Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Paul Christiano Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering · College of Engineering
Modeling and reasoning about information rich histories of buildings and infrastructure systems, to streamline construction and infrastructure operations. Specifically focuses on investigating utilization and integration of building information models with data capture technologi…
Burton Hollifield
PNC Professor of Finance; Professor of Financial Economics · Tepper School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Byron Yu
Associate Professor · College of Engineering
neural engineering; brain-computer interfaces; systems neuroscience; computational neuroscience; machine learning
C. Joel McManus
Associate Professor and co-Director of the MS in Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences · School of Computer Science
How does variation in gene expression contribute to phenotypic diversity and disease? Gene expression involves transcription of DNA into mRNA, alternative splicing of mRNA, translation of mRNA into proteins, and regulation of mRNA and protein levels through turnover pathways. Res…
Cameron Tonkinwise
Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, University of Technology Sydney · Carnegie Mellon University
Sustainable Design, Service Design, Sharing Economy, Transition Design, material cultural studies, sociologies of technology, critical practice-based design research
Can Kultur
Researcher Associate · School of Computer Science
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Carissa Low
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Psychology, and Biomedical Informatics and Director of the Mobile Sensing and Health Institute · School of Computer Science
Leveraging mobile technology such as smartphones and wearable sensors for remote patient monitoring as well as delivery and personalization of behavioral interventions
Carl Kingsford
Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science and co-Director of the Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology · School of Computer Science
Dr. Kingsford’s research is focused on developing new, efficient algorithms for extracting knowledge from large biological data sets, particularly high-throughput DNA and RNA sequencing data. He has worked recently on algorithms for accurately quantifying gene expression, identif…
Carl Rosendahl
Distinguished Professor of the Practice
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